Aidan Turner Nominated for IFTA Award

Here's some fabulous news!

Aidan Turner has been nominated for best actor in a leading role by the Irish Film and Television Academy for Poldark! Not only that but the film The Secret Scripture, in which he has a small part, is nominated in several categories including best feature film and best director (Jim Sheridan).

Aidan will be facing competition from four other actors including his friend from The Hobbit, James Nesbitt and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor who is also in The Secret Scripture. The contenders are:

Dara Devaney   An Klondike 2
Cillian Murphy   Peaky Blinders
James Nesbit  The Secret
Aidan Turner  Poldark
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor   Trial of the Century

The IFTA Awards ceremony will be in Dublin on Saturday 8 April. A full list of nominees is given here.

Here's wishing Aidan all the very best of luck!

'Poldark' Nominated for TRIC Award

Poldark has been nominated for Best Drama in the 2017 TRIC Awards.

The TRIC Awards are given annually by the Television and Radio Industries Club. The winners a chosen by members of the industry.

Poldark is up against Cold Feet and Vera for HD Drama Programme of the Year. Previous winners include Downton Abbey and Doctor Who. A full list of nominations may be found here.

The awards will be presented at a lunch at Grosvernor House, London on 14 March 2017.

Well done Poldark!