THE show created by Oswestry-born writer Jesse Armstrong has again dominated one of the biggest television awards nominations.

The cast of Succession, which ended in its fourth series with an outstanding finish in the race to become the new boss of Waystar-Royco, picked up a spate of individual acting award nominations at the 75th Emmy awards.

Brian Cox, who played the patriarch Logan Roy and his ‘sons’ Jeremy Strong and Kieran Culkin were all nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series.

Sarah Snook, who played the only female Roy sibling, picked up a nod in the equivalent female category, and the series was also nominated for outstanding drama series.

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Cox’s character and his ‘family’ are often reported to be based on Rupert Murdoch and his empire, something which Armstrong, who attended The Marches School before university in Manchester, denies.

He told the BBC earlier this year: “(We) occasionally had lunch with powerful media men.

"They are men, usually. And you're in there and they're telling you this stuff. Not even that [Murdoch] level, but powerful people.

“And you're vibrating as you're hearing stuff straight from the horse's mouth. You're like, 'This is it! I understand this world.'

"And you keep some notes and you go out and [read them and] it's like, '[late Viacom and CBS boss] Sumner Redstone loved a deal'. I knew that on the way in."