Today sees the publications of the nominees for each of the main Bafta Television Awards.
Mostly the winner will be selected by the Academy itself. As every year, though, there is one category where the audience gets to decide. This year, thanks to the sponsorship of a certain PVR manufacturer, it’s known as The Sky+ Audience Award, and you can vote your favourite at http://www.bestonthebox.com from the following shortlist:
- The Apprentice
- Gavin and Stacey
- Strictly Come Dancing
- Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain
- Cranford
- Britain’s Got Talent
So get your voting fingers out, and make sure that you vote for your favourite. Personally, it’s a toss up between Gavin and Stacey and Strictly Come Dancing — but if Harry Hill’s TV Burp had been in there I’d have been voting for that.
The full list of the nominees in other categories is after the jump…
Actor
- Andrew Garfield, Boy A, Channel 4
- Tom Hardy, Stuart: A Life Backwards, BBC Two
- Matthew Macfadyen, Secret Life, Channel 4
- Antony Sher, Primo, BBC Four
Actress
- Eileen Atkins, Cranford, BBC One
- Judi Dench,, Cranford, BBC One
- Gina McKee, The Street, BBC One
- Kierston Wareing, It’s A Free World, Channel 4
Entertainment Performance
- Simon Amstell, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, , BBC Two
- Alan Carr & Justin Lee Collins, The Friday Night Project, Channel 4
- Stephen Fry, QI, BBC Two
- Harry Hill, Harry Hill’s TV Burp, ITV1
Comedy Performance
- Peter Capaldi, The Thick of It, BBC Four
- James Corden, Gavin and Stacey, BBC Three
- Stephen Merchant, Extras Christmas Special, BBC One
- David Mitchell, Peep Show, Channel 4
Single Drama
- Boy A, John Crowley, Lynn Horsford, Mark O’Rowe, Channel 4/Cuba Pictures
- Coming Down The Mountain, Greg Brenman, Roanna Benn, Mark Haddon, Julie Anne Robinson, BBC One/Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd
- The Mark Of Cain, Tony Marchant, Nicola Shindler, Lynn Horsford, Marc Munden, Channel 4/Red Production Company
- The Trial of Tony Blair, Alistair Beaton, Simon Cellan-Jones, Hal Vogel, David Aukin, More 4/Daybreak Pictures
Drama Series
- Life on Mars, Production Team, BBC One/Kudos Film and Television Ltd
- Rome, John Melfi, Anne Thomopoulos, Bruno Heller, Tim Van Patten, BBC Two/HBO
- Skins, Production Team, E4/Company Pictures
- The Street, Production Team, BBC One/Granada Productions
Drama Serial
- Britz, Peter Kosminsky, David Aukin, Hal Vogel, Steve Clark-Hall, Channel 4/Daybreak Pictures
- Cranford, Sue Birtwistle, Simon Curtis, Heidi Thomas, BBC One/BBC Drama Productions/WGBH Boston in association with Chestermead Ltd
- Five Days, Paul Rutman, Otto Bathurst, Simon Curtis, Gwyneth Hughes, BBC One/BBC Drama Productions/HBO
- Murphy’s Law, Greg Brenman, Stephen Smallwood, Russell Lewis, Colm McCarthy, BBC One/Tiger Aspect Productions
Continuing Drama
- The Bill, Johnathan Young, Tim Key, Maxwell Young, Robert Del Maestro, ITV1/TalkbackTHAMES
- EastEnders, Production Team, BBC One/BBC Drama Productions
- Emmerdale, Keith Richardson, Kathleen Beedles, John Anderson, Tim Dynevor, ITV1/ITV Yorkshire
- Holby City, Production Team, BBC One/BBC Drama Productions
International
- Californication, Tom Kapinos, David Duchovny, Stephen Hopkins, Scott Winant, Five/Paramount
- Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, BBC Three/20th Century Fox
- Heroes, Tim Kring, Joe Pokaski, Paul Edwards, Dennis Hammer, BBC Two/SCI FI Channel/NBC Universal Television
- My Name Is Earl, Greg Garcia, Bobby Bowman, Henry Lange, Jr., Marc Buckland, Channel 4/Twentieth Century Fox
Factual Series
- Meet The Natives, Gavin Searle, Will Anderson, Andrew Palmer, Chris King, Channel 4/Keo Films
- Paul Merton in China, Mark Chapman, Paul Sommers, Barbie MacLaurin, Paul Merton, Five/Channel Five Broadcasting Ltd.
- Tribe, Bruce Parry, Steve Robinson, Sam Organ, BBC Two/BBC Wales/Discovery Channel
- The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities, Simon Ford, Rachel Innes-Lumsden, Anthony Wonke, Ines Cavill, BBC One/BBC
Specialist Factual (the Huw Wheldon Award)
- Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr, Chris Granlund, Tom Giles, Clive Edwards, BBC Two/BBC
- Earth: The Power of the Planet, Dr Iain Stewart, Jonathan Renouf, Phil Dolling, BBC Two/BBC for BBC/National Geographic Channel – US/ZDF
- The Genius of Photography, Tim Kirby, BBC Four/Wall To Wall Television
- The Relief of Belsen, Justin Hardy, Susan Horth, Peter Guinness, Channel 4/Hardy & Sons
Single Documentary (The Robert Flaherty Award)
- Beautiful Young Minds, Production Team, BBC Two/Blast! Films
- Lie of the Land, Molly Dineen, Justin Krish, Catherine Bailey, Natasha Wilkinson, C4/RTO Pictures
- Malcolm and Barbara: Love’s Farewell, Paul Watson, Kim Horton, ITV1/ITV Productions
- Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives, Production Team, BBC Four/BBC Scotland
Features
- Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection, Gary Hunter, Melanie Jappy, David Robertson, Jay Taylor, BBC Two/BBC
- Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, Production Team, Channel 4/Optomen Television
- The Secret Millionaire, Production Team, Channel 4/RDF Television, part of the RDF Media Group
- Top Gear, Production Team, BBC Two/BBC
Current Affairs
- China’s Stolen Children – A Dispatches Special, Jezza Neumann, Sky Zeh, Brian Woods, Kate Blewett, Channel 4/True Vision
- Dispatches – Fighting The Taliban, Sean Langan, Julia Barron, Denman Rooke, Channel 4/October Films
- Honour Kills, Ben Rumney, Juliette Murray-Topham, Emma Willis, Adam Kemp, BBC Three/BBC
- Panorama: Dog-Fighting Undercover, Mandy Mcauley, Sandy Smith, Andrew Bell, Jeremy Adams, BBC One/BBC
News Coverage
- BBC Ten O’Clock News: War in Afghanistan, Craig Oliver, Huw Edwards, Alastair Lelthead, Thea Fairley, BBC One/BBC News
- Channel 4 News: Iraq-The Surge, Jim Gray, Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Ed Fraser, Channel 4/ITN
- ITV Evening News: Zimbabwe – The Tyranny and the Tragedy, Production Team, ITV1/ITV News
- Sky News – Glasgow Airport Attack, Alison O’Reilly, Rob Kirk, Alf Bowles, Sky News/Sky News
Sport
- Boat Race, John Watts, Tony Pastor, Paul McNamara, ITV1/ITV Sport Productions
- ITV F1: Canadian Grand Prix Live, Neil Duncanson, Gerard Lane, Kevin Chapman, Steve Aldous, ITV1/North One Television
- Rugby World Cup 2007: England V France Semi-Final, David Moss, Simon Moore, Paul McNamara, ITV1/ITV Sport Productions
- Wimbledon – The Men’s Final, Paul Davies, Carl Hicks, Jonathan Bramley, Bethan Evans, BBC One/BBC Sport
Interactivity
- Big Art Mob, Production Team, www.bigartmob.com/Moblog UK & Carbon-Princess/Channel 4
- Doctor Who Comic Maker, Jo Pearce, Anwen Aspden, BBC One/BBC Wales
- Spooks Interactive, Production Team, bbc.co.uk/Spooks/Kudos Film and Television/Hoodlum Active
- The X Factor, Robert Marsh, Oliver Davies, Sophie Davis, Richard Holloway, ITV1/TalbackTHAMES
Entertainment Programme (the Lew Grade Award)
- Britain’s Got Talent, Richard Holloway, Andrew Llinares, Ben Thursby, Georgie Hurford-Jones, ITV1/TalkbackTHAMES in association with Syco TV
- Harry Hill’s TV Burp, Spencer Millman, Peter Orton, Harry Hill, ITV1/Avalon Television Ltd
- Have I Got News For You, Jo Bunting, Nick Martin, Richard Wilson, BBC One/Hat Trick Productions Ltd
- Strictly Come Dancing, Martin Scott, Sam Donnelly, Clodagh O’Donoghue, BBC One/BBC
Comedy Programme
- The Armstrong & Miller Show, Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller, Jeremy Dyson, Mario Stylianides, BBC One/Hat Trick Productions Ltd
- Fonejacker, Ed Tracy, Kayvan Novak, Helen Williams, Mario Stylianides, Channel 4/Hat Trick Productions Ltd
- Russell Brand’s Ponderland, Production Team, Channel 4/Vanity Productions
- Star Stories, Lee Hupfield, Elliot Hegarty, Kevin Bishop, Phil Clarke, Channel 4/Objective Productions
Situation Comedy
- Benidorm, Derren Litten, Kevin Allen, Geoffrey Perkins, ITV1/Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd
- The IT Crowd, Ash Atalla, Graham Linehan, Jamie Glazebrook, Barbara Wiltshire, Channel 4/TalkbackTHAMES
- Peep Show, Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Robert Popper, Becky Martin, Channel 4/Objective Productions
- The Thick of It, Production Team, BBC Four/BBC Comedy
The awards ceremony will be on Sunday, 20 April.
I know it's up for an audience award, and James Corden is in the running for a Comedy Performance nod, but it's criminal that Gavin and Stacey isn't up for a sitcom award. And Benidorm is?! Where is the justice in the world?