BAFTA Awards nominations announced
The official list of nominations for the Philips British Academy Television Awards (BAFTA Awards) have been announced. The results will be revealed at a ceremony on Sunday 6th June.
Here are the comedy-related categories:
Comedy Programme
The Armstrong and Miller Show
The Kevin Bishop Show
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
That Mitchell and Webb Look
Situation Comedy
The Inbetweeners
Miranda
Peep Show
The Thick Of It
Entertainment Programme
The Graham Norton Show
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker
Britain's Got Talent
Male Performance in a Comedy Role
Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners)
Peter Capaldi (The Thick Of It)
Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered)
David Mitchell (Peep Show)
Female Performance in a Comedy Role
Jo Brand (Getting On)
Rebecca Front (The Thick Of It)
Miranda Hart (Miranda)
Joanna Scanlan (Getting On)
Entertainment Performance
Stephen Fry (QI)
Harry Hill (Harry Hill's TV Burp
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly (I'm A Celebrity...)
Michael McIntyre (Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow)
For the full list of nominations see www.bafta.org
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