Here are the comedy-related nominations for the Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2009. The winners will be announced on 16th March 2010 at the Grosvenor Hotel in London at a ceremony hosted by Rob Brydon.

Scripted Comedy
Miranda
The Inbetweeners
The Thick Of It

Comedy Performance
Peter Capaldi for The Thick Of It
Miranda Hart for Miranda
Ruth Jones for Gavin & Stacey

Entertainment Performance
Harry Hill for Harry Hill's TV Burp
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly for I'm A Celebrity... / Britain's Got Talent
Michael McIntyre for Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow

Comedy Writer
Jo Brand, Joanna Scalan & Vicki Pepperdine for Getting On
Miranda Hart with James Cary & Richard Hurst for Miranda
Iain Morris and Damon Beesley for The Inbetweeners

Also, Newswipe with Charlie Brooker is nominated in the Entertainment category. The satirical programme is up against Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor. Elsewhere, Channel 4 comedy dramas Misfits and Cast Offs are nominated in the Drama category alongside The Street; BBC Four comedy drama Micro Men is in the running for the Multichannel Programme Award; and Shameless appears in the shortlist for the best Nations and Regions Programme.