The nominations for this year's BAFTA Television Awards have been announced with the BBC's 'Bleak House' leading the shortlist.

The Dickens adaptation received four nominations in major categories, including one for Best Drama Serial. Its stars Gillian Anderson and Anna Maxwell Martin are nominated for Best Actress and Denis Lawson is in the running for Best Actor.

Also in the running for the Best Actress award are Lucy Cohu for 'The Queen's Sister' and Anne-Marie Duff for 'Shameless'.

The other nominees for Best Actor are Bernard Hill for 'A Very Social Secretary', Mark Rylance for 'The Government Inspector' and Rufus Sewell for 'The Taming of the Shrew'.

BBC's political satire 'The Thick Of It' received three nominations , one for Best Sitcom category and two for Best Comedy Performance, where Chris Langham and Peter Capaldi were shortlisted.

Soaps 'Coronation Street' and 'EastEnders' are set to battle it out in the Best Continuing Drama category, with competition from 'Casualty' and 'Holby City'.

'Doctor Who', 'Shameless', 'Spooks' and 'Bodies' have been nominated in the Best Drama Series category.

In the Best Entertainment Programme category reality television shows 'Strictly Come Dancing' and 'The X Factor' will compete for the honours against 'Have I Got News For You' and 'Friday Night With Jonathon Ross'.

'Extras', 'Peep Show', 'The Thick Of It' and 'The Worst Week of My Life' were all nominated in the Best Sitcom category.

Battling it out for the Best Comedy Programme or Series this year will be 'The Catherine Tate Show', 'Creature Comforts', 'Help' and 'Little Britain'.

The winners will be announced on 7 May at a ceremony due to be hosted by Davina McCall.

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cheers for that hope shameless wins

what were those recent awards, in which David Therfall won best actor...? Shameless is head and shoulders above 'Bleak House'. Sure, they are different in genre, but Shameless only loses out on the great 'gongs' it deserves because of the language/and 'naughty' scenes...but they are true of life, and so funny ! Its the stupid 'big cheeses' at the head of BAFTA sat in their high perches....
I could go on lol
thats got me really hot under the collar hasn't it?

Those awards were the Royal Television Society Awards.

Shameless has a good chance, it won the BAFTA last year and it was against Bodies and Spooks then too. Doctor Who might be hard to beat though!

My mistake ! well spotted...Shameless deserves to win

I just hope if they do win again, they actually show them accepting it this time

Baftas are on tonight, they will be shown on the telly tomorrow (ITV1 9-10.30).

Good Luck to Shameless

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Originally posted by curlii:
Baftas are on tonight, they will be shown on the telly tomorrow (ITV1 9-10.30).

Good Luck to Shameless

I second that emotion!

SHAFTED!!!

Won nothing

Dr who won best drama at the baftas

When they read out the best actress winner, her name was Anna something and Anne Marie Duff looked reallly smiley and happy, then it sorta faded. Bless her.

Didnt anne marie duff look well hot at the baftas!!!?

If anyone has a few minutes to spare, could you let me know who won what, why and what for etc as i missed the whole damn programme through no fault of my own!

Here you go,

THE FELLOWSHIP
KEN LOACH

THE SPECIAL AWARD
SUNSET & VINE for its Innovative Development of Cricket Production on Channel 4

THE DENNIS POTTER AWARD
RUSSELL T DAVIES


THE ALAN CLARKE AWARD
ADAM CURTIS


THE RICHARD DIMBLEBY AWARD
JAMIE OLIVER



ACTOR
BERNARD HILL - A Very Social Secretary (More 4)
DENIS LAWSON - Bleak House (BBC One)
MARK RYLANCE - The Government Inspector (Channel 4)
RUFUS SEWELL - The Taming of the Shrew (BBC One)



ACTRESS
GILLIAN ANDERSON - Bleak House (BBC One)
LUCY COHU - The Queen's Sister (Channel 4)
ANNE-MARIE DUFF - Shameless (Channel 4)
ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN - Bleak House (BBC One)



ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
JEREMY CLARKSON - Top Gear (BBC Two)
JACK DEE - Jack Dee Live At The Apollo (BBC One)
NOEL EDMONDS - Deal or No Deal (Channel 4)
JONATHAN ROSS - Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (BBC One)



COMEDY PERFORMANCE
PETER CAPALDI - The Thick Of It (BBC Four)
ASHLEY JENSEN - Extras (BBC Two)
CHRIS LANGHAM - The Thick Of It (BBC Four)
CATHERINE TATE - The Catherine Tate Show (BBC Two)



SINGLE DRAMA
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR - David Aukin,
Jonathan Curling, Peter Kosminsky (Mentorn Productions/Channel 4)
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Diederick Santer, Brian Percival, David Nicholls (BBC/BBC One)
THE QUEEN'S SISTER - Kath Mattock, Simon Cellan Jones, Craig Warner (Touchpaper Productions/Channel 4)
RED DUST - The Production Team (BBC Films/Distant Horizon Production/BBC Two)



DRAMA SERIES
BODIES - Mark Redhead, Sue De Beauvoir, Jed Mercurio (Hat Trick Productions/BBC Three)
DOCTOR WHO - Phil Collinson, Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner (BBC Wales/BBC One)
SHAMELESS - The Production Team (Company Pictures/Channel 4)
SPOOKS - The Production Team (Kudos Film & Television Ltd/BBC One)



DRAMA SERIAL
BLEAK HOUSE - Nigel Stafford-Clark, Justin Chadwick, Susanna White, Andrew Davies (A BBC /WGBH co-production in association with Deep Indigo for BBC One)
FINGERSMITH - Sally Head, Georgina Lowe, Aisling Walsh, Peter Ransley (Sally Head Productions/BBC One)
FUNLAND - Sanne Wohlenberg, Jeremy Dyson, Simon Ashdown, Kenton Allen (BBC Comedy North/BBC Three)
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Lynn Horsford, David Attwood, Tony Basgallop, Leigh Jackson (BBC/Power Co-Production in association with Tightrope Pictures/BBC Two)



CONTINUING DRAMA
CASUALTY - The Production Team (BBC/BBC One)
CORONATION STREET - Tony Wood, Tracey Rooney, Daran Little (Granada Television/ITV1)
EASTENDERS - The Production Team (BBC Continuing Drama Series/BBC One)
HOLBY CITY - The Production Team (BBC/BBC One)



FACTUAL SERIES
49UP - Bill Jones, Claire Lewis, Michael Apted (Granada Television/ITV1)
COCAINE - Guillermo Galdos, David Notman-Watt, Angus Macqueen (October Films/Channel 4)
COAST - The Production Team (BBC/BBC Two)
JAMIE'S SCHOOL DINNERS - Andrew Conrad, Robert Thirkell, Dominique Walker (Fresh One Productions/Channel 4)



HUW WHELDON AWARD FOR SPECIALIST FACTUAL
THE BOY WITH THE INCREDIBLE BRAIN - Martin Weitz, Toby Trackman, Steve Gooder (Focus Productions/Five)
LIFE IN THE UNDERGROWTH - The Production Team (BBC Natural History Unit/BBC One)
HOLOCAUST - A MUSIC MEMORIAL FILM FROM AUSCHWITZ - The Production Team (BBC/BBC Two)
NO DIRECTION HOME - BOB DYLAN (Arena) - Nigel Sinclair, Anthony Wall, Martin Scorsese (Spitfire Pictures/Sikelia Productions/BBC Two/PBS American Masters/Grey Water Park Productions)



FLAHERTY AWARD FOR SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
CHILDREN OF BESLAN - The Production Team (BBC Current Affairs/BBC Two)
MAKE ME NORMAL - Brian Hill, Zac Beattie, Jonathan Smith (Century Films/Channel 4)
THE REAL SEX TRAFFIC - Simcha Jacobovici, Brian Woods, Ric Esther Bienstock (Associated Producers/True Vision Productions/CBC/Canal D/Channel 4)
TAXIDERMY: STUFF THE WORLD - Brian Hill, Elodie Gornall, Morgan Matthews (Century Films/BBC Two)



FEATURES
THE APPRENTICE - Dan Adamson, Tanya Shaw, Peter Moore (Mark Burnett Productions/Talkback/BBC Two)
DRAGON'S DEN - The Production Team (BBC/BBC Two)
RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES - The Production Team (Optomen Television/Channel 4)
TOP GEAR - The Production Team (BBC/BBC Two)



SPORT
THE ASHES: ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA - The Production Team (Sunset & Vine/Channel 4)
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL LIVE: AC MILAN v LIVERPOOL - Rick Waumsley, Paul McNamara, David Moss (Granada Sport/ITV1)
FORMULA ONE - US GRAND PRIX - Neil Duncanson, Gerard Lane (North One Television/Granada Sport/ITV1)
THE OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP - FINAL ROUND OF JACK NICKLAUS - The Production Team (BBC Sport/BBC Two)


NEWS COVERAGE
CHANNEL FOUR NEWS - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL STORY - Jon Snow, Gary Gibbon, Robert Hamilton (ITN/Channel 4)
BBC TEN O'CLOCK NEWS: 7TH JULY 2005 - LONDON BOMBS - The Production Team (BBC News/BBC One)
ITV EVENING NEWS - THE SHOOTING OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES - The Production Team (ITN/ITV1)
SKY NEWS - 7TH JULY BOMBINGS - The Production Team (Sky News/Sky News)



CURRENT AFFAIRS
A PANORAMA SPECIAL: UNDERCOVER NURSE - The Production Team (BBC Current Affairs/BBC One)
DISPATCHES: BESLAN - Eamonn Matthews, Kevin Sim (Mentorn Oxford/Channel 4)
DISPATCHES: IRAQ - THE RECKONING - Samir Shah, Dimitri Collingridge, James Brabazon (Juniper/Channel 4)
STORYVILLE: A COMPANY OF SOLDIERS - Tom Roberts, Edward Jarvis (October Films/BBC Four)



INTERACTIVITY
CHANNEL 4 NEWS/BREAKING THE NEWS - The Production Team (Illumina Digital/ITN/Channel 4/More 4)
COAST - The Production Team (BBC/BBC Two)
NOT FORGOTTEN/LOST GENERATION - Adam Gee, Kiminder Bedi, Chris Latus (Wall To Wall TV/Darlow Smithson/Channel 4)
SHAKESPEARE'S STORIES - Nina Hall, Penelope Jagessar Chaffer, Vicky Spengler (BBC Interactive Drama and Entertainment/BBC One)



LEW GRADE AWARD FOR ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH JONATHAN ROSS - The Production Team (Open Mike Productions/BBC One)
HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU - Richard Wilson, Nick Martin, Jo Bunting (Hat Trick Productions/BBC One)
STRICTLY COME DANCING: THE GRAND FINAL - Karen Smith, Richard Hopkins, Sam Donnelly (BBC Entertainment/BBC One)
THE X FACTOR - The Production Team (Talkback Thames in association with SYCO TV/ITV1)



SITUATION COMEDY
EXTRAS - Charlie Hanson, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant (BBC Comedy/BBC Two)
PEEP SHOW - Robert Popper, Tristram Shapeero, Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong (Objective Productions/Channel 4)
THE THICK OF IT - The Production Team (BBC Comedy/BBC Four)
THE WORST WEEK OF MY LIFE - Mario Stylianides, Mark Bussell, Justin Sbresni (Hat Trick Productions/BBC One)



COMEDY PROGRAMME OR SERIES
THE CATHERINE TATE SHOW - The Production Team (Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC Two)
CREATURE COMFORTS - Julie Lockhart, Gareth Owen, Richard Goleszowski (Aardman Animation/ITV1)
HELP - Paul Whitehouse, Chris Langham, Jane Berthoud, Declan Lowney (BBC Comedy/BBC Two)
LITTLE BRITAIN - Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Geoff Posner, Declan Lowney (BBC Comedy/BBC One/BBC Three)



PIONEER AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST PROGRAMME OF 2005
DOCTOR WHO

thanks Curlii, appreciate that!