Nominees for Bafta audience award announced

The Royle Family and The Vicar of Dibley have been shortlisted for The BAFTA Pioneer Audience Award for Best Programme of 2006.

Also shortlisted by a panel of TV experts are Celebrity Big Brother, BBC2 business show Dragons Den, back-in-time cop drama Life of Mars and nature series Planet Earth.

TV programmes eligible for the Pioneer Audience Award need to have been critically acclaimed and captured the imagination of the viewing public. Last year the category was won by Dr Who.

To cast your vote visit www.obsessedwith.tv

The Bafta TV awards take place at the London Palladium on May 20th.