BAFTA Awards 2014 - comedy nominations
The nominations for the prestigious BAFTA TV Awards 2014 have been announced. Notably The IT Crowd, the Channel 4 sitcom which ended last year, has been nominated four times - it appears in the Best Sitcom shortlist and also in the acting categories, once for each of the lead actors.
Below are the comedy-related nominations in full...
Comedy And Comedy Entertainment Programme
The Revolution Will Be Televised
Situation Comedy
Female Performance In A Comedy Programme
Frances De La Tour (for Vicious)
Kerry Howard (for Him & Her)
Doon Mackichan (for Plebs)
Katherine Parkinson (for The IT Crowd)
Male Performance In A Comedy Programme
Richard Ayoade (for The IT Crowd)
Matthew Baynton (for The Wrong Mans)
James Corden (for The Wrong Mans)
Chris O'Dowd (for The IT Crowd)
Entertainment Performance
Ant & Dec (for Ant And Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway)
Charlie Brooker (for 10 O'Clock Live)
Sarah Millican (for The Sarah Millican Television Programme)
Graham Norton (for The Graham Norton Show)
Also in the nominations are Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror, in the Single Drama category; and My Mad Fat Diary in the Drama Series category. Meanwhile Last Tango In Halifax actors Sarah Lancashire and Nicola Walker and My Big Fat Diary's Claire Rushbrook appear in the Supporting Actress nominees list.
The results will be announced at a ceremony on Sunday 18th May, hosted by Graham Norton and televised on BBC One. To see the full list of nominees across all genres visit www.bafta.org