British Comedy Guide

Peter Kay's Car Share leads BAFTA TV Awards comedy nominations

Wednesday 30th March 2016, 9:38am

Car Share. Image shows from L to R: Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson), John Redmond (Peter Kay). Copyright: Goodnight Vienna Productions

The nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards have been announced. Peter Kay's Car Share leads the comedy-related list with four nominations: one for best Scripted Comedy; two acting related nominations; and one for the Radio Times Audience Award, the prize voted on by the public.

Elsewhere in the list of nominees, BBC Three show People Just Do Nothing has picked up its highest-profile award nomination yet; Stephen Fry is nominated for his final series of QI; and stand-up Romesh Ranganathan has obtained his first BAFTA nomination for his Asian Provocateur travel series.

Here are the comedy-related categories in full.

Scripted Comedy

Chewing Gum. Image shows from L to R: Tracey Gordon (Michaela Coel), Connor Jones (Robert Lonsdale). Copyright: Retort

Chewing Gum

Peep Show. Image shows from L to R: Jeremy Usbourne (Robert Webb), Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell). Copyright: Objective Productions

Peep Show

People Just Do Nothing. Image shows from L to R: Decoy (Daniel Sylvester Woolford), Steves (Steve Stamp), Grindah (Allan Mustafa), Beats (Hugo Chegwin). Copyright: Roughcut Television

People Just Do Nothing

Car Share. Image shows from L to R: Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson), John Redmond (Peter Kay). Copyright: Goodnight Vienna Productions

Car Share

Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme

Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: House Of Tomorrow

Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe

Have I Got News For You. Image shows left to right: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton. Credit: BBC, Hat Trick Productions

Have I Got News For You

QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Would I Lie To You?. Image shows from L to R: David Mitchell, Rob Brydon, Lee Mack. Copyright: Zeppotron

Would I Lie To You?

Female Performance in a Comedy Programme

Chewing Gum. Tracey Gordon (Michaela Coel). Copyright: Retort

Michaela Coel (for Chewing Gum)

Miranda. Miranda (Miranda Hart). Copyright: BBC

Miranda Hart (for Miranda)

Car Share. Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson). Copyright: Goodnight Vienna Productions

Sian Gibson (for Car Share)

Catastrophe. Sharon (Sharon Horgan). Copyright: Avalon Television

Sharon Horgan (for Catastrophe)

Male Performance in a Comedy Programme

W1A. Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC

Hugh Bonneville (for W1A)

The Javone Prince Show. Javone Prince. Copyright: BBC / Lovely Electricity

Javone Prince (for The Javone Prince Show)

Car Share. John Redmond (Peter Kay). Copyright: Goodnight Vienna Productions

Peter Kay (for Car Share)

Detectorists. Lance Stater (Toby Jones). Copyright: Channel X / Lola Entertainment

Toby Jones (for Detectorists)

Entertainment Performance

The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Copyright: So Television

Graham Norton (for The Graham Norton Show)

Celebrity Juice. Leigh Francis. Copyright: Talkback / TalkbackThames

Leigh Francis (for Celebrity Juice)

Asian Provocateur. Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: BBC

Romesh Ranganathan (for Asian Provocateur)

QI. Stephen Fry. Copyright: TalkbackThames

Stephen Fry (for QI)


Channel 4's cop comedy drama No Offence is also nominated in the Drama category. For a full list of nominations across all genres visit the BAFTA Website.

To vote for Car Share in the audience award category, visit RadioTimes.com

The results will be announced on Sunday 8th May at London's Royal Festival Hall, with the ceremony broadcast on BBC One from 8pm.

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