Comedies up for Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
- Brassic, Derry Girls, Fleabag, Gavin & Stacey and Mum are nominated in the BPG Awards
- Graham Norton, Michael McIntyre, Mortimer & Whitehouse and Taskmaster are up for Entertainment prize
- The acting nominations include Lesley Manville, Andrew Scott and Ncuti Gatwa
The nominations for the Broadcasting Press Guild TV Awards 2020 have been announced.
The BPG Awards 2020 - recognising productions commissioned or produced in the UK and screened in 2019 - are chosen independently by TV and radio correspondents, critics and previewers.
The comedy-related nominees are:
Best Comedy
Best Entertainment
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Additionally, Lesley Manville is up for Best Actress for her role in Mum; Andrew Scott (Fleabag) and Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) are shortlisted in the Best Actor category; and Phoebe Waller-Bridge is up for Best Writer.
The dark comedy drama Guilt is shortlisted in the Best Single Drama/Mini-Series category.
The BPG Breakthrough Award category features The Crown's Erin Doherty alongside Ncuti Gatwa and Home star Youssef Kerkour.
The Broadcasting Press Guild was founded in 1974 and has more than 175 members. The results of the awards, sponsored by Virgin Media, will be revealed at a ceremony at Banking Hall in the City of London on Friday March 13th 2020.
More details and the full list of nominations can be seen at broadcastingpressguild.org