BATA nominees announced

The list of nominations for the British Academy Television Awards has been announced. It is:

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME OR SERIES

:: Pop Idol

:: Have I Got News For You

:: Parkinson

:: Room 101

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE

:: Ant and Dec

:: John Bird and John Fortune (Bremner, Bird and Fortune)

:: Paul Merton (Have I Got News For You)

:: Graham Norton (So Graham Norton)

BEST ACTRESS

:: Lindsay Duncan (Perfect Strangers)

:: Sheila Hancock (Russian Bride)

:: Lesley Sharp (Bob & Rose)

:: Julie Walters (My Beautiful Son)

BEST ACTOR

:: Michael Gambon (Perfect Strangers)

:: Alan Bates (Love In A Cold Climate)

:: Timothy Spall (Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise)

:: David Suchet (The Way We Live Now)

BEST SITUATION COMEDY

:: The Office

:: Gimme Gimme Gimme

:: Happiness

:: Spaced II

BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE

:: Ricky Gervais (The Office)

:: Kathy Burke (Gimme Gimme Gimme)

:: Robert Lindsay (My Family)

:: Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous)

BEST COMEDY PROGRAMME OR SERIES

:: Brass Eye Special

:: Bremner, Bird and Fortune

:: The Kumars at No 42

:: The Sketch Show

BEST INNOVATION

:: Brass Eye Special

:: Blue Planet

:: Double Take

:: Banzai

BEST FACTUAL SERIES OR STRAND

:: Blue Planet

:: Horizon

:: Langan Behind The Lines

:: Welcome to Britain

BEST DRAMA SERIAL

:: Perfect Strangers

:: Bob & Rose

:: Russian Bride

:: The Way We Live Now

BEST SINGLE DRAMA

:: My Beautiful Son

:: The Navigators

:: Othello

:: When I Was 12

BEST DRAMA SERIES

:: Clocking Off

:: At Home With The Braithwaites

:: Cold Feet

:: Tales From The Pleasure Beach

BEST SOAP

:: EastEnders

:: Coronation Street

:: Hollyoaks

:: Doctors

BEST NEWS COVERAGE

:: Channel 4 (Attack on America - September 11)

:: ITV News (Attack on America - September 11)

:: Sky News (Attack on America - September 11/12)

:: BBC News (The Fall of Kabul November 12/13)

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS

:: Beneath The Veil

:: Endgame in Ireland

:: Jeffrey Archer: A Life of Lies

:: One Day of Terror - New York Witnesses

RICHARD DIMBLEBY AWARD FOR BEST PRESENTER

:: Michael Parkinson (Parkinson)

:: Jeremy Paxman (Newsnight)

:: Simon Schama (A History of Britain)

:: Louis Theroux (When Louis Met...)

FLAHERTY DOCUMENTARY

:: When Louis Met The Hamiltons

:: Battle Centres (True Stories)

:: Ellen MacArthur: Sailing Through Heaven and Hell

:: Kelly and Her Sisters

HUW WELDON AWARD FOR SPECIALIST FACTUAL

:: 1940s House

:: The Private Dirk Bogarde (Arena)

:: The Six Wives of Henry VIII

:: Walk On By: The Story of Popular Song

BEST FEATURE

:: After They Were Famous: The Sound of Music Children

:: Faking It

:: The Farmer Wants A Wife

:: What Not To Wear

:: BEST SPORT

:: British Grand Prix Silverstone 2001

:: Channel 4 Cricket

:: FA Cup Final 2001: Liverpool vs Arsenal

:: Germany vs England