'Britain’s Got Talent' wins TV Bafta nomination
'Britain’s Got Talent' has received its first ever nomination for a Bafta television award.
The hit ITV show is in the running for best Entertainment Programme, up against 'The Graham Norton Show' (BBC1), which is also nominated for the first time.
In other nominations announced today, John Hurt is up for Leading Actor for the reprisal of his role as Quentin Crisp in the drama 'An Englishman In New York' (ITV1), 34 years after he won a Bafta for playing Crisp in 'The Naked Civil Servant'.
Julie Walters clocks up her 13th and 14th Bafta nominations – with two nods in the Leading Actress category.
She is nominated for her role as the late politician Mo Mowlam in the Channel 4 drama 'Mo', and for her performance in 'A Short Stay in Switzerland', the BBC1 drama inspired by the story of Dr Anne Turner, who took her own life in Zurich in 2006.
Walters is up against Helena Bonham Carter, who receives her first Bafta TV nomination for her performance as children’s author Enid Blyton in the BBC1 drama 'Enid'.
Sophie Okonedo is also in the running for her powerful performance as Winnie Mandela in the BBC4 drama 'Mrs Mandela'.
1 SHOWBIZ Baftas Nominations
FULL LIST OF TV BAFTA NOMINEES
By Press Association Reporter
Here are the nominations for the Philips British Academy Television Awards 2010.
BBC1 received 23 nominations in total, BBC2 19, Channel 4 20, ITV1 12, BBC4 eight, BBC3 three, E4 three, Sky two, and the BBC News Channel and FX both received one.
:: Leading Actor
Kenneth Branagh – Wallander
Brendon Gleeson – Into The Storm
John Hurt – An Englishman In New York
David Oyelowo – Small Island
:: Leading Actress
Helena Bonham Carter – Enid
Sophie Okonedo – Mrs Mandela
Julie Walters – A Short Stay In Switzerland
Julie Walters – Mo
:: Supporting Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch – Small Island
Tom Hollander – Gracie!
Gary Lewis – Mo
Matthew Macfadyen – Criminal Justice
:: Supporting Actress
Rebecca Hall – Red Riding (1974)
Sophie Okonedo – Criminal Justice
Lauren Socha – The Unloved
Imelda Staunton – Cranford
:: Entertainment Performance
Stephen Fry – QI
Harry Hill – Harry Hill’s TV Burp
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly – I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Michael McIntyre – Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow
:: Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
Jo Brand – Getting On
Rebecca Front – The Thick Of It
Miranda Hart – Miranda
Joanna Scanlan – Getting On
:: Male Performance in a Comedy Programme
Simon Bird – The Inbetweeners
Peter Capaldi – The Thick Of It
Hugh Dennis – Outnumbered Christmas Special
David Mitchell – Peep Show
:: Single Drama
A Short Stay In Switzerland
Five Minutes Of Heaven
Mo
The Unloved
:: Drama Series
Being Human
Misfits
Spooks
The Street
:: Drama Serial
Occupation
Red Riding
Small Island
Unforgiven
:: Continuing Drama
The Bill
Casualty
Coronation Street
EastEnders
:: International
Family Guy
Mad Men
Nurse Jackie
True Blood
:: Factual Series
Blood, Sweat And Takeaways
The Family
One Born Every Minute
Who Do You Think You Are?
:: Specialist Factual
Art Of Russia
Chemistry: A Volatile History
Inside Nature’s Giants
Yellowstone
:: Single Documentary
Katie: My Beautiful Face
Louis Theroux: A Place For Paedophiles
Tsunami: Caught On Camera
Wounded
:: Features
The Choir: Unsung Town
Heston’s Feasts
James May’s Toy Stories
Masterchef: The Professionals
:: Current Affairs
Afghanistan: Behind Enemy Lines (Dispatches)
Generation Jihad
Gypsy Child Thieves (This World)
Terror In Mumbai (Dispatches)
:: News Coverage
BBC News Channel – The Haiti Earthquake
Channel 4 News – Haiti Earthquake
ITV News at Ten – Haiti
Sky News – Pakistan: Terror’s Frontline
:: Sport
F1 – The Brazilian Grand Prix
FA Cup Final
World Athletics Championships
Uefa Champions League Live
:: New Media
Antony Gormley’s One & Other
Life Begins (One Born Every Minute)
Primeval Evolved
Virtual Revolution
:: Entertainment Programme
Britain’s Got Talent
The Graham Norton Show
Harry Hill’s TV Burp
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker
:: Comedy Programme
The Armstrong And Miller Show
The Kevin Bishop Show
Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle
That Mitchell And Webb Look
:: Situation Comedy
The Inbetweeners
Miranda
Peep Show
The Thick of It