The BBC’s Olympics coverage and the sitcom inspired by the preparations for the event, Twenty Twelve, are among the broadcasts nominated for the television BAFTA Awards, that will take place next month.
Twenty Twelve is one of four programmes to receive four nominations, including nods for its stars Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes. The Wall-to-Wall-produced TV movie The Girl, earned nominations for Toby Jones and Sienna Miller, who starred as Alfred Hitchcock and his Birds actress Tippi Hedren. The crime mini-series Accused and the drama series Last Tango in Halifax also lead the nominations.
ITV’s exposé of the sex abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile is nominated alongside a documentary about child abuse in the Catholic Church in the current affairs category. The BBC and Channel 4 are up against each other in the News category for their coverage of the fighting in Syria.
The Sports and Live Event category will see two BBC Olympics programmes competing against each other; the opening ceremony and the Super Saturday coverage are up against Channel 4’s Paralympics and the BBC’s Wimbledon Men’s Final broadcast.
Peter Capaldi has two nominations, as a Best Supporting Actor in The Hour and for his role as Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It. Other nominees in the entertainment categories include the sitcom Episodes, the long-running panel show Have I Got News for You, the chat-show host Graham Norton and the street-magician Dynamo.
A full list of nominees:
LEADING ACTOR
Ben Whishaw Richard II (The Hollow Crown) BBC Two
Derek Jacobi Last Tango in Halifax BBC One
Sean Bean Accused (Tracie’s Story) BBC One
Toby Jones The Girl BBC Two
LEADING ACTRESS
Anne Reid Last Tango in Halifax BBC One
Rebecca Hall Parade’s End BBC Two
Sheridan Smith Mrs Biggs ITV
Sienna Miller The Girl BBC Two
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Capaldi The Hour BBC Two
Stephen Graham Accused (Tracie’s Story) BBC One
Harry Lloyd The Fear Channel 4
Simon Russell Beale Henry IV Part 2 (The Hollow Crown) BBC Two
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anastasia Hille The Fear Channel 4
Imelda Staunton The Girl BBC Two
Olivia Colman Accused (Mo’s Story) BBC One
Sarah Lancashire Last Tango in Halifax BBC One
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Alan Carr Alan Carr: Chatty Man Channel 4
Ant and Dec I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! ITV
Graham Norton The Graham Norton Show BBC One
Sarah Millican The Sarah Millican Show BBC Two
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Jessica Hynes Twenty Twelve BBC Two
Julia Davis Hunderby Sky Atlantic
Miranda Hart Miranda BBC One
Olivia Colman Twenty Twelve BBC Two
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Greg Davies Cuckoo BBC Three
Hugh Bonneville Twenty Twelve BBC Two
Peter Capaldi The Thick of It BBC Two
Steve Coogan Welcome to the Places of My Life Sky Atlantic
SINGLE DRAMA
Everyday – Revolution Films/Channel 4
The Girl – Wall to Wall/BBC Two
Murder – Touchpaper TV/BBC Two
Richard II (Hollow Crown) – Neal Street Productions co-production with NBC Universal and WNET Thirteen/BBC Two
MINI-SERIES
Accused – RSJ Films/BBC One
Mrs Biggs – ITV Studios/ITV
Parade’s End – Mammoth Screen/BBC Two
Room at the Top – Great Meadow Productions/BBC Four
DRAMA SERIES
Last Tango in Halifax – Red Production Company/BBC One
Ripper Street – Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC One
Scott and Bailey – Red Production Company/ITV
Silk – BBC Productions/BBC One
SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA
Coronation Street – ITV Studios/ITV
EastEnders – BBC Productions/BBC One
Emmerdale – ITV Studios/ITV
Shameless – Lime Pictures/Channel 4
INTERNATIONAL
The Bridge – Filmlance, Nimbus, ZDF Enterprises/BBC Four
Game of Thrones – HBO/Sky Atlantic
Girls – HBO/Sky Atlantic
Homeland – 20th Century Fox/Channel 4
FACTUAL SERIES
24 Hours in A&E – Garden Productions/Channel 4
Great Ormond Street – Films of Record/BBC Two
Make Bradford British – Love Productions/Channel 4
Our War – BBC Productions/BBC Three
SPECIALIST FACTUAL
All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry – Seneca Productions/Channel 4
The Plane Crash – Dragonfly Productions, MAP TV/Channel 4
The Plot to Bring Down Britain’s Planes – Raw TV/Channel 4
The Secret History of Our Streets – Century Films, Halcyons Heart Films/BBC Two
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
7/7: One Day in London – Minnow Films/BBC Two
Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest – River Films/BBC Two
Lucian Freud: Painted Life – Blakeway Productions/BBC Two
Nina Conti – A Ventriloquist’s Story: Her Master’s Voice – Nina Conti in association with the BBC/BBC Four
FEATURES
Bank of Dave – Finestripe Productions/Channel 4
Grand Designs – Boundless (Part of Fremantle Media UK)/Channel 4
The Great British Bake Off – Love Productions/BBC Two
Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs – Shiver/ITV
REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
The Audience – The Garden Productions/Channel 4
I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! – ITV Studios/ITV
Made in Chelsea – Monkey Kingdom/E4
The Young Apprentice – Boundless Productions/BBC One
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Britain’s Hidden Housing Crisis (Panorama Special) – Genie Pictures Ltd/BBC One
The Other Side of Jimmy Savile (Exposure) – ITV Studios/ITV
The Shame of the Catholic Church (This World) – BBC Northern Ireland/BBC Two
What Killed Arafat? (Al Jazeera Investigates) – Al Jazeera English/Al Jazeera English
NEWS COVERAGE
BBC News at Ten: Syria – BBC News/BBC One & BBC News Channel
Channel 4 News: Battle for Homs – ITN/Channel 4
Hillsborough – The Truth at Last (Granada Reports) – ITV Granada/ITV
SPORT & LIVE EVENT
The London 2012 Olympics: Super Saturday – BBC Sport/BBC One
The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isle of Wonder – Done & Dusted/BBC One
The London 2012 Paralympic Games – Sunset & Vine, IMG/Channel 4
Wimbledon 2012 – Men’s Final – BBC Sport/BBC One
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
Dynamo Magician Impossible – Phil McIntyre Entertainment, Inner Circle Films/Watch
The Graham Norton Show – So Television/BBC One
Have I Got News For You – Hat Trick Productions/BBC One
A League of Their Own – CPL Productions/Sky One
COMEDY PROGRAMME
Cardinal Burns – Left Bank Pictures/E4
Mr Stink – BBC Productions in association with Bert Productions/BBC One
The Revolution Will Be Televised – Hat Trick Productions/BBC Three
Welcome to the Places of My Life – Baby Cow/Sky Atlantic
SITUATION COMEDY
Episodes – Hat Trick Productions/BBC Two
Hunderby – Baby Cow/Sky Atlantic
The Thick of It – BBC Productions/BBC Two
Twenty Twelve – BBC Productions/BBC Two
RADIO TIMES AUDIENCE AWARD (voted for by members of the public)
Call the Midwife
Game of Thrones
The Great British Bake Off
Homeland
The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Strictly Come Dancing