British Television Awards Nominees Announced

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in season 3 of Game of Thrones.
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in season 3 of 'Game of Thrones'. - Photo © HBO
Homeland, Game of Thrones, and Girls are competing against each other in the International category at this year’s Arqiva British Academy Television Awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). The awards were just announced, with The Girl (not to be confused with Lena Dunham’s Girls) and Last Tango in Halifax topping the list with four nominations each.
 
The British Academy Television Awards winners will be revealed on Sunday, May 12, 2013.
 
LEADING ACTOR
Ben Whishaw – Richard II (The Hollow Crown)
Derek Jacobi – Last Tango in Halifax
Sean Bean – Accused (Tracie’s Story)
Toby Jones – The Girl
 
LEADING ACTRESS
Anne Reid – Last Tango in Halifax
Rebecca Hall – Parade’s End
Sheridan Smith – Mrs Biggs
Sienna Miller – The Girl
 
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Capaldi – The Hour
Stephen Graham – Accused (Tracie’s Story)
Harry Lloyd – The Fear
Simon Russell Beale – Henry IV Part 2 (The Hollow Crown)
 
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anastasia Hille – The Fear
Imelda Staunton – The Girl
Olivia Colman – Accused (Mo’s Story)
Sarah Lancashire – Last Tango in Halifax
 
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Alan Carr – Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Ant and Dec – I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show
Sarah Millican – The Sarah Millican Show
 
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Jessica Hynes – Twenty Twelve
Julia Davis – Hunderby
Miranda Hart – Miranda
Olivia Colman – Twenty Twelve
 
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Greg Davies – Cuckoo
Hugh Bonneville – Twenty Twelve
Peter Capaldi – The Thick of It
Steve Coogan – Welcome to the Places of My Life
 
SINGLE DRAMA
Everyday
The Girl
Murder
Richard II
 
MINI-SERIES
Accused
Mrs Biggs
Parade’s End
Room at the Top
 
DRAMA SERIES
Last Tango in Halifax
Ripper Street
Scott and Bailey
Silk
 
SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Shameless
 
INTERNATIONAL
The Bridge
Game of Thrones
Girls
Homeland
 
FACTUAL SERIES
24 Hours in A&E
Great Ormond Street
Make Bradford British
Our War
 
SPECIALIST FACTUAL
All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry
The Plane The Plot to Bring Down Britain’s Planes
The Secret History of Our Streets
 
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
7/7: One Day in London
Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest
Lucian Freud: Painted Life
Nina Conti – A Ventriloquist’s Story: Her Master’s Voice
 
FEATURES
Bank of Dave
Grand Designs
The Great British Bake Off
Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs
 
REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
The Audience
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
Made in Chelsea
The Young Apprentice
 
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Britain’s Hidden Housing Crisis (Panorama Special)
The Other Side of Jimmy Savile (Exposure)
The Shame of the Catholic Church (This World)
What Killed Arafat? (Al Jazeera Investigates)
 
NEWS COVERAGE
BBC News at Ten: Syria
Channel 4 News: Battle for Homs
Hillsborough – The Truth at Last (Granada Reports)
 
SPORT & LIVE EVENT
The London 2012 Olympics: Super Saturday
The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isle of Wonder
The London 2012 Paralympic Games
Wimbledon 2012 – Men’s Final
 
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
Dynamo Magician Impossible
The Graham Norton Show
Have I Got News For You
A League of Their Own
 
COMEDY PROGRAMME
Cardinal Burns
Mr Stink
The Revolution Will Be Televised
Welcome to the Places of My Life
 
SITUATION COMEDY
Episodes
Hunderby
The Thick of It
Twenty Twelve
 
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
 
Source: BAFTA
 

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