Television BAFTA Nominations Announced
24 March 2009
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The Television BAFTA nominations have been announced.
In the running is June Brown who is up for the Best Actress award for her role as Dot Cotton in Eastenders. Having acted for over 50 years, this is the first time June has been nominated. The last soap actress nomination went to Jean Alexander 20 years ago for her role as Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street.
Former Eastender Ross Kemp has been nominated twice for his factual programmes on Afghanistan and Kenya. Also appearing in two categories is comedian David Mitchell for his performance on Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look.
Sky News has been nominated twice for its coverage on the canoe man and Mumbai. The Olympics 2008 appears in both the Sport and Interactivity categories.
Not appearing in the Continuing Drama category is Coronation Street. Instead the race will be between Eastenders, Casualty, The Bill and Emmerdale.
The ceremony which will be hosted by Graham Norton, will be held at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 26 April.
ACTOR
Stephen Dillane
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
C4
Jason Isaacs
The Curse of Steptoe
BBC Four
Ken Stott
Hancock and Joan
BBC Four
Ben Whishaw
Criminal Justice
BBC One
ACTRESS
June Brown
EastEnders
BBC One
Anna Maxwell Martin
Poppy Shakespeare
C4
Maxine Peake
Hancock and Joan
BBC Four
Andrea Riseborough
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
BBC Four
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Stephen Fry
QI
BBC One
Harry Hill
Harry Hill’s TV Burp
ITV1
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly
I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
ITV1
Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
BBC One
COMEDY PERFORMANCE
Rob Brydon
Gavin & Stacey
BBC Three
Sharon Horgan
Pulling
BBC Three
David Mitchell
Peep Show
C4
Claire Skinner
Outnumbered
BBC One
SINGLE DRAMA
Einstein and Eddington
George Faber, Mark Pybus, Peter Moffatt, Philip Martin
BBC Two/Company Pictures
Hancock and Joan
Richard Cottan, Richard Laxton, Simon Heath
BBC Four/World Productions
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
Simon Block, Rowan Joffe, Barney Reisz, Charles Furneaux
C4/TalkbackTHAMES
White Girl
Hettie Macdonald, Abi Morgan, Andrew Woodhead
BBC Two/Tiger Aspect Productions
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