BBC nominations for the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
Jon Jacob
Editor, About the BBC Blog
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We publish a lot of awards-related news on the About the BBC Blog, largely because when an actor, writer or someone else in a production team has been given the nod for a potential award, or received the call to hot-foot it up to the stage and collect one, we tend to go a little dewy-eyed. This probably suggests us on the About the BBC team are living vicariously through the achievements of others. We hope you'll forgive us for that.
So, continuing our convention, here are the categories BBC programmes have beeen nominated for at next month's Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. Best of luck to everyone nominated, but an extra special firm handshake for those involved in our programmes. We're not betting people, of course, but we figure we've got the Best Comedy / Entertainment category licked.
Best Single Drama
Marvellous (BBC Two);
Murdered By My Boyfriend (BBC Three);
A Poet In New York (BBC Four);
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This (ITV)
Best Drama Series
Cilla
Happy Valley (BBC One)
Line Of Duty (BBC Two)
The Honourable Woman (BBC Two)
Best Single Documentary
Baby P: The Untold Story
Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
Panorama: The Fake Sheikh Exposed
Best Documentary Series
24 Hours In Police Custody
Benefits Street
Broadmoor
Grayson Perry: Who Are You?
Best Comedy/ Entertainment
Harry And Paul's Story Of The Twos
Best Multichannel Programme
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Crackanory
Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish
Ebola Exposed
Best Factual Entertainment
Gogglebox
The Great British Bake Off
Speed with Guy Martin
The Undateables
Best Actor
David Threlfall (Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This)
James Nesbitt (The Missing/Babylon)
Toby Jones (Marvellous/Detectorists)
Best Actress
Keeley Hawes (for Lindsay Denton in Line of Duty)
Sarah Lancashire (for Catherine in Happy Valley/Last Tango)
Sheridan Smith (Cilla/The Widower)
Best Writer
Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman)
Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty)
Mackenzie Crook (Detectorists)
Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley/Last Tango In Halifax)
Innovation in Broadcasting - Online First Award
Original Drama and Comedy Shorts for BBC iPlayer
Ripper Street for Amazon Instant Video
Vice News
Breakthrough Award
Harry and Jack William (The Missing)
James Norton (Happy Valley/Grantchester)
Maddy Hill (EastEnders)
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