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BBC dramas dominate Bafta shortlist

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The lavish BBC One costume drama Bleak House and the satirical BBC Two political comedy, The Thick of It, dominate the nominations for the 2006 Bafta TV awards.

Bleak House, last year's extremely popular adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, starring Gillian Anderson of X Files fame, is up for four awards in May, including best drama serial.

Anderson is nominated in the actress category alongside co-star Anna Maxwell Martin, while Denis Lawson has been shortlisted for the best actor award.

The searingly funny BBC Three-turned BBC Two cult classic The Thick of It, which is set in the offices of an incompetent government minister, has also been singled out for praise by judges.

The show has been shortlisted in the Situation Comedy category, while Chris Langham and Peter Capaldi have both been nominated for the Comedy Performance gong, the latter for his brilliant performance as the unbelievably domineering spin-doctor Malcolm in the series.

Extras, Ricky Gervais' much praised follow-up to his award-winning The Office, is up for two awards - best situation comedy and Ashley Jensen for best comedy performance.

However, while BBC dramas dominate the shortlists, a number of Channel 4 dramas and series are also in the running.

The Queen's Sister, based around the life of Princess Margaret, is up for two awards, as is critically acclaimed drama The Government Inspector, exploring the circumstances surrounding the death of weapons inspector Dr David Kelly in 2003.

Other high-profile nominees include Bernard Hill for his performance as David Blunkett in More4's tongue-in-cheek drama, A Very Social Secretary, Jeremy Clarkson, who is nominated in the entertainment performance category, cult Channel 4 comedy Peep Show for best situation comedy and business reality TV shows Dragons Den and The Apprentice, which are up for the features award.

Bafta TV award nominations in full

Actor
Bernard Hill - A Very Social Secretary (More4)
Denis Lawson - Bleak House (BBC One)
Mark Rylance - The Government Inspector (Channel 4)
Rufus Sewell - The Taming Of The Shrew (BBC One)

Actress
Gillian Anderson - Bleak House (BBC One)
Lucy Cohu - The Queen's Sister (Channel 4)
Anne-Marie Duff - Shameless (Channel 4)
Anna Maxwell Martin - Bleak House (BBC One)

Entertainment Performance
Jeremy Clarkson - Top Gear (BBC Two)
Jack Dee - Jack Dee Live At The Apollo (BBC One)
Noel Edmonds - Deal Or No Deal (Channel 4)
Jonathan Ross - Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (BBC One)

Comedy Performance
Peter Capaldi - The Thick Of It (BBC Four)
Ashley Jensen - Extras (BBC Two)
Chris Langham - The Thick Of It (BBC Four)
Catherine Tate - The Catherine Tate Show (BBC Two)

Single Drama
The Government Inspector (Channel 4)
Much Ado About Nothing (BBC One)
The Queen's Sister (Channel 4)
Red Dust (BBC Two)

Drama Serial
Bleak House (BBC One)
Fingersmith (BBC One)
Funland (BBC Three)
To The Ends Of The Earth (BBC Two)

Continuing Drama
Casualty (BBC One)
Coronation Street (ITV1)
EastEnders (BBC One)
Holby City (BBC One)

Factual Series
49 Up (ITV1)
Cocaine (Channel 4)
Coast (BBC Two)
Jamie's School Dinners (Channel 4)

Lew Grade Award for entertainment programme/series
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (BBC One)
Have I Got News For You (BBC Two)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
The X Factor (ITV1)

Situation Comedy
Extras (BBC Two)
Peep Show (Channel 4)
The Thick Of It (BBC Four)
The Worst Week Of My Lihfe (BBC One)

Comedy Programme/Series
The Catherine Tate Show (BBC Two)
Creature Comforts (ITV1)
Help (BBC Two)
Little Britain (BBC One & Three)

Huw Wheldon award for specialist factual
The Boy With The Incredible Brain (Five)
Life In The Undergrowth (BBC One)
Holocaust, A Music Memorial Film From Auschwitz (BBC Two)
No Direction Home - Bob Dylan (BBC Two)

Flaherty award for single documentary
Children of Beslan (BBC Two)
Make Me Normal (Channel 4)
The Real Sex Traffic (Channel 4)
Taxidermy: Stuff The World (BBC Two)

Features
The Apprentice (BBC Two)
Dragon's Den (BBC Two)
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (Channel 4)
Top Gear (BBC Two)

Sport
The Ashes: England v Australia (Channel 4)
Champions league final: AC Milan v Liverpool (ITV1)
Formula One - US Grand Prix (ITV1)
The Open golf championship - final round of Jack Nicklaus (BBC Two)

News coverage
Channel 4 News - the Attorney General story
BBC Ten O'Clock News - 7 July 2005, London bombs (BBC One)
ITV Evening News - the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes (ITV1)
Sky News - 7 July bombings

Current affairs
Panorama Special - Undercover Nurse (BBC One)
Dispatches: Beslan (Channel 4)
Dispatches: Iraq - The Reckoning (Channel 4)
Storyville: A Company of Soldiers (BBC Four)

Interactivity
Channel 4 News/Breaking The News (Channel 4)
Not Forgotten/Lost Generation (Channel 4)
Shakespeare's Stories (BBC) track

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