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MUMBAI:
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has
announced the nominees for Bafta TV awards.
The
show will be held at the London Palladium on 20 April.
Judi
Dench’s nomination for her role as Matty Jenkyns in the
19th-century period drama Cranford brings her running
tally of Bafta television nominations to 12. Her co-star Eileen
Atkins, who was last nominated for a TV Bafta in 1969, is
also competing in this category. Joining them in the actress
category are first-time nominee Kierston Wareing for her role
in Ken Loach’s It’s a Free World, and previous
winner (for Our Friends in the North) Gina McKee, who
is nominated for her role in The Street.
All
four men in the actor category are first-time nominees. Andrew
Garfield has been nominated for Boy A, in which he
played a rehabilitated child criminal released into society
as an adult; Tom Hardy is present for his eponymous role as
a homeless man with a traumatic past in Stuart: A Life
Backwards; Matthew Macfadyen has been cited for his role
in paedophile drama Secret Life. Rounding the nominees
is Antony Sher, who portrayed Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi
in Primo.
The
comedy programme category also comprises first-time nominees with The Armstong
and Miller Show and Russell Brand’s Ponderland competing with
celebrity satire Star Stories and the mischievous Fonejacker.
"Culinary
alchemist" Heston Blumenthal receives his first nomination
in the features category for Heston Blumenthal: In Search
of Perfection, in which he attempted to create the perfect
example of much-loved dishes (chilli con carne, hamburgers,
etc). He is nominated alongside rival chef show Ramsay’s
Kitchen Nightmares (which won in 2005), as well as
The Secret Millionaire and Top Gear.
Time-travelling
cop drama Life on Mars, which triumphed with last year’s
audience award, is nominated again for the drama series, competing
with E4’s teen drama Skins, BBC Two’s Rome
and last year’s winner The Street.
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