C4 and BBC2 dominate Broadcasting Press Guild nominations Channel 4 and BBC Two have dominated the nominations for the 40th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. Channel 4 has 10 nominations, including all four programmes shortlisted for best single documentary - Dogging Tales, The Murder Trial, Richard III: The King in the Car Park and Syria: Across the Lines. BBC Two has nine nominations, including two of the finalists for best drama series - The Fall and Top of the Lake, which will compete for that prize with ITVs Broadchurch. In the best actor category, Broadchurchs David Tennant is up against Peter Mullen from Top of the Lake, Rory Kinnear of Channel 4s Southcliffe and Chiwetel Ejiofor from BBC Twos Dancing on the Edge. Olivia Colman from Broadchurch is nominated as best actress, alongside Elizabeth Moss from Top of the Lake, Gillian Anderson from The Fall and Maxine Peake for The Village. The writers award will be a tussle between Jane Campion (Top of the Lake), Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch), Allan Cubitt (The Fall) and Sally Wainwright (BBC Ones Last Tango in Halifax). The BPG awards, sponsored by Discovery Channel for the second consecutive year, are highly prized by programme-makers because they are selected independently by journalists who write about TV and radio – correspondents, critics and previewers. The 40th annual awards lunch, at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, will be attended by the winners, BPG members and leading broadcasting executives. Simon Schamas The Story of the Jews on BBC Two is shortlisted for best documentary series, with BBC Threes The Call Centre and Channel 4s Educating Yorkshire. Channel 4s Black Mirror: Be Right Back is nominated for best single drama, alongside BBC Fours Burton and Taylor and BBC Twos The Wipers Times. In the best entertainment/comedy category, Channel 4s Fresh Meat and Toast will compete with BBC Twos Ambassadors and BBC Ones Strictly Come Dancing. BBC Twos Great British Bake Off will compete for the best factual entertainment award with Channel 4s Gogglebox and ITVs Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs. The Multichannel Award will be contested by Daves Crackanory, Sky Atlantics The Tunnel, Shaun Ryder on UFOs (History) and Sky 1s Yonderland. The Breakthrough Award – for people or organisations who attained a new level of success in 2013 – will be contested by BT Sport, for the successful launch of a challenger TV brand; Jamie Dornan (The Fall) and Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary). The nominees for the Innovation Award are Gogglebox, for an innovative programme format; Netflix, for programming and distribution innovation; and Sky TV, for 25 years of innovation. The shortlists for Radio Broadcaster of the Year and Radio Programme of the Year will be announced in a week’s time. The awards take place on March 28 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The full list of TV nominations is: Best Single Drama Black Mirror: Be Right Back (Channel 4) Burton and Taylor (BBC Four) The Wipers Times (BBC Two) Best Drama Series Broadchurch (ITV) The Fall (BBC Two) Top of the Lake (BBC Two) Best Single Documentary Dogging Tales (Channel 4) The Murder Trial (Channel 4) Richard III: The King in the Car Park (Channel 4)Syria: Across the Lines (Channel 4) Best Documentary Series The Call Centre (BBC Three) Educating Yorkshire (Channel 4) The Story of the Jews (BBC Two) Best Entertainment/Comedy Ambassadors (BBC Two) Fresh Meat (Channel 4)Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) Toast (Channel 4) Best Multichannel Programme Crackanory (Dave) Shaun Ryder on UFOs (History) The Tunnel (Sky Atlantic) Yonderland (Sky 1) Best Factual Entertainment Gogglebox (Channel 4) Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs (ITV) The Great British Bake Off, series 4 (BBC Two) Best Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dancing on the Edge (BBC Two)Rory Kinnear – Southcliffe (Channel 4) Peter Mullen – Top of the Lake (BBC Two) David Tennant – Broadchurch (ITV) Best Actress Gillian Anderson – The Fall (BBC Two) Olivia Colman – Broadchurch (ITV) Elizabeth Moss – Top of the Lake (BBC Two) Maxine Peake – The Village (BBC One) Best Writer Jane Campion – Top of the Lake (BBC Two) Chris Chibnall – Broadchurch (ITV) Allan Cubitt – The Fall (BBC Two) Sally Wainwright – Last Tango in Halifax (BBC One) Breakthrough Award BT Sport (successful launch of a challenger TV brand) Jamie Dornan (The Fall) Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary) Innovation Award Gogglebox - for an innovative programme format Netflix - for programming and distribution innovation Sky Television –for 25 years of innovation
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