Hip Hip Hooray for the Irish Nominated in this Year's BAFTA TV Awards

Irish Pride is right!

So it's not our favourite show we'll admit that, but good on Brendan O'Carroll who has been nominated for his performance in Mrs. Brown's Boys Christmas Special at this year's TV BAFTAs. 

With him in the Irish charge is Stephen Rea who is up for his supporting role in The Honourable Woman, while Graham Norton also been BAFTA nominated for 'Entertainment Performance' in The Graham Norton Show. Everyone, loves Graham, he has to win!

Sure while you're here you can read the full list of nominations below. It's a long list so get yourself some tea and a slice of cake.  The 2015 BAFTA TV Awards take place on 10th May.

LEADING ACTOR

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH - Sherlock – BBC One
TOBY JONES - Marvellous – BBC Two
JAMES NESBITT - The Missing – BBC One
JASON WATKINS - The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies - ITV

LEADING ACTRESS

GEORGINA CAMPBELL - Murdered by My Boyfriend – BBC Three
KEELEY HAWES - Line of Duty – BBC Two
SARAH LANCASHIRE - Happy Valley – BBC One
SHERIDAN SMITH Cilla - ITV

SUPPORTING ACTOR

ADEEL AKHTAR - Utopia – Channel 4
JAMES NORTON - Happy Valley – BBC One
STEPHEN REA - The Honourable Woman – BBC Two
KEN STOTT - The Missing – BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

GEMMA JONES - Marvellous – BBC Two
VICKY MCCLURE - Line of Duty – BBC Two
AMANDA REDMAN - Tommy Cooper: Not like That, Like This - ITV
CHARLOTTE SPENCER - Glue – E4

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE

ANT AND DEC Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – ITV
LEIGH FRANCIS Celebrity Juice – ITV2
GRAHAM NORTON The Graham Norton Show – BBC One
CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN Strictly Come Dancing – BBC One

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

OLIVIA COLMAN Rev. – BBC Two
TAMSIN GREIG Episodes – BBC Two
JESSICA HYNES W1A – BBC Two
CATHERINE TATE Catherine Tate’s Nan – BBC One

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

MATT BERRY Toast of London – Channel 4
HUGH BONNEVILLE W1A – BBC Two
TOM HOLLANDER Rev. – BBC Two
BRENDAN O’CARROLL Mrs Brown’s Boys – Christmas Special – BBC One

SINGLE DRAMA

A POET IN NEW YORK Aisling Walsh, Ruth Caleb, Andrew Davies, Griff Rhys Jones - Modern
Television/BBC Two
COMMON Jimmy McGovern, David Blair, Colin McKeown, Donna Molloy – LA
Productions/BBC One
MARVELLOUS Peter Bowker, Julian Farino, Katie Swinden, Patrick Spence – Fifty
Fathoms/BBC Two
MURDERED BY MY BOYFRIEND Pier Wilkie, Regina Moriarty, Paul Andrew Williams, Darren
Kemp – BBC/BBC Three

MINI-SERIES

CILLA 
THE LOST HONOUR OF CHRISTOPHER JEFFERIES 
OUR WORLD WAR 
PREY 

DRAMA SERIES

HAPPY VALLEY
LINE OF DUTY 
THE MISSING 
PEAKY BLINDERS 

SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA

CASUALTY
CORONATION STREET
EASTENDERS 
HOLLYOAKS 

Advertised

INTERNATIONAL

THE GOOD WIFE
HOUSE OF CARDS
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK 
TRUE DETECTIVE 

FACTUAL SERIES

15,000 KIDS AND COUNTING Chris Eley, Brian Woods, Gwyn Jones, Fiona Jones – True Vision
Productions/Channel 4
EDUCATING THE EAST END Production Team – Twofour/Channel 4
LIFE AND DEATH ROW Production Team – BBC Documentaries Production/BBC Three
PROTECTING OUR PARENTS Production Team – BBC Documentaries Production/BBC Two

SPECIALIST FACTUAL

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S CONQUEST OF THE SKIES 3D David Attenborough, Anthony
Geffen, David Lee - Colossus Productions/SKY 3D
GRAYSON PERRY: WHO ARE YOU? Neil Crombie, Joe Evans – Swan Films/Channel 4
THE GREAT WAR: THE PEOPLE’S STORY Production Team – Shiver/ITV
OUR GAY WEDDING: THE MUSICAL Sean Murphy, Archie Baron - Wingspan
Productions/Channel 4

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY

BABY P: THE UNTOLD STORY Henry Singer, Jenny Saunders, Ben Stark, Simon Ford –
Sandpaper Films/BBC One
CHILDREN OF SYRIA Robin Barnwell, Lyse Doucet, Bradley Manning, Lucy Hetherington –
BBC/BBC Two
THE MINERS STRIKE AND ME Production Team – Shiver/ITV
THE PAEDOPHILE HUNTER Dan Reed - Amos Pictures/Channel 4

FEATURES

GEORGE CLARKE’S AMAZING SPACES Will Daws, Jamie Wightman, Stuart Cabb – Plum
Pictures/Channel 4
GRAND DESIGNS Production Team – Boundless (part of Fremantle Media UK)/Channel 4
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF Anna Beattie, Samantha Beddoes, Andy Devonshire, Simon
Evans – Love Productions/BBC One
LONG LOST FAMILY Sally Benton, Clare Bradbury, Colette Flight, Kate Scholefield – Wall To
Wall/ITV

REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL

THE APPRENTICE Production Team – Boundless/BBC One
I’M A CELEBRITY… GET ME OUT OF HERE! Production Team – ITV Studios/ITV
THE ISLAND WITH BEAR GRYLLS Ben Mitchell, Tim Whitwell, Bear Grylls, Delbert Shoopman -
Shine/ Bear Grylls Ventures Co-Production/Channel 4
THE UNDATEABLES Sarah Spencer, Martha Constable – Betty TV/Channel 4

CURRENT AFFAIRS

CHILDREN ON THE FRONTLINE (DISPATCHES) Production Team – ITN Productions/Channel 4
EBOLA FRONTLINE (PANORAMA) Steve Grandison, Lucie Kon, Karen Edwards, Fabio
Basone – Blakeway Productions/BBC One
INSIDE KENYA’S DEATH SQUADS (AL JAZEERA INVESTIGATES) Simon Boazman, Kris Jepson,
Chris Olivotos, Phil Rees – Al Jazeera Network/Al Jazeera English
TERROR AT THE MALL (THIS WORLD) Dan Reed, Mark Towns, Sarah Waldron, George Carey
– Amos Pictures/BBC Two

NEWS COVERAGE

BBC NEWS AT TEN
CHANNEL 4 NEWS – INSIDE GAZA: CHILDREN UNDER FIRE 
ITV NEWS AT TEN: IRAQ CRISIS 
SKY NEWS LIVE AT FIVE: EBOLA

SPORT & LIVE EVENT

2014 FA CUP SEMI FINAL HULL CITY V SHEFFIELD UNITED
MONTY PYTHON (MOSTLY) LIVE: ONE DOWN, FIVE TO GO 
TOUR DE FRANCE, 2014, STAGE 1 
WW1 REMEMBERED – FROM THE BATTLEFIELD & WESTMINSTER ABBEY 

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

ANT AND DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY 
DYNAMO: MAGICIAN IMPOSSIBLE
STRICTLY COME DANCING 
THE VOICE

COMEDY AND COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

CHARLIE BROOKER’S WEEKLY WIPE
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW 
STEWART LEE’S COMEDY VEHICLE 
WOULD I LIE TO YOU 

SCRIPTED COMEDY

DETECTORISTS
HARRY & PAUL’S STORY OF THE TWOS 
MOONE BOY
THE WRONG MANS J

RADIO TIMES AUDIENCE AWARD (voted for by members of the public)

Advertised

CILLA
EASTENDERS
GAME OF THRONES
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF
THE MISSING
SHERLOCK
STRICTLY COME DANCING

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