Twenty Twelve leads Baftas

Nominations out

Twenty Twelve has scored an impressive four nominations in the TV Baftas.

The Olympic comedy is up for best sitcom, with stars Jessica Hynes and Olivia Colman vying for best female performance. Hugh Bonneville is shortlisted in the male category.

Also up for best sitcom are Episodes, Hunderby and The Thick Of It.

Other individual nominees include Greg Davies, Sarah Millican, Miranda Hart and Steve Coogan. Nina Conti has been shortlisted in the documentary category.

The comedy nominees are:

Comedy programme

Cardinal Burns
Mr Stink
The Revolution Will Be Televised
Alan Partridge: Welcome To The Places Of My Life

Situation comedy

Episodes
Hunderby
The Thick Of It
Twenty Twelve

Female performance in a comedy programme

Jessica Hynes for Twenty Twelve
Julia Davis for Hunderby
Miranda Hart for Miranda
Olivia Colman for Twenty Twelve

Male performance in a comedy programme

Greg Davies for Cuckoo
Hugh Bonneville for Twenty Twelve
Peter Capaldi for The Thick of It
Steve Coogan for Welcome To The Places Of My Life

Individual in an entertainment programme

Alan Carr for Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Ant and Dec for I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Graham Norton for The Graham Norton Show
Sarah Millican for The Sarah Millican Show

Entertainment programme

Dynamo Magician Impossible
The Graham Norton Show
Have I Got News For You
A League Of Their Own

Published: 9 Apr 2013

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