IT Crowd finale leads Bafta nominations

The finale of The IT Crowd leads this year's Bafta TV nominations with four nods.

It’s on a par with crime drama Southcliffe, and one more than Broadchurch and The Village.

The show is up for best sitcom, while Richard Ayoade and Chris O'Dowd are each nominated for best male performance in a comedy, and co-star Katherine Parkinson is shortlisted in the same category for actresses.

Shortlists in comedy categories are:

Best sitcom

Him & Her: The Wedding
Count Arthur Strong
Toast of London
The IT Crowd

Male Performance in a Comedy Programme

Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd)

Chris O’Dowd (The IT Crowd)

Mathew Baynton (The Wrong Mans)

James Corden (The Wrong Mans)

Female Performance in a Comedy Programme

Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd)

Frances De La Tour (Vicious)

Doon MacKichan (Plebs)

Kerry Howard (Him & Her)

Comedy And Comedy Entertainment Programme

The Graham Norton Show

A League Of Their Own
Productions/Sky One

The Revolution Will Be Televised

Would I Lie To You?

Best Entertainment Performance

Graham Norton (The Graham Norton Show)
Sarah Millican (The Sarah Millican Television Programme)
Charlie Brooker (10 O'Clock Live)
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway)

Brooker’s Black Mirror episode Be Right Back is also nominated for best single drama alongside An Adventure in Space and Time, Complicit and The Wipers Times

This year's ceremony will be held on Sunday May 18, hosted by Graham Norton

Published: 7 Apr 2014