Playing favourites

Bafta nominates only half of several top comedy partnerships

This year’s Bafta nominees have been announced – with judges splitting up many comedy partnerships to shortlist just one of the performers.

The divisions include:

Rob Brydon nominated for The Trip, but not his co-star in the two-hander Steve Coogan
Sian Gibson for Peter Kay’s Car Share, but not Kay himself
Daisy May Cooper for This Country (which is also up for best scripted comedy) but not her brother and co-star Charlie
Toby Jones for Detectorists, but not creator Mackenzie Crook
Sharon Horgan for Catastrophe but not co-star and co-creator Rob Delaney

In other categories, Michael McIntyre is up for two gongs - for best entertainment performance and best entertainment programme for his Big Show.

Adam Hills is also up for best entertainment performance, with The Last Leg in the running for best entrainment programme.

And in short form programming, Liam Williams's Pls Like and Morgana Robinson’s Summer for Sky Arts are among the nominees.

The awards will be handed out on May 13.

Here is the full list of comedy-related nominees:

Male performance in a comedy programme

Asim Chaudhry for People Just Do Nothing
Rob Brydon for The Trip
Samson Kayo for Famalan
Toby Jones for Detectorists

Female performance in a comedy programme

Anna Maxwell Martin Motherland
Daisy May Cooper for This Country
Sharon Horgan for Catastrophe
Sian Gibson for Peter Kay’s Car Share

Scripted comedy

Catastrophe
Chewing Gum
This Country
Timewasters

Entertainment programme