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Royal Television Society Awards
ITV's period drama Downton Abbey is nominated for best drama series in this year's Royal Television Society awards.
The seven-part series goes up againts Sherlock (BBC One) and Misfits (E4).
The awards are voted for by media executives, producers and journalists.
Meanwhile, Strictly Come Dancing failed to secure a nomination for best entertainment at the Royal Television Society awards - while its Saturday night rival The X Factor is up for a gong.
The nominations pit The X Factor against another ITV show, The Cube, fronted by Phillip Schofield, and The Million Pound Drop, presented on Channel 4 by Davina McCall.
In other categories, Julie Walters is nominated for best actress for her role as the late politician Mo Mowlam in the Channel 4 drama Mo, which is also up for best single drama and drama writing.
Miranda Hart has two nominations, for scripted comedy and comedy performance, for her BBC Two show Miranda.
The cult E4 show The Inbetweeners and BBC Two vicarage sitcom Rev, starring Tom Hollander, is also in the running for the same two gongs.
Coronation Street, EastEnders and Casualty are nominated for best soap and continuing drama.
The hit Channel 4 show My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding is up for best single documentary, against Between Life And Death (BBC One), filmed in a brain injury unit, and The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan (More4), on the practice in northern Afghanistan of buying boys as private dancers who become victims of abuse.
Piers Morgan is up for best presenter for Piers Morgan's Life Stories (ITV1), up against Reggie Yates for Autistic Superstars and pin-up Professor Brian Cox for Wonders of the Solar System.
Ant and Dec are in the running for best entertainment performance for I'm A Celebrity... as well as Britain's Got Talent, against Charlie Brooker for Newswipe and Graham Norton on The Graham Norton Show.
David Tennant is up for best actor for his role in BBC One drama Single Father, against Jim Broadbent (Any Human Heart) and Johnny Harris (This Is England '86).
Mad Men is nominated in the international category of the Royal Television Society Programme Awards, which take place on March 15 in London, hosted by comedian Dara O'Briain.
Norminations
Actor (Female)
Vicky McClure – This is England '86 A Warp Film for Channel 4
Natalie Press – Five Daughters BBC Productions for BBC One
Julie Walters – Mo ITV Studios for Channel 4
Actor (Male)
Johnny Harris – This is England '86 A Warp Film for Channel 4
David Tennant – Single Father Red Productions for BBC One
Jim Broadbent – Any Human Heart Carnival Films for Channel 4
Arts
Genius of British Art (Episode 3: Howard Jacobson 'Flesh') Oxford Film and Television for Channel 4
Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art A Lone Star/National Theatre Production in association with Arts Council England and More4
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss BBC Productions/BBC Bristol for BBC Four
Children's Drama
Sarah Jane Adventures BBC Productions/BBC Wales for CBBC
Tracy Beaker Returns CBBC for CBBC
Children's Programme
Y Diwrnod Mawr - Sion Pyrs (My Big Day - Sion Pyrs) Ceidiog for S4C
Something Special CBeebies for CBeebies
Horrible Histories Lion Television in association with Citrus for CBBC
Scripted Comedy
The Inbetweeners ABwark Production for E4
Miranda BBC Productions for BBC Two
Rev Big Talk Productions for BBC Two
Comedy Performance
James Buckley - The Inbetweeners A Bwark Production for E4
Miranda Hart - Miranda BBC Productions for BBC Two
Tom Hollander - Rev Big Talk Productions for BBC Two
Daytime and Early - Peak Programme
Deal or No Deal An Endemol West Production for Channel 4
The Indian Doctor Rondo Media and Avatar Films for BBC One
Moving On - Sauce For The Goose LA Productions for BBC One
Documentary Series
Wormwood Scrubs Wild Pictures for ITV1
One Born Every Minute Dragonfly Productions for Channel 4
Welcome to Lagos KEO north for BBC Two
Single Documentary
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding Firecracker Films for Channel 4
Between Life and Death BBC Productions/BBC Wales for BBC One
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan Clover Films for More4
Drama Serial
Any Human Heart Carnival Films for Channel 4
This is England '86 A Warp Film for Channel 4
Five Daughters BBC Productions for BBC One
Drama Series
Downton Abbey Carnival Films for ITV1
Sherlock Hartswood Films for BBC One
Misfits Clerkenwell Films for E4
Single Drama
The Road to Coronation Street ITV Studios for BBC Four
The Song of Lunch BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC Two
Mo ITV Studios for Channel 4
Entertainment
The Million Pound Drop Remarkable Television, An Endemol Company, for Channel 4
The X Factor A talkbackTHAMES and Syco TV Production for ITV1
The Cube Objective Productions for ITV1
Entertainment Performance
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly - I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! / Britain's Got Talent ITV Studios for ITV1 / a talkbackTHAMES and Syco TV Production for ITV1
Charlie Brooker – Newswipe Zeppotron for BBC Four
Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show So Television for BBC One
Features and Lifestyle Series
Pineapple Dance Studios Pulse Films for Sky1HD
Don’t Tell the Bride Renegade Pictures for BBC Three
The Great British Bake-Off Love Productions for BBC Two
History
Words of the Blitz ITV Studios for ITV1
At Home With The Georgians Matchlight for BBC Two
The Secret Life of the National Grid BBC Productions for BBC Four
International Award
True Stories: The Cove Vertigo Films for More4
Mad Men Lionsgate for BBC Four
Justified Sony Pictures Television for 5USA
Presenter
Piers Morgan - Piers Morgan's Life Stories ITV Studios for ITV1
Reggie Yates - Autistic Superstars Prospect Cymru Wales for BBC Three
Professor Brian Cox - Wonders of the Solar System BBC/Science Channel co-production for BBC Two
Nations and Regions Programme
Taggart STV Productions for STV, ITV and Alibi
Breaking the Silence Tern TV for BBC One Northern Ireland
Snowdonia 1890 Indus Television for BBC One Wales
Science & Natural History
Wonders of the Solar System BBC/Science Channel co-production for BBC Two
How Earth Made Us: Deep Earth BBC Productions for BBC Two
Lost Land of the Tiger BBC Natural History Unit for BBC One
Soap and Continuing Drama
Coronation Street ITV Studios for ITV1
EastEnders BBC Productions for BBC One
Casualty BBC Productions for BBC One
Writer - Comedy
Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong – Peep Show Objective Productions for Channel 4
Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine & Joanna Scanlan – Getting On Vera Productions for BBC Four
Graham Linehan – The I.T. Crowd talkbackTHAMES for Channel 4
Writer - Drama
Jack Thorne and Shane Meadows – This is England ’86 A Warp Film for Channel 4
Stephen Butchard - Five Daughters BBC Productions for BBC One
Neil McKay - Mo ITV Studios for Channel 4
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