BAFTA TV Awards nominations

The nominations have been announced for the 2009 BAFTA TV Awards. They include:

Single Drama

• Einstein and Eddington (written by Peter Moffat - BBC2/Company Pictures)
• Hancock and Joan (written by Richard Cottan - BBC4/World Productions)
• The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (written by Simon Block - C4/TalkbackThames)
• White Girl (written by Abi Morgan - BBC2/Tiger Aspect)
  

Drama Series

• Doctor Who (writing credits - BBC1/BBC Productions)
• Shameless (writing credits - C4/Company Pictures)
• Spooks (writing credits - BBC1/Kudos)
• Wallander (written by Richard Cottan and Richard McBrien, from the books by Henning Menkell - BBC1/Left Bank)
  

Drama Serial

• Criminal Justice (written by Peter Moffat - BBC1/BBC Productions)
• Dead Set (written by Charlie Brooker - C4/Zeppotron)
• The Devil's Whore (written by Peter Flannery - C4/Company Pictures & Power)
• House of Saddam (written by Alex Holmes and Stephen Butchard - BBC2/BBC Productions & HBO)
  

Continuing Drama

• The Bill (writing credits - ITV1/TalkbackThames)
• Casualty (writing credits - BBC1/BBC Productions)
• EastEnders (writing credits - BBC1/BBC Productions)
  

Comedy Programme

• Harry and Paul (created by Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse - BBC1/Tiger Aspect)
• The Peter Serafinowicz Show (cretaed by Peter and James Serafinowicz - BBC2/Objective)
• Star Stories (C4/Objective)
• That Mitchell and Webb Look (BBC2/BBC Productions)
  

Sitcom

• The Inbetweeners (written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris - C4/Bwark Productions)
• The IT Crowd (written by Graham Linehan - C4/TalkbackThames)
• Outnumbered (written by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin - BBC1/Hat Trick)
• Peep Show (written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong - C4/Objective)
  

The Awards will be presented on Sunday 26 April.

NB: I've added written by credits where I can find them, or links to credits if there are a large number of writers.

Sky promises more homegrown drama

Sky director of programmes Richard Woolfe has bolstered his commitment to original drama, promising more big budget shows on the broadcaster next year.

This year it will air a high definition adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather, starring David Jason, Tony Robinson and Nigel Planer and Woolfe is keen to build on this. Producers have optioned the rights on three more books in the Discworld series, including The Colour of Magic, the first in the fantasy franchise. Hogfather is being broadcast this month and it is highly likely that more productions will begin development next year.

More from Liz Thomas in The Stage.