Stewart Lee, Charlie Brooker and Jessica Hynes among them...

Stewart Lee, Charlie Brooker and Jessica Hynes are among the comedy stars nominated for Bafta awards today.

And in an eclectic shortlist, the Monty Python O2 gig broadcast live on Gold is up against an FA Cup semi-final, the Tour De France and a Second World War remembrance Ceremony t for the best sport or live event.

The winners will be revealed at a Ceremony at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Sunday May 10, and broadcast on BBC One.

The comedy nominees are:

Comedy and comedy entertainment programme

Charlie Brooker’s Screen Wipe (BBC2)

The Graham Norton Show (BBC1)

Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle (BBC2)

Would I Lie to You (BBC1)

Scripted comedy

Detectorists (BBC4)

Harry & Paul’s Story of the Twos (BBC2)

Moone Boy (Sky 1)

The Wrong Mans (BBC2)

Female performance in a comedy programme

Olivia Colman for Rev (BBC2)

Tamsin Greig for Episodes (BBC2)

Jessica Hynes for W1A (BBC2)

Catherine Tate for Catherine Tate’s Nan (BBC1)

Male performance in a comedy programme

Matt Berry for Toast of London (Channel 4)

Hugh Bonneville for W1A (BBC2)

Tom Hollander for Rev (BBC2)

Brendan O’Carroll for Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special (BBC1)

Entertainment performance

Ant and Dec for Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)

Leigh Francis for Celebrity Juice (ITV2)

Graham Norton for The Graham Norton Show (BBC1)

Claudia Winkleman for Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1)

And among the drama nominees, Amanda Redman was shortlisted for best supporting actress for her role in the ITV biopic Tommy Cooper: Not like That, Like This

Published: 8 Apr 2015