Broadcast shortlist out

Fleabag is up for three major TV awards.

Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge's show is up for best comedy, best multichannel programme and best original programme in the Broadcast awards.

E4's Chewing Gum is also up for a double - best comedy and best multichannel – while other comedy shows nominated across various categories including Julia Davis's Camping; Flowers, which starred Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt; and Dave's Taskmaster, with Greg Davies and Alex Horne.

Horrible Histories' Sensational Shakespeare special receives another nod, shortlisted in the best children's category

The nominees in categories related to comedy are:

BEST COMEDY PROGRAMME
Camping (Sky1)
Catastrophe (Channel 4)
Chewing Gum (E4)
Fleabag (BBC Three)
Mum (BBC Two)
Murder in Successville (BBC Three)

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
Britain’s Got Talent (ITV)
The Last Leg (Channel 4)
Lip Sync Battle UK (Channel 5)
Love Island (ITV2)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
Taskmaster (Dave)

BEST MULTICHANNEL PROGRAMME

Chewing Gum (E4)
Fleabag (BBC Three)
Love Island (ITV2)
Murdered by My Father (BBC Three)
Professor Green Suicide and Me (BBC Three)

BEST ORIGINAL PROGRAMME
Computer Says Show (Sky Arts)
Dickensian (BBC One)
Fleabag (BBC Three)
Flowers (Channel 4)
Is This Rape? Sex on Trial (BBC Three)
Naked Attraction (Channel 4)

The winners will be announced on February 1 at London’s Grosvenor Hotel.

• Yesterday, Gus Beattie of Glasgow-based The Comedy Unit was named best comedy or entertainment producer at the Audio Production Awards in London.

Published: 24 Nov 2016