*Six nominations for _Peaky Blinders_
*Five nominations for _Broadchurch_
*Four nominations for _Utopia_
*_An Adventure In Space And Time_, _David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive 3D_, _Luther_ & _Top Of The Lake_ each receive three nominations


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London, 24 March 2014: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today announced the nominations for its annual British Academy Television Craft Awards, which honour the very best behind-the-scenes talent from television. This year’s ceremony will be held at The Brewery on Sunday 27 April, and will be hosted once again by Stephen Mangan.

A diverse range of programmes compete in each category for the coveted BAFTA masks. Leading the way with six nominations is BBC Two’s gangster family epic _Peaky Blinders_, featuring Cillian Murphy and Helen McCrory.

ITV’s _Broadchurch_ follows closely with five nominations, starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman as the officers investigating the murder of a young boy in a small coastal town, whilst Channel 4’s thriller, Utopia, receives four nominations.

With three nominations apiece are: Doctor Who drama _An Adventure in Space and Time_, Sky 3D’s _David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive 3D_, and crime dramas _Luther_ and _Top of the Lake_.

A number of programmes have two nominations each: documentary series _Africa_, an awe-inspiring journey through the world’s wildest continent; _Burton and Taylor_, portraying the final public appearance of Hollywood’s most glamorous couple; _Dancing on the Edge_ following the lives of a jazz band in aristocratic 1930s London; _Da Vinci’s Demons_, depicting the untold story of Leonardo Da Vinci; _David Bowie – Five Years_, an intimate portrait of the performer during the key years of his career; observational documentary Educating Yorkshire which filmed the lives of staff and students at a Yorkshire secondary school; and long-running motoring show _Top Gear_.

Graham Linehan receives two nominations in the Writer: Comedy category – the first for _The IT Crowd_, and the second for _Count Arthur Strong_ with his co-writer Steve Delaney. James Corden and Mathew Baynton receive their first writing nominations for _The Wrong Mans_, in which they also star. Completing the category are Sam Bain, Jessie Armstrong and Tom Basden for _Fresh Meat_.
Nominated in the Writer: Drama category are Chris Chibnall for _Broadchurch_; Dominic Mitchell for _In the Flesh_; Sally Wainwright for _Last Tango in Halifax_; and Dennis Kelly for _Utopia_.

Other programmes with nominations include: _Dates_; _PLEBS_; _Run_; _Downton Abbey_; _The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane_; _CBeebies Playtime_; _D-Day: As It Happens_; _This Morning: Take Over the Makeover_; _Her Majesty’s Prison Aylesbury_; _The Murder Trial_; _The Unspeakable Crime: Rape; The Funeral of Baroness Thatcher; The Graham Norton Show; Strictly Come Dancing; The X Factor; Arena: The National Theatre; The Fall; Doctor Who at the Proms 2013; Dynamo Magician Impossible; Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway; Death Comes To Pemberley; Mechanical Marvels; Rebuilding The World Trade Centre; Syria: Across The Lines; Ripper Street; Britten’s Endgame; Hebrides – Islands On The Edge; The Escape Artist; Doctor Who: Day Of The Doctor_; and _Micro Monsters With David Attenborough_.

On 20 March, BAFTA announced that Saturday night entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing will receive the BAFTA Special Award at the Television Craft Awards ceremony. The behind-the-scenes crew are being awarded in recognition of the outstanding creative and technical teamwork that delivers consistently high-quality live entertainment and celebrates the past ten years of production.

The British Academy Television Craft Awards recognise skills across 19 different categories: Breakthrough Talent sponsored by Sara Putt Associates; Costume Design; Digital Creativity; Director: Factual; Director: Fiction; Director: Multi-Camera sponsored by The London Studios; Editing: Factual sponsored by G-Technology; Editing: Fiction; Entertainment Craft Team sponsored by Hotcam; Make-up and Hair Design sponsored by MAC; Original Music; Photography: Factual; Photography & Lighting: Fiction; Production Design; Sound: Factual; Sound: Fiction; Special, Visual & Graphic Effects; Writer: Drama; and Writer: Comedy sponsored by The Farm LA.



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