Category: Wales
Date: 29.03.2006
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BBC Wales programmes and services have received an unprecedented 44 nominations for the Bafta Cymru Awards 2005.
Doctor Who - which is made by BBC Wales - leads the way, being shortlisted in 14 separate categories including Best Actor and Best Actress nominations for Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper.
BBC Wales' drama department picks up a further five nominations for its BBC network production, Dad, starring Richard Briers.
BBC Wales factual programmes receive a total of ten nominations, six of them for the documentary series Tribe.
The producer of Tribe, Steve Robinson, finds himself in the peculiar situation of competing against himself for the Best Documentary Programme award.
Tribe will compete for that award against Ellen MacArthur: Taking on the World and Iolo Williams Flying with Kites - two other programmes produced by Steve Robinson.
BBC Wales has been shortlisted for comedy, music and animated programmes while four new media projects have also been nominated.
Menna Richards, Controller, BBC Wales, says: "It shows the strength of BBC Wales' investment in programming to see so many BBC Wales productions in English and in Welsh nominated across so many genres.
"Being shortlisted for a Bafta Cymru award is an achievement in itself and all the nominees deserve our congratulations."
The Bafta Cymru awards evening will take place at the Cardiff International Arena on Saturday 22 April 2006.
