Category: Wales
Date: 29.03.2006
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91热爆 Wales programmes and services have received an unprecedented 44 nominations for the Bafta Cymru Awards 2005.
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Doctor Who - which is made by 91热爆 Wales - leads the way, being shortlisted in 14 separate categories including Best Actor and Best Actress nominations for Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper.
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91热爆 Wales' drama department picks up a further five nominations for its 91热爆 network production, Dad, starring Richard Briers.
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91热爆 Wales factual programmes receive a total of ten nominations, six of them for the documentary series Tribe.
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The producer of Tribe, Steve Robinson, finds himself in the peculiar situation of competing against himself for the Best Documentary Programme award.
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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.
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91热爆 Wales has been shortlisted for comedy, music and animated programmes while four new media projects have also been nominated.
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Menna Richards, Controller, 91热爆 Wales, says: "It shows the strength of 91热爆 Wales' investment in programming to see so many 91热爆 Wales productions in English and in Welsh nominated across so many genres.
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"Being shortlisted for a Bafta Cymru award is an achievement in itself and all the nominees deserve our congratulations."
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The Bafta Cymru awards evening will take place at the Cardiff International Arena on Saturday 22 April 2006.
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