Simon Cowell, David Tennant and Julie Walters are among the nominees for this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.

Tennant has been nominated in the ‘Best Actor’ category for his starring role in Doctor Who, which he departed from on New Years Day, and Hamlet. The Scottish actor is pitched against Peter Capaldi, who plays Malcolm Tucker in BBC Four political comedy The Thick of It.

Also competing for ‘Best Actor’ are David Morrissey for Red Riding and James Nesbitt, who is nominated for his performances in both Five Minutes to Heaven and BBC One’s Occupation, which received three nods overall.

Walters, meanwhile, has been put forward for A Short Stay in Switzerland and Victoria Wood’s Midlife Christmas in the ‘Best Actress’ category, competing with Helena Bonham-Carter and Maxine Peak.

They join Rebecca Front, who portrays Nicola Murray in The Thick of It, which is up for four awards on the night.

Elsewhere, Cowell has been recognised in the category of ‘Best Non-Acting Performer’, alongside Fern Britton, Adrian Chiles and Gareth Malone, presenter of The Choir: Unsung Town.

The BPG Awards, which are selected by journalists who write about TV and radio, will take place at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London on March 26.

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