Channel 4 has also won a nomination for innovation in broadcasting for its "advances in championing diversity both on and off screen", including its coverage of Paralympic sport and its offer of £1m in advertising air-time to brands involved in diversity.
The BPG Awards in association with Virgin TV are highly coveted because they are the only awards decided by journalists and critics who cover the TV and radio industries.
Claire Foy and Matt Smith, the two stars of Netflix’s The Crown, lead the nominations in the Best Actress and Best Actor categories.
The Crown is also nominated for the Best Online First /Streaming award against Black Mirror, End of the F***ing World and People Just Do Nothing.
BBC3 has also won a won a nomination for innovation in broadcasting for showcasing new comedy – two years after it ceased broadcasting and embraced online streaming.
Virgin TV said it was supporting the BPG's awards because "together we're celebrating the TV people love".
The BPG Awards will be announced at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London on 16 March. For more information, go to
The full list of nominations:
Best Single Drama /Mini-series
Delicious 2 (Sky 1)
Eric, Ernie and Me (BBC Four)
Little Women (BBC One)
Three Girls (BBC One)
Best Drama Series
Line of Duty (BBC One)
Peaky Blinders (BBC Two)
The State (Channel 4)
Tin Star (Sky Atlantic)
Best Single Documentary/Mini-series
Chris Packham: Aspergers and Me (BBC Two)
Idris Elba: Fighter (Discovery)
Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds (Channel 4)
Sgt Pepper’s Musical Revolution (BBC Two)
Best Documentary Series
Blue Planet II (BBC One)
Hospital (BBC Two)
Rock and Roll (Sky Arts)
Trump: An American Dream (Channel 4)
Best Online First /Streaming
Black Mirror (Netflix)
End of the F***ing World (All 4, Channel 4 and Netflix)
People Just Do Nothing (BBC Three)
The Crown (Netflix)
Best Comedy
Detectorists (BBC Four)
Inside No. 9 (BBC Two)
Peter Kay’s Car Share (BBC iPlayer, BBC One)
The Trip To Spain (Sky Atlantic)
Best Entertainment/Factual
The Great British Bake Off (Channel 4)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
Taskmaster (Dave)
The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
Best of Multichannel
Rock and Roll (Sky Arts)
Taskmaster (Dave)
Tin Star (Sky Atlantic)
The Trip to Spain (Sky Atlantic)
Best Actress
Hayley Atwell, Howard’s End
Claire Foy, The Crown
Thandie Newton, Line of Duty
Maxine Peake, Three Girls
Emily Watson, Little Women/Apple Tree Yard
Best Actor
Sean Bean, Broken
Mark Bonnar, Unforgotten/Eric, Ernie and Me/Catastrophe/Apple Tree Yard
Babou Ceesay, Guerrilla
Toby Jones, Detectorists
Matt Smith, The Crown
Writer’s Award
Mackenzie Crook, Detectorists
Jed Mercurio, Line of Duty
Peter Morgan, The Crown
Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton, Inside No 9
BPG Innovation in Broadcasting
Albert - the free online tool for calculating a production’s carbon footprint
BBC Three – for showcasing new comedy talent
Channel 4 – for new advances in championing diversity both on and off screen
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