BBC1 period drama Little Dorrit is up for five awards including costume design, make up and hair design, original television music, production design and sound (fiction/entertainment).
Kenneth Branagh's BBC1 detective drama Wallander is also up for five gongs including original television music, production design, sound (fiction/entertainment), titles and photography and lighting (fiction/entertainment).
Following his nomination in the Television Awards, Charlie Brooker is recognised in the Break-Through Talent category for his original zombie-based screenplay Dead Set which initially aired on E4. The series is also nominated in Interactive Innovation.
BBC1's Doctor Who has earned three nominations for editing (fiction/entertainment), visual effects and writer while BBC2's House of Saddam and Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley are up for four awards each.
Channel 4's documentary series The Family and period drama The Devil's Whore are each up for a hat-trick of awards. Ross Kemp in Afghanistan, on Sky One, is in the running for photography and sound awards in the factual category.
This year's Special Award is going to Aardman Animations. It recognises the achievements of the Bristol-based producer that was formed in 1976 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton and has made a global impact with characters ranging from Morph and Creature Comforts to Nick Park's multi Oscar-winning clay creations Wallace and Gromit.
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