Alan Partridge specials are in the wings, says Coogan

The show, starring Steve Coogan, will compete in the TV comedy category alongside Coupling and Bo Selecta.

Presenting duo Ant and Dec will battle it out with chat show hosts Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton for Personality of the Year.

Ross will be hosting the awards on 10 December, to be screened live on ITV1.

He is also up for best comedy entertainment programme, for his Friday night chat show, competing with Ant and Dec for Saturday Takeaway.

Comic Relief Fame Academy, which saw Jo Brand and Ruby Wax imitate the Cheeky Girls, is also nominated in that category.

Swearing

Alan Partridge creator Coogan is shortlisted for best actor alongside Martin Clunes for Booze Cruise and William and Mary, and Rob Brydon for spoof fly-on-the wall series Marion and Geoff.

The female comedy actress prize will be fought out between Alistair McGowan's impressionist partner Ronni Ancona, Julie Walters for The Canterbury Tales and Felicity Montagu, who plays the long-suffering PA in I'm Alan Partridge.

At Home With The Braithwaites, Cold Feet and Teachers will battle it out for best comedy drama.

Last year's award ceremony was criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Commission for the excessive swearing that went out during the live and unedited broadcast.

Full list of nominations:

Comedy actor

• Martin Clunes (Booze Cruise/William & Mary)
  
• Rob Brydon (Marion & Geoff/Cruise of the Gods)
  
• Steve Coogan (I'm Alan Partridge/Cruise of the Gods)
  

  Comedy actress

• Felicity Montagu (I'm Alan Partridge)
  
• Julie Walters (The Canterbury Tales)
  
• Ronni Ancona (The Big Impression)
  

  Entertainment personality

• Ant and Dec (Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway)
  
• Graham Norton (V Graham Norton)
  
• Jonathan Ross (Friday Night With Jonathan Ross/They Think It's All Over/British Comedy Awards)
  

  Comedy Newcomer

• 3 Non Blondes
  
• David Walliams (Little Britain)
  
• Marc Wootton (My New Best Friend)
  

  New TV comedy

• Hardware
  
• Look Around You
  
• My New Best Friend
  

  TV comedy

• Bo'Selecta!
  
• Coupling
  
• I'm Alan Partridge
  

  Comedy drama

• At Home With The Braithwaites
  
• Cold Feet
  
• Teachers
  

  Comedy entertainment programme

• Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
  
• Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
  
• Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
  

  International comedy show

• Friends
  
• Malcolm In The Middle
  
• Will And Grace
  

  Comedy film

• Adaptation
  
• Calendar Girls
  
• Johnny English