Coronation Street has won a host of awards in the past year

The ITV1 series has been shortlisted in the TV drama category, alongside Shameless and Dirty Filthy Love.

The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand and Morrissey will feature in the pop music category at the awards on 25 January.

Nominated in the film category are My Summer of Love, Dead Man's Shoes and Shaun of the Dead.

Booker Prize winner Alan Hollinghurst has been nominated in the literature section alongside Booker-shortlisted authors David Mitchell for Cloud Atlas and Colm Toibin for The Master.

Breakthrough award

The acclaimed National Theatre production of Alan Bennett's The History Boys has been included in the best theatre shortlist.

Also competing is Festen, staged at the Lyric and Almeida theatres, and the Sheffield Crucible's Don Carlos.

The TV comedy award will be fought between Channel 4's Green Wing and BBC Three series Little Britain and Nighty Night.

The awards will be hosted by Melvyn Bragg at the Savoy Hotel in London.

A new breakthrough award has been added, recognising rising British talent.

Among the contenders are the band Razorlight, author Andrea Levy, film director Amma Asante and actor James McAvoy.