The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has this week announced the nominations for its annual Television Craft Awards. Leading the way with seven nominations is BBC One”s three-part adaptation, Great Expectations, starring Ray Winstone, Gillian Anderson, David Suchet and Douglas Booth.

Tying for second place with five nominations each are the BBC”s natural history epic Frozen Planet and Birdsong, the BBC”s war-time adaptation of Sebastian Faulks” bestselling book.

Four nominations go to ITV1”s contemporary two-part drama Appropriate Adult, based on the true story of serial killer Fred West and the events between the Wests’; arrests in 1994 and his suicide on New Year’;s Day, 1995. Other dramas nominated include ITV”s international hit Downton Abbey, Channel 4”s rendition of urban drug and gang culture Top Boy, BBC One”s modern re-telling of Sherlock and BBC Two”s Victorian tale of love, lust, desire and revenge with The Crimson Petal And The White. All received three nominations.

The Craft Awards recognise skills across 18 categories: Break-Through Talent, Costume Design, Digital Creativity, Director: Factual, Director: Fiction, Director: Multi-Camera, Editing: Factual, Editing: Fiction, Entertainment Craft Team, Make- up and Hair Design, Original Music, Photography: Factual, Photography & Lighting: Fiction, Production Design, Sound: Factual, Sound: Fiction, Visual Effects and, finally, Writer.

The Awards ceremony will be held at The Brewery, in the City of London, on Sunday 13 May 2012. The complete list of nominations is available on the BAFTA website.

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