LONDON -- The BBC dominated the field Wednesday as the 2007 BAFTA Television Award nominations were announced. It earned 37 mentions, including two each in the best actor and actress categories.

The awards, the annual gala highlight of the U.K television industry, will be televised live May 20 on BBC1.

With 20 nominations, Channel 4 is the pubcaster's closest rival, while ITV came in third with 14 noms, the Five channel racked up two, and digital network Sky One earned three.

Longford, Channel 4's examination of the aftermath of the chilling 1970s Moors murders, earned four nominations and will see co-stars Jim Broadbent and Andy Serkis compete for the best actor award alongside John Simm from BBC1's Life on Mars and Michael Sheen in Kenneth Williams: Fantabulousa!

Longford also is up for best single drama, competing against Fantabulosa, The Road to Guantanamo and Housewife 49.

Mars was nominated in the best drama series category alongside first-timers The Street and Sugar Rush and third-time nominee Shameless. And in the drama serial category, Prime Suspect: The Final Act takes on The Virgin Queen, See No Evil: The Moors Murders and drama thriller Low Winter Sun.

In the debuting international category, Entourage, House, Lost and My Name Is Earl will face off for the prize.

LONDON -- Helen Mirren added another gong to her already overstuffed awards cabinet Tuesday night, winning the best actress award for her performance in ITV's Prime Suspect at the Royal Television Society television awards.

Mirren was recognized for performance as embattled female cop Jane Tennison in the final season of the show, which sees her character battling alcoholism and struggling to protect her collapsing career.

Michael Sheen's performance as comic legend Kenneth Williams in BBC4's Fantabulosa earned him the best actor award while writer-comedian Stephen Merchant won best comedy performance for Extras. West End audition show "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria" was named best entertainment show for BBC1 while More 4's Death of a President was voted best digital program.

ITV's wartime biopic Housewife 49 was named best single drama and ITV2's HBO-produced Entourage was voted best acquisition. The Queen screenwriter Peter Morgan was named best writer for Channel 4 drama Longford.

LONDON -- Fresh off her best actress Oscar for The Queen, Helen Mirren is in the running for the Royal Television Society's top acting nod, this time for reprising the role of Detective Inspector Jane Tennyson in the final Prime Suspect, it was announced Monday.

The annual RTS awards will be held March 13 at the Grosvenor House hotel on London's Park Lane.

The Granada-produced drama that has gripped audiences since Mirren debuted the role in 1991 also has been nominated in the best drama series category along with Channel 4 cop drama Low Winter Sun and Sky One fairytale Hogfather.

Nominated alongside Mirren in the best actress category are Susan Lynch for her portrayal of a police sign-language interpreter who becomes involved with a deaf murder suspect in the BBC2/Blast Films production Soundproof and Julia Davis for her portrayal of '60s TV cook Fanny Cradock in BBC4 drama Fear of Fanny.

Jim Broadbent's portrayal of the British peer who attempted to befriend Moors murderer Myra Hindley in Longford, a Granada/HBO production for Channel 4, will compete for best actor against Philip Glenister in Life on Mars and Michael Sheen for his role in Kenneth Williams biopic Fantabulosa.

Controversial Channel 4 drama Death of a President will compete for the best digital channel program against BBC3 classical music extravaganza Manchester Passion and BBC4 entertainment show Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe.

Doctor Who, Life on Mars and The Street are in competition for the best drama series award, while in the international category the HBO-produced Baghdad E.R. takes on Entourage and Canal Plus-produced Spiral.