Channel 4's surprise hit Gogglebox is bidding for double Bafta success after it picked up two nominations for this year's TV awards.

The show, which features people watching the week's TV, has made stars of its cast and is nominated for best reality and constructed factual show as well as the audience award.

Among the big names in the running for awards are Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter for their portrayal of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in a drama based on the couple's tempestuous life together.

The pair are nominated for the leading actor and actress awards respectively and face competition from stars including Jamie Dornan and Olivia Colman.

Colman, nominated for hit detective drama Broadchurch, is up against Kerrie Hayes from The Mill and Maxine Peake from The Village for the leading actress award.

Dornan is recognised for his role as the twisted killer in BBC2's The Fall, alongside Luke Newberry from zombie thriller In The Flesh.

The shortlist is completed by Southcliffe's Sean Harris.

Southcliffealso picked up supporting actor and actress nods for Rory Kinnear and Shirley Henderson and is in the running in the mini-series category.

Broadchurch's David Bradley is nominated for supporting actor, as are Ripper Street's Jerome Flynn and Nico Mirallegro from The Village.

Henderson faces competition from Claire Rushbrook for My Mad Fat Diary in the supporting actress category, with nods for on-screen sisters Sarah Lancashire and Nicola Walker from Last Tango In Halifax.

The tussle for best male performance in a comedy sees The IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade and Chris O'Dowd up against Mathew Baynton and James Corden from The Wrong Mans.

Veteran star Frances De La Tour's role in Vicious sees her nominated for female performance in a comedy alongside The IT Crowd's Katherine Parkinson, Doon MacKichan for Plebs and Kerry Howard for Him And Her: The Wedding.

The latter is also nominated in the sitcom category along with Count Arthur Strong, Toast Of London and The IT Crowd.

The awards are on May 18.