Leading actor — **The nominees**
Sean Bean, ‘Accused: Tracie's Story’ (BBC1)
Derek Jacobi, ‘Last Tango in Halifax’ (BBC1)
Toby Jones, ‘The Girl’ (BBC2)
Ben Whishaw, ‘The Hollow Crown: Richard II’ (BBC2)

Awards panels love a good physical transformation, and this year has two doozies. Bean was superb, cast startlingly against type as a transvestite. But Jones lifted an otherwise slightly flat retelling of the Hitchcock-Hedren story, mesmerisingly capturing the unsavoury mischief, technical brilliance and deep personal unhappiness of the Master. Anthony Hopkins’s take in ‘Hitchcock’ looked like caricature by contrast. Whishaw, too, was wonderful, but expect ‘The Hollow Crown’ to sweep up elsewhere in compensation.

**Who will win?**
Sean Bean

**Who should win?**
Toby Jones

**Who’s missing?**
Tom Hiddleston was superb as Prince Harry-turned-King Henry in ‘The Hollow Crown. Cumberbatch overkill may have done for his chances in ‘Parade’s End’, but what about Oli Lansley’s stunning turn as Kenny Everett in ‘Best Possible Taste’? One too many transformations, perhaps.

TV Baftas 2013: who will win?

As British telly's biggest night returns, we take a closer look at who'll be winning big and who'll be left doing the old awkward clap-and-grin

Friday 3 May 2013

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We now have the full list of nominations for this year's TV Baftas, which take place at the Royal Festival Hall on May 12 2013 (and are televised at 8pm on BBC1 the same night). It reflects another excellent year in British television, with critic-pleasing dramas ('The Hollow Crown', 'Parade's End') nestling alongside popular smashes ('Scott and Bailey', 'The Great British Bake Off'), and an unusual but deserved double for Olivia Colman, nominated this year for both comic and dramatic roles.

Plenty of categories are too close to call – but Time Out TV Editor Gabriel Tate has done it anyway, rashly predicting who will take home the awards. We’ve also paid tribute to a few deserving unfortunates who have been overlooked. Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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