Irish actor, Cillian Murphy, has been nominated for a top award at the Bafta TV awards ceremony which will be held in the Royal Festival hall in London this evening.
The 46-year-old Cork born actor has been nominated in the 'best actor' category for his role as gangster, Tommy Shelby, in the popular TC series, 'Peaky Blinders'.
It is Murphy's first nomination for a Bafta.
He will be up against Gary Oldman for his performance in 'Slow Horses', Martin Freeman for 'The Responder' and Ben Whishaw for 'This Is going to Hurt'.
The ceremony, which honours the best of British television, will be hosted by comedians, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan.
The best actress prize will see Kate Winslet, who is nominated for the Channel 4 drama 'I Am Ruth', compete against Imelda Staunton for 'The Crown', Billie Piper for 'I Hate Suzie Too', Maxine Peake for 'Anne', Sarah Lancashire for 'Julia' and Vicky McClure for 'Without Sin'.
Paddington Bear's meeting with the Queen during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations is competing for this year's 'Memorable Moment Award', alongside the series finale of the Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls, in which the people of Northern Ireland vote overwhelmingly for peace, and Sir Mo Farah revealing he was illegally trafficked to the UK during a BBC One documentary.
