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´óÏó´«Ã½ Cymru Wales has secured 31 nominations for Bafta Cymru's 19th Film, Television & Interactive Media Awards.

The prestigious nominations cover a total of 23 different categories of production, including Best Television Drama Series for Doctor Who and Torchwood; Best News & Current Affairs for One Family In Wales and Panorama – Save Our Steel; Best Interactive for the websites for Welsh Myths, Last Chance To See and The Sarah Jane Adventures; Best Factual Programme for Coming Home – John Prescott and Frontline Afghanistan; and Best Coverage of a Live Event for Scrum V Live, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Cardiff Singer Of The World and Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Meirion A'r Cyffiniau 2009.

Torchwood actress Eve Myles is also nominated as Best Actress and Huw Edwards is nominated as Best On-Screen Presenter for The Prince And The Plotter.

"This impressive number of nominations across such a broad range of categories is a real tribute to the extraordinarily talented people who make ´óÏó´«Ã½ Cymru Wales programmes," said ´óÏó´«Ã½ Cymru Wales director Menna Richards. "It is thanks to their dedication and passion for programme-making that ´óÏó´«Ã½ Cymru Wales enjoys such acclaim, both within Wales and beyond."

The full list of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales nominations is as follows:

Best Drama Series/Serial for Television
Doctor Who – The End Of Time: Part One (Tracie Simpson)
Torchwood – Children Of The Earth: Day One (Peter Bennett)

Best News & Current Affairs
One Family In Wales (Jayne Morgan, Karen Voisey)
Panorama – Save Our Steel (Jayne Morgan)

Best Factual Programme
Coming Home – John Prescott (Paul Lewis)
Frontline Afghanistan (Gareth Jones)

Best Music Programme
Bryn Terfel's Snowdonia – Closer To Home (Iwan Russell–Jones, Rhian Williams)

Best Children's Programme
The Sarah Jane Adventures – Prisoner of the Judoon (Nikki Smith)

Best Youth Programme
Perfect Summer (Catrin Rees, Sophie Fante, Erica Williams)

Best Interactive
Chwedlau Myrddin/Welsh Myths (´óÏó´«Ã½ Cymru Wales, Preloaded)
Last Chance To See (Sian Davies, Anwen Aspden)
The Sarah Jane Adventures (Richard Jenkins, Anwen Aspden)

Best Director of Photography: Drama
Crash (Steve Buckland)

Best Camera: Not Drama
Top Dogs – Adventures In War, Sea And Ice: Polar (Wayne Derrick)

Best Sound
Torchwood – Children Of the Earth: Day One (Julian Howarth, Tim Ricketts, Doug Sinclair, Howard Eaves)

Best Editor
Torchwood – Children of the Earth: Day One (Will Oswald)

Best Lighting Director
Cyngerdd Ser Y Steddfod (Nigel Catmur)

Best Design
Doctor Who – The Waters Of Mars (Edward Thomas)
Merlin (Dominic Roberts)

Best Titles
Top Dogs – Adventures In War, Sea And Ice (´óÏó´«Ã½ Cymru Wales Graphic Design Department)

Best Costume
Torchwood – Children Of The Earth: Day One (Ray Holman)

Best Make-Up
Doctor Who – The End Of Time: Part One (Barbara Southcott)

Best Coverage of a Live Event
´óÏó´«Ã½ Cardiff Singer Of The World (Paul Bullock)
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Meirion A'r Cyffiniau 2009 (Jonathan Davies)
Scrum V Live (Huw Tal)

Best Screenwriter
Torchwood – Children Of The Earth: Day One (Russell T Davies)

Best Original Music Soundtrack
Torchwood – Children Of The Earth: Day One (Ben Foster)

Best Director: Film/Drama
Merlin (Jeremy Webb)

Best Director
Last Chance To See – Manatee (Tim Green)

Best Actress
Torchwood – Children Of The Earth: Day One (Eve Myles)

Best On-Screen Presenter
The Prince And The Plotter (Huw Edwards)

The winners will be anounced at the Bafta Cymru Awards ceremony on Sunday 23 May at Wales Millennium Centre.

KSD