As for the most welcomed surprise of the lot, it has to be the Original Screenplay nomination for in the Loop scripters Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche.

最令人喜出望外的是，《灵通人士》的编剧杰西·阿姆斯特朗、西门布莱克威尔、阿曼多兰·努奇和托尼·罗切共同获得最佳原创编剧奖提名。

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Soul singer Omar is appointed OBE, along with The Thick of It writer Armando Iannucci, for services to broadcasting.

BBC: Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet and Gary Barlow

The team is led by Armando Iannucci, also responsible for news satire The Day Today and the Alan Partridge shows.

BBC: The Thick Of It won two Bafta awards in 2005

Speakers have included satirist Armando Iannucci, politicians Tam Dalyell and Sir Menzies Campbell and Rachel Elnaugh of the BBC's Dragons' Den programme.

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