British TV News Bits: Doctor Who News & Pics, British Comedy Awards, The Hour, and More

There are several news bits today, including new Doctor Who pics, British Comedy Awards 2012 picks, Damian Lewis in a new pic-let, and more, so let’s get started…

Nominees for the British Comedy Awards 2012 were announced on Sunday, and the Olympics mockumentary Twenty Twelve has topped the list with four nominations, including Best Sitcom, Best TV Comedy Actor (Hugh Bonneville), and Best TV Comedy Actress (Jessica Hynes and Olivia Colman).

The political satire The Thick of It and the church comedy Rev. both received three nominations: Best Sitcom, Best TV Comedy Actor (Peter Capaldi and Tom Hollander, respectively), and Best TV Comedy Actress (Rebecca Front and Olivia Colman, respectively).

And talk-show host Graham Norton got nods for both Best Comedy Entertainment Personality and Best Comedy Entertainment Program (The Graham Norton Show).

To see the complete list of nominees, visit the British Comedy Awards website. Winners will be announced at the ceremony on 12/12/12. If you’ll be in the UK, watch it live on Channel 4.

Speaking of December 12, the 12.12.12 Concert for Sandy Relief will be broadcast and streamed live next Wednesday starting at 7:30PM, so if you couldn’t get tickets to the fundraising concert at Madison Square Garden in New York, you can still see all the performances by Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Eddie Vedder, Roger Waters, Kanye West, and The Who. For more information, visit the 12.12.12 Concert website.

And speaking of concerts, The Who and other music acts will be performing at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live!, which airs tonight at 10PM on CBS.

Thankfully, the timing for this concert doesn’t conflict with Episode 2 of The Hour, which premieres at 9PM on BBC America’s Dramaville. Tonight, Bel bristles as newlyweds, Freddie and Camille, steal the limelight at a party. But it’s Hector who’s the biggest victim of the evening when police arrive to arrest him on suspicion of assaulting Kiki Delane, the lead showgirl at the Soho Club, El Paradis.

In other news, award-winning actor Damian Lewis is set to star in a short feature film called Desire for luxury carmaker Jaguar. According to Film-News, “The film tells the story of Clark (Lewis), who delivers cars for a living, running into trouble after a chance encounter with a mysterious, young woman, played by Shannyn Sossamon, (40 Days and 40 Nights, A Knight’s Tale, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) in the middle of a lawless desert. Directed by Adam Smith, this is a story of betrayal, retribution, passion and greed.”

Said Lewis of the project, “When Jaguar approached me about the F-TYPE Desire film I was really intrigued. I then got to read the script and decided it was definitely a project I wanted to be a part of. Working with the director Adam Smith from Ridley Scott Associates, it promises to be an adventure.”

And last but not least, there’s much in Doctor Who news…

On the heels of Doctor Who landing its first-ever cover of TV Guide Magazine comes Jenna-Louise Coleman’s first-ever interview with stateside magazine Entertainment Weekly.

There’s also the first-ever Q&A on the official Doctor Who Tumbler, in which Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman answer your questions this Friday, 7 December. To ask yours…

“Post your question to your blog (as text, drawing, video, whatever) and tag it ‘Tumblr WHO&A’ OR ‘Tumblr WHO and A’

“Matt and Jenna will reblog their favorite questions with their answers to the Doctor Who Tumblr on Friday, December 7th.

“In order to make your questions and their answers rebloggable, we are not using the Tumblr Ask or Fan Mail (though we lurve them both), so be sure to post and tag your questions properly.”

And there is a slew of new images from “The Snowmen”. Here are a few.