HELEN MIRREN - MIRREN NOMINATED FOR TV AWARD

DAME HELEN MIRREN is looking to follow-up her Oscars success next month (13MAR07) with a small screen acting honour at the Royal Television Society Awards. Mirren has been nominated for Best Actress at the London ceremony for her role in PRIME SUSPECT, which has also been named in the Best Drama Serial category. Mirren is up against BBC Four's FEAR OF FANNY star JULIA DAVIS, and SUSAN LYNCH, of BBC Two's SOUNDPROOF. EXTRAS star STEPHEN MERCHANT will battle it out for Best Comedy Performance and time travel drama DOCTOR WHO is in the running for Best Drama Series.