Bafta Nominations Announced

The Constant Gardener is the runaway nominations winner at this year's Baftas " picking up 10 nods.

The political thriller, set in Kenya, is up for best film, and has also won its stars Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz best actor and actress nominations. The line-up was announced this morning, and Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's big Golden Globes winner, is up for nine gongs " as is hard-hitting racial drama Crash.

It was a good morning for George Clooney, who is in the running for a total of four awards - including two best supporting actor nominations for Good Night, And Good Luck and Syriana.

Pride & Prejudice has been selected in six fields, including best British film " although Keira Knightley surprisingly missed out in the best actress category.

The Baftas 2006 will be hosted by Stephen Fry in London on February 19.

JH