TV Choice Awards 2025 nominations: Nicola Coughlan takes on Michelle Keegan for Best Comedy Performance while Mr Bates Vs The Post Office will battle against Baby Reindeer

Nicola Coughlan will battle it out with Michelle Keegan for Best Comedy Performance at the TV Choice Awards 2025.

This year's shortlist has been revealed, pitting Nicola for her turn in Channel 4 's Big Mood against Michelle for her performance in Sky Max's Brassic .

Nicola is also up for Best Drama Performance for her role as Penelope Bridgerton in Bridgerton, competing against Brenda Blethyn in Vera, Toby Jones in Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, and Luke Newton in Bridgerton.

Meanwhile after their awards success at various other ceremonies this year, Netflix 's Baby Reindeer and ITV 's Mr Bates Vs The Post Office are set to go up against each other for Best New Drama.

They are nominated alongside Fool Me Once and Nightsleeper

Contenders for Best Drama Series include All Creatures Great And Small, Bridgerton, House Of The Dragon, and Vera.

As for Best Entertainment Show, viewers can choose between Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Gogglebox/Celebrity Gogglebox, The Graham Norton Show, and Race Across The World/Celebrity Race Across The World.

When it comes to the Best Reality Show, Big Brother, First Dates or Claudia Winkleman 's nail-biting The Traitors could end the triumphant reign of Ant and Dec 's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

Another perennial favourite is Call The Midwife, which has dominated the Best Family Drama category over the last few years.

The BBC1 drama is up against Casualty, Doctor Who, and Waterloo Road.

Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, and Emmerdale, are all vying for the Best Soap award.

As for Best Soap Performance, the nominees are Peter Ash (Paul Foreman) for Coronation Street, Eden Taylor-Draper (Belle King) for Emmerdale, Angela Wynter (Yolande Trueman) for EastEnders, and Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle) for Emmerdale.

The Best Soap Newcomer nominees include Jack Carroll (Bobby Crawford) for Coronation Street, Beth Cordingly (Ruby Fox-Milligan) for Emmerdale, Isabelle Smith (Frankie Osborne) for Hollyoaks, and Sydney Martin (Betsy Swain) for Coronation Street.

In the Best Reality Show category, Big Brother/Celebrity Big Brother, First Dates/Teen First Dates, I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! and The Traitors are all all vying for the gong.

The nation's TV favourites will be stepping onto the red carpet at The London Hilton on Park Lane on Monday, February 10.

Comedian Jason Manford will be hosting the 28th prize-giving ceremony.

Discussing his role, Jason said: 'I'm really looking forward to making my TV Choice Awards debut.

'It's an event that brings together so many great shows and performers and knowing that one of my programmes has made it onto the shortlist makes it even more exciting.

'I know it's going to be a great night.'