The BAFTA TV award nominations have beenn revealed with Small Axe and The Crown leadingthe list.
Steve McQueen’s BBC and Amazon anthology drama dominated with 15 nominations in total across the main awards and the craft prizes, while The Crown was next in line with 10 nominations. There were good showings for BBC/HBO’s I May Destroy You, which is up for eight prizes, and BBC/Hulu series Normal People has seven nominations.
Small Axe’s 15 nominations include recognition for John Boyega and Letitia Wright in the Leading Actor/Actress categories (both are first-time TV nominees), while the drama will compete for Mini-Series alongside Normal People, I May Destroy You, and Channel 4’s Adult Material.
Full list below:
Leading actress
Billie Piper – I Hate Suzie
Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People
Hayley Squires – Adult Material
Jodie Comer – Killing Eve
Letitia Wright – Small Axe
Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You
Leading actor
John Boyega – Small Axe
Josh O’Connor – The Crown
Paapa Essiedu – I May Destroy You
Paul Mescal – Normal People
Shaun Parkes – Small Axe
Waleed Zuaiter – Baghdad Central
Comedy entertainment programme
Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe
Rob & Romesh
The Big Narstie Show
The Ranganation
Current Affairs
America’s War On Abortion
Italy’s Frontline: A Doctor’s Diary
The Battle For Hong Kong
The Cyprus Papers Undercovert
Daytime
Jimmy McGovern’s Moving On
Richard Osman’s House Of Games
The Chase
The Great House Giveaway
Drama Series
Gangs of London
I Hate Suzie
Save Me Too
The Crown
Entertainment Performance
Adam Hills – The Last Leg
Bradley Walsh – Beat the Chasers
Claudia Winkleman – Strictly Come Dancing
David Mitchell – Would I Lie To You?
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show
Romesh Ranganathan – The Ranganation
Entertainment Programme
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Life & Rhymes
Strictly Come Dancing
The Masked Singer
Factual Series
Crime & Punishment
Hospital
Losing It: Our Mental Health Emergency
Once Upon A Time In Iraq
Features
Big Zuu’s Big Eats
Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace
Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
The Repair Shop
Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
Aimee Lou Wood – Sex Education
Daisy Haggard – Breeders
Daisy May Cooper – This Country
Emma Mackey – Sex Education
Gbemisola Ikumelo – Famalam
Mae Martin – Feel Good
International
Little America
Lovecraft Country
Unorthodox
Welcome To Chechnya: The Gay Purge
Leading actress
Billie Piper – I Hate Suzie
Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People
Hayley Squires – Adult Material
Jodie Comer – Killing Eve
Letitia Wright – Small Axe
Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You
Live event
Life Drawing Live!
Springwatch 2020
The Royal British Legion Festivel of Remembrance
The Third Day: Autumn
Male performance in a comedy programme
Charlie Cooper – This Country
Guz Khan – Man Like Mobeen
Joseph Gilgun – Brassic
Ncuti Gatwa – Sex Education
Paul Ritter – Friday Night Dinner
Reece Shearsmith – Inside No.9
Miniseries
Adult Material
I May Destroy You
Normal People
Small Axe
News Coverage
BBC News At Ten: Prime Minister Admitted to Intensive Care
Channel 4 News: Deterring Democracy
Newsnight: Covid Care
Sky News Inside Idlib
Reality & constructed factual
Masterchef: The Professionals
Race Across The World
The School That Tried To End Racism
The Write Offs
Scripted Comedy
Ghosts
Inside No.9
Man Like Mobeen
This Country
Short form programme
Criptales
Disabled Not Defeated: The Rock Bans With Learning Disabilities – Delta 7
The Main Part
They Saw The Sun First
Single documentary
American Murder: The Family Next Door
Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism & Me
Locked In: Breaking The Silence
Surviving Covid
Single drama
Anthony
BBW (On The Edge)
Sitting In Limbo
The Windermere
Children Soap & continuing drama
Casualty
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Hollyoaks
Specialist Factual
Extinction: The Facts
Putin: A Russian Spy Story
The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty
The Surgeon’s Cut
Sport
Bahrain Grand Prix
England v France: The Final of Autumn
Nations Cup England v West Indies Test Cricket
London Marathon 2020
Supporting actor
Kunal Nayyar – Criminal: UK
Malachi Kirby – Small Axe
Michael Sheen – Quiz Micheal Ward – Small Axe
Rupert Everett – Adult Material
Tobias Menzies – The Crown
Supporting actress
Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown
Leila Farzad – I Hate Suzie
Rakie Ayola – Anthony
Siena Kelly – Adult Material
Sophie Okenedo – Criminal: UK
Weruche Opia – I May Destroy You
Virgin Media’s must-see moment
Bridgerton – Penelope is revealed as Lady Whisledown
Britain’s Got Talent – Diversity perform a routine inspired by the events of 2020
EastEnders – Gray kills Chantelle
Gogglebox – Reactions to Boris Johnson’s press conference
Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat – Mee-cro-wah-vay
The Mandalorian – Luke Skywalker arrives
