Bafta recognises Steve McQueen's Small Axe series on West Indian migrants after 'So White' accusations

Small Axe, the Steve McQueen drama series beloved by critics but overlooked by audiences, has scored a record number of Bafta TV nominations.

The anthology of five films chronicled the black British experience from the 1970s onwards.

In its Sunday night slot on BBC One, it drew modest ratings of just over one million viewers per episode.

But Bafta voters garlanded it with 15 nominations, including best writer, best mini-series, leading actress for Letitia Wright and leading actor for both John Boyega and Shaun Parkes.

The two actors appeared in separate films, playing real-life figures: Boyega as Leroy Logan, founding member and former chair of the Black Police Association, and Parkes as Frank Crichlow, a Notting Hill restaurant owner whose intimidation by police sparked a riot and the ensuing Mangrove Nine court case.

Small Axe is up against a BBC ratings hit, Normal People, which became the most popular series of last year on iPlayer. The category also features Michaela Coel’s acclaimed I May Destroy You and Channel 4’s drama about a porn star, Adult Material.

The drama category includes Netflix’s The Crown, which picked up 10 nominations in total, alongside three Sky Atlantic series: Gangs of London, I Hate Suzie and Save Me Too.

Ratings winners that missed out on a nomination included Channel 5’s All Creatures Great and Small, plus the ITV crime dramas White House Farm and Des. Netflix’s Bridgerton and The Queen’s Gambit were also omitted.

Quiz, which dramatised the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? cheating scandal and was one of last year’s most-watched dramas, scored only one nomination, for Michael Sheen as Chris Tarrant.

Bafta has overhauled its procedures after several years of being criticised for a lack of diversity. After last year’s film awards, Bafta’s president, the Duke of Cambridge, said it “simply cannot be right in this day and age” to have all-white shortlists.

This year’s television shortlist is diverse but Hannah Wyatt, chair of Bafta’s television committee, said that was not a deliberate move by voters.

“The fantastic shortlist is a reflection of the range that was laid before us,” she said. “That range is demonstrated by the fact there are 92 different programmes on the list, an increase from 84 last year.”

The Crown has 10 nominations including leading actor for Josh O’Connor as the Prince of Wales, supporting actress for Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret and supporting actor for Tobias Menzies as the Duke of Edinburgh. But there was no recognition either for Emma Corrin as Diana, Princess of Wales or Gillian Anderson as Baroness Thatcher.

Parkes, Boyega and O’Connor are joined in the leading actor category by Paapa Essiedu for I May Destroy You, Paul Mescal for Normal People and Waleed Zuaiter for Baghdad Central.

The leading actress category features Billie Piper for I Hate Suzie, Daisy Edgar-Jones for Normal People, Hayley Squires for Adult Material, Jodie Comer for Killing Eve, Michael Coel for I May Destroy You and Letitia Wright for Small Axe.

The Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards ceremony will take place on June 6, and will be televised on BBC One.

While the Brit Awards are taking place next month with an audience of 4,000 people, as part of a Government experiment in reinstating major events, the Baftas will take place in a studio containing only a handful of people.

The best female performance in a comedy category includes, for the first time, a performer who identifies as non-binary.

Mae Martin was nominated for her starring role in Channel 4’s Feel Good, a semi-autobiographical show about a stand-up comedian who forms a relationship with a previously heterosexual woman.

Martin, who uses they/them and she/her pronouns, tweeted her thanks to Bafta for the nomination but added: “PS gender’s a construct.”

The full list of nominations

COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

• CHARLIE BROOKER’S ANTIVIRAL WIPE Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Ali Marlow - Broke & Bones, Endemol Shine Group/BBC Two

• ROB & ROMESH VS Jack Shillaker, David Taylor, Murray Boland, Danielle Lux, Bill Righton - CPL Productions/Sky One

• THE BIG NARSTIE SHOW Obi Kevin Akudike, Nathan Brown, Rina Dayalji, Ben Wicks, Toby Baker – Expectation, Dice Productions Entertainment/Channel 4

• THE RANGANATION Production Team – Zeppotron/BBC Two

CURRENT AFFAIRS

• AMERICA’S WAR ON ABORTION (EXPOSURE) Deeyah Khan, Darin Prindle, Andrew Smith - Fuuse Films/ITV

• ITALY’S FRONTLINE: A DOCTOR’S DIARY Sasha Joelle Achilli, Dan Edge, Ella Claire Newton, Paul van Dyck, Sarah Waldron - Mongoose Pictures/BBC Two

• THE BATTLE FOR HONG KONG (DISPATCHES) Robin Barnwell, Gesbeen Mohammad, Guy Creasey, David Henshaw, Evan Williams - Hardcash Productions, Evan Williams Productions/Channel 4

• THE CYPRUS PAPERS UNDERCOVER (AL JAZEERA INVESTIGATIONS) Phil Rees, Sarah Yeo, Leonidas Sofogiannis, James Kleinfeld, David Harrison, Jason Gwynne - Al Jazeera Media Network/Al Jazeera English

DAYTIME

• JIMMY MCGOVERN’S MOVING ON Production Team - LA Productions/BBC One

• RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES Production Team - Remarkable TV/BBC Two

• THE CHASE Michael Kelpie, Martin Scott, Helen Tumbridge – Potato/ITV

• THE GREAT HOUSE GIVEAWAY Production Team – Chwarel/Channel 4

DRAMA SERIES

• GANGS OF LONDON Gareth Evans, Matt Flannery, Thomas Benski, Jane Featherstone, Lucas Ochoa, Hugh Warren - Pulse Films, SISTER/Sky Atlantic

• I HATE SUZIE Lucy Prebble, Billie Piper, Andrea Dewsbery, Julie Gardner, Georgi Banks-Davies, Anthony Neilson - Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic

• SAVE ME TOO Simon Heath, Jessica Sykes, Lennie James, Lizzie Rusbridger, Coky Giedroyc, Jim Loach - World Productions/Sky Atlantic

• THE CROWN Peter Morgan, Suzanne Mackie, Michael Casey, Oona O’Beirn, Andy Stebbing, Martin Harrison - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE

• ADAM HILLS The Last Leg - Open Mike Productions/Channel 4

• BRADLEY WALSH Beat the Chasers – Potato/ITV

• CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN Strictly Come Dancing - BBC Studios/BBC One

• DAVID MITCHELL Would I Lie to You? At Christmas – Zeppotron/BBC One

• GRAHAM NORTON The Graham Norton Show - So Television/BBC One

• ROMESH RANGANATHAN The Ranganation – Zeppotron/BBC Two

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME*

• ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY Pete Ogden, Tim Dean, Ben Aston, Doran Azouelos, Kerry Shaw, Chris Power - ITV Studios, Mitre Television/ITV

• LIFE & RHYMES Production Team - CPL Productions, Licklemor Productions/Sky Arts

• STRICTLY COME DANCING Production Team - BBC Studios/BBC One

• THE MASKED SINGER Daniel Nettleton, Derek McLean, Claire Horton, Marc Bassett, Simon Staffurth - Bandicoot Scotland/ITV

FACTUAL SERIES

• CRIME & PUNISHMENT Production Team - 72 Films/Channel 4

• HOSPITAL Production Team - Label1/BBC Two

• LOSING IT: OUR MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY Production Team - Story Films/Channel 4

• ONCE UPON A TIME IN IRAQ James Bluemel, Jo Able, Miriam Walsh, Simon Sykes, Andrew Palmer, Will Anderson - Keo Films/BBC Two

FEATURES

• BIG ZUU’S BIG EATS Production Team – Boomerang/Dave

• LONG LOST FAMILY: BORN WITHOUT TRACE Sally Benton, Rosie Schellenberg, Alice Goodyear, Paddy Lynas - Wall to Wall Media/ITV

• MORTIMER AND WHITEHOUSE: GONE FISHING Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse, Lisa Clark, Rob Gill, Stephanie Fyfe, Doug Bryson - Owl Power/BBC Two

• THE REPAIR SHOP Production Team – Ricochet/BBC One

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

• AIMEE LOU WOOD Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix

• DAISY HAGGARD Breeders – Avalon, FX Productions/Sky One

• DAISY MAY COOPER This Country - BBC Studios/BBC Three

• EMMA MACKEY Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix

• GBEMISOLA IKUMELO Famalam - BBC Studios/BBC Three

• MAE MARTIN Feel Good - Objective Fiction, Objective Media Group Scotland/Channel 4

INTERNATIONAL

• LITTLE AMERICA Lee Eisenberg, Alan Yang, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon - Apple, Universal Television/Apple TV+

• LOVECRAFT COUNTRY Production Team - Afemme, Monkeypaw, Bad Robot, Warner Bros., HBO/Sky Atlantic

• UNORTHODOX Anna Winger, Alexa Karolinski, Maria Schrader - Studio Airlift, RealFilm/Netflix

• WELCOME TO CHECHNYA: THE GAY PURGE (STORYVILLE) David France, Alice Henty, Askold Kurov, Joy A. Tomchin - Public Square Films/BBC Four

LEADING ACTOR

• JOHN BOYEGA Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park /BBC One

• JOSH O’CONNOR The Crown - Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

• PAAPA ESSIEDU I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

• PAUL MESCAL Normal People - Element Pictures/BBC Three

• SHAUN PARKES Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• WALEED ZUAITER Baghdad Central - Euston Films/Channel 4

LEADING ACTRESS

• BILLIE PIPER I Hate Suzie - Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic

• DAISY EDGAR-JONES Normal People - Element Pictures/BBC Three

• HAYLEY SQUIRES Adult Material - Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4

• JODIE COMER Killing Eve - Sid Gentle Films/BBC One

• LETITIA WRIGHT Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• MICHAELA COEL I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

LIVE EVENT

• LIFE DRAWING LIVE! Emyr Afan, Sally Dixon, Josie d'Arby, Lachlan Goudie, Diana Ali, Nicky Philipps - Avanti Media/BBC Four

• SPRINGWATCH 2020 Production Team - BBC Studios Natural History Unit/BBC Two

• THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE Production Team - BBC Studios/BBC One

• THE THIRD DAY: AUTUMN Production Team - Sky Studios, Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk Entertainment, HBO/Sky Atlantic

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

• CHARLIE COOPER This Country - BBC Studios/BBC Three

• GUZ KHAN Man Like Mobeen - Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC Three

• JOSEPH GILGUN Brassic -Calamity Films/Sky One

• NCUTI GATWA Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix

• PAUL RITTER Friday Night Dinner - Popper Pictures, Big Talk Productions/Channel 4

• REECE SHEARSMITH Inside No.9 - BBC Studios/BBC Two

MINI-SERIES

• ADULT MATERIAL Lucy Kirkwood, Dawn Shadforth, Sara Hamill, Patrick Spence - Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4

• I MAY DESTROY YOU Production Team - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

• NORMAL PEOPLE Lenny Abrahamson, Sally Rooney, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, Catherine Magee - Element Pictures/BBC Three

• SMALL AXE Steve McQueen, Tracey Scoffield, David Tanner, Michael Elliott, Anita Overland - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

NEWS COVERAGE

• BBC NEWS AT TEN: PRIME MINISTER ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE Production Team -BBC News/BBC One

• CHANNEL 4 NEWS: DETERRING DEMOCRACY Production Team – ITN, Channel 4 News/Channel 4

• NEWSNIGHT: COVID CARE CRISIS Production Team - BBC Newsnight/BBC Two

• SKY NEWS: INSIDE IDLIB Production Team - Sky News/Sky News

REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL

• MASTERCHEF: THE PROFESSIONALS David Ambler, Katie Attwood, Genevieve Welch, Anthony Crumpton - Shine TV/BBC One

• RACE ACROSS THE WORLD Production Team - Studio Lambert/BBC Two

• THE SCHOOL THAT TRIED TO END RACISM Production Team - Proper Content/Channel 4

• THE WRITE OFFS Production Team - Shine TV/Channel 4

SCRIPTED COMEDY

• GHOSTS Production Team - Monumental Television/BBC One

• INSIDE NO. 9 Adam Tandy, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Matt Lipsey, Guillem Morales - BBC Studios/BBC Two

• MAN LIKE MOBEEN Production Team - Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC Three

• THIS COUNTRY Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer - BBC Studios/BBC Three

SHORT FORM PROGRAMME

• CRIPTALES Mat Fraser, Amit Sharma, Ewan Marshall, Jenny Sealey, Debbie Christie - BBC Studios/BBC Four

• DISABLED NOT DEFEATED: THE ROCK BANS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES – DELTA 7 Rosie Baldwin, Holly Stimson, Dan Knight – Vice/Noisey

• THE MAIN PART Rosie Westhoff, Jen Wakefield, Sara Huxley, Tom Payne, Jody Smith - Studio71 UK/BBC iPlayer

• THEY SAW THE SUN FIRST Stefan Hunt, Jess Lowe, Adam Gee - Fresh Film, Red Bull Media House/Red Bull TV

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY

• AMERICAN MURDER: THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR Jenny Popplewell, James Marsh, Jonathan Stadlen, Simon Barker - Netflix Originals/Netflix

• ANTON FERDINAND: FOOTBALL, RACISM & ME Sian Guerra, Jeremy Lee, Wendie Ottewill, James Ross – Wonder, New Era Global Productions/BBC One

• LOCKED IN: BREAKING THE SILENCE (STORYVILLE) Xavier Alford, Colette Hodges, Sacha Mirzoeff, Poppy Goodheart - Marble Films/BBC Four

• SURVIVING COVID Production Team - Sandpaper Films/Channel 4

SINGLE DRAMA

• ANTHONY Jimmy McGovern, Colin McKeown, Donna Molloy, Terry McDonough - LA Productions/BBC One

• BBW (ON THE EDGE) Ben Bickerton, Philip Trethowan, Lisa Walters, William Stefan Smith, Yolanda Mercy - BlackLight Television/Channel 4

• SITTING IN LIMBO Production Team - Left Bank Pictures/BBC One

• THE WINDERMERE CHILDREN Eleanor Greene, Leanne Klein, Tim Rostock, Simon Block, Michael Samuels, Alison Sterling - Wall to Wall Media, Warner Bros. ITVP Germany/BBC Two

SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA

• CASUALTY Simon Harper, Loretta Preece, Sarah Beeson, Jenny Thompson - BBC Studios/BBC One

• CORONATION STREET Production Team - ITV Studios/ITV

• EASTENDERS Jon Sen, Kate Oates, Sharon Batten, Liza Mellody - BBC Studios/BBC One

• HOLLYOAKS Bryan Kirkwood, Hannah Sowden, Josie Day, Gary Sewell, Colette Chard - Lime Pictures/Channel 4

SPECIALIST FACTUAL

• EXTINCTION: THE FACTS Serena Davies, Helen Thomas, Stephen Moore, Charlotte Lathane - BBC Studios/BBC One

• PUTIN: A RUSSIAN SPY STORY James Rogan, Nick Green, Paul Mitchell, Adam Finch - Rogan Productions/Channel 4

• THE RISE OF THE MURDOCH DYNASTY David Glover, Cate Hall, Jamie Roberts, Owen Phillips, Justin Badger, Sam Santana - 72 Films/BBC Two

• THE SURGEON’S CUT James Newton, James Van Der Pool, Andrew Cohen - BBC Studios/Netflix

SPORT

• BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX Production Team - Sky Sports F1/Sky Sports Formula 1

• ENGLAND V FRANCE: THE FINAL OF AUTUMN NATIONS CUP Production Team - Sunset+Vine/Amazon Prime Video

• ENGLAND V WEST INDIES TEST CRICKET Production Team - Sky Sports/Sky Sports Cricket

• LONDON MARATHON 2020 Alastair McIntyre, Micky Payne, Matthew Griffiths, Adam Duncan – BBC Sport/BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• KUNAL NAYYAR Criminal: UK - Idiotlamp Productions/Netflix

• MALACHI KIRBY Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• MICHAEL SHEEN Quiz - Left Bank Pictures/ITV

• MICHEAL WARD Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• RUPERT EVERETT Adult Material - Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4

• TOBIAS MENZIES The Crown - Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• HELENA BONHAM CARTER The Crown - Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

• LEILA FARZAD I Hate Suzie - Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic

• RAKIE AYOLA Anthony - LA Productions/BBC One

• SIENA KELLY Adult Material - Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4

• SOPHIE OKONEDO Criminal: UK - Idiotlamp Productions/Netflix

• WERUCHE OPIA I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

VIRGIN MEDIA’S MUST-SEE MOMENT (voted for by the public)

• BRIDGERTON Penelope is revealed as Lady Whistledown - Netflix Originals, Shondaland/Netflix

• BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT Diversity perform a routine inspired by the BLM protests – Thames, Syco/ITV

• EASTENDERS Gray kills Chantelle – BBC Studios/BBC One

• GOGGLEBOX Reactions to Boris Johnson’s press conference - Studio Lambert/Channel 4

• NIGELLA’S COOK, EAT, REPEAT Nigella Lawson’s pronunciation of microwave - BBC Studios Unscripted Productions/BBC Two

• THE MANDALORIAN Luke Skywalker arrives – Lucasfilm/Disney+

British Academy Television Craft Awards

SUPPORTED BY OFFICAL TV CRAFT PARTNER MAD DOG 2020 CASTING AND OUR CATEGORY SPONSORS

EMERGING TALENT: FICTION sponsored by Sara Putt Associates

• Georgi Banks-Davies (Director) I Hate Suzie - Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic

• Harry Tulley (Dubbing Mixer) Anthony - LA Productions/BBC One

• Stephen S. Thompson (Writer) Sitting in Limbo - Left Bank Pictures/BBC One

• William Stefan Smith (Director) On the Edge: BBW - BlackLight Television/Channel 4

EMERGING TALENT: FACTUAL

• Ashley Francis-Roy (Shooting Producer/Director) Damilola: The Boy Next Door & The Real Eastenders - Acme TV/Channel 4

• Jessica Kelly (Director) The Schools that Chain Boys - BBC News Arabic Documentaries/BBC iPlayer & Silicon Valley’s Online Slave Market - BBC News Arabic Documentaries/BBC Two

• Kandise Abiola (Producer) Terms & Conditions: A UK Drill Story - Century Films/YouTube

• Marian Mohamed (Director) Defending Digga D - Lambent Productions/BBC Three

COSTUME DESIGN

• Rosa Dias Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix

• Jacqueline Durran Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• James Keast Belgravia - Carnival Films, EPIX/ITV

• Amy Roberts The Crown - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

DIRECTOR: FACTUAL

• Xavier Alford Locked in: Breaking the Silence (Storyville) - Marble Films/BBC Four

• James Bluemel Once Upon a Time in Iraq - Keo Films/BBC Two

• Teresa Griffiths Lee Miller – A Life on the Front Line - Erica Starling Productions & Ronachan Films/BBC Two

• Deeyah Khan America’s War on Abortion (Exposure) - Fuuse Films/ITV

DIRECTOR: FICTION sponsored by 3 Mills Studios

• Lenny Abrahamson Normal People - Element Pictures/BBC Three

• Benjamin Caron The Crown (episode 3) - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

• Michaela Coel, Sam Miller I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

• Steve McQueen Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

DIRECTOR: MULTI-CAMERA

• Bridget Caldwell The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance - BBC Studios/BBC One

• Ken Burton Rugby League Challenge Cup Final - BBC Sport/BBC One

• Marcus Viner ENO’s Drive & Live: La Bohème - Somethin' Else, ENO/Sky Arts

• Nikki Parsons Strictly Come Dancing - BBC Studios/BBC One

EDITING: FACTUAL Sponsored by Adobe

• Adam Finch Putin: A Russian Spy Story - Rogan Productions/Channel 4

• Anna Price Once Upon a Time in Iraq (episode 3) - KEO Films/BBC Two

• Claire Guillon Lee Miller – A Life on the Front Line - Erica Starling Productions, Ronachan Films/BBC Two

• Will Grayburn Once Upon a Time in Iraq (episode 2) - Keo Films/BBC Two​

EDITING: FICTION Sponsored by Adobe

• Chris Dickens, Steve McQueen Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• Editing Team I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

• Nathan Nugent Normal People (episode 5) - Element Pictures/BBC Three

• Pia Di Ciaula Quiz - Left Bank Pictures/ITV​

ENTERTAINMENT CRAFT TEAM sponsored by Hotcam

• ANDREW MILLIGAN, MARK BUSK-COWLEY, GURDIP MAHAL, ROB ASHARD, CLAUDINE TAYLOR Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway - ITV Studios, Mitre Television/ITV

• DAVID BISHOP, ANDY PAYNE, LUCY FOSTER Last Night of the Proms - Livewire Pictures/BBC One

• DAVID BISHOP, DARREN LOVELL, DAVID NEWTON, RICHARD SILLITTO, ANDY TAPLEY, CATHERINE LAND Strictly Come Dancing - BBC Studios/BBC One

• MARK BUSK-COWLEY, ROY CALLOW, STEVE KRUGER, ANDY MILLIGAN, JAMES TINSLEY, MATHIEU WEEKES I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! - ITV Studios/ITV

MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN

• BETHANY SWAN I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

• CATE HALL The Crown - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

• JOJO WILLIAMS Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• LOUISE COLES, SARAH NUTH, LORRAINE GLYNN, ERIN AYANIAN The Great - MRC Television/Starzplay​

ORIGINAL MUSIC

• CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER The Third Day (episode 3)- Sky Studios, Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk Entertainment, HBO/Sky Atlantic

• H. SCOTT SALINAS Baghdad Central - Euston Films/Channel 4

• HARRY ESCOTT Roadkill -The Forge Entertainment/BBC One

• MARTIN PHIPPS The Crown- Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix​

PHOTOGRAPHY: FACTUAL sponsored by The Farm

• JOHNNY SHIPLEY, DRONE CAMERA TEAM, JOHN LIVESEY The Great Mountain Sheep Gather - Windfall Films/BBC Four

• RICHARD KIRBY, SUE GIBSON, MAX KÖLBL, ROBERT HOLLINGWORTH Tiny World - Plimsoll Productions/Apple TV+

• TIM CRAGG Fear City: New York vs The Mafia - RAW and Brillstein Entertainment Partners Production/Netflix

• WILL EDWARDS, MICHAEL O’HALLORAN Marina Abramović Takes Over TV - Northern Town/Sky Arts

PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION Sponsored by ScreenSkills High-end Television Skills Fund

• ED RUTHERFORD Little Birds -Warp Films/Sky Atlantic

• ROB HARDY Devs - FX and FX Productions/BBC Two

• SHABIER KIRCHNER Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• SUZIE LAVELLE Normal People - Element Pictures/BBC Three

PRODUCTION DESIGN sponsored by Microsoft

• HELEN SCOTT Small Axe -Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• JOEL COLLINS His Dark Materials - Bad Wolf/BBC One

• MATT GANT, MEGAN BOSAW Gangs of London - Pulse Films, SISTER/Sky Atlantic

• SAMANTHA HARLEY, ALEXANDRA SLADE Sex Education - Eleven/Netflix

SCRIPTED CASTING sponsored by Spotlight

• GARY DAVY Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• KATE RHODES JAMES Baghdad Central - Euston Films/Channel 4

• LAUREN EVANS Sex Education- Eleven Film/Netflix

• SHAHEEN BAIG The Third Day - Sky Studios, Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk Entertainment, HBO/Sky Atlantic

SOUND: FACTUAL

• KATE HOPKINS, TIM OWENS, GRAHAM WILD, PAUL ACKERMAN, TOM MERCER Earth at Night in Colour - Offspring Films/Apple TV+

• NICK FRY, STEVE SPEED, JAMES EVANS, HUGH DWAN Formula 1: Drive to Survive - Box to Box Films/Netflix

• RICHARD KONDAL, ALEX OUTHWAITE, ADRIAN SANDU Hitsville: The Making of Motown – Fulwell 73, Universal Music Group/Sky Documentaries

• SOUND TEAM Springwatch 2020 - BBC Studios Natural History Unit/BBC Two ​

SOUND: FICTION

• JON THOMAS, GARETH BULL, JAMES RIDGWAY, DILLON BENNETT, EILAM HOFFMAN His Dark Materials (episode 7) - Bad Wolf/BBC One

• NIALL O’SULLIVAN, STEVE FANAGAN, NIALL BRADY Normal People - Element Pictures/BBC Three

• PAUL COTTERELL, JAMES HARRISON, RONALD BAILEY Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• SOUND TEAM The Crown - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

SPECIAL, VISUAL & GRAPHIC EFFECTS

• BEN TURNER, REECE EWING, CHRIS REYNOLDS, ASA SHOUL, FRAMESTORE, UNTOLD STUDIOS The Crown - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

• MICHAEL ILLINGWORTH, OLIVER MILBURN, DANNY HARGREAVES, OLIVER OGNEUX, LAURA USAITE, PEDROM DADGOSTAR War of the Worlds - Urban Myth Films/FOX

• MILK VISUAL EFFECTS, DNEG TV, FREEFOLK, GOODBYE KANSAS STUDIOS, GREG FISHER, DAVE HOUGHTON Cursed – Netflix/Netflix

• RUSSELL DODGSON, JAMES WHITLAM, JEAN-CLEMENT SORET, ROBERT HARRINGTON, DAN MAY, BRIAN FISHER His Dark Materials - Bad Wolf/BBC One

TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY

• MATT CURTIS Devs - FX and FX Productions/BBC Two

• NIC BENNS, MIKI KATO Fear City: New York vs The Mafia - A RAW and Brillstein Entertainment Partners Production/Netflix

• PETER ANDERSON STUDIO Dracula - Hartswood Films/BBC One

• PETER ANDERSON STUDIO Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse - Hartswood Films/Sky One

WRITER: COMEDY

• CHARLIE BROOKER Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe - Broke & Bones, Endemol Shine Group/BBC Two

• DAISY MAY COOPER, CHARLIE COOPER This Country - BBC Studios/BBC Three

• SOPHIE WILLAN Alma’s Not Normal - Expectation Entertainment/BBC Two

• WRITING TEAM Ghosts - Monumental Television/BBC One

WRITER: DRAMA

• ALASTAIR SIDDONS, STEVE MCQUEEN Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• LUCY KIRKWOOD Adult Material - Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4

• LUCY PREBBLE I Hate Suzie - Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic

• MICHAELA COEL I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One