Small Axe and The Crown lead BAFTA TV Awards nominations
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BAFTA has unveiled its nominees for this year's TV awards, with the BBC's Small Axe and Netflix's The Crown leading the way.
The acclaimed Steve McQueen anthology series has scored 15 nominations, including Mini-Series and acting nods for John Boyega, Letitia Wright and Micheal Ward, while the Royal drama follows behind with 10, including Drama Series.
Also scoring multiple nominations are I May Destroy You with eight, Normal People with seven and Sex Education with six, alongside numerous nods for I Hate Suzie and Strictly Come Dancing.
Alongside The Crown, Gangs of London, I Hate Suzie and Save Me Too are up for the Drama Series prize, while the Mini-Series category also includes I May Destroy You, Adult Material and Normal People.
The Scripted Comedy nominees are Ghosts, Inside No 9, Man Like Mobeen and This Country, while Comedy Entertainment Programme includes Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe, Rob & Romesh, The Big Narstie Show and The Ranganation.
Entertainment Programme's nominees are Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Life & Rhymes, Strictly Come Dancing and The Masked Singer, while Soaps & Continuing Drama includes Casualty, Coronation Street, EastEnders and Hollyoaks.
The public will also be able to vote for Virgin Media's Must-See Moment, with this year's big TV events including Gray killing Chantelle on EastEnders, Nigella Lawson's infamous "mee-cro-wah-vey" pronunciation and The Mandalorian's big Luke Skywalker moment.
This year's BAFTAs are due to take place on June 6, with Richard Ayoade hosting, while the Academy Television Craft Awards will air on May 24, hosted by Gbemisola Ikumelo.
Here's the full list of nominees:
Drama Series
Gangs Of London
I Hate Suzie
Save Me Too
The Crown
Comedy Entertainment Programme
Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe
Rob & Romesh Vs
The Big Narstie Show
The Ranganation
Entertainment Performance
Adam Hills - The Last Leg
Bradley Walsh - Beat The Chasers
Claudia Winkleman - Strictly Come Dancing
David Mitchell - Would I Lie To You? At Christmas
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
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
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 (Storyville)
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
Live Event
Life Drawing Live!
Springwatch 2020
The Royal British Legion Festival Of Remembrance
The Third Day: Autumn
News Coverage
BBC News At Ten: Prime Minister Admitted To Intensive Care
Channel 4 News: Deterring Democracy
Newsnight: Covid Care Crisis
Sky News: Inside Idlib
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
Mini-Series
Adult Material
I May Destroy You
Normal People
Small Axe
Reality & Constructed Factual
Masterchef: The Professionals
Race Across The World
The School That Tried To End Racism
The Write Offs
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
Scripted Comedy
Ghosts
Inside No 9
Man Like Mobeen
This Country
Short Form Programme
Criptales
Disabled Not Defeated: The Rock Band With Learning Disabilities
The Main Part
They Saw The Sun First
Soap & Continuing Drama
Casualty
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Hollyoaks
Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter - The Crown
Leila Farzad - I Hate Suzie
Rakie Ayola - Anthony
Siena Kelly - Adult Material
Sophie Okonedo - Criminal: UK
Weruche Opia - I May Destroy You
Current Affairs
America's War On Abortion (Exposure)
Italy's Frontline: A Doctor's Diary
The Battle For Hong Kong (Dispatches)
The Cyprus Papers Undercover (Al Jazeera Investigations)
Virgin Media's Must-See Moment (voted for by the public)
Bridgerton - Penelope is revealed as Lady Whistledown
Britain's Got Talent - Diversity perform routine inspired by 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
Sport
Bahrain Grand Prix
England v France: The Final Of Autumn Nations Cup
England v West Indies Test Cricket
London Marathon 2020
Specialist Factual
Extinction: The Facts
Putin: A Russian Spy Story
The Rise Of The Murdoch Dynasty
The Surgeon's Cut
Daytime
Jimmy McGovern's Moving On
Richard Osman's House Of Games
The Chase
The Great House Giveaway
Single Documentary
American Murder: The Family Next Door
Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism & Me
Locked In: Breaking The Silence (Storyville)
Surviving Covid
Single Drama
Anthony
BBW (On The Edge)
Sitting In Limbo
The Windermere Children
Craft Awards nominees:
Costume Design
Rosa Dias - Sex Education
Jacqueline Durran - Small Axe
James Keast - Belgravia
Amy Roberts - The Crown
Emerging Talent: Fiction
Georgi Banks-Davies (director) - I Hate Suzie
Harry Tulley (dubbing mixer) - Anthony
Stephen S Thompson (writer) - Sitting In Limbo
William Stefan Smith (director) - On The Edge: BBW
Emerging Talent: Factual
Ashley Francis-Roy (shooting producer/director) Damilola: The Boy Next Door & The Real EastEnders
Jessica Kelly (director) The Schools That Chain Boys, and Silicon Valley's Online Slave Market
Kandise Abiola (producer) Terms & Conditions: A UK Drill Story
Marian Mohamed (director) Defending Digga D
Director: Factual
Xavier Alford - Locked In: Breaking The Silence
James Bluemel - Once Upon A Time In Iraq
Teresa Griffiths - Lee Miller: A Life On The Front Line
Deeyah Khan - America's War On Abortion
Director: Fiction
Lenny Abrahamson - Normal People
Benjamin Caron - The Crown (episode 3)
Michaela Coel and Sam Miller - I May Destroy You
Steve McQueen - Small Axe
Director: Multi-Camera
Bridget Caldwell - The Royal British Legion Festival Of Remembrance
Ken Burton - Rugby League Challenge Cup Final
Marcus Viner - Eno's Drive & Live: La Bohème
Nikki Parsons - Strictly Come Dancing
Editing: Factual
Adam Finch - Putin: A Russian Spy Story
Anna Price - Once Upon A Time In Iraq (episode 3)
Claire Guillon - Lee Miller: A Life On The Front Line
Will Grayburn - Once Upon A Time In Iraq (episode 2)
Editing: Fiction
Chris Dickens and Steve McQueen - Small Axe
Editing team - I May Destroy You
Nathan Nugent - Normal People (episode 5)
Pia Di Ciaula - Quiz
Entertainment Craft Team
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Last Night Of The Proms
Strictly Come Dancing
I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!
Make Up & Hair Design
Bethany Swan - I May Destroy You
Cate Hall - The Crown
Jojo Williams - Small Axe
Louise Coles, Sarah Nuth, Lorraine Glynn and Erin Ayanian - The Great
Original Music
Cristobal Tapia De Veer - The Third Day (episode 3)
H Scott Salinas - Baghdad Central
Harry Escott - Roadkill
Martin Phipps - The Crown
Photography: Factual
Johnny Shipley, Drone Camera Team and John Livesey - The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
Richard Kirby, Sue Gibson, Max Kölbl and Robert Hollingworth - Tiny World
Tim Cragg - Fear City: New York vs The Mafia
Will Edwards and Michael O'Halloran - Marina Abramović Takes Over TV
Photography & Lighting: Fiction
Ed Rutherford - Little Birds
Rob Hardy - Devs
Shabier Kirchner - Small Axe
Suzie Lavelle - Normal People
Production Design
Helen Scott - Small Axe
Joel Collins - His Dark Materials
Matt Gant and Megan Bosaw - Gangs Of London
Samantha Harley and Alexandra Slade - Sex Education
Scripted Casting
Gary Davy - Small Axe
Kate Rhodes James - Baghdad Central
Lauren Evans - Sex Education
Shaheen Baig - The Third Day
Sound: Factual
Earth At Night In Colour
Formula 1: Drive To Survive
Hitsville: The Making Of Motown
Springwatch 2020
Sound: Fiction
His Dark Materials (episode 7)
Normal People
Small Axe
The Crown
Special, Visual & Graphic Effects
The Crown
War Of The Worlds
Cursed
His Dark Materials
Titles & Graphic Identity
Devs
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia
Dracula
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse
Writer: Comedy
Charlie Brooker - Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe
Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper - This Country
Sophie Willan - Alma's Not Normal
Writing team - Ghosts
Writer: Drama
Alastair Siddons and Steve McQueen - Small Axe
Lucy Kirkwood - Adult Material
Lucy Prebble - I Hate Suzie
Michaela Coel - I May Destroy You
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