Small Axe and The Crown lead BAFTA TV Awards nominations

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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