BAFTA TV Awards: It’s A Sin leads the nominations with 11 gongs, Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham both receive nods for Help and Kate Winslet has a chance at her first ever TV prize
BAFTA has today announced the nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards.
These awards recognise and celebrate the very best in television craft and television programmes broadcast in the UK in 2021, with acclaimed programmes from the past 12 months, including It’s A Sin and Help leading the nods.
The Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards ceremony takes place at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 8 May while the Craft Awards take place two weeks earlier on April 24.
Hoping for a win: BAFTA has announced the nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards with It’s A Sin leading the nominations
Channel 4 series It’s A Sin leads the nominations at the Bafta television awards where it is in the running for 11 gongs.
Landscapers, which starred Olivia Colman, has received seven nominations while Channel 4’s acclaimed pandemic-set drama Help, starring Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham has earned six nods.
Another Stephen Graham led drama Time has also received six nods as has the comedy We Are Lady Parts.
There are five nominations for Sex Education and four for A Very British Scandal
Nod: Kate Winslet, who starred in HBO/Sky Atlantic’s Mare Of Easttown, has earned her first TV performance nomination, although she has previously been nominated for and won film Baftas
It’s A Sin, written and created by Queer As Folk and Doctor Who screenwriter Russell T Davies, tracked a group of gay men and their friends as they navigated the UK’s HIV/Aids crisis throughout the 80s and early 90s.
The show’s 11 nominations, comprising of five in the craft categories and six in the television awards categories, include nods for Davies in the writer drama category, as well as a leading actor nomination for singer Olly Alexander for his role as Ritchie Tozer.
His co-star Lydia West has been nominated in the leading actress category, alongside Kate Winslet, who starred in HBO/Sky Atlantic’s Mare Of Easttown, and marking The Titanic star’s first TV performance nomination, although she has previously been nominated for and won film Baftas, and is a previous Britannia Award winner.
Both nominated: Channel 4’s acclaimed pandemic-set drama Help, starring Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham has earned six nods, including one each for the stars
Tough competition: Jodie is up against Denise Gough, Emily Watson, Lydia West and Kate Winslet for the Best Actress prize
Also nominated in the leading actress category are Denise Gough and Emily Watson for ITV’s Too Close, alongside Jodie Comer for Channel 4 drama Help, and Niamh Algar for Channel 4’s Deceit.
Stars going up against Years & Years singer Alexander in the leading actor category include David Thewlis for Landscapers, Hugh Quarshie for ITV’s Stephen, Samuel Adewunmi for BBC’s You Don’t Know Me, Sean Bean for Time and Stephen Graham for Channel 4’s Help.
Sky drama Landscapers, which also starred Olivia Colman, who is not nominated in the performance categories, is the second-most nominated TV show, with seven in total, five in the craft categories and two in the television categories.
Acclaimed performances: Olly Alexander for his role as Ritchie Tozer in It’s A Sin is nominated alongside his co-star Lydia West
Inspired by real events, the series starred Colman and Thewlis as a mild-mannered married couple whose lives are upturned after dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham.
Landscapers’ nominations include for director fiction, original music, leading actor and mini-series categories.
Help, Time and We Are Lady Parts have all received six nominations, Netflix’s Sex Education has received five nominations and A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany as the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in the drama series about the couple’s high-profile split in the 1960s, has four nominations in the craft categories.
Up: Sky drama Landscapers, which starred David Thewlis and Olivia Colman, who is not nominated in the performance categories, is the second-most nominated TV show
Popular: Netflix’s Sex Education has received five nominations
The nominations for the public-voted Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment include when Adele was surprised by her teacher on An Audience with Adele; Ant and Dec joking about Downing Street’s parties on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! and Rose and Giovanni’s silent dance on Strictly.
Sean Lock has been nominated for an award following his death from cancer at the age of 58 last year.
The comedian has received a nod in the entertainment performance category for his role on 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
Nominated: Sean Lock has been nominated for an award following his death from cancer at the age of 58 last year (pictured in 2017)
He is up against Alison Hammond, for I Can See Your Voice, Big Zuu, for Big Zuu’s Big Eats, Graham Norton for The Graham Norton Show, Joe Lycett, for Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, and Michael McIntyre, for Michael McIntyre/s The Wheel.
There was surprise snubs for EastEnders and Hollyoaks in the Soaps and Continuing Drama category,
Holby City, which aired its final episode this week, is up against Casualty, Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
Comedian, presenter and star of The IT Crowd Richard Ayoade will host the Virgin Media Bafta TV Awards ceremony for the third consecutive year as it returns to London’s Royal Festival Hall on May 8.
The Bafta TV Craft Awards will take place on April 24.
Wow: The nominations for the public-voted Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment include Rose and Giovanni’s silent dance on Strictly
Tears: The Must-See Moment nominations also include when Adele was surprised by her teacher on An Audience with Adele
BAFTA TV AWARDS 2022: NOMINATIONS
Comedy Entertainment Programme
The Graham Norton Show
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
Race Around Britain
The Ranganation
Current Affairs
Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin (Exposure)
Four Hours at the Capitol
The Men Who Sell Football (Al Jazeera Investigations)
Trump Takes on the World
Daytime
The Chase
Moneybags
Richard Osman’s House of Games
Steph’s Packed Lunch
Drama Series
In My Skin
Manhunt: The Night Stalker
Unforgotten
Vigil
Entertainment Performance
Alison Hammond (I Can See Your Voice)
Big Zuu (Big Zuu’s Big Eats)
Graham Norton (The Graham Norton Show)
Joe Lycett (Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back)
Michael McIntyre (Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel)
Sean Lock (8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown)
Entertainment Programme
An Audience with Adele
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Life & Rhymes
Strictly Come Dancing
The Factual Series
The Detectives: Fighting Organised Crime
9/11: One Day in America
Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles
Uprising
Features
Big Zuu’s Big Eats
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Sort Your Life Out
The Great British Sewing Bee
Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education)
Aisling Bea (This Way Up)
Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts)
Natasia Demetriou (Stath Lets Flats)
Rose Matafeo (Starstruck)
Sophie Willan (Alma’s Not Normal)
International
Call My Agent!
Lupin
Mare of Easttown
Squid Game
Succession
The Underground Railroad
Single Documentary
9/11: Inside the President’s War Room
Grenfell: The Untold Story
My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years in Afghanistan
Nail Bomber: Man Hunt
Single Drama
Death of England: Face to Face
Help
I Am Victoria
Together
Specialist Factual
Black Power: A British Story of Resistance
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
The Missing Children
Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain
Sport
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
ITV Racing: The Grand National
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
UEFA Euro 2020 Semi-Final: England v Denmark
Leading Actor
David Thewlis (Landscapers)
Hugh Quarshie (Stephen)
Olly Alexander (It’s A Sin)
Samuel Adewunmi (You Don’t Know Me)
Sean Bean (Time)
Stephen Graham (Help)
Leading Actress
Denise Gough (Too Close)
Emily Watson (Too Close)
Jodie Comer (Help)
Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown)
Lydia West (It’s A Sin)
Niamh Algar (Deceit)
Live Event
The Brit Awards 2021
The Earthshot Prize 2021
The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance
Springwatch 2021
Male Performance in a Comedy Programme
Jamie Demetriou (Stath Lets Flats)
Joe Gilgun (Brassic)
Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education)
Samson Kayo (Bloods)
Steve Coogan (This Time With Alan Partridge)
Tim Renkow (Jerk)
Mini-Series
It’s A Sin
Landscapers
Stephen
Time
News Coverage
Channel 4 News: Black to Front
Good Morning Britain: Shamima Begum
ITV News at Ten: Storming of the Capitol
Sky News: Afghanistan: Endgame
Reality and Constructed Factual
Gogglebox
Married at First Sight UK
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
The Dog House
Scripted Comedy
Alma’s Not Normal
Motherland
Stath Lets Flats
We Are Lady Parts
Short Form Programme
Hollyoaks Saved My Life (Hollyoaks IRL)
Our Land
People You May Know
Please Help
Soap & Continuing Drama
Casualty
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Holby City
Supporting Actor
Callum Scott Howells (It’s A Sin)
David Carlyle (It’s A Sin)
Matthew MacFadyen (Succession)
Nonso Anozie (Sweet Tooth)
Omari Douglas (It’s A Sin)
Stephen Graham (Time)
Supporting Actress
Cathy Tyson (Help)
Celine Buckens (Showtrial)
Emily Mortimer (The Pursuit of Love)
Jessica Plummer (The Girl Before)
Leah Harvey (Foundation)
Tahirah Sharif (The Tower)
Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment
An Audience with AdeleI
’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
It’s A Sin
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
Squid Game
Strictly Come Dancing
BAFTA CRAFT AWARDS 2022: NOMINATIONS
Costume Design
Adam Howe – The Serpent (Episode 1)
Ian Fulcher – A Very British Scandal
PC Williams – We Are Lady Parts
Sinead Kidao – The Pursuit of Love
Director: Factual
Arthur Cary – Surviving 9/11
James Newton – Baby Surgeons: Delivering
James Newton – Grenfell: The Untold Story
Jamie Roberts – Four Hours at the Capitol
Director: Fiction
Lewis Arnold – Time
Marc Munden – Help
Peter Hoar – It’s A Sin
Will Sharpe – Landscapers
Director: Multi-Camera
Matthew Griffiths- – Six Nations Rugby: Wales v England
Nikki Parsons – Strictly Come Dancing
Paul Dugdale – Glastonbury Festival: Live At Worthy Farm
Paul McNamara – ITV Racing: The Grand National
Editing: Factual
Anna Price – Pandemic 2020
Danny Collins, Mark Hammill – 9/11: Inside The President’s War Room
Doug Bryson – Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Emma Lysaght – Grenfell: The Untold Story
Editing: Fiction
Andrew John McLelland – Line Of Duty
Dominic Strevens – A Very British Scandal
Elen Pierce Lewis – Landscapers
Sarah Brewerton – It’s A Sin
Emerging Talent: Factual
Adam Brown (Director) Into the Storm: Surfing to Survive (Storyville)
Hugh Davies (Producer) Football’s Darkest Secret: The End of Silence
Poppy Begum (Director) Queens of Rap
Sophie Cunningham (Director/Producer) Look Away
Emerging Talent: Fiction
Adjani Salmon (Writer) Dreaming Whilst Black
Nathan Bryon (Writer) Bloods
Nida Manzoor (Writer/Director) We Are Lady Parts
Runyararo Mapfumo (Director) Sex Education
Entertainment Craft Team
Chris Power, Mark Busk-Cowley, Andy Milligan, Sheeran Shimmin, Catherine Land, Gurdip Mahal – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Dave Davey, Elizabeth Honan, Benn Wyldeck, Casey Antwis – The Masked Singer
David Bishop, Patrick Doherty, David Newton, Catherine Land, Richard Sillitto, Tom Young – Strictly Come Dancing
Niger Catmur, Andy Deacon, Patrick Doherty, Kevin Duff, Simon Haw, Andrew Stokes – The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance
Make Up and Hair Design
Catherine Scoble – A Very British Scandal
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener – The Nevers – Mutant Enemy
Deb Watson, Barrie Gower, Sarah Gower – The Witcher
Lin Davie, Laura Flynn – It’s A Sin
Original Music
Arthur Sharpe – Landscapers
Carly Paradis – Line Of Duty
Jonathan ‘Elevated’ Olorunfemi – The Outsiders
Natalie Holt – Loki
Photography: Factual
Doug Anderson, Alex Vail – Tiny World (Reef)
James Incledon – Liverpool Narcos
John Shier, Dawson Dunning – Earth At Night In Colour
Phil Gragsky, Shoaib Sharifi – My Childhood, My Country – 20 years in Afghanistan
Photography and Lighting: Fiction
Erik Wilson – Landscapers
James Friend – Your Honor
Mark Wolf – Time
Oli Russell – Sex Education
Production Design
Cristina Casali – Landscapers
Cristina Casali – The Pursuit Of Love
Francois Renaud Labarthe – The Serpent
Tom Sayer – Vigil
Scripted Casting
Aisha Bywaters – We Are Lady Parts
Andy Pryor – It’s A Sin
Beverly Keogh, David Martin – Time
Lauren Evans – Sex Education
Sound: Factual
Conrad Fletcher, Julian Gough, Andy James, Andy Payne – The Funeral of HRH The Price Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Doug Dreger, Andrew Yarme, Nick Fry, Steve Speed, Hugh Dwan, James Evans – Formula 1: Drive To Survive
Kate Hopkins, Jonny Crew, Paul Ackerman, Graham Wild – Earth at Night in Colour
Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Nas Parkash, Dan Johnson, Tae Hak Kim, Claire Ellis – 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Sound: Fiction
Howard Bargroff, Judi Lee-Headman, Harry Barnes, Oliver Brierley, Adam Armitage, Jamie Caple – Intergalactic
James Bain, Robert Farr, Matthew Collinge, Matt Davies, Alyn Sclosa, Rob Prynne – The Witcher
Sound Team – A Very British Scandal
Sound Team – Line Of Duty
Special, Visual & Graphic Effects
Adam Inglis, Tom Payne, Sam Livingstone, Silja Momsen-Livingstone – East At Night In Colour
Dadi Einasrron, Gavin Round, Aleksandar Pejic, Oliver Cubbage, Stefano Pepin, Jet Omoshebi – The Witcher
Jean-Claude Deguara, Milk VFX, Egg VFX, Gareth Spensley, Real SFX 0 Intergalactic
Rob Harvey, Raski Gorecha, Sam Reed, Alex Marlow, John Kennedy, Katherine Jamieson – Black Holes: Heart of Darkness
Titles & Graphic Identity
Ceri Sampson, Adam Wells, Steve Waugh – Lions Series: South Africa 2021
Hello Yes, Gary Redford – All Creatures Great and Small
Paul McDonnell, Hugo Moss, Ben Hanbury, Tamsin McGee – Around The World In 80 Days
Tim Jones, James Cross, Fantasista Utamaro, Ron Chakraborty, Kenji Kawai, Factory Fifteen – Tokyo 2020
Writer: Comedy
Nathan Bryon, Paul Doolan – Bloods
Nidi Manzoor – We Are Lady Parts
Stephen Merchant, Emma Jane Unsworth – The Outlaws
Sophie Willan – Alma’s Not Normal
Writer: Drama
Jack Thorne – Help
Jesse Armstrong – Succession
Kayleigh Llewellyn – In My Skin
Russell T Davies – It’s A Sin
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