News | Samson Kayode, Thandie Newton, Asim Chaundrey & more nominated for the 2018 BAFTA TV Awards

The annual Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards are almost here. Taking place on Sunday 13th May and hosted by Sue Perkins, the prestigious event will celebrate the very best television programmes and talent that graced our screens in 2017. 

So who is up for a gong? Black Mirror, Line of Duty and The Crown lead the way with each nominated in three categories while Samson Kayo (Famalam) and Julie Hesmondhalgh (Broadchurch) are amongst those receiving their first ever BAFTA nominations. 

Check out the full list below:

Drama series

The Crown (Netflix)
End of the F***ing World (Channel 4)
Line of Duty (BBC One)
Peaky Blinders (BBC)

Leading actress

Claire Foy – The Crown (Netflix)
Molly Windsor – Three Girls (BBC One)
Sinead Keenan – Little Boy Blue (ITV)
Thandie Newton – Line of Duty (BBC One)

Leading actor

Jack Rowan – Born To Kill (Channel 4)
Joe Cole – Hang The DJ: Black Mirror (Netflix)
Sean Bean – Broken (BBC)
Tim Pigott-Smith – King Charles III (BBC)

Entertainment performance

Adam Hill – The Last Leg (Channel 4)
Michael McIntyre – Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC One)
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
Sandi Toksvig – QI (BBC Two)

Female performance in a comedy programme

Anna Maxwell Martin – Motherland (BBC Two)
Daisy May Cooper – This Country (BBC Three)
Sharon Horgan – Catastrophe (Channel 4)
Sian Gibson – Peter Kay’s Car Share (Channel 4)

Male performance in a comedy programme

Asim Chaundry – People Just Do Nothing (BBC Three)
Rob Brydon – The Trip to Spain (BBC)
Samson Kayo – Famalam (BBC Three)
Toby Jones – Detectorists (BBC Four)

International

Handmaid’s Tale (Channel 4)
Big Little Lies (Sky Atlantic)
Feud: Bette and Joan (BBC Two)
The Vietnam War (BBC)

Supporting actor

Adrian Dunbar – Line of Duty (BBC One)
Anupam Kher – The Boy with the Top Knot (BBC Two)
Brian F O’Byrne – Little Boy Blue (ITV)
Jimmi Simpson – USS Callister: Black Mirror (Netflix)

Supporting actress

Anna Friel – Broken (BBC One)
Julie Hesmondhalgh – Broadchurch (ITV)
Liv Hill – Three Girls (BBC One)
Vanessa Kirby – The Crown (Netflix)

Specialist factual

Basquiat: Rage to Riches (BBC Two)
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain (BBC Two)
Blue Planet II (BBC One)
Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents (BBC Two)

Reality and constructed factual

Celebrity Hunted (Channel 4)
Love Island (ITV)
Old People’s Home For Four-Year Olds (Channel 4)
The Real Full Monty (ITV)

Current affairs

Raped: My Story (Channel 5)
Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad – Dispatches (Channel 4)
Undercover: Britain’s Immigration Secrets – Panorama (BBC One)
White Right: Meeting The Enemy – Exposure (ITV)

Entertainment programme

Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
Britain’s Got Talent (ITV)
Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show (BBC One)
The Voice UK (ITV)

Scripted comedy

Catastrophe (Channel 4)
Chewing Gum (Channel 4)
This Country (BBC Three)
Timewasters (ITV2)

Comedy and comedy entertainment programme

Murder In Successville (BBC Three)
Taskmaster (Dave)
The Last Leg (Channel 4)
Would I Lie to You (BBC One)

Factual series

Ambulance (BBC One)
Catching A Killer (Channel 4)
Drugsland (BBC Three)
Hospital (BBC Two)

Features

Antiques Roadshow (BBC One)
Cruising With Jane McDonald (Channel 5)
No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kid Go Gender Free? (BBC Two)
The Secret Life of the Zoo (Channel 4)

News coverage

The Battle For Mosul (Sky)
The Grenfell Tower Fire (Channel 4)
The Grenfell Tower Fire (ITV)
The Rohingya Crisis (Sky)

Single documentary

Chris Packham: Asperger’s and Me (BBC Two)
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia (BBC Two)
One Deadly Weekend in America (BBC Three)
Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad (BBC One)

Single drama

Against The Law (BBC Two)
Hang The DJ: Black Mirror (Netflix)
King Charless III (BBC Two)
Murdered For Being Different (BBC Three)

Sport

Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko (Sky)
Six Nations: Wales v England (BBC One)
The grand National (ITV)
Uefa Women’s Euro Semi-final (Channel 4)

Mini-series

Howards End (BBC One)
The Moorside (ITV)
The State (Channel 4)
Three Girls (BBC One)

Virgin’s Must-See Moments

Love Island – Stormzy Makes a Surprise Appearance (ITV 2)
Game of Thrones – Viserion is Killed by the Night King (Sky Atlantic)
Doctor Who – The Thirteenth Doctor Revealed (BBC One)
Love Manchester – Ariana Grande Sings ‘One Last Time’ (BBC One)
Blue Planet II – Mother Pilot Whale Grieves (BBC One)
Line of Duty – Huntley’s Narrow Escape (BBC One)

Good luck to everyone nominated. You can see who wins as the ceremony is broadcast on Sunday 13th May, BBC One at 8pm. 

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