Small Axe, I May Destroy You, Adult Material And The Crown Lead TV Bafta Nominations

The late Paul Ritter has also received a posthumous nomination for Friday Night Dinner.
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Small Axe, I May Destroy You, Adult Material and The Crown are the big nominees at this year’s TV Bafta awards.

Steve McQueen’s BBC anthology series, Small Axe, has picked up the most nominations with six, including two Leading Actor nods for John Boyega and Shaun Parkes and a Leading Actress nomination for Letitia Wright.

Malachi Kirby and Micheal Ward have also been nominated for Supporting Actor, while the show was shortlisted in the Mini Series category.

Small Axe, I May Destroy You, Adult Material and The Crown are the big nominees
Small Axe, I May Destroy You, Adult Material and The Crown are the big nominees
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I May Destroy You, The Crown and Adult Material tied with four nominations a piece.

I May Destroy You’s writer, creator and star Michaela Coel was named in the Leading Actress Category, with co-star Paapa Essiedu nominated for Leading Actor and Weruche Opia for Supporting Actress and the show nominated for Mini Series.

Meanwhile, The Crown is in the running for Best Drama Series, with Josh O’Connor nominated for Leading Actor, Tobias Menzies for Supporting Actor and Helena Bonham Carter for Supporting Actress.

Adult Material’s Hayley Squires was shortlisted for Leading Actress, Siena Kelly for Supporting Actress and Rupert Everett Supporting Actor, while the show was nominated in the Mini Series category.

Ncuti Gatwa, Paul Ritter, Claudia Winkleman and Daisy Edgar Jones have also received nominations
Ncuti Gatwa, Paul Ritter, Claudia Winkleman and Daisy Edgar Jones have also received nominations
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The late Paul Ritter has also received a posthumous nomination for Friday Night Dinner in the Male Performance in a Comedy Programme.

The winners will be revealed during the televised ceremony on Sunday 6 June, airing on BBC One.

Check out the full list of nominations below...

COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

CHARLIE BROOKER’S ANTIVIRAL WIPE

ROB & ROMESH VS

THE BIG NARSTIE SHOW

THE RANGANATION

CURRENT AFFAIRS

AMERICA’S WAR ON ABORTION (EXPOSURE) - ITV

ITALY’S FRONTLINE: A DOCTOR’S DIARY - BBC Two

THE BATTLE FOR HONG KONG (DISPATCHES) - Channel 4

THE CYPRUS PAPERS UNDERCOVER (AL JAZEERA INVESTIGATIONS) - Al Jazeera English

DAYTIME

JIMMY MCGOVERN’S MOVING ON

RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES

THE CHASE

THE GREAT HOUSE GIVEAWAY

DRAMA SERIES

GANGS OF LONDON

I HATE SUZIE

SAVE ME TOO

THE CROWN

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

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

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

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

LIVE EVENT

LIFE DRAWING LIVE!

SPRINGWATCH 2020

THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE

THE THIRD DAY: AUTUMN

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

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

REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL

MASTERCHEF: THE PROFESSIONALS

RACE ACROSS THE WORLD

THE SCHOOL THAT TRIED TO END RACISM

THE WRITE OFFS

SCRIPTED COMEDY

GHOSTS

INSIDE NO. 9

MAN LIKE MOBEEN

THIS COUNTRY

SHORT FORM PROGRAMME

CRIPTALES

DISABLED NOT DEFEATED: THE ROCK BANS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES – DELTA

THE MAIN PART

THEY SAW THE SUN FIRST

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

SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA

CASUALTY

CORONATION STREET

EASTENDERS

HOLLYOAKS

SPECIALIST FACTUAL

EXTINCTION: THE FACTS

PUTIN: A RUSSIAN SPY STORY

THE RISE OF THE MURDOCH DYNASTY

THE SURGEON’S CUT

SPORT

BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX - Sky Sports F1/Sky Sports Formula 1

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

ENGLAND V WEST INDIES TEST CRICKET - Sky Sports/Sky Sports Cricket

LONDON MARATHON 2020 BBC Sport/BBC One

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

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

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

BRIDGERTON Penelope is revealed as Lady Whistledown

BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT Diversity perform a routine inspired by the 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

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