Don’t mess with Villanelle. Or Eve Polastri, for that matter. The BAFTA nominees have been announced, and the BBC’s super-sharp spy thriller Killing Eve has bagged a major 14 nominations – including nods for its incredible leading duo Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer. The show has also bagged a Drama Series nod, supporting nominations for Fiona Shaw and Kim Bosnia, plus directing, editing, production design, sound and more in the BAFTA TV Craft Awards. Closely behind Killing Eve is A Very English Scandal with 12 overall nominations, including Mini-Series, Hugh Grant for Leading Actor, and Ben Whishaw for Supporting Actor. BBC smash Bodyguard also fared well, though Richard Madden missed out on an acting nomination, with further recognition for Save Me, Patrick Melrose, Kiri, and Sally4Ever.
The prizes will all be handed out at the ceremony which takes place on 12 May at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s southbank. Read the BAFTA TV nominations below.
Drama Series
Bodyguard
Killing Eve
Save Me
Informer
Mini-Series
A Very English Scandal
Kiri
Mrs Wilson
Patrick Melrose
Leading Actress
Jodie Comer – Killing Eve
Sandra Oh – Killing Eve
Keeley Hawes – Bodyguard
Ruth Wilson – Mrs Wilson
Leading Actor
Hugh Grant – A Very English Scandal
Chance Perdomo – Killed By My Debt
Lucian Msamati – Kiri
Benedict Cumberbatch – Patrick Melrose
Female Performance – Comedy
Daisy May Cooper – This Country
Jessica Hynes – There She Goes
Julia Davis – Sally4Ever
Lesley Manville – Mum
Male Performance – Comedy
Alex MacQueen – Sally4Ever
Jamie Demetriou – Stath Lets Flats
Peter Mullan – Mum
Steve Pemberton – Inside No 9
International
54 Hours: The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis
The Handmaid’s Tale
Reporting Trump’s First Year: The Fourth Estate
Succession
Supporting Actor
Alex Jennings – Unforgotten
Ben Whishaw – A Very English Scandal
Kim Bodnia – Killing Eve
Stephen Graham – Save Me
Supporting Actress
Billie Piper – Collateral
Fiona Shaw – Killing Eve
Keeley Hawes – Mrs Wilson
Monica Dolan – A Very English Scandal
Entertainment Performance
Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
David Mitchell – Would I Lie To You?
Lee Mack – Would I Lie To You?
Rachel Parris – The Mash Report
Specialist Factual
Bros: After the Screaming Stops
Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage
Suffragettes With Lucy Worsley
Superkids: Breaking Away From Care
Reality And Constructed Factual
Dragons’ Den
I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!
Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds
The Real Full Monty: Ladies’ Night
Current Affairs
Football’s Wall of Silence (Al Jazeera English)
Iran Unveiled: Taking on the Ayatollahs – Exposure (ITV)
Massacre at Ballymurphy (Channel 4)
Myanmar’s Killing Fields (Channel 4)
Entertainment Programme
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Britain’s Got Talent
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show
Strictly Come Dancing
Scripted Comedy
Derry Girls
Mum
Sally4Ever
Stath Lets Flats
Comedy Entertainment Programme
The Big Narstie Show
The Last Leg
A League of Their Own
Would I Lie to You?
Factual Series
24 Hours in A&E
Life and Death Row: The Mass Execution
Louis Theroux’s Altered States
Prison
Features
Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip
The Great British Bake Off
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Who Do You Think You Are?
News Coverage
Bullying and Harassment in the House of Commons – Newsnight (BBC)
Cambridge Analytica Uncovered (Channel 4)
Good Morning Britain: On a Knife Edge (ITV)
Good Morning Britain: Thomas Markle Exclusive (ITV)
Single Documentary
Driven: The Billy Monger Story
Gun No 6
My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me
School for Stammers
Single Drama
Bandersnatch – Black Mirror
Care
Killed By My Debt
Through the Gates – On the Edge
Soap and Continuing Drama
Casualty
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Hollyoaks
Sport
2018 Six Nations: Scotland v England (BBC)
2018 World Cup: England v Sweden (BBC)
England’s Test Cricket: Cook’s Farewell (Sky)
Winter Olympics (BBC)
Virgin Media Must-See Moment nominees
Bodyguard – the assassination of Julia Montague
Coronation Street – Gail’s monologue on the suicide of Aidan Connor
Doctor Who – The Doctor meets Rosa Parks
Killing Eve – Eve stabs Villanelle
Peter Kay’s Car Share – the finale
Queer Eye – Tom’s transformation