While the Coronavirus pandemic is causing rethinks in several upcoming awards ceremonies, including next year’s Oscars, things are moving ahead as normal with the BAFTA TV awards. And by ‘as normal’, we mean it’s still happening, but without a live audience and with the winners sending in video acceptance speeches. The nominees have just been revealed, detailing the full list of shows, performances and more in with a chance of winning.
Leading the way with 14 overall nominations is HBO and Sky Atlantic’s Chernobyl. The five-part series is nominated in the Mini-series category, with Craig Mazin nominated as its writer, Jared Harris up for Leading Actor, Stellan Skarsgard up for Supporting Actor, and a nod for Hildur Guðnadóttir’s music. The third season of The Crown – which moved Netflix’s royal period drama into a new era – receives seven nominations, including nods for Josh O’Connor as Supporting Actor and Helena Bonham Carter as Supporting Actress, and a coveted nomination for Drama Series.
The second season of Fleabag also fared well. Phoebe Waller-Bridge is nominated for her writing, as well as for Female Performance In A Comedy Programme, where co-star Sian Clifford was also nominated. The series is also nominated in the overall Scripted Comedy category. There was good news too for the BBC’s British-Japanese drama Giri/Haji, which received six nominations, while Shane Meadows’ drama The Virtues was nominated in Mini-Series, Director, Writer, Leading Actor for Stephen Graham, and Supporting Actress for Helen Behan.
There are some notable omissions – Andrew Scott might have got everybody hot under the religious collar in Fleabag, but hasn’t been nominated for his role in Series 2, while Olivia Colman hasn’t been nominated for her role as Elizabeth II in The Crown. The likes of Line Of Duty, Peaky Blinders, Years And Years and the Gavin And Stacy special are also absent from many of the major categories. The (admittedly controversial) final season of Game Of Thrones missed out in the International category, while HBO's hugely-acclaimed Watchmen series was also snubbed.
Read the list of nominees in the scripted categories below – and head here to read the complete list, including more technical categories, and the factual and entertainment nominees. We'll find out who wins when this year's ceremony airs on 31 July.
Drama Series
The Crown
The End Of The F---ing World
Gentleman Jack
Giri/Haji
Mini-Series
A Confession
Chernobyl
The Victim
The Virtues
Single Drama
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Elizabeth Is Missing
The Left Behind
Responsible Child
Scripted Comedy
Catastrophe
Derry Girls
Fleabag
Stath Lets Flats
International
Euphoria
Succession
Unbelievable
When They See Us
Leading Actress
Jodie Comer – Killing Eve
Glenda Jackson – Elizabeth is Missing
Suranne Jones – Gentleman Jack
Samantha Morton – I Am Kirsty
Supporting Actress
Naomi Ackie – The End of the F---ing World
Helen Behan – The Virtues
Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown
Jasmine Jobson – Top Boy
Leading Actor
Stephen Graham – The Virtues
Jared Harris – Chernobyl
Takehiro Hira – Giri/Haji
Callum Turner – The Capture
Supporting Actor
Joe Absolom – A Confession
Josh O'Connor – The Crown
Will Sharpe – Giri/Haji
Stellan Skarsgard – Chernobyl
Male Performance – Comedy
Jamie Demetriou – Stath Lets Flats
Ncuti Gatwa – Sex Education
Youssef Kerkour – Home
Guz Khan – Man Like Mobeen
Female Performance – Comedy
Sian Clifford – Fleabag
Gbemisola Ikumelo – Famalam
Sarah Kendall – Frayed
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag
Writer – Drama
The End Of The F---ing World – Charlie Covell
Chernobyl – Craig Mazin
Succession – Jesse Armstrong
The Virtues – Shane Meadows, Jack Thorne
Writer – Comedy
Brassic – Danny Brocklehurst
Stath Lets Flats – Jamie Demetriou
Fleabag – Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Plebs – Sam Leifer, Tom Basden
Director – Fiction
Fleabag – Harry Bradbeer
Chernobyl – Johan Renck
The Virtues – Shane Meadows
Brexit: The Uncivil War – Toby Haynes
Editing – Fiction
Killing Eve – Dan Crinnion
Giri/Haji – Elen Pierce Lewis
Fleabag – Gary Dollner
Chernobyl – Jinx Godfrey, Simon Smith
Make Up & Hair Design
Chernobyl – Daniel Parker, Barrie Gower
The Trial Of Christine Keeler – Inma Azorin
Catherine The Great – Kirstin Chalmers
Peaky Blinders – Los Schiavo
Original Music
Giri/Haji – Adrian Johnston
War In The Blood – Andrew Phillips
Killing Eve – David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia
Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir
Production Design
Killing Eve – Laurence Dorman
Chernobyl – Luke Hull, Claire Levinson-Gendler
The Crown – Martin Childs, Alison Harvey
Sex Education – Samantha Harley, Miri Katz
Sound – Fiction
His Dark Materials
A Christmas Carol
Chernobyl
The Crown
Special, Visual & Graphic Effects
The Crown
His Dark Materials
Chernobyl
Good Omens
Scripted Casting
Top Boy – Des Hamilton
Sex Education – Lauren Evans
Chernobyl – Nina Gold, Robert Sterne
Giri/Haji – Yoko Narahashi, Shaheen Baig, Layla Merrick-Wolf
Must-See Moment
Coronation Street: The death of Sinead Osborne
Fleabag: Confessional scene
Game Of Thrones: Arya kills the Night King
Gavin And Stacey: Nessa proposes to Smithy
Line Of Duty: John Corbett's death
Love Island: Michael recouples after Casa Amor