source of images, Sam Taylor/Netflix
Netflix comedy Sex Education is up for five awards in total
Here is the list of nominees in the main categories of this year’s Bafta Television Awards.
The winners of the Bafta Craft Awards will be announced on April 24, and the winners of the main Bafta TV Awards will be revealed at a ceremony on May 8.
Main actress
- Denise Gough, too close – ITV
- Emily Watson, too close – ITV
- Jodie Comer, Help – Channel 4
- Easttown mare Kate Winslet – Sky Atlantic
- Lydia West, it’s a sin – Canal 4
- Niamh Algar, Deception – Channel 4
Main actor
- David Thewlis, Landscapers – Sky Atlantic
- Hugh Quarshie, Stephen – ITV
- Olly Alexander, it’s a sin – Canal 4
- Samuel Adewunmi, you don’t know me – BBC One
- Sean Bean, Time – BBC One
- Stephen Graham, Help – Channel 4
supporting actress
- Cathy Tyson, Help – Channel 4
- Celine Buckens, Showtrial – BBC One
- Emily Mortimer, The Pursuit of Love – BBC One
- Jessica Plummer, the girl before – BBC One
- Leah Harvey, Foundation – Apple TV+
- Tahirah Sharif, The Tower – ITV
Supporting actor
- Callum Scott Howells, it’s a sin – Channel 4
- David Carlyle, It’s a Sin – Channel 4
- Matthew Macfadyen, Estate – Sky Atlantic
- Nonso Anozie, Sweet Tooth – Netflix
- Omari Douglas, it’s a sin – Canal 4
- Stephen Graham, Time – BBC One
entertainment show
- Alison Hammond, I can see your voice – BBC One
- Big Zuu, the big dishes of Big Zuu – Dave
- Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show – BBC One
- Joe Lycett, Joe Lycett supports you – Canal 4
- Michael McIntyre, The Wheel of Michael McIntyre – BBC One
- Sean Lock, 8 out of 10 cats do a countdown – Canal 4
Male Performance in a Comedy Program
- Jamie Demetriou, Stath Lets Flats – Channel 4
- Joe Gilgun, Brassic – Sky Max
- Ncuti Gatwa, Sex Education – Netflix
- Samson Kayo, Bloods – Sky One
- Steve Coogan, this time with Alan Partridge – BBC One
- Tim Renkow, Jerk – BBC 3
Female Performance in a Comedy Program
- Aimee Lou Wood, Sex Education – Netflix
- Aisling Bea, This Way Up – Channel 4
- Anjana Vasan, We Are Lady Parts – Canal 4
- Natasia Demetriou, Stath Lets Flats – Channel 4
- Rose Matafeo, Starstruck – BBC 3
- Sophie Willan, Alma is not normal – BBC Two
drama series
- Under My Skin – BBC Three
- Manhunt: The Night Stalker – ITV
- Unforgettable – ITV
- Vigil – BBC One
Single drama
- Death of England: Face to Face – Sky Arts
- Help – Channel 4
- I am Victoria – Channel 4
- together – bbc two
source of images, AFPMini-series
- It’s a sin – Channel 4
- Landscapers – Sky Atlantic
- Stephen – ITV
- Time – BBC One
Soap opera and continuing drama
- Victim – BBC One
- Coronation Street – ITV
- Emmerdale – ITV
- Holby City – BBC One
International
- Call my agent! -Netflix
- Lupine – Netflix
- Easttown Mare – Sky Atlantic
- Squid Game – Netflix
- Succession – Sky Atlantic
- The Underground Railroad – Amazon Prime
Entertainment program
- An Audience with Adele – ITV
- Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – ITV
- Life and Rhymes – Sky Arts
- Come Dance Strictly – BBC One
Comedy animation program
- The Graham Norton Show – BBC One
- The Late Show with Mo Gilligan – Canal 4
- Race around Britain – YouTube
- The Ranganation – BBC Two
Scripted comedy
- Alma is not normal – BBC Two
- Fatherland – Channel 4
- Stath Lets Flats – Channel 4
- We are Lady Parts – Channel 4
Characteristics
- Big Zuu’s Big Meals – Dave
- Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing – BBC Two
- Sort Your Life – BBC One
- The Great British Sewing Bee – BBC One
Day
- The Hunt – ITV
- Moneybags – Channel 4
- Richard Osman’s House of Games – BBC Two
- Steph’s take-out lunch – Canal 4
Inescapable moment
- An audience with Adele, Adele is surprised by the teacher who changed her life – ITV
- I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Ant and Dec dig at Downing Street lockdown parties – ITV
- It’s a sin, Colin’s devastating AIDS diagnosis – Channel 4
- RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, UK Hun? – The Bimini Verse – BBC Three
- Squid Game, Red Light, Green Light Game – Netflix
- Strictly Come Dancing, Rose and Giovanni’s silent dance on Symphony – BBC One
Cases in progress
- Fearless: The Women Who Fight Putin (Exhibition) – ITV
- Four Hours at the Capitol – BBC Two
- The Men Who Sell Football (Al Jazeera Investigations) – Al Jazeera English
- Trump Takes On The World – BBC Two
Single documentary
- 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room – BBC One
- Grenfell: The Untold Story – Channel 4
- My childhood, my country – 20 years in Afghanistan – ITV
- Nail Bomber: Manhunt – Netflix
Factual series
- Detectives: Fighting Organized Crime – BBC Two
- September 11: One Day in America – National Geographic
- Secret police: hunt for pedophiles – Channel 4
- Uprising – BBC One
Reality and constructed fact
- Gogglebox – Channel 4
- Married at First Sight UK – E4
- RuPaul’s Drag Race in the UK – BBC Three
- The doghouse – Channel 4
Factual Specialist
- Black Power: A British History of Resistance – BBC Two
- Freddie Mercury: The Final Act – BBC Two
- Missing Children – ITV
- Silent: The Hidden History of Disabled Britain – BBC Two
News coverage
- Channel 4 News: Black on the Front – Channel 4
- Good Morning Britain: Shamima Begum – ITV
- ITV News At Ten: Taking the Capitol – ITV
- Sky News: Afghanistan: Endgame – Sky News
sport
- Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Sky Sports Formula 1
- ITV Racing: The Grand National – ITV
- Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – BBC One
- UEFA Euro 2020 semi-final: England v Denmark – ITV
Live event
- The Brit Awards 2021 – ITV
- The Earthshot Prize 2021 – BBC One
- Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance – BBC One
- Springwatch 2021 – BBC 2
Abbreviated program
- Hollyoaks saved my life (Hollyoaks IRL) – YouTube
- Our Earth – TV Set
- People you may know – Financial Times
- Help Me Out – BBC Three
Screenwriter: Comedy
- Nathan Bryon and Paul Doolan, Bloods – Sky One
- Nida Manzoor, We Are Lady Parts – Canal 4
- Stephen Merchant and Emma Jane Unsworth, The Outlaws – BBC One
- Sophie Willan, Alma is not normal – BBC Two
Screenwriter: Drama
- Jack Thorne, Help – Channel 4
- Jesse Armstrong, Estate – Sky Atlantic
- Kayleigh Llewellyn, In My Skin – BBC Three
- Russell T Davies, it’s a sin – Channel 4
The full list of Bafta TV Craft nominations and winners is on the Bafta website.
