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

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

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.
Other nominees include Normal People’s Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones, Billie Piper for I Hate Suzie and Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa, Aimee Lou Wood and Emma Mackey.

There’s also nominations for Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman, The Masked Singer and Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.
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