The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today announced the nominations for the 2019 Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards, where Killing Eve led way with 14, including Drama Series, Directing, Writing and two Leading Actress nominations – one each for Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer. Oh has already won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award for her role.
A Very English Scandal was next with 12 including Hugh Grant for Leading Actor (his first BAFTA nod for television) and Ben Whishaw for Supporting Actor.
Patrick Melrose earned six nominations; Bodyguard and The Little Drummer Girl came in with five apiece; Mrs. Wilson and Mum with four and with three nods each were After the Screaming Stops, Bandersnatch (Black Mirror), The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, Sally4Ever, Save Me and Would I Lie To You?
The Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards ceremony will be held at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, May 12th with the British Academy Television Craft Awards taking place two weeks earlier on Sunday, April 28th at The Brewery, London.
Here is the full list of BAFTA TV nominations:
COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
THE BIG NARSTIE SHOW Ben Wicks, Obi Kevin Akudike, Nathan Brown, Aoife Bower – Expectation Entertainment / Dice Productions / Channel 4
THE LAST LEG Andrew Beint, Ben Knappett, Lisa Kirk, Cimran Shah – Open Mike / Channel 4
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN David Taylor, Jack Shillaker, Ish Kalia, Murray Boland – CPL Productions / Sky One
WOULD I LIE TO YOU? Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Ruth Phillips, Adam Copeland – Zeppotron / BBC One
CURRENT AFFAIRS
FOOTBALL’S WALL OF SILENCE (AL JAZEERA INVESTIGATIONS) Production Team – Al Jazeera/ Channel 4/ Al Jazeera English
IRAN UNVEILED: TAKING ON THE AYATOLLAHS (EXPOSURE) Production Team – Hardcash Productions / ITV
MASSACRE AT BALLYMURPHY Callum Macrae, Gwion Owain, Mark Williams, Charlie Hawryliw – Outsider Television / Channel 4
MYANMAR’S KILLING FIELDS (DISPATCHES) Production Team – Evan Williams Productions / Mongoose Pictures / Channel 4
DRAMA SERIES
BODYGUARD Production Team – World Productions / BBC One
INFORMER Jonny Campbell, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, Julian Stevens – Neal Street Productions / BBC One
KILLING EVE Production Team – Sid Gentle Films / BBC One
SAVE ME Production Team – World Productions / Sky Atlantic
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
ANTHONY McPARTLIN, DECLAN DONNELLY Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – ITV Studios / Mitre Television / ITV
DAVID MITCHELL Would I Lie To You? – Zeppotron / BBC One
LEE MACK Would I Lie To You? – Zeppotron / BBC One
RACHEL PARRIS The Mash Report – Zeppotron / BBC Two
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME-
ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY Pete Ogden, Saul Fearnley, Tom Locking, Helen Kruger Bratt – ITV Studios / Mitre Television / ITV
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT Charlie Irwin, Amelia Brown, Lee McNicholas, Nigel Hall – Thames / Syco Production / ITV
MICHAEL McINTYRE’S BIG SHOW Dan Baldwin, Claire Horton, Christian Fletcher, Michael McIntyre – Hungry McBear Media / BBC One
STRICTLY COME DANCING – Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
FACTUAL SERIES
24 HOURS IN A&E Production Team – The Garden Productions / Channel 4
LIFE AND DEATH ROW: THE MASS EXECUTION Production Team – BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit / BBC Three
LOUIS THEROUX’S ALTERED STATES Production Team – BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit / BBC Two
PRISON Richard Melman, Paddy Wivell, Kathy Myers, Jack Wood – Spring Films / Channel 4
FEATURES
GORDON, GINO AND FRED’S ROAD TRIP Production Team – Studio Ramsay / ITV
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF Production Team – Love Productions / Channel 4
MORTIMER & WHITEHOUSE: GONE FISHING Production Team – Owl Power / BBC Two
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Colette Flight, Sarah Feltes, Anna Kirkwood, David Vincent – Wall to Wall Media / BBC One
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
DAISY MAY COOPER This Country – BBC Studios / BBC Three
JESSICA HYNES There She Goes – Merman / BBC Four
JULIA DAVIS Sally4Ever – Various Artists / Hush Ho Productions / Sky Atlantic
LESLEY MANVILLE Mum – Big Talk Productions / The Money Men / BBC Two
INTERNATIONAL
54 HOURS: THE GLADBECK HOSTAGE CRISIS Regina Ziegler, Kilian Riedhof, Holger Karsten Schmidt – Ziegler Film / ARD Degeto / BBC Four
THE HANDMAID’S TALE Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss, Mike Barker – MGM / Channel 4
REPORTING TRUMP’S FIRST YEAR: THE FOURTH ESTATE (STORYVILLE) Liz Garbus, Jenny Carchman, Justin Wilkes, Dan Cogan – Radical Media / BBC Two
SUCCESSION Production Team – HBO Entertainment / Project Zeus / Gary Sanchez Productions / Sky Atlantic
LEADING ACTOR
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Patrick Melrose – Two Cities / SunnyMarch TV / Little Island Productions / Sky Atlantic
CHANCE PERDOMO Killed By My Debt – BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit / BBC Three
HUGH GRANT A Very English Scandal – Blueprint Pictures / BBC One
LUCIAN MSAMATI Kiri – The Forge Entertainment / Channel 4
LEADING ACTRESS
JODIE COMER Killing Eve – Sid Gentle Films / BBC One
KEELEY HAWES Bodyguard – World Productions / BBC One
RUTH WILSON Mrs Wilson – Snowed-In Productions / BBC One
SANDRA OH Killing Eve – Sid Gentle Films / BBC One
LIVE EVENT
OPEN HEART SURGERY: LIVE Production Team – The Garden Productions / Channel 5
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
THE ROYAL WEDDING: PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
STAND UP TO CANCER Suzi Aplin, Andrew Charles Smith, Murray James, Gabe Turner – Fulwell 73 / Channel 4
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
ALEX MACQUEEN Sally4Ever – Various Artists / Hush Ho Productions / Sky Atlantic
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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.