‘Chernobyl’ leads the BAFTA TV Awards nominations with 14 nods.
The Sky Atlantic miniseries – which told the story of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of April 1986 – earned 11 nominations for the main Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards, and three for the British Academy TV Craft Awards, as they were both announced together on Thursday morning (04.06.20).
Jared Harris is up for the Leading Actor prize for his role in ‘Chernobyl’, alongside The Capture’s Callum Turner, Stephen Graham – for ‘The Virtues’ – and Takehiro Hira in ‘Giri/ Haji’, which earned six nods.
‘Chernobyl’ will be bidding for further success in the Mini-Series category, as the show once again takes on ‘The Virtues’, as well as ‘A Confession’, and ‘The Victim’.
‘The Crown’ received seven BAFTA nominations, with three for the main awards, including the much-coveted Drama Series prize.
But the royal drama will face stiff competition from ‘The End of the F***ing World’, ‘Giri/Haji’, and ‘Gentleman Jack’, which received a second nod for Suranne Jones in the Leading Actress category.
She will go up against Samantha Morton (‘I Am Kirsty’), Glenda Jackson (‘Elizabeth is Missing’) and Jodie Comer for her role in ‘Killing Eve’.
The Crown’s Helena Bonham Carter could also be rewarded for her role of Princess Margaret as she is up for the Supporting Actress prize, alongside The End of the F***ing World’s Naomi Ackie, ‘Top Boy’ actress Jasmine Jobson, and Helen Behan (‘The Virtues’).
Other nods see medical dramas ‘Holby City’ and ‘Casualty’ both nominated for the Soap & Continuing Drama prize, alongside ITV soaps ‘Emmerdale’ and ‘Coronation Street’.
Richard Ayoade is to present this year’s Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards behind closed doors on July 31st, as the event – which was due to take place on May 17th – was postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The awards will be broadcast live on BBC One but will follow current restrictions and take place in a closed studio with nominees invited to accept their awards virtually.
Yesterday (03.06.20), it was announced scenes from ‘Gavin & Stacey’, ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Love Island’, ‘Line of Duty’, ‘Fleabag’, and ‘Coronation Street’ are up for the Virgin Media Must-See Moment accolade – the only award voted for by the public.
Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards 2020 full list of nominations:
Comedy Entertainment Programme
The Graham Norton Show
The Last Leg
The Ranganation
Taskmaster
Current Affairs
Growing Up Poor: Britain’s Breadline Kids
The Hunt for Jihadi John
Is Labour Anti-Semitic? (Panorama)
Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag (Exposure)
Drama Series
The Crown
The End of the F***ing World
Gentleman Jack
Giri/Haji
Entertainment Performance
Frankie Boyle – Frankie Boyle’s New World Order
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show
Lee Mack – Would I Lie To You
Mo Gilligan – The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
Entertainment Programme
The Greatest Dancer
The Rap Game UK
Strictly Come Dancing
The Voice UK
Factual Series
Crime and Punishment
Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer
Leaving Neverland
Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure
Features
Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back
The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan
Mortimer & Whitehouse – Gone Fishing
Snackmasters
Female Performance In A Comedy Programme
Gbemisola Ikumelo – Famalam
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag
Sarah Kendall – Frayed
Sian Clifford – Fleabag
International
Euphoria
Succession
Unbelievable
When They See Us
Leading Actress
Glenda Jackson – Elizabeth Is Missing
Jodie Comer – Killing Eve
Samantha Morton – I Am Kirsty
Suranne Jones – Gentleman Jack
Leading Actor
Callum Turner – The Capture
Jared Harris – Chernobyl
Stephen Graham – The Virtues
Takehiro Hira – Giri/Haji
Live Event
Blue Planet Live – BBC
Election 2019 Live: The Results – ITV
Glastonbury 2019 – BBC
Operation Live – Channel 5
Male Performance In A Comedy Programme
Guz Khan – Man Like Mobeen
Jamie Demetriou – Stath Lets Flats
Ncuti Gatwa – Sex Education
Yousef Kerkour – Home
Mini-Series
A Confession
Chernobyl
The Victim
The Virtues
News Coverage
Hong Kong Protests
ITV News At Ten: Election Results
Prince Andrew & The Epstein Scandal (Newsnight)
Victoria Derbyshire: Men Who Lost Loved Ones To Knife Crime
Reality & Constructed Factual
Celebrity Gogglebox
Harry’s Heroes: The Full English
Race Across The World
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
Scripted Comedy
Catastrophe
Derry Girls
Fleabag
Stath Lets Flats
Short Form Programme
Anywhere But Westminster
Brain In Gear
Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle
Toni_With_An_I (Born Digital: First Cuts)
Single Documentary
The Abused
David Harewood: Psychosis And Me
The Family Secret
The Last Survivors
Single Drama
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Elizabeth Is Missing
The Left Behind
Responsible Child
Soap & Continuing Drama
Casualty
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Holby City
Specialist Factual
8 Days: To The Moon And Back
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Thatcher: A Very British Revolution
Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story
Sport
2019 Rugby World Cup Final: England V South Africa
ICC Cricket World Cup Final
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 Semi Final: England V USA
Wimbledon 2019 Men’s Final
Supporting Actor
Joe Absolom – A Confession
Josh O’Connor – The Crown
Stellan Skarsgard – Chernobyl
Will Sharpe – Giri/Haji
Supporting Actress
Helen Behan – The Virtues
Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown
Jasmine Jobson – Top Boy
Naomi Ackie – The End Of The F***Ing World
Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment
‘Gavin & Stacey’: Nessa proposes to Smithy
‘Game of Thrones’: Arya kills the Night King
‘Love Island’: Michael recouples after Casa Amor
‘Line of Duty’: John Corbett’s death
‘Fleabag’: The Confessional Scene
‘Coronation Street’: The Death of Sinead Osbourne