The Bafta award nominations have been announced, with late comedian Sean Lock receiving a posthumous nomination. The comedy legend, who died from cancer last year, has received a nomination for Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, in the entertainment performance category.
Channel 4 series It’s A Sin leads the nominations, where it is in the running for 11 gongs. The series, written and created by Queer As Folk and Doctor Who screenwriter Russell T Davies, tracked a group of gay men and their friends as they navigated the UK’s HIV/Aids crisis throughout the 80s and early 90s.
The show’s 11 nominations, comprising of five in the craft categories and six in the television awards categories, include nods for Davies in the writer drama category, as well as a leading actor nomination for singer Olly Alexander for his role as Ritchie Tozer. Also nominated in the leading actress category are Denise Gough and Emily Watson for ITV’s Too Close, alongside Jodie Comer for Channel 4 drama Help, and Niamh Algar for Channel 4’s Deceit.
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Stephen Graham has received two nominations, one for Channel 4’s Help. He is also recognised for BBC’s prison drama Time in the supporting actor category, which is dominated by the cast of It’s A Sin, who have scored three out of the six possible nominations.
EastEnders and Hollyoaks are absent from the soap and continuing drama category, where the four nominations have gone to ITV stalwarts Coronation Street and Emmerdale, as well as BBC’s Casualty and Holby City. Medical drama Holby City ended on Tuesday night after 23 years on screen with an emotional final episode which celebrated the spirit of the NHS.
Mini series
It's A Sin - Russell T Davies, Nicola Shindler, Peter Hoar, Phil Collinson
Landscapers - Will Sharpe, Ed Sinclair, Katie Carpenter, Olivia Colman, Jane Featherstone, Chris Fry
Stephen - Mark Redhead, Madonna Baptiste, Alrick Riley, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Joe Cottrell Boyce,
Jessica Sharkey
Time - Jimmy McGovern, Tom Sherry, Lewis Arnold, Simon Maloney, Michael Parke, Andrew Morrissey
Leading actor
David Thewlis, Landscapers
Hugh Quarshie, Stephen
Olly Alexander, It's A Sin
Samuel Adewunmi, You Don't Know Me
Sean Bean, Time
Stephen Graham, Help
Leading actress
Denise Gough, Too Close
Emily Watson, Too Close
Jodie Comer, Help
Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown
Lydia West, It's A Sin
Niamh Algar, Deceit
Soap
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
BBC’s Casualty
Holby City
Comedy entertainment programme
The Graham Norton Show
The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan
Race Around Britain
The Ranganation
Entertainment programme
An Audience With Adele
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Life & Rhymes
Strictly Come Dancing
Reality and constructed factual
Gogglebox
Married at First Sight UK
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
The Dog House
Virgin Media's must-see moment (voted by the public)
An Audience With Adele - Adele surprised by the teacher who changed her life
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! - Ant and Dec's dig at Downing Street's lockdown parties
It's A Sin - Colin's devastating AIDS diagnosis
Rupaul's Drag Race UK - 'UK Hun?' - Bimini's verse
Squid Game - Red Light, Green Light game
Strictly Come Dancing - Rose and Giovanni's silent dance to 'Symphony'
News coverage
Channel 4 News - Black To Front Production Team
Good Morning Britain: Shamima Begum Production Team
ITV News At Ten: Storming of the Capitol Production Team
Sky News: Afghanistan: Endgame Production Team
