Awards season is upon us. Now the Oscars are done, it's time for the BAFTA nominations — and the TV nods are out.
Announced Wednesday, Russell T Davies' It's A Sin has taken the BAFTA noms by storm this year with a whopping 11 nominations including best writer. ICYMI, the miniseries is set in London during the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the '80s and follows the journey of five friends living together over a decade, from 1981 to 1991.
Olly Alexander, who stars as Ritchie Tozer, has bagged a leading actor nomination, up against David Thewlis for Landscapers — the second most nominated show this year with seven categories. It's A Sin's Callum Scott Howells, David Carlyle, and Omari Douglas are all up for best supporting actor.
The best actress category will be one to watch, with It's A Sin's Lydia West up against Kate Winslet for Mare of Easttown, Jodie Comer for Help, Niamh Algar for Deceit, Denise Gough and Emily Watson for Too Close.
Another of our favourites, We Are Lady Parts, is up for three awards including best scripted comedy, a writer nomination for creator Nida Manzoor, and Anjana Vasan, who plays Amina, up for best female performance in a comedy programme. She's up against Sex Education's Aimee Lou Wood, Starstruck's Rose Matafeo, This Way Up's Aisling Bea, Stath Lets Flats' Natasia Demetriou, and Alma’s Not Normal's Sophie Willan.
Also from our fav Sex Education, Ncuti Gatwa is up for best male performance in a comedy programme.
Here's the full list of BAFTA TV nominations, so you can catch up before the ceremony. The Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards will be broadcast on BBC One on Sunday, June 6.
Leading actress
Denise Gough, Too Close (ITV)
Emily Watson, Too Close (ITV)
Jodie Comer, Help (Channel 4)
Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
Lydia West, It's A Sin (Channel 4)
Niamh Algar, Deceit (Channel 4)
Leading actor
David Thewlis, Landscapers (Sky Atlantic)
Hugh Quarshie, Stephen (ITV)
Olly Alexander, It's A Sin (Channel 4)
Samuel Adewunmi, You Don't Know Me (BBC One)
Sean Bean, Time (BBC One)
Stephen Graham, Help (Channel 4)
Drama series
In My Skin (BBC Three)
Manhunt: The Night Stalker (ITV)
Unforgotten (ITV)
Vigil (BBC One)
Mini-series
It’s a Sin (Channel 4)
Landscapers (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
Stephen (ITV)
Time (BBC One)
International
Call My Agent! (Netflix)
Lupin (Netflix)
Mare of Easttown (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
Squid Game (Netflix)
Succession (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime)
Supporting actor
Callum Scott Howells – It’s a Sin (Channel 4)
David Carlyle – It’s a Sin (Channel 4)
Matthew Macfadyen – Succession (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
Nonso Anozie – Sweet Tooth (Netflix)
Omari Douglas – It’s a Sin (Channel 4)
Stephen Graham – Time (BBC One)
Supporting actress
Cathy Tyson – Help (Channel 4)
Céline 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)
Female performance in a comedy programme
Aimee Lou Wood – Sex Education (Netflix)
Aisling Bea – This Way Up (Channel 4)
Anjana Vasan – We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)
Natasia Demetriou – Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4)
Rose Matafeo – Starstruck (BBC Three)
Sophie Willan – Alma’s Not Normal (BBC Two)
Male performance in a comedy programme
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 Three)
Scripted comedy
Alma’s Not Normal (BBC Two)
Motherland (BBC Two)
Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4)
We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)
Writer – Drama
Jack Thorne – Help (Channel 4)
Jess Armstrong – Succession (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
Kayleigh Llewellyn – In My Skin (BBC Three)
Russell T Davies – It's A Sin (Channel 4)
Writer – Comedy
Nathan Byron, Paul Doolan – Bloods (Sky Studios/Sky One)
Nida Manzoor – We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)
Stephen Merchant, Emma Jane Unsworth – The Outlaws (BBC One)
Sophie Willan – Alma's Not Normal (BBC Two)
Single drama
Death of England: Face to Face (Sky Arts)
Help (Channel 4)
I Am Victoria (Channel 4)
Together (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)
Entertainment
An Audience With Adele (ITV)
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
Life & Rhymes (Sky Arts)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
Entertainment performance
Alison Hammond – I Can See Your Voice (BBC One)
Big Zuu – Big Zuu’s Big Eats (Dave)
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
Joe Lycett – Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back (Channel 4)
Michael McIntyre – Michael McIntyre’s the Wheel (BBC One)
Sean Lock – 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4)
Specialist factual
Black Power: A British Story of Resistance (BBC Two)
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act (BBC Two)
The Missing Children (ITV)
Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain (BBC Two)
Reality and constructed factual
Gogglebox (Channel 4)
Married at First Sight UK (E4)
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (BBC Three)
The Dog House (Channel 4)
Comedy entertainment programme
The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan (Channel 4)
Race Around Britain (Munz Made It/YouTube)
The Ranganation (BBC Two)
Short Form programme
Hollyoaks Saved My Life (YouTube)
Our Land (Together TV)
People You May Know (Financial Times)
Please Help (Tiger Aspect Pro)
Factual series
The Detectives: Fighting Organised Crime (BBC Two)
9/11: One Day in America (National Geographic)
Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles (Channel 4)
Uprising (BBC One)
Features
Big Zuu’s Big Eats (Dave)
Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (BBC Two)
Sort Your Life Out (BBC One)
The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC One)
Live event
The Brit Awards 2021 (ITV)
The Earthshot Prize 2021 (BBC One)
The Royal Legion Festival of Remembrance (BBC One)
News coverage
Channel 4 News: Black to Front (Channel 4)
Good Morning Britain: Shamima Begum (ITV)
ITV News at Ten: Storming of the Capitol (ITV)
Sky News: Afghanistan: Endgame (Sky News)
Current affairs
Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin (ITV)
Four Hours at the Capitol (BBC Two)
The Men Who Sell Football (Al Jazeera English)
Trump Takes on the World (BBC Two)\
Soap and continuing drama
Casualty (BBC One)
Coronation Street (ITV)
Emmerdale (ITV)
Holby City (BBC One)
Sport
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Sky Sports F1)
ITV Racing: The Grand National (ITV)
Tokyo 2020 Olympics (BBC One)
Uefa Euro 2020 Semi-final: England v Denmark (ITV)
Virgin Media must-see moment nominees
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’s lockdown parties (ITV)
It’s a Sin – Colin’s devastating Aids diagnosis (Channel 4)
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK – Bimini’s verse ‘UK Hun?’ (BBC Three)
Squid Game – red light, green light game (Netflix)
Strictly Come Dancing – Rose and Giovanni’s silent dance to Symphony (BBC One)
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