Hit Netflix drama Adolescence is leading the field at this year’s Bafta TV awards with 11 nominations.
Erin Doherty, who stars in the hard-hitting show, and The White Lotus actress Aimee Lou Wood, are among the leading contenders in the individual categories after picking up two nominations each.
Wood is up for best actress category for her role as a young woman with agoraphobia in BBC Three comedy-drama Film Club, and is also nominated for best supporting actress for playing a fun-loving yoga teacher in dark comedy The White Lotus.
Meanwhile, Doherty is nominated for her portrayal of gang leader Mary Carr in Disney+’s Victorian thriller A Thousand Blows, which has seven nominations in total, and for playing a psychologist in Netflix’s hard-hitting drama Adolescence.
Most nominations:
Adolescence – 11
A Thousand Blows – 7
Andor and Trespasses – 6
The Celebrity Traitors – 5
Both Adolescence and A Thousand Blows star Stephen Graham, and he is nominated for best actor for his role as a distressed dad in the former.
The show, which sparked a national debate about teenage violence and social media when it was released a year ago, is up for best limited drama.
It also has an impressive five acting nominations – for Christine Tremarco, Ashley Walters and Owen Cooper alongside Doherty and Graham.
The other best actor nominees are Colin Firth (Lockerbie: A Search for Truth), Ellis Howard (What it Feels Like for a Girl), James Nelson-Joyce (This City is Ours), Matt Smith (The Death of Bunny Munro) and Taron Egerton (Smoke).
The best actress shortlist includes Jodie Whittaker (Toxic Town), Narges Rashidi (Prisoner 951), Sheridan Smith (I Fought the Law) and Sian Brooke (Blue Lights), along with Wood and Doherty.
A Thousand Blows is also up for the prestigious best drama prize alongside last year’s winner Blue Lights, plus Code of Silence and This City is Ours.
On the entertainment side, The Celebrity Traitors has the most nominations – including best reality show and best entertainment performance for host Claudia Winkleman.
It is also one of six nominees for memorable moment, the only award to be voted for by the public. They are:
Big Boys – I didn’t make it, did I?
Blue Lights – the police are warned of an ambush to plot to silence a key witness
The Celebrity Traitors – Alan Carr wins The Celebrity Traitors
Last One Laughing – Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade’s speed date
What If Feels Like For A Girl – Byron leaves for Brighton to start Uni, where she introduces herself as Paris
The Celebrity Traitors winner Alan Carr and Amanda Holden are jointly nominated for best entertainment performance for Amanda & Alan’s Spanish Job.
Motherland spin-off Amandaland dominates the best comedy actress category with three nods – for Lucy Punch, Philippa Dunne and Jennifer Saunders.
The show is also up for best scripted comedy alongside How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge), with its star Steve Coogan up for best male comedy actor.
There are six nominations each for Disney+ Star Wars thriller Andor and Channel 4’s Northern Ireland 1970s drama Trespasses.
The awards also honour news and current affairs programmes, documentaries and factual shows.
Among the nominees in those categories are Louis Theroux: The Settlers and One Day in Southport, Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park, Undercover in the Police (Panorama), BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak, and Gaza: Doctors Under Attack.
The latter documentary was originally due to air on the BBC last year, but was pulled due to impartiality concerns and was later picked up by Channel 4.
Children’s programmes up for awards included Shaun the Sheep (Aardman/BBC), while sporting events including Wimbledon, the men’s FA Cup and the Women’s Euros on the BBC were also recognised, alongside Sky Sport’s Ryder Cup coverage.
Almost 40 juries of industry professionals are responsible for deciding the majority of Bafta television and craft category nominees and winners.
The TV awards will take place at London’s Southbank Centre on 10 May.
Credit: BBC
Erin Doherty, who stars in the hard-hitting show, and The White Lotus actress Aimee Lou Wood, are among the leading contenders in the individual categories after picking up two nominations each.
Wood is up for best actress category for her role as a young woman with agoraphobia in BBC Three comedy-drama Film Club, and is also nominated for best supporting actress for playing a fun-loving yoga teacher in dark comedy The White Lotus.
Meanwhile, Doherty is nominated for her portrayal of gang leader Mary Carr in Disney+’s Victorian thriller A Thousand Blows, which has seven nominations in total, and for playing a psychologist in Netflix’s hard-hitting drama Adolescence.
Most nominations:
Adolescence – 11
A Thousand Blows – 7
Andor and Trespasses – 6
The Celebrity Traitors – 5
Both Adolescence and A Thousand Blows star Stephen Graham, and he is nominated for best actor for his role as a distressed dad in the former.
The show, which sparked a national debate about teenage violence and social media when it was released a year ago, is up for best limited drama.
It also has an impressive five acting nominations – for Christine Tremarco, Ashley Walters and Owen Cooper alongside Doherty and Graham.
The other best actor nominees are Colin Firth (Lockerbie: A Search for Truth), Ellis Howard (What it Feels Like for a Girl), James Nelson-Joyce (This City is Ours), Matt Smith (The Death of Bunny Munro) and Taron Egerton (Smoke).
The best actress shortlist includes Jodie Whittaker (Toxic Town), Narges Rashidi (Prisoner 951), Sheridan Smith (I Fought the Law) and Sian Brooke (Blue Lights), along with Wood and Doherty.
A Thousand Blows is also up for the prestigious best drama prize alongside last year’s winner Blue Lights, plus Code of Silence and This City is Ours.
On the entertainment side, The Celebrity Traitors has the most nominations – including best reality show and best entertainment performance for host Claudia Winkleman.
It is also one of six nominees for memorable moment, the only award to be voted for by the public. They are:
Big Boys – I didn’t make it, did I?
Blue Lights – the police are warned of an ambush to plot to silence a key witness
The Celebrity Traitors – Alan Carr wins The Celebrity Traitors
Last One Laughing – Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade’s speed date
What If Feels Like For A Girl – Byron leaves for Brighton to start Uni, where she introduces herself as Paris
The Celebrity Traitors winner Alan Carr and Amanda Holden are jointly nominated for best entertainment performance for Amanda & Alan’s Spanish Job.
Motherland spin-off Amandaland dominates the best comedy actress category with three nods – for Lucy Punch, Philippa Dunne and Jennifer Saunders.
The show is also up for best scripted comedy alongside How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge), with its star Steve Coogan up for best male comedy actor.
There are six nominations each for Disney+ Star Wars thriller Andor and Channel 4’s Northern Ireland 1970s drama Trespasses.
The awards also honour news and current affairs programmes, documentaries and factual shows.
Among the nominees in those categories are Louis Theroux: The Settlers and One Day in Southport, Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park, Undercover in the Police (Panorama), BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak, and Gaza: Doctors Under Attack.
The latter documentary was originally due to air on the BBC last year, but was pulled due to impartiality concerns and was later picked up by Channel 4.
Children’s programmes up for awards included Shaun the Sheep (Aardman/BBC), while sporting events including Wimbledon, the men’s FA Cup and the Women’s Euros on the BBC were also recognised, alongside Sky Sport’s Ryder Cup coverage.
Almost 40 juries of industry professionals are responsible for deciding the majority of Bafta television and craft category nominees and winners.
The TV awards will take place at London’s Southbank Centre on 10 May.
Credit: BBC
