The 2021 BAFTA television nominations have officially been announced
It's looking good for Normal People...
It's looking good for Normal People...
The British Academy Film and Television Awards are some of the most prestigious award ceremonies there are, taking place each Spring/Summer and celebrating the previous year in film and TV.
This year's film BAFTAs were held earlier this month, and 2021's TV BAFTAs are set to be held on 6 June.
But with the nominations announced today, who can we expect to be gracing the red carpet, and who will be going home with a gong?
Spoiler alert - Normal People has received a lot of nominations!
Here are the 2021 BAFTA Television awards nominations
Leading actress
Billie Piper, I Hate Suzie - Sky Atlantic Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People - BBC Three Hayley Squires, Adult Material - Channel 4 Jodie Comer, Killing Eve - BBC One Letitia Wright, Small Axe - BBC One Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You - BBC One
Leading actor
John Boyega, Small Axe - BBC One Josh O'Connor, The Crown - Netflix Paapa Essiedu, I May Destroy You - BBC One Paul Mescal, Normal People - BBC Three Shaun Parkes, Small Axe - BBC One Waleed Zuaiter, Baghdad Central - Channel 4
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Supporting actress
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown - Netflix Leila Farzad, I Hate Suzie - Sky Atlantic Rakie Ayola, Anthony - BBC One Siena Kelly, Adult Material - Channel 4 Sophie Okonedo, Criminal: UK - Netflix Weruche Opia, I May Destroy You - BBC One
Supporting actor
Kunal Nayyar, Criminal: UK - Netflix Malachi Kirby, Small Axe - BBC One Michael Sheen, Quiz - ITV Micheal Ward, Small Axe - BBC One Rupert Everett, Adult Material - Channel 4 Tobias Menzies, The Crown - Netflix
Entertainment performance
Adam Hills, The Last Leg - Channel 4 Bradley Walsh, Beat The Chasers - ITV Claudia Winkleman, Strictly Come Dancing - BBC One David Mitchell, Would I Lie To You? At Christmas - BBC One Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show - BBC One Romesh Ranganathan, The Ranganation - BBC Two
Male performance in a comedy programme
Charlie Cooper, This Country - BBC Three Guz Khan, Man Like Mobeen - BBC Three Joseph Gilgun, Brassic - Sky One Ncuti Gatwa, Sex Education - Netflix Paul Ritter, Friday Night Dinner - Channel 4 Reece Shearsmith, Inside No 9 - BBC Two
Female performance in a comedy programme
Aimee Lou Wood, Sex Education - Netflix Daisy Haggard, Breeders - Sky One Daisy May Cooper, This Country - BBC Three Emma Mackey, Sex Education - Netflix Gbemisola Ikumelo, Famalam - BBC Three Mae Martin, Feel Good - Channel 4
Drama series
Gangs of London - Sky Atlantic I Hate Suzie - Sky Atlantic Save Me Too - Sky Atlantic The Crown - Netflix
Single drama
Anthony - BBC One BBW - Channel 4 Sitting In Limbo - BBC One The Windermere Children - BBC Two
Mini-series
Adult Material - Channel 4 I May Destroy You - BBC One Normal People - BBC Three Small Axe - BBC One
Soap and continuing drama
Casualty - BBC One Coronation Street - ITV EastEnders - BBC One Hollyoaks - Channel 4
International
Little America - Apple TV+ Lovecraft Country - Sky Atlantic Unorthodox - Netflix Welcome To Chechnya: The Gay Purge - BBC Four
Entertainment programme
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway - ITV Life & Rhymes - Sky Arts Strictly Come Dancing - BBC One The Masked Singer - ITV
Comedy entertainment programme
Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe - BBC Two Rob & Romesh Vs - Sky One The Big Narstie Show - Channel 4 The Ranganation - BBC Two
Scripted comedy
Ghosts - BBC One Inside No 9 - BBC Two Man Like Mobeen - BBC Three This Country - BBC Three
Features
Big Zuu's Big Eats - Dave Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace - ITV Mortimer And Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - BBC Two The Repair Shop - BBC One
Daytime
Jimmy McGovern's Moving On - BBC One Richard Osman's House Of Games - BBC Two The Chase - ITV The Great House Giveaway - Channel 4
Must-see moment
Bridgerton - Lady Whistledown is revealed Diversity on Britain's Got Talent EastEnders - Gray kills Chantelle Gogglebox - Reactions to Boris Johnson's news conference Nigella: Cook, Eat, Repeat - 'Mee-cro-wah-vay' The Mandalorian - Luke Skywalker appears
Current affairs
America's War On Abortion - ITV Italy's Frontline: A Doctor's Diary - BBC Two The Battle For Hong Kong - Channel 4 The Cyprus Papers Undercover - Al Jazeera English
Single documentary
American Murder: The Family Next Door - Netflix Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism & Me - BBC One Locked In: Breaking The Silence - BBC Four Surviving Covid - Channel 4
Factual series
Crime & Punishment - Channel 4 Hospital - BBC Two Losing It: Our Mental Health Emergency - Channel 4 Once Upon A Time In Iraq - BBC Two
Reality and constructed factual
Masterchef: The Professionals - BBC One Race Across The World - BBC Two The School That Tried To End Racism - Channel 4 The Write Offs - Channel 4
Specialist factual
Extinction: The Facts - BBC One Putin: A Russian Spy Story - Channel 4 The Rise of The Murdoch Dynasty - BBC Two The Surgeon's Cut - Netflix
News coverage
BBC News At Ten: Prime Minister Admitted To Intensive Care - BBC One Channel 4 News: Deterring Democracy - Channel 4 Newsnight: Covid Care Crisis - BBC Two Sky News: Inside Idlib - Sky News
Sport
Bahrain Grand Prix - Sky Sports Formula 1 England V France: The Final of Autumn Nations Cup - Amazon Prime Video England v West Indies Test Cricket - Sky Sports Cricket London Marathon 2020 - BBC One
Live event
Life Drawing Dive! - BBC Four Springwatch 2020 - BBC Two The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance - BBC One The Third Day: Autumn - Sky Atlantic
Short-form programme
Criptales - BBC Four Disabled Not Defeated: The Rock Bans With Learning Disabilities - Vice/Noisey The Main Part - BBC iPlayer They Saw The Sun First - Red Bull TV
Writer: Comedy
Charlie Brooker, Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe - BBC Two Daisy May Cooper, This Country - BBC Three Sophie Willan, Alma's Not Normal - BBC Two Writing team, Ghosts - BBC One
Writer: Drama
Alastair Siddons, Steve McQueen, Small Axe - BBC One Lucy Kirkwood, Adult Material - Channel 4 Lucy Prebble, I Hate Suzie - Sky Atlantic Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You - BBC One
Go to the BAFTA website for the full list of nominations.
The BAFTA Television Awards will be taking place on June 6 2021.
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