VIRGIN TV BRITISH ACADEMY TELEVISION AWARDS: NOMINATIONS 4 April 2018
COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME THE LAST LEG Production Team – Open Mike Productions / Channel 4 MURDER IN SUCCESSVILLE Andy Brereton, Avril Spary, James De Frond, Tom Davis – Shiny Button Productions / Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC Three TASKMASTER Andy Cartwright, Andy Devonshire, Alex Horne – Avalon / Dave WOULD I LIE TO YOU? Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Ruth Phillips, Adam Copeland – Zeppotron / BBC One
CURRENT AFFAIRS RAPED: MY STORY Catey Sexton, Jonathan Braman, Emma Wakefield, Ollie Tait – Lambent Productions / Channel 5 SYRIA’S DISAPPEARED: THE CASE AGAINST ASSAD (DISPATCHES) Sara Afshar, Nicola Cutcher, Callum Macrae – Afshar Films / Channel 4 UNDERCOVER: BRITAIN’S IMMIGRATION SECRETS (PANORAMA) Karen Wightman, Joe Plomin, Callum Tulley, Gary Beelders – BBC Current Affairs / BBC One WHITE RIGHT: MEETING THE ENEMY (EXPOSURE) Deeyah Khan, Darin Prindle, Andrew Smith, Melanie Quigley – Fuuse Films / ITV
DRAMA SERIES THE CROWN Production Team – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD Production Team – Clerkenwell Films / Dominic Buchanan Productions / Netflix / All 4 LINE OF DUTY Production Team – World Productions / BBC One PEAKY BLINDERS Production Team – Caryn Mandabach Productions / Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC Two
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE ADAM HILLS The Last Leg – Open Mike Productions / Channel 4 GRAHAM NORTON The Graham Norton Show – So Television / BBC One MICHAEL McINTYRE Michael McIntyre’s Big Show – Hungry McBear / BBC One SANDI TOKSVIG QI – QI Ltd / Talkback Thames – BBC Two
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME* ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY Pete Ogden, Saul Fearnley, Diego Rincon, Andy Milligan – ITV Studios / Mitre Television / ITV BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT Amelia Brown, Lee McNicholas, Richard Holloway, Charlie Irwin – Thames / Syco / ITV MICHAEL McINTYRE’S BIG SHOW Dan Baldwin, Claire Horton, Christian Fletcher, Michael McIntyre – Hungry McBear / BBC One THE VOICE UK Production Team – ITV Studios / Talpa / ITV
FACTUAL SERIES AMBULANCE Jo Hughes, Bruce Fletcher, Kirsty Cunningham, Simon Ford – Dragonfly / BBC One CATCHING A KILLER Anna Hall, Jezza Neumann, Erica Gornall, Brian Woods – True Vision / Channel 4 DRUGSLAND Sacha Mirzoeff, Xavier Alford, Bart Corpe, Simon Ford – BBC Studios’ Unscripted Productions / Open University / BBC Three HOSPITAL Production Team – Label1 / BBC Two
FEATURES ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Simon Shaw, Julia Foot, Robert Murphy, Sophie Wogden – BBC Studios’ Unscripted Productions / BBC One CRUISING WITH JANE McDONALD Production Team – Elephant House Studios / Channel 5
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NO MORE BOYS AND GIRLS: CAN OUR KIDS GO GENDER FREE? Javid Abdelmoneim, Helen Veale, Jeremy Daldry, Sam Palmer – Outline Productions / BBC Two THE SECRET LIFE OF THE ZOO Production Team – Blast! Films / Channel 4
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN Motherland – Delightful Industries / Merman / BBC Two DAISY MAY COOPER This Country – BBC Studios Comedy / BBC Three SHARON HORGAN Catastrophe – Avalon Television / Merman / Birdbath Productions / Channel 4 SIAN GIBSON Peter Kay’s Car Share – Goodnight Vienna Productions / BBC One
INTERNATIONAL BIG LITTLE LIES Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Bruna Papandrea, Per Saari – HBO / David E. Kelley Productions / Pacific Standard / Blossom Films / Sky Atlantic FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN Ryan Murphy, Dede Gardner, Tim Minear, Alexis Martin Woodall – Fox 21 Television Studios / BBC Two THE HANDMAID’S TALE Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Kari Skogland – MGM / Channel 4 THE VIETNAM WAR Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Geoffrey C. Ward , Sarah Botstein – BBC / Florentine Films / BBC Four
LEADING ACTOR JACK ROWAN Born to Kill – World Productions / Channel 4 JOE COLE Hang the DJ (Black Mirror) – House of Tomorrow / Netflix SEAN BEAN Broken – LA Productions / BBC One TIM PIGOTT-SMITH King Charles III – Drama Republic / BBC Two
LEADING ACTRESS CLAIRE FOY The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix MOLLY WINDSOR Three Girls – BBC Studios / Studio Lambert / BBC One SINEAD KEENAN Little Boy Blue – ITV Studios / ITV THANDIE NEWTON Line of Duty – World Productions / BBC One
LIVE EVENT ITV NEWS ELECTION 2017 LIVE: THE RESULTS Production Team – ITN / ITV ONE LOVE MANCHESTER Production Team – BBC Studios / SB Projects / BBC One WILD ALASKA LIVE Production Team – BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit / PBS / BBC One WORLD WAR ONE REMEMBERED: PASSCHENDAELE Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC Two
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME ASIM CHAUDHRY People Just Do Nothing – Roughcut TV / BBC Three ROB BRYDON The Trip to Spain – Revolution Films / Baby Cow Productions / Small Man Productions / Sky Atlantic SAMSON KAYO Famalam – BBC Studios Comedy / BBC Two TOBY JONES Detectorists – Channel X North / Treasure Trove Productions / Lola Entertainment / BBC Four
MINI-SERIES HOWARDS END Kenneth Lonergan, Hettie Macdonald, Laura Hastings-Smith, Sophie Gardiner – Playground Entertainment / BBC One THE MOORSIDE Neil McKay, Paul Whittington, Ken Horn, Jeff Pope – ITV Studios / BBC One THE STATE Peter Kosminsky, Steve Clark-Hall, Liza Marshall, Kris Thykier – Archery Pictures / Stonehenge Films / Channel 4 THREE GIRLS Nicole Taylor, Philippa Lowthorpe, Susan Hogg, Simon Lewis – BBC Studios Drama / Studio Lambert / BBC One
NEWS COVERAGE THE BATTLE FOR MOSUL (SKY NEWS) Production Team – Sky News THE GRENFELL TOWER FIRE (CHANNEL 4 NEWS) Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Jackie Long, Cathy Newman, Ben de Pear – ITN / Channel 4 THE GRENFELL TOWER FIRE (ITV NEWS AT TEN) Production Team – ITN / ITV
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THE ROHINGYA CRISIS (SKY NEWS) Production Team – Sky News
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REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL CELEBRITY HUNTED Production Team – Shine TV / Channel 4 LOVE ISLAND Production Team – ITV Studios / Motion Content Group / ITV2 OLD PEOPLE’S HOME FOR 4 YEAR OLDS Trish Powell, Murray Boland, Benjamin Leigh, Belle Borgeaud – CPL Productions / Channel 4 THE REAL FULL MONTY Nick Bullen, Kevin Mundye, Daniela Neumann, Will Yapp – Spun Gold TV / ITV
SCRIPTED COMEDY CATASTROPHE Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Ben Taylor, Jack Bayles – Avalon Television / Merman / Birdbath Productions / Channel 4 CHEWING GUM Production Team – Retort / E4 THIS COUNTRY Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer – BBC Studios Comedy / BBC Three TIMEWASTERS Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Barunka O’Shaughnessy, Josh Cole, George Kane – Big Talk Productions / ITV2
SHORT FORM PROGRAMME BRITAIN’S FORGOTTEN MEN Production Team – BBC Three / BBC Three EATING WITH MY EX Production Team – Shotglass Media / BBC Three MORGANA ROBINSON’S SUMMER Production Team – Merman / Sky Arts PLS LIKE Production Team – BBC Three / BBC Three
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY** CHRIS PACKHAM: ASPERGER’S AND ME Charlie Russell, Lizzie Kempton, Tom Barry, Will Grayburn – Raw TV / BBC Two LOUIS THEROUX, TALKING TO ANOREXIA Louis Theroux, Ellena Wood, Simon McMahon, Peter Dale – BBC Studios’ Documentary Unit / BBC Two ONE DEADLY WEEKEND IN AMERICA Sanjay Singhal, Ursula Macfarlane, Jon Alwen, Sarah Hunt – Voltage TV Productions / BBC Three RIO FERDINAND: BEING MUM AND DAD Rio Ferdinand, Grant Best, Matt Smith, Martin Thompson – Only The Best Productions / BBC One
SINGLE DRAMA AGAINST THE LAW Aysha Rafaele, Scott Bassett, Fergus O’Brien, Brian Fillis – BBC Studios’ Documentary Unit / BBC Two HANG THE DJ (BLACK MIRROR) Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Tim Van Patten, Nick Pitt – House of Tomorrow / Netflix KING CHARLES III Mike Bartlett, Greg Brenman, Rupert Goold, Simon Maloney - Drama Republic / BBC Two MURDERED FOR BEING DIFFERENT Aysha Rafaele, Scott Bassett, Paul Andrew Williams, Nick Leather – BBC Studios’ Documentary Unit / BBC Three
SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA CASUALTY Production Team – BBC Studios Continuing Drama / BBC One CORONATION STREET Production Team – ITV Studios / ITV EMMERDALE Production Team – ITV Studios / ITV HOLLYOAKS Bryan Kirkwood, Emily Gascoyne, Vikki Tennant, Colette Chard – Lime Pictures / Channel 4
SPECIALIST FACTUAL*** BASQUIAT - RAGE TO RICHES David Shulman, Janet Lee – BBC Studios’ Documentary Unit / BBC Two BLITZ: THE BOMBS THAT CHANGED BRITAIN Tim Kirby, Emily Thompson, Francesca Maudslay, Cate Hall – Wall to Wall Media / BBC Two BLUE PLANET II Production Team – BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit / BBC Worldwide / Open University / WDR / BBC America / Tencent / France Televisions / CCTV9 / BBC One ELIZABETH I’S SECRET AGENTS Chris Durlacher, Bernadette Ross, Julian Jones, Claire Guillon – 72 Films / BBC Two
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SPORT ANTHONY JOSHUA v. WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO Adam Smith, Ed Robinson, Sara Chenery, Jennie Blackmore – Sky Sports / Sky Sports Box Office THE GRAND NATIONAL Paul McNamara, Richard Willoughby, Amy Lewin, Tony Cahalane – ITV Sport / ITV SIX NATIONS: WALES v. ENGLAND Production Team – BBC Sport / BBC One UEFA WOMEN’S EURO SEMI-FINAL: ENGLAND V. NETHERLANDS Sunil Patel, Mark Cole, Kay Satterley, Ian Finch – Whisper Films / Channel 4
SUPPORTING ACTOR ADRIAN DUNBAR Line of Duty – World Productions / BBC One ANUPAM KHER The Boy with the Topknot – Kudos / Parti Productions / BBC Two BRÍAN F. O’BYRNE Little Boy Blue – ITV Studios / ITV JIMMI SIMPSON USS Callister (Black Mirror) – House of Tomorrow / Netflix
SUPPORTING ACTRESS ANNA FRIEL Broken – LA Productions / BBC One JULIE HESMONDHALGH Broadchurch – Kudos / Imaginary Friends / Sister Pictures / ITV LIV HILL Three Girls – BBC Studios Drama / Studio Lambert / BBC One VANESSA KIRBY The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
VIRGIN TV’S MUST-SEE MOMENT (voted for by the public) BLUE PLANET II Mother Pilot Whale Grieves – BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit / BBC Worldwide / Open University / WDR / BBC America / Tencent / France Televisions / CCTV9 / BBC One DOCTOR WHO The Thirteenth Doctor Revealed – BBC Studios Drama / BBC One GAME OF THRONES Viserion is Killed by the Night King – HBO Programming / Bighead, Littlehead / Television 360 / Sky Atlantic LINE OF DUTY Huntley’s Narrow Escape – World Productions / BBC One LOVE ISLAND Stormzy Makes a Surprise Appearance – ITV Studios / Motion Content Group – ITV ONE LOVE MANCHESTER Ariana Grande Sings ‘One Last Time’ – BBC Studios / SB Projects / BBC One
* Entertainment Programme is given in honour of Lew Grade ** Single Documentary is given in honour of Robert Flaherty *** Specialist Factual is given in honour of Huw Wheldon
4 April 2018
Nominations are correct at the time of going to print. BAFTA reserves the right to make changes to the names listed at any time up until Sunday 13 May 2018.
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