BBC receives 104 BAFTA nominations
April 29, 2021
Nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards and Television Craft Awards have been announced, with the BBC securing 104 in total, 59 for Television and 45 for Craft.
Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer, said: “This is a great year for BBC television, the huge spread of BAFTA nominations reflects the incredible range and quality of genre defining, world-class programmes and contributions across the board. I would like to give a special mention to Steve McQueen’s anthology series Small Axe for receiving the most nominations with a phenomenal 15 in total, I May Destroy You with eight and Normal People with seven.
“Other notable shows with four nominations each are This Country, Once Upon a Time in Iraq and Strictly Come Dancing, whilst BBC comedy received a clean sweep of nominations in the scripted comedy and comedy writer categories. Congratulations to all the nominees recognised today, I wish them all the best on the night,” she added
Full list of BBC nominations:
British Academy Television Awards
| Category name | Title | Nominee | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leading Actor | I May Destroy You | Paapa Essiedu | BBC One |
| Leading Actor | Normal People | Paul Mescal | BBC Three |
| Leading Actor | Small Axe | Shaun Parkes | BBC One |
| Leading Actor | Small Axe | John Boyega | BBC One |
| Leading Actress | Killing Eve | Jodie Comer | BBC One |
| Leading Actress | I May Destroy You | Michaela Coel | BBC One |
| Leading Actress | Normal People | Daisy Edgar-Jones | BBC Three |
| Leading Actress | Small Axe | Letitia Wright | BBC One |
| Comedy Entertainment Programme | Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe | BBC Two | |
| Comedy Entertainment Programme | The Ranganation | BBC Two | |
| Reality & Constructed Factual | Race Across the World | BBC Two | |
| Reality & Constructed Factual | MasterChef: The Professionals | BBC One | |
| Current Affairs | Italy’s Frontline: A Doctors Diary | BBC Two | |
| Daytime | Jimmy McGovern’s Moving On | BBC One | |
| Daytime | Richard Osman’s House of Games | BBC Two | |
| Entertainment Performance | Strictly Come Dancing | Claudia Winkleman | BBC One |
| Entertainment Performance | The Graham Norton Show | Graham Norton | BBC One |
| Entertainment Performance | Would I Lie To You? At Christmas | David Mitchell | |
| Entertainment Programme | Strictly Come Dancing | BBC One | |
| Factual Series | Hospital | BBC Two | |
| Factual Series | Once Upon A Time In Iraq | BBC Two | |
| Features | Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing | BBC Two | |
| Features | The Repair Shop | BBC One | |
| Female Performance in a Comedy Programme | Famalam | Gbemisola Ikumelo | BBC Three |
| Female Performance in a Comedy Programme | This Country | Daisy May Cooper | BBC Three |
| International | Welcome to Chechnya: The Gay Purge (Storyville) | BBC Four | |
| Live Event | Springwatch 2020 | BBC Two | |
| Live Event | The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance | BBC One | |
| Live Event | Life Drawing Live! | BBC Four | |
| Male Performance in a Comedy Programme | Inside No. 9 | Reece Shearsmith | BBC Two |
| Male Performance in a Comedy Programme | Man Like Mobeen | Guz Khan | BBC Three |
| Male Performance in a Comedy Programme | This Country | Charlie Cooper | BBC Three |
| Mini-Series | Normal People | BBC Three | |
| Mini-Series | Small Axe | BBC One | |
| Mini-Series | I May Destory You | BBC One | |
| News Coverage | Newsnight | BBC Two | |
| News Coverage | BBC News at Ten – Prime Minister admitted to intensive care | BBC One/BBC News | |
| Scripted Comedy | Inside No. 9 | BBC Two | |
| Scripted Comedy | Man Like Mobeen | BBC Three | |
| Scripted Comedy | This Country | BBC Three | |
| Scripted Comedy | Ghosts | BBC One | |
| Short Form Programme | The Main Part | BBC iPlayer | |
| Short Form Programme | CripTales | BBC Four | |
| Single Documentary | Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism & Me | BBC One | |
| Single Documentary | Locked In: Breaking the Silence (Storyville) | ||
| Single Drama | Anthony | BBC One | |
| Single Drama | Sitting in Limbo | BBC One | |
| Single Drama | The Windermere Children | BBC Two | |
| Soap & Continuing Drama | Casualty | BBC One | |
| Soap & Continuing Drama | EastEnders | BBC One | |
| Specialist Factual | Extinction: The Facts | BBC One | |
| Specialist Factual | The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty | BBC Two | |
| Sport | London Marathon 2020 | BBC One | |
| Supporting Actor | Small Axe | Michael Ward | BBC One |
| Supporting Actor | Small Axe | Malachi Kirby | BBC One |
| Supporting Actress | Anthony | Rakie Ayola | BBC One |
| Supporting Actress | I May Destroy You | Weruche Opia | BBC One |
| Must-See Moment | Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat | Nigella Lawson’s pronunciation of microwave | BBC Two |
| Must-See Moment | EastEnders | Gray kills Chantelle | BBC One |
British Academy Television Craft Awards
| Category name | Title | Nominee | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costume Design | Small Axe | Jacqueline Durran | BBC One |
| Director: Factual | Once Upon a Time in Iraq | James Bluemel | BBC Two |
| Director: Factual | Lee Miller: A Life on the Front Line | Teresa Griffiths | BBC Two |
| Director: Factual | Locked In: Breaking the Silence (Storyville) | Xavier Alford | BBC Four |
| Director: Fiction | Normal People | Lenny Abrahamson | BBC One |
| Director: Fiction | Small Axe | Steve McQueen | BBC One |
| Director: Fiction | I May Destroy You | Michaela Coel | BBC One |
| Director: Multi Camera | Strictly Come Dancing | Nikki Parsons | BBC One |
| Director: Multi Camera | The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance | Bridget Caldwell | BBC One |
| Director: Multi Camera | Rugby League Challenge Cup Final | Ken Burton | BBC One |
| Editing: Factual | Lee Miller – A Life on the Front Line | Claire Guillon | BBC Two |
| Editing: Factual | Once Upon A Time In Iraq (episode 2) | Will Grayburn | BBC Two |
| Editing: Factual | Once Upon a Time In Iraq (episode 3) | Anna Price | BBC Two |
| Editing: Fiction | I May Destroy You | Editing team | BBC One |
| Editing: Fiction | Small Axe | Chris Dickens, Steve McQueen | BBC One |
| Editing: Fiction | Normal People (episode 5) | Nathan Nugent | BBC One |
| Emerging Talent: Factual | The School that Chains Boys | Jessica Kelly (Director) | BBC News Arabic/BBC Two |
| Emerging Talent: Factual | Defending Digga D | Marian Mohanned (Director) | BBC Three |
| Emerging Talent: Fiction | Sitting in Limbo | Stephen S. Thompson (Writer) | BBC One |
| Emerging Talent: Fiction | Anthony | Harry Tulley (Dubbing Mixer) | BBC One |
| Entertainment Craft Team | Strictly Come Dancing | David Bishop, Darren Lovell, David Newton, Richard Sillitto, Andy Tapley, Catherine Land | BBC One |
| Entertainment Craft Team | Last Night of the Proms | David Bishop, Andy Payne, Lucy Foster | BBC One |
| Make Up & Hair Design | I May Destroy You | Bethany Swan | BBC One |
| Make Up & Hair Design | Small Axe | Jojo William | BBC One |
| Original Music | Roadkill | Harry Escott | BBC One |
| Photography & Lighting: Fiction | Small Axe | Shabier Kirchner | BBC One |
| Photography & Lighting: Fiction | Normal People | Suzie Lavelle | BBC One |
| Photography & Lighting: Fiction | Devs | Rob Hardy | BBC Two |
| Photography: Factual | The Great Mountain Sheep Gather | Johnny Shipley, Drone Camera Team, John Livesey | BBC Four |
| Production Design | Small Axe | Helen Scott | BBC One |
| Production Design | His Dark Materials | Joel Collins | BBC One |
| Scripted Casting | Small Axe | Gary Davy | BBC One |
| Sound: Factual | Springwatch 2020 | Sound team | BBC Two |
| Sound: Fiction | Small Axe | Paul Cotterell, James Harrison, Ronald Bailey | BBC One |
| Sound: Fiction | His Dark Materials (episode 7) | Jon Thomas, Gareth Bull, James Ridgway, Dillon Bennett, Eilam Hoffman | BBC One |
| Sound: Fiction | Normal People | Niall O’Sullivan, Steve Fanagan, Niall Brady | BBC Three |
| Titles & Graphic Identity | Dracula | Peter Anderson Studio | BBC One |
| Titles & Graphic Identity | Devs | Matt Curtis | BBC Two |
| Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | His Dark Materials | Russell Dodgson, James Whitlam, Jean-Clement Soret, Robert Harrington, Dan May, Brian Fisher | BBC One |
| Writer: Comedy | This Country | Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper | BBC Three |
| Writer: Comedy | Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe | Charlie Brooker | BBC Two |
| Writer: Comedy | Ghosts | Writing team | BBC One |
| Writer: Comedy | Alma’s Not Normal | Sophie Willan | BBC Two |
| Writer: Drama | I May Destroy You | Michaela Coel | BBC One |
| Writer: Drama | Small Axe | Steve McQueen | BBC One |