Wolf Hall Leads BAFTA TV Nominations

LONDON: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has unveiled the nominations for this year’s TV awards, which see the historical drama Wolf Hall leading with four nods.

The nominees for lead actor are Wolf Hall‘s Mark Rylance, Luther‘s Idris Elba, Ben Whishaw of London Spy and Stephen Graham for This Is England ’90. The lead actress nominees are Wolf Hall‘s Claire Foy, Ruth Madeley for Don’t Take My Baby, Sheridan Smith for The C-Word and Suranne Jones for Doctor Foster.

Supporting nods on the actor side went to Anton Lesser of Wolf Hall, Cyril Nri for Cucumber, Ian Mckellan for The Dresser and Tom Courtenay for Unforgotten. In the actress arena, supporting nominees are Chanel Cresswell for This Is England ’90, Eleanor Worthington-Cox for The Enfield Haunting, Lesley Manville for River and Michelle Gomez for Doctor Who.

In the entertainment category, those up for best performance are Graham Norton for The Graham Norton Show, Leigh Francis for Celebrity Juice, Romesh Ranganathan for Asian Provocateur and Stephen Fry for QI.

The comedy nominees for best actor feature Hugh Bonneville for W1A, Javone Prince for The Javone Prince Show, Peter Kay for Peter Kay’s Car Share and Toby Jones for Detectorists. The comedic actress nominees are Michaela Coel for Chewing Gum, Miranda Hart for Miranda, Sian Gibson for Peter Kay’s Car Share and Sharon Horgan for Catastrophe.

Wolf Hall is among the nominees for best drama series, alongside Humans, The Last Panthers and No Offence. The single drama contenders are The C-Word, Cyberbully, Don’t Take My Baby and The Go-Between. The miniseries nominated for the BAFTA TV award are Doctor Foster, The Enfield Haunting, London Spy and This Is England ’90. Up for best soap and continuing drama are Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Holby City.

The Good Wife, Narcos, Spiral and Transparent are vying for the international award.

The factual series nominated are The Detectives, Great Ormond Street, The Murder Detectives and The Tribe. The series nominated in the special factual category are Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners, Grayson Perry’s Dream House, The Hunt and Rudolf Nureyev: Dance To Freedom. In the single documentary arena, nominees are Bitter Lake, Life After Suicide, Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids and My Son The Jihadi.

The features nominated are Back In Time For Dinner, The Great British Bake Off, Kevin Mccloud: Escape To The Wild and Travel Man. In the category for reality/constructed factual, the series up for the award are First Dates, Gogglebox, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! and The Secret Life Of 5 Year Olds. Current affairs nominees are Children Of The Gaza War, Escape From ISIS (Dispatches), Jihad: A British Story and Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola (This World).

The entertainment contenders are Adele at The BBC, Britain’s Got Talent, Strictly Come Dancing and TFI Friday Anniversary Special. Up for comedy and comedy entertainment program are Charlie Brooker’s Election Wipe, Have I Got News For You, QI and Would I Lie To You. The series up for scripted comedy are Chewing Gum, Peep Show, People Just Do Nothing and Peter Kay’s Car Share.

The Radio Times Audience Award, which is voted for by members of the public, will be presented to either Doctor Foster, The Great British Bake Off, Humans, Making A Murderer, Peter Kay’s Car Share or Poldark.

This year’s ceremony will be held at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, May 8, two weeks after the British Academy Television Craft Awards on April 24.