{"id":7569,"date":"2017-04-11T11:43:37","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T15:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/the-crown-leads-bafta-tv-nominations\/"},"modified":"2017-04-11T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T18:03:23","slug":"the-crown-leads-bafta-tv-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/04\/11\/the-crown-leads-bafta-tv-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crown Leads BAFTA TV Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix&#8217;s historical drama <em>The Crown<\/em> has received five nominations for the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Claire Foy is nominated in the lead actress in a drama category for <em>The Crown<\/em>, alongside Jodie Comer (<em>Thirteen<\/em>), Nikki Amuka-Bird (<em>NW<\/em>) and Sarah Lancashire (<em>Happy Valley<\/em>). The lead actor nominees are Adeel Akhtar (<em>Murdered By My Father<\/em>), Babou Ceesay (<em>Damilola, Our Loved Boy<\/em>), Benedict Cumberbatch (<em>The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses<\/em>) and Robbie Coltrane (<em>National Treasure<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Supporting nods went to, in the actress arena, Nicola Walker (<em>Last Tango in Halifax<\/em>), Siobhan Finneran (<em>Happy Valley<\/em>), Vanessa Kirby (<em>The Crown<\/em>) and Wunmi Mosaku (<em>Damilola, Our Loved Boy<\/em>). In the actor arena, the supporting nominees are Daniel Mays (<em>Line of Duty<\/em>), Jared Harris (<em>The Crown)<\/em>, John Lithgow (<em>The Crown<\/em>) and Tom Hollander (<em>The Night Manager<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The nominees for the female performance in a comedy category are Diane Morgan (<em>Cunk on Shakespeare<\/em>), Lesley Manville (<em>Mum<\/em>), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (<em>Fleabag<\/em>) and Olivia Colman (<em>Fleabag<\/em>). The male performance side for comedy features Asim Chaudhry (<em>People Just Do Nothing<\/em>), David Mitchell (<em>Upstart Crow<\/em>), Harry Enfield (<em>The Windsors<\/em>) and Steve Coogan (<em>The Scissored Isle<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Those nominated for their entertainment performance are Adam Hills (<em>The Last Leg<\/em>), Claudia Winkleman (<em>Strictly Come Dancing<\/em>), Graham Norton (<em>The Graham Norton Show<\/em>) and Michael McIntyre (<em>Michael McIntyre\u2019s Big Show<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The series nominated for best drama are <em>The Crown<\/em>, <em>The Durrells<\/em>, <em>Happy Valley<\/em> and <em>War &amp; Peace<\/em>. <em>Aberfan: The Green Hollow<\/em>, <em>Murdered By My Father<\/em>, <em>NW<\/em> and <em>Damilola, Our Loved Boy<\/em> are nominated for best single drama. Miniseries contenders are <em>The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses<\/em>, <em>National Treasure<\/em>, <em>The Secret<\/em> and <em>The Witness for the Prosecution<\/em>. The nominations for soap and continuing drama went to <em>Casualty<\/em>, <em>EastEnders<\/em>, <em>Emmerdale<\/em> and <em>Hollyoaks<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In the international category, the nominees are <em>The Night Of<\/em>, <em>American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson<\/em>, <em>Stranger Things<\/em> and <em>Transparent<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Scripted comedy contenders are <em>Camping<\/em>, <em>Fleabag<\/em>, <em>Flowers<\/em> and <em>People Just Do Nothing<\/em>. The nominees for comedy and comedy entertainment program are <em>Charlie Brooker\u2019s 2016 Wipe<\/em>, <em>Cunk on Shakespeare<\/em>, <em>The Last Leg<\/em> and <em>Taskmaster<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Up for best factual series are <em>24 Hours in Police Custody<\/em>, <em>Exodus: Our Journey to Europe<\/em>, <em>Kids on the Edge<\/em> and <em>The Prosecutors: Real Crime and Punishment<\/em>, while the specialist factual contenders are <em>Alan Bennett\u2019s Diaries<\/em>, <em>Attenborough\u2019s Life That Glows<\/em>, <em>Grayson Perry\u2019s All Man<\/em> and <em>Planet Earth II<\/em>. In the category for reality and constructed factual are <em>First Dates<\/em>, <em>Muslims Like Us<\/em>, <em>The Real Marigold Hotel<\/em> and <em>The Secret Life of Five Years Olds<\/em>. <em>Ant and Dec\u2019s Saturday Night Takeaway<\/em> is nominated for best entertainment program, alongside <em>Britain\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>, <em>Michael McIntyre\u2019s Big Show<\/em> and <em>Strictly Come Dancing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The nominations for the publicly voted Virgin TV\u2019s Must See Moment are: <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>: Battle of the Bastards, <em>The Late Late Show with James Corden<\/em>: Carpool Karaoke with Michelle Obama, <em>Line of Duty<\/em>: Urgent Exit Required, <em>Planet Earth II<\/em>: Snakes vs Iguana Chase, <em>Strictly Come Dancing<\/em>: Ed Balls\u2019 Gangnam Style and <em>Who Do You Think You Are?<\/em>: Danny Dyer\u2019s Origins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix&#8217;s historical drama The Crown has received five nominations for the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":7570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[282,283,1151],"class_list":["post-7569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bafta","tag-british-academy-of-film-and-television-arts","tag-virgin-tv-british-academy-television-awards"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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