‘Killing Eve’ leads the BAFTA TV nominations with 14 nods.
The BBC drama has amassed the huge haul across the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and the British Academy Television Craft Awards nods, both of which were announced today (28.03.19), including two for Leading Actress for the programme’s stars Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh.
Jodie and Sandra – who play main characters Villanelle and Eve Polastri respectively – will face stiff competition from ‘Bodyguard’ actress Keeley Hawes, and Mrs Wilson’s Ruth Wilson in the category.
And ‘Killing Eve’ will also do battle with ‘Bodyguard’ for the Drama Series prize, alongside ‘Save Me’ and ‘Informer’.
Keeley could take home both Leading and Support Actress prizes on the night as she is also up for the latter alongside Billie Piper, Monica Dolan and Killing Eve’s Fiona Shaw.
The drama’s Kim Bodina will take on ‘Save Me’ star Stephen Graham, A Very English Scandal’s Ben Whishaw, and ‘Unforgotten’ actor Alex Jennings in the Supporting Actor category.
And ‘Save Me’ and ‘Killing Eve’ will continue to face off in the Writer: Drama category, with the BBC drama’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge up against Lennie James.
If one of the pair scoop the gong, they will have to overcome ‘Patrick Melrose’ scribe David Nicholls, and A Very English Scandal’s Russell T. Davies.
Russell’s show could also be a big winner on the night after the series picked up 12 nods, including one for Hugh Grant in the Leading Actor category. Benedict Cumberbatch, Chance Perdomo and Lucian Msamati are also up for the accolade.
What’s more, Benedict’s nod is one of six for ‘Patrick Melrose’ across the TV and Craft nominations.
The show is also up for ‘Mini-Series’ alongside familiar faces in ‘Kiri’, ‘Mrs Wilson’ and ‘A Very English Scandal’.
Away from the drama, Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly received two nods.
One came in the Entertainment Performance category – against David Mitchell, Lee Mack, and Rachel Parris – and their show ‘Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’ is up against ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, ‘Michael McIntyre’s Big Show’ and ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, which they co-host, for Entertainment Programme.
The BAFTA TV Awards will take place at London’s Royal Festival Hall on May 12.
Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards and TV Craft Awards: Selected list of nominations
Comedy Entertainment Programme
The Big Narstie Show
The Last Leg
A League Of Their Own
Would I Lie To You?
Current Affairs
Football’s Wall Of Silence
Iran Unveiled: Taking On The Ayatollahs (Exposure)
Massacre At Ballymurphy
Myanmar’s Killing Fields (Dispatches)
Drama Series
Bodyguard
Informer
Killing Eve
Save Me
Entertainment Performance
Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
David Mitchell – Would I Lie To You?
Lee Mack – Would I Lie To You?
Rachel Parris – The Mash Report
Entertainment Programme
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Britain’s Got Talent
Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show
Strictly Come Dancing
Factual Series
24 Hours In A&E
Life And Death Row: The Mass Execution
Louis Theroux’s Altered States
Prison
Features
Gordon, Gino And Fred’s Road Trip
The Great British Bake Off
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Who Do You Think You Are?
Female Performance In A Comedy Programme
Daisy May Cooper – This Country
Jessica Hynes – There She Goes
Julia Davis – Sally4Ever
Lesley Manville – Mum
International
54 Hours: The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis
The Handmaid’s Tale
Reporting Trump’s First Year: The Fourth Estate (Storyville)
Succession
Leading Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch – Patrick Melrose
Chance Perdomo – Killed By My Debt
Hugh Grant – A Very English Scandal
Lucian Msamati – Kiri
Leading Actress
Jodie Comer – Killing Eve
Keeley Hawes Bodyguard
Ruth Wilson – Mrs Wilson
Sandra Oh – Killing Eve
Live Event
Open Heart Surgery: Live – Channel 5
Royal British Legion Festival Of Remembrance – BBC
The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry And Meghan Markle – BBC Studios
Stand Up To Cancer – Channel 4
Male Performance In A Comedy Programme
Alex Macqueen – Sally4Ever
Jamie Demetriou – Stath Lets Flats
Peter Mullan – Mum
Steve Pemberton – Inside No. 9
Mini-Series
A Very English Scandal
Kiri
Mrs Wilson
Patrick Melrose
News Coverage
Bullying And Harassment In The House Of Commons (Newsnight)
Cambridge Analytica Uncovered
Good Morning Britain: On A Knife Edge
Good Morning Britain: Thomas Markle Exclusive
Reality & Constructed Factual
Dragons’ Den
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds
The Real Full Monty: Ladies’ Night
Scripted Comedy
Derry Girls
Mum
Sally4ever
Stath Lets Flats
Short Form Programme
Bovril Pam
The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk
Missed Call
Wonderdate
Single Documentary
Driven: The Billy Monger Story
Gun No. 6
My Dad, The Peace Deal And Me
School For Stammerers
Single Drama
Bandersnatch (Black Mirror)
Care
Killed By My Debt
Through The Gates (On The Edge)
Soap & Continuing Drama
Casualty
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Hollyoaks
Specialist Factual
Bros: After The Screaming Stops
Grayson Perry: Rites Of Passage
Suffragettes With Lucy Worsley
Superkids: Breaking Away From Care
Sport
2018 Six Nations: Scotland v England – BBC Sport
2018 World Cup Quarter Final: England v Sweden – BBC Sport
England’s Test Cricket – Cook’s Farewell – Sky Sports
Winter Olympics – BBC Sport
Supporting Actor
Alex Jennings – Unforgotten
Ben Whishaw – A Very English Scandal
Kim Bodnia – Killing Eve
Stephen Graham – Save Me
Supporting Actress
Billie Piper – Collateral
Fiona Shaw – Killing Eve
Keeley Hawes – Mrs Wilson
Monica Dolan – A Very English Scandal
Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment (Voted For By The Public)
Bodyguard – Julia Montague Assassinated
Coronation Street – Gail’s Monologue on the Suicide of Aidan Connor
Doctor Who – Rosa Parks, The Doctor and Her Companions Make Sure Historical Moments Remain
Killing Eve – Eve Stabs Villanelle
Peter Kay’s Car Share – The Finale
Queer Eye – Tom Completes His Transformation
Writer: Comedy
Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper – This Country
Peter Kay, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman – Peter Kay’s Car Share: The Finale
Stefan Golaszewski – Mum
Writing Team – Cunk on Britain
Writer: Drama
David Nicholls – Patrick Melrose
Lennie James – Save Me
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Killing Eve
Russell t. Davies – A Very English Scandal