Nominations for this year’s BAFTA TV Awards have been announced, with Steve Coogan, Happy Valley, Sarah Lancashire and Hullraisers among some of the key Northern contenders for this year’s edition of the most prestigious awards in British TV.
The final season of Netflix’s The Crown leads this year’s Bafta TV Award nominations with eight, despite controversy over its depiction of the Royal Family and lukewarm reviews (Diana’a ghost anyone?).
Sally Wainwright’s Sarah Lancashire-starring, Yorkshire-set cop drama Happy Valley tied for second with seven nominations alongside the distinctly Northern-set, but sadly Harrow-shot Black Mirror episode, Demon 79.
Honourable regional mentions also go to nominees including Zinc’s doc Putin Vs The West; The Coronation Concert and Eurovision, who made it two out of three Northern nominees for Live Event Coverage; BBC Sport’s FIFA Women’s World Cup Coverage, and Scottish nods for David Tennant and Lockerbie.
Completists can check BAFTA’s website for a full (and very long) list of this year’s nominations, but some key categories are below:
Leading actress
- Anjana Vasan, Demon 79 (Black Mirror) – Netflix
- Anne Reid, The Sixth Commandment – BBC One
- Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us – Sky Atlantic
- Helena Bonham Carter, Nolly – ITVX
- Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley – BBC One
- Sharon Horgan, Best Interests – BBC One
Leading actor
- Brian Cox, Succession – Sky Atlantic
- Dominic West, The Crown – Netflix
- Kane Robinson, Top Boy – Netflix
- Paapa Essiedu, The Lazarus Project – Sky Max
- Steve Coogan, The Reckoning – BBC One
- Timothy Spall, The Sixth Commandment – BBC One
Supporting actress
- Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown – Netflix
- Harriet Walter, Succession – Sky Atlantic
- Jasmine Jobson, Top Boy – Netflix
- Lesley Manville, The Crown – Netflix
- Nico Parker, The Last of Us – Sky Atlantic
- Siobhan Finneran, Happy Valley – BBC One
Supporting actor
- Amit Shah, Happy Valley – BBC One
- Éanna Hardwicke, The Sixth Commandment – BBC One
- Harris Dickinson, A Murder at the End of the World – Disney+
- Jack Lowden, Slow Horses – Apple TV+
- Matthew Macfadyen, Succession – Sky Atlantic
- Salim Daw, The Crown – Netflix
Female performance in a comedy
- Bridget Christie, The Change – Channel 4
- Gbemisola Ikumelo, Black Ops – BBC One
- Máiréad Tyers, Extraordinary – Disney+
- Roisin Gallagher, The Lovers – Sky Atlantic
- Sofia Oxenham, Extraordinary – Disney+
- Taj Atwal, Hullraisers – Channel 4
Male performance in a comedy
- Adjani Salmon, Dreaming Whilst Black – BBC Three
- David Tennant, Good Omens – Prime Video
- Hammed Animashaun, Black Ops – BBC One
- Jamie Demetriou, A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou – Netflix
- Joseph Gilgun, Brassic – Sky Max
- Mawaan Rizwan, Juice – BBC Three
Drama series
- The Gold – BBC One
- Happy Valley – BBC One
- Slow Horses – Apple TV+
- Top Boy – Netflix
Limited drama
- Best Interests – BBC One
- Demon 79 (Black Mirror) – Netflix
- The Long Shadow – ITV1
- The Sixth Commandment – BBC One
Scripted comedy
- Big Boys – Channel 4
- Dreaming Whilst Black – BBC Three
- Extraordinary – Disney+
- Such Brave Girls – BBC Three
Soap
- Casualty – BBC One
- EastEnders – BBC One
- Emmerdale – ITV1
Entertainment programme
- Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas – Apple TV+
- Later… With Jools Holland – BBC Two
- Michael McIntyre’s Big Show – BBC One
- Strictly Come Dancing – BBC One
Entertainment performance
- Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! – ITV1
- Big Zuu, Big Zuu’s Big Eats – Dave
- Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show – BBC One
- Hannah Waddingham, Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – BBC One
- Joe Lycett, Late Night Lycett – Channel 4
- Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan, Rob & Romesh Vs – Sky Max
Comedy entertainment programme
- The Graham Norton Show – BBC One
- Late Night Lycett – Channel 4
- Rob & Romesh Vs – Sky Max
- Would I Lie To You? – BBC One
Factual entertainment
- Celebrity Race Across The World – BBC One
- The Dog House – Channel 4
- Endurance: Race To The Pole – Channel 5
- Portrait Artist of the Year – Sky Arts
Reality
- Banged Up – Channel 4
- Married At First Sight UK – E4
- My Mum, Your Dad – ITV1
- Squid Game: The Challenge – Netflix
Daytime
- Loose Women and Men – ITV1
- Lorraine – ITV1
- Make It At Market – BBC One
- Scam Interceptors – BBC One
International
- The Bear – Disney+
- Beef – Netflix
- Class Act – Netflix
- The Last of Us – Sky Atlantic
- Love & Death – ITVX
- Succession – Sky Atlantic
Live event coverage
- The Coronation Concert – BBC One
- Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – BBC One
- Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance – BBC One
Current affairs
- Inside Russia: Traitors And Heroes (Storyville) – BBC Four
- Putin Vs The West – BBC Two
- Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Dispatches) – Channel 4
- The Shamima Begum Story (This World) – BBC Two
Single documentary
- David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived – Sky Documentaries
- Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family – ITV1
- Hatton – Sky Crime
- Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris – Netflix
Factual series
- Dublin Narcos – Sky Documentaries
- Evacuation – Channel 4
- Lockerbie – Sky Documentaries
- Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland – BBC Two
Specialist factual
- Chimp Empire – Netflix
- The Enfield Poltergeist – Apple TV+
- Forced Out – Sky Documentaries
- White Nanny, Black Child – Channel 5
News coverage
- Inside Gaza: Israel And Hamas At War – Channel 4 News
- Inside Myanmar – The Hidden War – Sky News
- Israel-Hamas War – Sky News
Sports coverage
- Cheltenham Festival Day One – ITV1
- MOTD Live: Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023 – BBC One
- Wimbledon 2023 Men’s Final – BBC One
Writer: Comedy
- Jack Rooke, Big Boys – Channel 4
- Jamie Demetriou, A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou – Netflix
- Kat Sadler, Such Brave Girls – BBC Three
- Mawaan Rizwan, Juice – BBC Three
Writer: Drama
- Charlie Brooker & Bisha K Ali, Demon 79 (Black Mirror) – Netflix
- Jesse Armstrong, Succession – Sky Atlantic
- Sally Wainwright, Happy Valley – BBC One
- Sarah Phelps, The Sixth Commandment – BBC One
