2019 BAFTA TV Awards complete list of nominations: Every show and performer in the running on May 12
The BAFTA TV Awards honor programs across a wide range of genres. Winners will be revealed in a ceremony at London’s Festival Hall on Sunday, May 12 with Graham Norton hosting. See the full list of 2019 BAFTA TV Awards nominations below and come back to Gold Derby for complete coverage of the ceremony.
The crime thriller “Killing Eve” leads with five bids including Best Drama Series. The BAFTAs were so impressed by the show that the rule requiring that the first airing be in the UK was waived. Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh and Jodie Cormier are both up for Best Drama Actress. Also nominated are supporting players Kim Bodnia and Fiona Shaw.
Another international hit, “Bodyguard,” is also up for Best Drama Series. But while leading lady Keeley Hawes was nominated, the show’s star, Richard Madden, was snubbed despite winning a Golden Globe. Unlike the Emmys, where Madden is a strong contender, the BAFTAs pack performances in telefilms, mini series and TV shows into just one category which has only four nominees. Hawes also reaped a bid for her supporting turn in “Mrs. Wilson.” That show’s star, Ruth Wilson, who portrays her own grandmother, contends for Best Drama Actress and for producing the mini-series.
The Best Drama Series race is rounded out by two more crime shows: “Informer,” which sees a man spying on his one-time friends, and “Save Me,” about a missing girl.
“A Very English Scandal” contends for Best Mini-Series. Hugh Grant vies for Best Drama Actor while Golden Globe winner Ben Whishaw is contending in supporting. Also recognized was the scene-stealing work by Monica Dolan. Benedict Cumberbatch is nominated for his star turn in “Patrick Melrose,” which is also cited in the mini-series race. The other Best Drama Actor nominees are Lucian Msamati (for the miniseries “Kiri”) an Chance Perdomo (for the telefilm “Killed By My Debt”).
Among comedies, “Mum” leads with four nominations for the series, stars Lesley Manville and Peter Mullan, and writing. “Sally4Ever” is up for Best Scripted Comedy and for the performances by series creator Julia Davis and Alex MacQueen.
As with the Emmys, BAFTA divides its TV awards into two parts. At the craft awards on April 28, “A Very English Scandal,” based on the Jeremy Thorpe scandal, won Costume Design, Director (Fiction) for Stephen Frears and Editing (Fiction), “Patrick Melrose” claimed Writer (Drama) for David Nicholls as well as Production Design and “Killing Eve” took Original Music and Sound (Fiction).
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Bodyguard (BBC One)
Killing Eve (BBC Three)
Save Me (Sky Atlantic)
Informer (BBC One)
BEST MINI SERIES
A Very English Scandal (BBC One)
Kiri (Channel 4)
Mrs Wilson (BBC One)
Patrick Melrose (Showtime/Sky Atlantic)
BEST SINGLE DRAMA
Bandersnatch – Black Mirror (Netflix)
Care (BBC One)
Killed By My Debt (BBC Three)
Through the Gates – On the Edge (Channel 4)
BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Hugh Grant – A Very English Scandal (BBC One)
Chance Perdomo – Killed By My Debt (BBC Three)
Lucian Msamati – Kiri (Channel 4)
Benedict Cumberbatch – Patrick Melrose (Showtime/Sky Atlantic)
BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Jodie Comer – Killing Eve (BBC America/BBC Three)
Sandra Oh – Killing Eve (BBC America/BBC Three)
Keeley Hawes – Bodyguard (BBC One)
Ruth Wilson – Mrs Wilson (BBC One)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alex Jennings – Unforgotten (ITV)
Ben Whishaw – A Very English Scandal (BBC One)
Kim Bodnia – Killing Eve (BBC One)
Stephen Graham – Save Me (Sky Atlantic)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Billie Piper – Collateral (BBC Two)
Fiona Shaw – Killing Eve (BBC One)
Keeley Hawes – Mrs Wilson (BBC One)
Monica Dolan – A Very English Scandal (BBC One)
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BEST COMEDY SERIES
Derry Girls (Channel 4)
Mum (BBC Two)
Sally4Ever (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4)
BEST COMEDY ACTOR
Alex MacQueen – Sally4Ever (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
Jamie Demetriou – Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4)
Peter Mullan – Mum (BBC Two)
Steve Pemberton – Inside No 9 (BBC Two)
BEST COMEDY ACTRESS
Daisy May Cooper – This Country (BBC Three)
Jessica Hynes – There She Goes (BBC Four)
Julia Davis – Sally4Ever (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
Lesley Manville – Mum (BBC Two)
BEST SOAP AND CONTINUING DRAMA
Casualty (BBC One)
Coronation Street (ITV)
EastEnders (BBC One)
Hollyoaks (Channel 4)
BEST COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT SHOW
The Big Narstie Show (Channel 4)
The Last Leg (Channel 4)
A League of Their Own (Sky One)
Would I Lie to You? (BBC One)
BEST ENTERTAINMENT SHOW
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
Britain’s Got Talent (ITV)
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC One)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
David Mitchell – Would I Lie To You? (BBC One)
Lee Mack – Would I Lie To You? (BBC One)
Rachel Parris – The Mash Report (BBC Two)
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BEST INTERNATIONAL SHOW
54 Hours: The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis (ARD/BBC Four)
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu/Channel 4)
Reporting Trump’s First Year: The Fourth Estate (Showtime/BBC Two)
Succession (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Driven: The Billy Monger Story (BBC Three)
Gun No 6 (BBC Two)
My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me (BBC One)
School for Stammers (ITV)
BEST FACTUAL SERIES
24 Hours in A&E (Channel 4)
Life and Death Row: The Mass Execution (BBC Three)
Louis Theroux’s Altered States (BBC Two)
Prison (Channel 4)
BEST SPECIALIST FACTUAL
Bros: After the Screaming Stops (BBC Four)
Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage (Channel 4)
Suffragettes With Lucy Worsley (BBC One)
Superkids: Breaking Away From Care (Channel 4)
BEST REALITY AND CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
Dragons’ Den (BBC Two)
I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! ( ITV)
Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds (Channel 4)
The Real Full Monty: Ladies’ Night (ITV)
BEST NEWS COVERAGE
Bullying and Harassment in the House of Commons – Newsnight (BBC Two)
Cambridge Analytica Uncovered (Channel 4)
Good Morning Britain: On a Knife Edge (ITV)
Good Morning Britain: Thomas Markle Exclusive (ITV)
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS
Football’s Wall of Silence (Al Jazeera English)
Iran Unveiled: Taking on the Ayatollahs – Exposure (ITV)
Massacre at Ballymurphy (Channel 4)
Myanmar’s Killing Fields (Channel 4)
BEST FEATURES
Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip (ITV)
The Great British Bake Off (Channel 4)
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (BBC Two)
Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC One)
BEST SPORT
2018 Six Nations: Scotland v England (BBC One)
2018 World Cup: England v Sweden (BBC One)
England’s Test Cricket: Cook’s Farewell (Sky Sports Cricket)
Winter Olympics (BBC Two)
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