Despite leading the way with nominations for the BAFTA TV awards,Netflix's historical drama The Crown failed to pick up a single win.
Ahead of the event, The Crown had five nominations, including a nomination in the best Drama Series category, a Leading Actress nomination for Claire Foy for her portrayal of the Queen, Supporting Actor nominations for Jared Harris and John Lithgow and a Supporting Actress nomination for Vanessa Kirby. Harris, Lithgow and Kirby are all first-time nominees.
Other Leading and Supporting performance nominees included Jodie Comer (Thirteen) and Nikki Amuka-Bird (NW) competing in Leading Actress, with Daniel Mays (Line of Duty) nominated for best Supporting Actor. NW received a second nomination in Single Drama.
One-off drama Damilola, Our Loved Boy received three nominations in Single Drama, Leading Actor (for Babou Ceesay) and Supporting Actress (for Wunmi Mosaku who took the title.) It took the award for Single Drama. Happy Valley received nominations in Drama Series, which it won, Leading Actress (for Sarah Lancashire) and Supporting Actress (for Siobhan Finneran). The adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s epic, War & Peace, and The Durrells, based on Gerald Durrell’s autobiographical Corfu trilogy, were also nominated in Drama Series.
Elsewhere, Fleabag received three nominations in Scripted Comedy and Female Performance in a Comedy Programme (for Olivia Colman and for Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Waller-Bridge won the award. Lesley Manville also received a nomination in the category for Mum, as does Diane Morgan for Cunk on Shakespeare.
Cunk on Shakespeare was additionally been nominated in the Comedy & Comedy Entertainment Programme along with The Last Leg, which received a nomination in Entertainment Performance for Adam Hills. Completing the Comedy & Comedy Entertainment Programme category were Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe and Taskmaster. Charlier Brooker took the prize.
Michael McIntyre won the Entertainment Performance category for Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, which received a second nomination for Entertainment Programme. Strictly Come Dancing received a nomination in Entertainment Programme and in Entertainment Performance for Claudia Winkleman. Britain’s Got Talent and Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Take Away also received nominations in Entertainment Programme and Graham Norton concluded the Entertainment Performance category by receiving a nomination for The Graham Norton Show – the 15th of his career to date. Of course, Ant and Dec won.
A number of programmes received two nominations each: The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses in Mini Series and Leading Actor (for Benedict Cumberbatch); National Treasure in Mini Series and Leading Actor (for three-time BAFTA winner Robbie Coltrane); Murdered by My Father in Single Drama and Leading Actor (for Adeel Akhtar). National Treasure took the Mini Series crown. Completing the double nominations was mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing with a nomination (and a win) in Scripted Comedy and Male Performance in Comedy Programme, for Asim Chaudhry.
The Male Performance in a Comedy Programme category included nominations and a win for Steve Coogan, who received a nomination for Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle, making him a BAFTA television nominee for the 10th time. Joining him were other multiple BAFTA nominees David Mitchell for Upstart Crow and Harry Enfield for The Windsors.
The following received a single nomination each: The Secret (Mini Series), The Witness for the Prosecution (Mini Series); Aberfan: The Green Hollow (Single Drama); Nicola Walker (Supporting Actress for Last Tango in Halifax); Camping (Scripted Comedy) and Flowers(Scripted Comedy).
The nominations for Soap & Continuing Drama went to Casualty, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks. Emmerdale took the title.
And in the International category, true crime, justice, gender, science fiction and horror went head-to-head with nominations for The Night Of, The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story, Stranger Things and Transparent. The award went to The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story. Joanna Lumley took the BAFTA TV fellowship award.
The full BAFTA TV nominations and winners are below:
WINNER: Charlie Brooker’s 2016 WipeCunk On ShakespeareThe Last LegTaskmaster
Inside Obama’s White HouseWINNER: Teenage Prison Abuse ExposedThree Days Of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo AttacksUnarmed Black Male
The CrownThe DurrellsWINNER: Happy ValleyWar & Peace
Adam Hills The Last LegClaudia Winkleman Strictly Come DancingGraham Norton The Graham Norton ShowWINNER: Michael Mcintyre Michael Mcintyre's Big Show
WINNER: Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night TakeawayBritain’s Got TalentMichael Mcintyre’s Big ShowStrictly Come Dancing
24 Hours In Police CustodyWINNER: Exodus: Our Journey To EuropeKids On The EdgeThe Prosecutors: Real Crime And Punishment
The Doctor Who Gave Up DrugsThe Great British Bake OffTravel Man: 48 Hours In…**WINNER:**Who Do You Think You Are?
Diane Morgan Cunk On ShakespeareLesley Manville MumOlivia Colman FleabagWINNER: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Fleabag
The Night OfWINNER: The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime StoryStranger ThingsTransparent
**WINNER:**Adeel Akhtar Murdered By My FatherBabou Ceesay Damilola, Our Loved BoyBenedict Cumberbatch The Hollow Crown: The Wars Of The RosesRobbie Coltrane National Treasure
Claire Foy The CrownJodie Comer ThirteenNikki Amuka-bird NWWINNER: Sarah Lancashire Happy Valley
The Centenary Of The Battle Of The Somme: ThiepvalShakespeare Live! From The RSCStand Up To CancerWINNER: The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration
Asim Chaudhry People Just Do NothingDavid Mitchell Upstart CrowHarry Enfield The Windsors**WINNER:**Steve Coogan Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle
The Hollow Crown: The Wars Of The RosesWINNER: National TreasureThe SecretThe Witness For The Prosecution
Channel 4 News: BrexitBbc North West Tonight: Hillsborough InquestsSky News Tonight – Aleppo: Death Of A CityWINNER: Victoria Derbyshire
First Dates**WINNER:**Muslims Like UsThe Real Marigold HotelThe Secret Life Of 5 Year Olds
CampingFleabag Flowers**WINNER:**People Just Do Nothing
Behind Closed Doors
**WINNER:**HillsboroughHow To Die: Simon’s ChoiceHypernormalisation
Aberfan: The Green Hollow**WINNER:**Damilola, Our Loved BoyMurdered By My FatherNW
CasualtyEastendersWINNER: EmmerdaleHollyoaks
Alan Bennett’s DiariesAttenborough’s Life That GlowsGrayson Perry: All ManWINNER: Planet Earth II
WINNER: The OpenRio 2016 OlympicsRio 2016 ParalympicsSix Nations – England V Wales
Daniel Mays Line Of DutyJared Harris The CrownJohn Lithgow The Crown**WINNER:**Tom Hollander The Night Manager
Nicola Walker Last Tango In HalifaxSiobhan Finneran Happy ValleyVanessa Kirby The CrownWINNER: Wunmi Mosaku Damilola, Our Loved Boy
Game Of Thrones: Battle Of The BastardsThe Late Late Show With James Corden: Carpool Karaoke With Michelle ObamaLine Of Duty: Urgent Exit RequiredWINNER: Planet Earth II: Snakes vs Iguana ChaseStrictly Come Dancing: Ed Balls’ Gangnam StyleWho Do You Think You Are? : Danny Dyer’s Origins
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
