BAFTA TV Awards 2018: The Crown, Netflix's Black Mirror get nomination nods; Claire Foy, Sean Bean named in leading categories

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), on 4 April, announced the nominees for the upcoming Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards 2018.

While the predictable entries like The Crown and Little Boy Blue did manage to get multiple nods, there were some surprises too. For instance, Indian actor Anupam Kher getting nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in the show The Boy with the Topknot.

Here is a list of all the nominees for this year’s BAFTA TV awards, as mentioned on the official BAFTA website :

Leading Actor

Sean Bean, Broken Joe Cole,  Hang the DJ (Black Mirror) Tim Piggott-Smith, King Charles III Jack Rowan, Born to Kill

Leading Actress

Claire Foy, The Crown Sinead Keenan, Little Boy Blue Thandie Newton, Line of Duty Molly Windsor, Three Girls

Supporting Actor Adrian Dunbar, Line of Duty Anupam Kher, The Boy with the Topknot Brian F. O’Byrne, Little Boy Blue Jimmi Simpson, USS Callister (Black Mirror)

Supporting Actress Anna Friel, Broken Julie Hesmondhalgh, Broadchurch Liv Hill, Three Girls Vanessa Kirby, The Crown

Drama series The Crown The End of the F****** World Line of Duty Peaky Blinders

Single drama Against the Law Hang the DJ King Charles III Murdered for Being Different

Mini-series Howards End The Moorside The State Three Girls

Soap and continuing drama Casualty Coronation Street Emmerdale Hollyoaks

International

Big Little Lies Feud: Bette and Joan The Handmaid’s Tale The Vietnam War

Entertainment performance Adam Hills, The Last Leg Michael McIntyre, Michael McIntyre’s Big Show Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show Sandi Toksvig, QI

Male performance in a comedy programme Rob Brydon, The Trip to Spain Asim Chaudhry, People Just Do Nothing Toby Jones, Detectorists Samson Kayo, Famalam

Female performance in a comedy programme Daisy May Cooper, This Country Sian Gibson, Peter Kay’s Car Share Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe Anna Maxwell Martin, Motherland

Entertainment programme Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Britain’s Got Talent Michael McIntyre’s Big Show The Voice UK

Comedy and comedy entertainment programme The Last Leg Murder in Successville Taskmaster Would I Lie to You?

Scripted comedy Catastrophe Chewing Gum This Country Timewasters

Features Antiques Roadshow Cruising with Jane McDonald No More Boys and Girls The Secret Life of the Zoo

Current affairs

Raped: My Story Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad (Dispatches) Undercover: Britain’s Immigration Secrets (Panorama) White Right: Meeting The Enemy (Exposure)

Single documentary Chris Packham: Asperger’s and Me Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia One Deadly Weekend in America Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad

Factual series Ambulance Catching a Killer Drugsland Hospital

Reality and constructed factual Celebrity Hunted Love Island Old People’s Home for Four Year Olds The Real Full Monty

Specialist factual Basquiat - Rage to Riches Blitz: The Bombs that Changed Britain Blue Planet II Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents

News coverage The Battle for Mosul (Sky News) The Grenfell Tower Fire (Channel 4 News) The Grenfell Tower Fire (ITV News at Ten) The Rohingya Crisis (Sky News)

Sport Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko (Sky Sports/Sky Sports Box Office) Six Nations: Wales v England (BBC Sport/BBC One) The Grand National (ITV Sport/ITV) Uefa Women’s Euro semi-final: England v Netherlands (Whisper Films/Channel 4)

Live event ITV News Election 2017 Live: The Results One Love Manchester Wild Alaska Live World War One Remembered: Passchendaele

Must-see moment

Mother pilot whale grieves, Blue Planet II The 13th Doctor is revealed, Doctor Who Viserion is killed by the Night King, Game of Thrones Huntley’s narrow escape, Line of Duty Stormzy makes a surprise appearance, Love Island Ariana Grande sings One Last Time, One Love Manchester