BAFTA TV Awards nominations
- BAFTA 2019 Scripted Comedy nominations: Derry Girls, Mum, Sally4Ever, Stath Lets Flats
- Female Performance nominees: Daisy May Cooper, Jessica Hynes, Julia Davis, Lesley Manville
- Male Performance nominees: Alex Macqueen, Jamie Demetriou, Peter Mullan, Steve Pemberton
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominations for the 2019 Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards.
Below are the comedy-related nominations:
Scripted Comedy
Comedy Entertainment Programme
Entertainment Performance
Ant & Dec (for Saturday Night Takeaway)
David Mitchell (for Would I Lie To You?)
Lee Mack (for Would I Lie To You?)
Rachel Parris (for The Mash Report)
Female Performance In A Comedy Programme
Daisy May Cooper (for This Country)
Jessica Hynes (for There She Goes)
Julia Davis (for Sally4Ever)
Lesley Manville (for Mum)
Male Performance In A Comedy Programme
Alex Macqueen (for Sally4Ever)
Jamie Demetriou (for Stath Lets Flats)
Peter Mullan (for Mum)
Steve Pemberton (for Inside No. 9)
Writer: Comedy
Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper (for This Country)
Peter Kay, Sian Gibson and Paul Coleman (for Car Share)
Stefan Golaszewski (for Mum)
Charlie Brooker, Ben Caudell, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris (for Cunk On Britain)
Elsewhere in the nomination lists:
Michael McIntyre's Big Show is nominated in the Entertainment Programme category alongside Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Britain's Got Talent and Strictly Come Dancing.
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing is nominated alongside The Great British Bake Off, Gordon, Gino And Fred's Road Trip and Who Do You Think You Are? in the Features category.
The Short Form category features The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk starring Spencer Jones and Wonderdate by Tim Key alongside Bovril Pam and Missed Call.
Akemnji Ndifornyen is nominated in the Breakthrough Talent category for his work as composer, producer and co-writer of Famalam.
Barbara Wiltshire has received a nomination for her directing work on the live episode of Inside No. 9.
Tim Telling, Tom Neenan, Steve Andrews and Ben Blease from The Mash Report are nominated in the Entertainment Craft Team category.
The finale of Car Share is nominated in the Virgin Media Must-See Moment award (Voted on by the public).
The Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards ceremony will be held at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 12th May with the British Academy Television Craft Awards taking place two weeks earlier on Sunday 28th April at The Brewery in London.
Across all the categories, Killing Eve leads the shortlists with 14 nods, followed by A Very English Scandal with 12. For the full list see bafta.org