British Comedy Guide

BAFTA TV Awards 2020 nominations

Thursday 4th June 2020, 8:06am


The nominees for the BAFTA TV Awards 2020, and BAFTA Craft Awards, have been revealed.

Jamie Demetriou and Phoebe Waller-Bridge lead the comedy-related nominations, appearing in three categories each.

Scripted Comedy

Catastrophe. Image shows from L to R: Rob (Rob Delaney), Sharon (Sharon Horgan). Copyright: Avalon Television

Catastrophe

Derry Girls. Image shows from L to R: Michelle Mallon (Jamie-Lee O'Donnell), James Maguire (Dylan Llewellyn), Erin Quinn (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), Orla McCool (Louisa Harland), Clare Devlin (Nicola Coughlan). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Derry Girls

Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Fleabag

Stath Lets Flats. Stath (Jamie Demetriou). Copyright: Roughcut Television

Stath Lets Flats

Female Performance In A Comedy Programme

Famalam. Gbemisola Ikumelo. Copyright: BBC

Gbemisola Ikumelo for Famalam

Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag

Frayed. Sammy Burbeck (Sarah Kendall). Copyright: Merman

Sarah Kendall for Frayed

Fleabag. Claire (Sian Clifford). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Sian Clifford for Fleabag

Male Performance In A Comedy Programme

Man Like Mobeen. Mobeen (Guz Khan)

Guz Khan for Man Like Mobeen

Stath Lets Flats. Stath (Jamie Demetriou). Copyright: Roughcut Television

Jamie Demetriou for Stath Lets Flats

Sex Education. Eric Effiong (Ncuti Gatwa). Copyright: Eleven Film

Ncuti Gatwa for Sex Education

Home. Sami (Youssef Kerkour)

Youssef Kerkour for Home

Comedy Entertainment Programme

The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Copyright: So Television

The Graham Norton Show

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Alex Brooker, Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

The Last Leg

The Ranganation. Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: Zeppotron

The Ranganation

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Greg Davies, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television

Taskmaster

Entertainment Performance

Frankie Boyle's New World Order. Frankie Boyle. Copyright: Zeppotron

Frankie Boyle for Frankie Boyle's New World Order

The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Copyright: So Television

Graham Norton for The Graham Norton Show

Would I Lie To You?. Lee Mack. Copyright: Zeppotron

Lee Mack for Would I Lie To You?

The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan. Mo Gilligan

Mo Gilligan for The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan

Writer: Comedy

Brassic. Image shows from L to R: Erin (Michelle Keegan), Vinnie (Joe Gilgun), Dylan (Damien Molony). Copyright: Calamity Films

Danny Brocklehurst for Brassic

Stath Lets Flats. Stath (Jamie Demetriou). Copyright: Roughcut Television

Jamie Demetriou for Stath Lets Flats

Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag

Plebs. Image shows from L to R: Jason (Jon Pointing), Marcus (Tom Rosenthal), Grumio (Ryan Sampson). Copyright: RISE Films

Sam Leifer and Tom Basden for Plebs

Update: This category was handed out at the BAFTA Craft Awards on 17th July. Demetriou was named the winner. Story

Features

Joe Lycett's Got Your Back. Joe Lycett

Joe Lycett's Got Your Back

Romesh Ranganathan

The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Image shows from L to R: Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse. Copyright: Owl Power

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Alongside Snackmasters

Breakthrough Talent

This Way Up. Aine (Aisling Bea). Copyright: Merman

Aisling Bea for writing This Way Up

Pure. Image shows from L to R: Amber (Niamh Algar), Joe (Anthony Welsh), Marnie (Charly Clive), Charlie (Joe Cole), Shereen (Kiran Sonia Sawar)

Aneil Karia for directing Pure

Sex Education. Image shows from L to R: Eric Effiong (Ncuti Gatwa), Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey), Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield). Copyright: Eleven Film

Laurie Nunn for writing Sex Education

Alongside Sean Buckley for writing Responsible Child

Update: This category was handed out at the BAFTA Craft Awards on 17th July. Aisling Bea was named the winner. Story


Elsewhere in the list of nominations, comedy drama The End Of The F***Ing World is nominated in the Drama Series category; Gbemisola Ikumelo's sitcom pilot Brain In Gear is up for Short Form Programme; Naomi Ackie is up for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Bonnie in The End Of The F***Ing World; and Fleabag director Harry Bradbeer is up for the 'Director: Fiction' title. Meanwhile The End Of The F***Ing World writer Charlie Covell is up for 'Writer: Drama', as is former Peep Show co-creator Jesse Armstrong, for his US comedy drama Succession.

Also in the BAFTA Craft nominations are Fleabag editor Gary Dollner; Sex Education production designers Samantha Harley and Miri Katz; Sex Education casting director Lauren Evans; and the visual effects team on Good Omens.

The winners of the BAFTA Craft Awards will be revealed on Friday 17th July, whilst the winners of the BAFTA TV Awards will be revealed on BBC One on Friday 31st July, in a "closed studio, socially-distanced" show. As recently revealed, Richard Ayoade will be taking over from Graham Norton as the show's host.

Two comedies are featured in the Must-See Moment category, which you can vote for. Shortlisted alongside scenes from Coronation Street, Game Of Thrones, Line Of Duty and Love Island are...

The clip from Fleabag in which the priest tells Fleabag to kneel:

The Gavin & Stacey scene focusing on Nessa proposing to Smithy:

The full list of nominations across all genres can be seen on bafta.org

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