BAFTA TV Awards 2021 nominations
- Scripted Comedy nominees: Ghosts, Inside No. 9, Man Like Mobeen, This Country
- Entertainment: Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe, Rob And Romesh Vs, The Big Narstie Show, The Ranganation
- Comedy Writer: Charlie Brooker, Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Sophie Willan, Ghosts team
Meanwhile Sophie Willan won the Comedy Writing prize at the BAFTA Craft Awards.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today announced the nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards 2021.
This Country has been nominated in four major categories. Meanwhile Friday Night Dinner star Paul Ritter has been posthumously nominated in the performance category.
Scripted Comedy
Comedy Entertainment Programme
Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe
Entertainment Performance
Adam Hills (for The Last Leg)
Bradley Walsh (for Beat The Chasers)
Claudia Winkleman (for Strictly Come Dancing)
David Mitchell (for Would I Lie To You?)
Graham Norton (for The Graham Norton Show)
Romesh Ranganathan (for The Ranganation)
Female Performance In A Comedy Programme
Aimee Lou Wood (for Sex Education)
Daisy Haggard (for Breeders)
Daisy May Cooper (for This Country)
Emma Mackey (for Sex Education)
Gbemisola Ikumelo (for Famalam)
Mae Martin (for Feel Good)
Male Performance In A Comedy Programme
Charlie Cooper (for This Country)
Guz Khan (for Man Like Mobeen)
Joe Gilgun (for Brassic)
Ncuti Gatwa (for Sex Education)
Paul Ritter (for Friday Night Dinner)
Reece Shearsmith (for Inside No. 9)
Writer: Comedy
Charlie Brooker (for Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe)
Daisy May Cooper & Charlie Cooper (for This Country)
Sophie Willan (for Alma's Not Normal)
The Ghosts writing team
Elsewhere in the shortlists, Big Zuu's Big Eats and Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing are nominated alongside Long Lost Family and The Repair Shop in the Features category.
In the Bafta Craft Awards, there are nominations for Sex Education costume designer Rosa Dias, production designers Sam Harley and Alexandra Slade, and casting director Lauren Evans. Meanwhile Peter Anderson Studio is nominated for Titles & Graphic Identity for Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse.
The Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards ceremony - hosted again by Richard Ayoade - will take place on Sunday 6th June on BBC One, and the British Academy Television Craft Awards - hosted by Gbemisola Ikumelo - will be streamed on BAFTA's social channels on Monday 24th May.
In the non-comedy categories Small Axe, The Crown, I May Destroy You and Normal People have more than six nominations. For a full list of nominations across all categories see bafta.org