BAFTA reveals 2023 TV Awards nominations for ‘The Crown’ and ‘Peaky Blinders’
BAFTA have announced their nominations for this year’s TV Awards!
Ahead of the ceremony in London later this spring, 2023’s shortlist sees hospital drama This Is Going To Hurt and Martin Freeman’s The Responder up for the most awards, with six each.
Several British period dramas have been nominated, with nods for A Spy Among Friends, Imelda Staunton and Salim Daw in The Crown, Chaske Spencer in The English, Maxine Peake for Anne, and Cillian Murphy in the final season of Peaky Blinders.
Many of our other favourite actors are on the list too, including Sarah Lancashire, Lesley Manville, Fiona Shaw, Taron Egerton, Ben Whishaw, Daniel Radcliffe, and Kate Winslet.
We’re also very happy to see Derry Girls and Ghosts in the running for wins too!
The BBC has bagged an incredible total of 81 nominations this year, followed by Channel 4 with 33 noms, while Netflix’s shows are up for 24 awards.
Take a look at the shortlist for the main BAFTA TV Awards 2023 here:
Leading actress
Billie Piper, I Hate Suzie Too – Sky Atlantic
Imelda Staunton, The Crown – Netflix
Kate Winslet, I Am Ruth – Channel 4
Maxine Peake, Anne – ITV1
Sarah Lancashire, Julia – Sky Atlantic
Vicky McClure, Without Sin – ITVX
Leading actor
Ben Whishaw, This Is Going To Hurt – BBC One
Chaske Spencer, The English – BBC Two
Cillian Murphy, Peaky Blinders – BBC One
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses – Apple TV+
Martin Freeman, The Responder – BBC One
Taron Egerton, Black Bird – Apple TV+
Supporting actress
Adelayo Adedayo, The Responder – BBC One
Anne-Marie Duff, Bad Sisters – Apple TV+
Fiona Shaw, Andor – Disney+
Jasmine Jobson, Top Boy – Netflix
Lesley Manville, Sherwood – BBC One
Saffron Hocking, Top Boy – Netflix
Supporting actor
Adeel Akhtar, Sherwood – BBC One
Jack Lowden, Slow Horses – Apple TV+
Josh Finan, The Responder – BBC One
Salim Daw, The Crown – Netflix
Samuel Bottomley, Somewhere Boy – Channel 4
Will Sharpe, The White Lotus – Sky Atlantic
Entertainment performance
Big Zuu, Big Zuu’s Big Eats – Dave
Claudia Winkleman, The Traitors – BBC One
Lee Mack, The 1% Club – ITV1
Mo Gilligan, The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan – Channel 4
Rosie Jones, Rosie Jones’ Trip Hazard – Channel 4
Sue Perkins, Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal – Netflix
Male performance in a comedy programme
Daniel Radcliffe, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – The Roku Channel
Jon Pointing, Big Boys – Channel 4
Joseph Gilgun, Brassic – Sky Max
Lenny Rush, Am I Being Unreasonable? – BBC One
Matt Berry, What We Do In The Shadows – Disney+
Stephen Merchant, The Outlaws – BBC One
Female performance in a comedy programme
Daisy May Cooper, Am I Being Unreasonable? – BBC One
Diane Morgan, Cunk On Earth – BBC Two
Lucy Beaumont, Meet The Richardsons – Dave
Natasia Demetriou, Ellie & Natasia – BBC Three
Siobhán Mcsweeney, Derry Girls – Channel 4
Taj Atwal, Hullraisers – Channel 4
Drama series
Bad Sisters – Apple TV+
The Responder – BBC One
Sherwood – BBC One
Somewhere Boy – Channel 4
Single drama
I Am Ruth – Channel 4
The House – Netflix
Life and Death in the Warehouse – BBC Three
Mini-series
A Spy Among Friends – ITVX
Mood – BBC Three
The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe – ITV1
This Is Going To Hurt – BBC One
Soap and continuing drama
Casualty – BBC One
EastEnders – BBC One
Emmerdale – ITV1
International
The Bear – Disney+
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story – Netflix
Wednesday – Netflix
Oussekine – Disney+
Pachinko – Apple TV+
The White Lotus – Sky Atlantic
Entertainment programme
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – ITV1
Later… With Jools Holland: Jools’ 30th Birthday Bash – BBC Two
The Masked Singer – ITV1
Strictly Come Dancing – BBC One
Comedy entertainment programme
Friday Night Live – Channel 4
The Graham Norton Show – BBC One
Taskmaster – Channel 4
Would I Lie To You? – BBC One
Scripted comedy
Am I Being Unreasonable? – BBC One
Big Boys – Channel 4
Derry Girls – Channel 4
Ghosts – BBC One
Live event
Concert For Ukraine – ITV1
Platinum Jubilee: Party At The Palace – BBC One
The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II – BBC One
Features
Big Zuu’s Big Eats – Dave
Joe Lycett vs Beckham: Got Your Back At Xmas – Channel 4
The Martin Lewis Money Show Live – ITV1
The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan – BBC Two
Daytime
The Chase – ITV1
The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit – BBC One
Scam Interceptors – BBC One
Current affairs
Afghanistan: No Country For Women (Exposure) – ITV1
Children of the Taliban – Channel 4
The Crossing (Exposure) – ITV1
Mariupol: The People’s Story (Panorama) – BBC One
Single documentary
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – Sky Documentaries
Escape From Kabul Airport – BBC Two
Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story – BBC Two
The Real Mo Farah – BBC One
Factual series
Jeremy Kyle Show: Death On Daytime – Channel 4
Libby, Are You Home Yet? – Sky Crime
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi – Netflix
Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing – ITV1
Reality and constructed factual
Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams – BBC One
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK – BBC Three
The Traitors – BBC One
We Are Black and British – BBC Two
Specialist factual
Aids: The Unheard Tapes – BBC Two
The Green Planet – BBC One
How To Survive a Dictator With Munya Chawawa – Channel 4
Russia 1985-1999: Traumazone – BBC iPlayer
News coverage
BBC News at Ten: Russia Invades Ukraine – BBC One
Channel 4 News: Live in Kyiv – Channel 4
Good Morning Britain: Boris Johnson Interview – ITV1
Sport
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games – BBC One
Uefa Women’s Euro 2022 – BBC One
Wimbledon 2022 – BBC One
Short-form programme
Always, Asifa – Together TV
Biscuitland – All 4
How To Be a Person – E4
Kingpin Cribs – Channel 4
Writer: Comedy
Jack Rooke, Big Boys – Channel 4
Lisa McGee, Derry Girls – Channel 4
Nancy Harris, The Dry – Britbox
Sharon Horgan/Barunka O’Shaughnessy/Helen Serafinowicz/Holly Walsh, Motherland – BBC One
Writer: Drama
Adam Kay, This Is Going to Hurt – BBC One
Alice Oseman, Heartstopper – Netflix
Pete Jackson, Somewhere Boy – Channel 4
Tony Schumacher, The Responder – BBC One
Hosted by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, the BAFTA TV Awards 2023 ceremony is set to take place in London on Sunday 14th May.
The event will be broadcast in the UK on BBC One and streaming on BBC iPlayer.
February’s BAFTA film awards saw World War I drama All Quiet On The Western Front take home an amazing seven wins, while Elvis and The Banshees of Inisherin each won four awards.
Emily Blunt’s The English series is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.