The British Academy TV Awards 2023 with P&O Cruises takes place on Sunday night, with some of Britain’s biggest stars arriving for the glittering ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
Leading the nominations this year are heartbreaking medical drama This Is Going To Hurt and gritty police series The Responder, both of which received the most nominations with six nominations each.
BBC received the most nominations of any channel in the main and craft categories, with a total of 47 nominations, Channel 4 received 21 and ITV 15 nominations.
Comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan have been confirmed as presenters, while Michelle Visage and Clara Amfo will provide red carpet coverage.
As the countdown to the BAFTA TV Awards begins, Web takes a look at the biggest nominees hoping to win.
This will hurt
Praised: Based on the memoir by NHS doctor Adam Kay, ‘This Is Going To Hurt’ was critically acclaimed when it aired on the BBC last year, earning six nominations
‘This Is Going To Hurt’ is based on the memoir by NHS doctor Adam Kay and received critical acclaim when it aired on the BBC last year.
The series, set in an NHS maternity ward and depicting the brutally honest challenges faced by a young doctor, has been nominated six times.
Among them is a Best Actor nomination for Star Ben Whishaw, and he’s up against Cillian Murphy for Peaky Blinders, Gary Oldman for Slow Horses, Taron Egerton for Black Bird, Chaske Spencer for The English and Martin Freeman compete for The Responder.
The show also garnered a Best Miniseries nomination, but will face stiff competition.
The responder
Praised: Martin Freeman makes a drastic departure from his beloved role in Sherlock and won Best Actor for his role in The Responder
Martin Freeman made a drastic departure from his beloved role in Sherlock and was acclaimed for his performance in The Responder.
The six-part miniseries was written by former police officer Tony Schumacher. The story revolves around crisis-ridden, unconventional officer Chris, who works a series of night shifts on the job.
His character struggles professionally and personally to keep things together as his marriage falls apart while struggling with his mental health.
With Chris forced to work with his new rookie partner, Rachel (Adelayo Adedayo), both officers must learn that they must work together to survive the high pressure and non-stop environment of the night shift.
Based on the real-life experiences of former Merseyside officer and debut author Tony, the new show “holds a mirror to the emotional, heartbreaking extremes of modern policing”.
The Responder also received six nominations, including Best Drama Series, Best Actor for Freeman, and Best Supporting Actor for Josh Finan.
bad sisters
Praise: Bad Sisters received critical acclaim from fans when it released on Apple TV+, earning five nominations including Best Drama Series
“Bad Sisters” received critical acclaim from fans when it came out on Apple TV+ and received five nominations, including Best Drama Series and Best Supporting Actress for star Anne-Marie Duff.
In the eight-part series, Eve played Birthistle Becka, one of the Garvey sisters who appear to be working together to kill the abusive husband of older sister Grace, played by former Shameless star Anne-Marie.
The series created by Catastrophe’s Sharon Horgan also starred Dracula’s Claes Bang.
The crown
MORE series! The fifth season of The Crown didn’t receive a Drama Series nomination, but it did earn a Best Actress nomination.
Ever since it debuted on Netflix in 2016, The Crown has captivated viewers with its portrayal of the history of the royal family, and the recent fifth season is no exception.
The final broadcast of the series took place in the 1990s and chronicled the failure of Charles’ marriage to Princess Diana and saw a series of scandals thrown the royal family into crisis.
The film received a Best Actress nomination for Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II and a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Salim Daw as Mohamed Al-Fayed, but was rejected for a Best Drama Series nomination.
The English
Temporal recognition: The film The English, which was released late last year and starred Emily Blunt, received a total of five nominations, including Best Actor
The English, which opened in theaters late last year, has received a total of five nominations, including Best Actor for Chaske Spencer as Sgt. Eli Whipp.
The series starred Emily Blunt as a lady who is thrown into the wild landscapes of Central America in the late 19th century and teams up with a former cavalry scout to reach the new town of Hoxem, all while becoming involved in a love story is and revenge.
The plot revolves around Cornelia coming west – where she meets former cavalry scout Whipp – to get revenge on the man she blames for her son’s death.
Cornelia and Eli soon discover a shared history that must be defeated at all costs if either of them is to survive.
slow horses
Back to the (small) screen! Celebrating Oscar winner Gary Oldman’s return to television, Slow Horses earned the star his first BAFTA TV nomination for Best Actor
Celebrating Oscar winner Gary Oldman’s return to television, Slow Horses earned the star his first BAFTA TV nomination for Best Actor.
He was also nominated in the Editing: Fiction, Original Music: Fiction, and Sound: Fiction categories, and Jack Lowden received a Supporting Actor nomination.
Academy Award-winning actor Gary Oldman stars in the series as cold warrior Jackson Lamb, while Kristin takes on the role of a spy mistress.
Slow Horses is the television adaptation of Mick Herron’s Slough House book series about a group of M15 misfits who are forgotten.
Due to their career-ending mistakes, the spies end up in the Slough House department. Jack Lowden is also part of the talented cast.
Led by former Cold Warrior Jackson Lamb (Gary) and wannabe 007 River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), the Misfits end up getting more action than the Intelligence officers at HQ.
In the international category, The Bear, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Wednesday, Oussekine, Pachinko and The White Lotus are nominated.
In the running for the leading lady, Kate Winslet goes up against Imelda Staunton, Sarah Lancashire, Billie Piper and Maxine Peake.
A total of 128 programs received nominations from a record-breaking number of television and craft entries.
Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA said, “Congratulations to all of our nominees.” Today, a record number of submissions across television and craft resulted in 128 nominations, demonstrating the fantastic strength and depth of programming and talent in 2022. ”
Sara Putt, BAFTA Vice Chair and BAFTA Television Committee Chair added, “Our awards encourage the public to speak up about great television and the craft and creativity that goes into creating the most talked about television of 2022.”
“Production companies provided us with timely and authentic stories that resonated with UK audiences, from hard hitting unscripted programs to strong female-led narratives.” director and entertainment performance categories have yielded positive results.”
“These nominations reflect some of the changes we are seeing today and will continue to see in the future.”
The BAFTA Elevate and BAFTA Breakthrough talent programs have also endorsed a number of first-time nominees in all categories – so if you haven’t seen some of these nominated programs, be sure to check them out.”
The BAFTA Television Awards 2023 with P&O Cruises will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer on Sunday 14 May at 7pm.
BAFTA TV Awards nominations
DRAMA SERIES
bad sisters
The responder
Sherwood
Anywhere boy
MAIN ACTOR
Ben Whishaw – This is going to hurt
Chaske Spencer – The English
Cillian Murphy – Peaky Blinders
Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
Martin Freeman – The Responder
LEADING ACTRESS
Billie Piper – I hate Suzie too
Imelda Staunton – The Crown
Kate Winslet – I’m Ruth
Maxine Peake—Anne
Sarah LancashireJulia
SUPPORTING CAST
Adeel Akhtar—Sherwood
Jack Lowden – Slow Horse
Josh Finan – The Responder
Salim Daw – The Crown
Samuel BottomleySomewhere Boy
Will Sharpe – The White Lotus
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adelayo Adedayo – The Answerer
Anne-Marie Duff – Bad Sisters
Fiona Shaw-Andor
Jasmine JobsonTop Boy
Lesley Manville-Sherwood
Saffron Hocking—Top Boy
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM
Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Jon Pointing – Big boys
Joseph Gilgun-Brass
Lenny Rush – Am I being unreasonable?
Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM
Daisy May Cooper – Am I being unreasonable?
Diane Morgan – Cunk On Earth
Lucy Beaumont – Meet the Richardsons
Nastasia Demetriou – Ellie & Natasia
Siobhan McSweeney – Derry Girls
Taj Atwal – Hullraisers
INTERNATIONAL
The bear
Dahmer – Monsters: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Wednesday
Oussekine
pachinko
The White Lotus
MINISERIES
A spy among friends
Mood
The thief, his wife and the canoe
This will hurt
SINGLE DRAMA
I’m Ruth
The house
Life and death in the warehouse
SPORTS
2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
UEFA European Women’s Championship 2022
Wimbledon 2022
TIME OF DAY
The hunt
The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit
fraud interceptor
COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT
Friday night live
The Graham Norton Show
Taskmaster
would i lie to you
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Later… With Jools Holland: Jool’s 30th birthday party
The Masked Singer
Be sure to come dance
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Big Zuu – Big Zuu’s Big Eats
Claudia Winkleman – The Traitors
Lee Mack – The 1% Club
Mo Gilligan – The late show with Mo Gilligan
Rosie Jones – Rosie Jones’ trip hazard
Sue Perkins – Sue Perkins: Totally legal
FACT SERIES
Jeremy Kyle Show: Death by Day
Libby, are you home yet?
Vatican Girls: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
Worlds collide: The Manchester bombing
CHARACTERISTICS
Big Zuu’s Big Eats
Joe Lycett vs. Beckham: We turned our backs on you for Christmas
The Martin Lewis Money Show Livee
The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan
LIVE EVENT
Concert for Ukraine
Platinum Anniversary: Party at the Palace
The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
WRITTEN COMEDY
am i being unreasonable
big boys
Derry girls
ghosts
REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTS
Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
The traitors
We are Black and British
SHORT PROGRAM
Always Asifa
cookie land
how to be human
kingpin crisis
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
Escape from Kabul Airport
Our Falklands War: A Frontline History
The real Mo Farah
SOAP & CONTINUED DRAMA
Accident
EastEnders
Emmerdale
SPECIALIST FACTS
AIDS: The Unheard Tapes
The Green Planet
How to Survive a Dictator with Munya Chawawa
Russia 1985-1999: Trauma Zone
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Afghanistan: No country for women
Taliban children
The Crossroads (Exposure)
Mariupol: The History of the People (Panorama)
REPORTING
BBC News at Ten: Russia invades Ukraine
Channel 4 News: Live in Kyiv
Good Morning Britain: Interview with Boris Johnson