Netflix series Baby Reindeer leads the field for this year’s BAFTA Television Awards and the BAFTA Television Craft Awards with eight nominations.
ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Disney+’s Rivals and Apple TV+’s Slow Horses follow with six nominations each.
Baby Reindeer is shortlisted for best limited drama, while its star and creator Richard Gadd is nominated for best actor and for writing. Gadd’s co-stars Jessica Gunning and Nava Mau are both in the running for the supporting actress prize. Its other nods include director fiction, editing fiction and sound fiction.
Mr Bates vs The Post Office is also up for best limited drama, while stars Toby Jones and Monica Dolan are nominated in the leading actor and actress categories. It also has nominations in the editing fiction, scripted casting and writer: drama categories.
David Tennant and Katherine Parkinson, two of the stars of comedy drama Rivals, are up for best leading actor and best supporting actress. Rivals is also competing in the make-up and hair design, original music: fiction, production design and scripted casting categories.
Gary Oldman is nominated for leading actor for his role in Slow Horses. The Apple TV+ drama also has two supporting actor nods and is shortlisted for editing: fiction, original music: fiction and sound: fiction.
Up against Gadd, Jones, Tennant and Oldman in the leading actor category are Lennie James (Mr Loverman) and Martin Freeman (The Responder).
Anna Maxwell Martin (Until I Kill You), Billie Piper (Scoop), Lola Petticrew (Say Nothing), Marisa Abela (Industry) and Sharon D Clarke (Mr Loverman) join Dolan on the leading actress shortlist.
Blue Lights, Sherwood, Supacell and Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light are all shortlisted for best drama, while Alma's Not Normal, Brassic, G'Wed and Ludwig are in the running for best scripted comedy.
One Day and Lost Boys And Fairies complete the limited series category.
More than 130 programmes have received nominations in total. The BBC has the most nominations, with 75 in total, followed by Channel 4 (27), Netflix (26), Sky (23), ITV (21), Disney+ (15) and Apple TV+ (13).
The awards take place on May 11.
BAFTA chief executive Jane Millichip said: “2024 was a standout year for television, testified by the 134 brilliant programmes nominated by BAFTA members. The power of television to drive national conversation, to tap into the stories of public interest, and to inspire societal change, is second to none.”
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