69th Annual British Academy Television Awards Nominations

From Left to right: Big Zuu, Saffron Hocking, Chaske Spencer, Adelayo Adedayo, and Adeel Akhtar - John Phillips / Stringer / Gareth Cattermole / BFC / Slaven Vlasic / David M. Benett / Tommaso Boddi

The 69th British Academy Television Awards are set to premiere on May 14, 2023, at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The ceremony will air on BBC One with comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan hosting. The BAFTA Television Awards, sponsored by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, honors the best in television broadcasts on British screens. Some highlights of the nominations are the drama series Top Boy receiving two nominations, and entertainer Big Zuu receiving two nominations for his unscripted series Big Zuu's Big Eats.

Special Note: POC nominees appear in bold below.

DRAMA SERIES 

• Bad Sisters

• The Responder 

• Sherwood

• Somewhere Boy 

MINI-SERIES 

• A Spy Among Friends

• Mood

• The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe 

• This Is Going To Hurt 

SINGLE DRAMA 

• I Am Ruth 

• The House 

• Life And Death In The Warehouse 

SCRIPTED COMEDY 

• Am I Being Unreasonable? 

• Big Boys 

• Derry Girls 

• Ghosts 

LEADING ACTOR 

• Ben Whishaw, This Is Going To Hurt

• Chaske Spencer, The English 

• Cillian Murphy, Peaky Blinders 

• Gary Oldman, Slow Horses 

• Martin Freeman, The Responder

• Taron Egerton, Black Bird 

LEADING ACTRESS 

• Billie Piper, I Hate Suzie Too

• Imelda Staunton, The Crown 

• Kate Winslet, I Am Ruth 

• Maxine Peake, Anne 

• Sarah Lancashire, Julia 

• Vicky Mcclure, Without Sin 

SUPPORTING ACTOR 

• Adeel Akhtar, Sherwood

• Jack Lowden, Slow Horses 

• Josh Finan, The Responder

• Salim Daw, The Crown 

• Samuel Bottomley, Somewhere Boy 

• Will Sharpe, The White Lotus 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

• Adelayo Adedayo, The Responder 

• Anne-Marie Duff, Bad Sisters 

• Fiona Shaw, Andor 

• Jasmine Jobson, Top Boy 

• Lesley Manville, Sherwood 

• Saffron Hocking, Top Boy 

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME 

• Daniel Radcliffe, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 

• Jon Pointing, Big Boys

• Joseph Gilgun, Brassic 

• Lenny Rush, Am I Being Unreasonable?

• Matt Berry, What We Do In The Shadows 

• Stephen Merchant, The Outlaws 

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME 

• Daisy May Cooper, Am I Being Unreasonable?

• Diane Morgan, Cunk On Earth 

• Lucy Beaumont, Meet The Richardsons 

• Natasia Demetriou, Ellie & Natasia

• Siobhán Mcsweeney, Derry Girls 

INTERNATIONAL 

• The Bear 

• Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story 

• Wednesday 

• Oussekine 

• Pachinko 

• The White Lotus 

COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME 

• Friday Night Live 

• The Graham Norton Show

• Taskmaster 

• Would I Lie To You? 

CURRENT AFFAIRS 

• Afghanistan: No Country For Women (Exposure) 

• Children Of The Taliban 

• The Crossing (Exposure) 

• Mariupol: The People’s Story (Panorama) 

DAYTIME

• The Chase 

• The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit 

• Scam Interceptors 

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE 

• Big Zuu 

• Claudia Winkleman

• Lee Mack 

• Mo Gilligan

• Sue Perkins 

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM

• Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 

• Later… With Jools Holland: Jools’ 30th Birthday Bash

• The Masked Singer  

• Strictly Come Dancing 

FACTUAL SERIES 

• Jeremy Kyle Show: Death On Daytime 

• Libby, Are You Home Yet? 

• Vatican Girl: The Disappearance Of Emanuela Orlandi 

• Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing 

FEATURES 

• Big Zuu’s Big Eats 

• Joe Lycett Vs Beckham: Got Your Back At Xmas 

• The Martin Lewis Money Show Live 

• The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan 

LIVE EVENT 

• Concert For Ukraine 

• Platinum Jubilee: Party At The Palace 

• The State Funeral Of Hm Queen Elizabeth Ii 

NEWS COVERAGE 

• Bbc News At Ten: Russia Invades Ukraine 

• News: Live In Kyiv 

• Good Morning Britain: Boris Johnson Interview 

REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL 

• Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams 

• Rupaul’s Drag Race UK 

• The Traitors 

• We Are Black And British 

SHORT FORM PROGRAMME 

• Always, Asifa 

• Biscuitland 

• How To Be A Person 

• Kingpin Cribs 

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY 

• Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes 

• Escape From Kabul Airport 

• Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story 

• The Real Mo Farah 

SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA 

• Casualty 

• Eastenders 

• Emmerdale 

SPECIALIST FACTUAL 

• Aids: The Unheard Tapes 

• The Green Planet 

• How To Survive A Dictator With Munya Chawawa 

• Russia 1985-1999: Traumazone 

SPORT 

• Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games 

• UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 

• Wimbledon 2022 

For the craft award nominations visit the BAFTA website.