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BAFTA TV Awards 2018 Nominations

Announcing the 2018 BAFTA TV Awards Nominations!

THE CROWN, Claire Foy in 'Gelignite', (Season 1, Episode 106, aired November 4, 2016), photo: Alex Bailey / Netflix / courtesy Everett Collection

After a lengthy award season full of excitement, the 2018 BAFTA TV nominations have finally been announced. Unsurprisingly, internationally renowned shows like The Crown, The Handmaid's Tale, and Peaky Blinders all got a nod. Line of Duty, Black Mirror, and Three Girls were recognised in multiple categories, while British favourites like Blue Planet II, Hollyoaks, and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway also picked up nominations. Take a look at the list below before the BAFTA TV Awards air on May 14!

LEADING ACTRESS
Claire Foy, The Crown
Molly Windsor, Three Girls
Sinead Keenan, Little Boy Blue
Thandi Newton, Line of Duty

LEADING ACTOR
Jack Rowan, Born to Kill
Joe Cole, Hang the DJ (Black Mirror)
Sean Bean, Broken
Tim Pigott-Smith, King Charles III

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Friel, Broken
Julie Hesmondhalgh, Broadchurch
Liv Hill, Three Girls
Vanessa Kirby, The Crown

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Adrian Dunbar, Line of Duty
Anupam Kher, The Boy With the Topknot
Brian F. O'Byrne, Little Boy Blue
Jimmi Simpson, USS Callister (Black Mirror)

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Anna Maxwell Martin, Motherland
Daisy May Cooper, This Country
Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe
Sian Gibson, Peter Kay's Car Share

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Asim Chaudhry, People Just Do Nothing
Rob Brydon, The Trip to Spain
Samson Kayo, Famalam
Toby Jones, Detectorists

DRAMA SERIES
Line of Duty
Peaky Blinders
The Crown
The End of the F*cking World

MINI SERIES
Howards End
The Moorside
The State
Three Girls

SINGLE DRAMA
Against the Law
Hang the DJ (Black Mirror)
King Charles III
Murdered For Being Different

INTERNATIONAL
Big Little Lies
Feud: Bette and Joan
The Handmaid's Tale
The Vietnam War

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Adam Hills, The Last Leg
Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show
Michael McIntyre, Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Sandi Toksvig, QI

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Britain's Got Talent
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
The Voice UK

FACTUAL SERIES
Ambulance
Catching a Killer
Drugsland
Hospital

FEATURES
Antiques Roadshow
Cruising With Jane McDonald
No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?
The Secret Life of the Zoo

REALITY AND CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
Celebrity Hunted
Love Island
Old People's Home For 4 Year Olds
The Real Full Monty

SCRIPTED COMEDY
Catastrophe
Chewing Gum
This Country
Timewasters

SOAP AND CONTINUING DRAMA
Casualty
Coronation Street
Emmerdake
Hollyoaks

SPECIALIST FACTUAL
Basquiat, Rage to Riches
Blue Planet II
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain
Elizabeth I's Secret Agents

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