“This is going to hurt” and “The Responder” monopolize the nominations for the Bafta Awards 2023
Series nominees for the prestigious Bafta TV Awards have already been announced and “This Is Gonna Hurt” with Ben Whishaw and “The Responder” starring Martin Freeman lead the field at this year’s Bafta TV Awards, with six nominations each. The awards will be delivered on May 14.
Ben Whishaw is nominated for best actor for playing a doctor in the adaptation of Adam Kay’s best-selling memoir, in this category he will face Freeman, who is shortlisted for playing a police officer in his drama set in Liverpool. The other nominated actors They are Sarah Lancashire, Kate Winslet, Cillian Murphy and Daniel Radcliffe.
Five nominations have received “Bad SIsters”, the story of Sharon Horgan that tells the life of five sisters who try to murder one of their husbands. There is also the same amount of “The English”, a western miniseries with Emily Blunt (Cornelia Locke) who travels to the US to avenge her son. Special mention to “Slow Horses”, the charismatic spy drama starring Gary Oldman from the Apple TV+ platform about a British intelligence faction cut off from the action but who ends up fully involved. And of course the fifth season of “The Crown”, involved in the controversy over Diana of Wales’s interview with Martin Bashir.
In comedy, “Big Boys” stands out, with Jack Rooke on the friendship between men and Daisy May Cooper and her “Am I being unreasonable?”. Both have four nominations each, joining “Somewhere Boy” and “Top Boy.” Among the names that earned their first Bafta TV nomination were several recognizable stars, such as Gary Oldman for “Slow Horses”, Cillian Murphy for “Peaky Blinders” and Daniel Radcliffe for “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”Jack Rooke, “Somewhere Boy” creator Pete Jackson, and Nicôle Lecky, who created and starred in BBC’s “Mood,” each received three nominations.
By platforms, the lead broadcaster was the BBCwith 81 nominations, followed by Channel 4 with 33, Netflix with 24, ITV with 19, Apple TV+ with 15, Sky with 14 and Disney+ with 8 nominations.
Complete list:
Leading Actresses
BILLIE PIPER – I Hate Suzie Too
IMELDA STAUNTON – The Crown
KATE WINSLET – I Am Ruth
MAXINE PEAKE – Anne
SARAH LANCASHIRE – Julia
VICKY MCCLURE – Without Without
leading actress
BEN WHISHAW – This Is Going To Hurt
CHASKE SPENCER – The English
CILLIAN MURPHY – Peaky Blinders
GARY OLDMAN – Slow Horses
MARTIN FREEMAN – The Answer
TARON EGERTON –
International
THE BEAR
DAHMER – MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY
WEDNESDAY
OUSSEKINE
PACHINKO
THE WHITE LOTUS
Female Performance in a Comedy Program
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
TAJATWAL – hullraisers
entertainment performance
BIG ZUU Big Zuu’s Big Eats
CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN The Traitors
LEE MACK The 1% Club
MO GILLIGAN The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan
ROSIE JONES Rosie Jones’ Trip Hazard
SUE PERKINS Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal
drama series
BAD SISTERS
THE ANSWER
SHERWOOD
SOMEWHERE BOY
Current Affair
AFGHANISTAN: NO COUNTRY FOR WOMEN (EXPOSURE)
CHILDREN OF THE TALIBAN
THE CROSSING (EXPOSURE)
MARIUPOL: THE PEOPLE’S STORY (PANORAMA)
Comedy Entertainment Program
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW
TASKMASTER
WOULD I LIE TO YOU?
Daytime
THE CHASE
THE REPAIR SHOP: A ROYAL VISIT
SCAM INTERCEPTORS
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
Male Performance in a Comedy Program
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
mini-series
A SPY AMONG FRIENDS
MOOD
THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND THE CANOE
THIS IS GOING TO HURT
News Coverage
BBC NEWS AT TEN: RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE
CHANNEL 4 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
Scripted Comedy
AM I BEING UNREASONABLE?
BIG BOYS
DERRY GIRLS
GHOSTS
Short Form Program
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
Single Drama
I AM RUTH
THE HOUSE
LIFE AND DEATH IN THE WAREHOUSE
SOAP
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
Supporting Actor
ADEEL AKHTAR – Sherwood
JACK LOWDEN – Slow Horses
JOSH FINAN – The Answer
SALIM DAW – The Crown
SAMUEL BOTTOMLEY – Somewhere Boy
WILL SHARPE – The White Lotus
supporting actress
ADELAYO ADEDAYO – The Answer
ANNE-MARIE DUFF – Bad Sisters
FIONA SHAW – Andor
JASMINE JOBSON – top boy
LESLEY MANVILLE – Sherwood
SAFFRON HOCKING – top boy
