BAFTA/Sarah M. Lee BAFTA today announces the nominations for the 2024 BAFTA Television Craft Awards and BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises, celebrating the very best in television broadcast in 2023. A total of 118 programmes received nominations today.
View the full list of nominations HERE
The ten programmes with the most nominations are:
Eight nominations for The Crown
Seven nominations for Demon 79 (Black Mirror)
Six nominations for Happy Valley, Slow Horses and The Sixth Commandment
Five nominations for The Last of Us, The Long Shadow and Succession
Four nominations for Eurovision Song Contest 2023 and Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
17 out of 44 nominees in the performance categories have received their first BAFTA Television Awards nomination, including Amit Shah (Happy Valley), Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us), Bridget Christie (The Change), David Tennant (Good Omens), Éanna Harwicke (The Sixth Commandment), Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown), Hammed Animashaun (Black Ops), Hannah Waddingham (Eurovision Song Contest 2023), Harriet Walters (Succession), Harris Dickinson (A Murder at the End of the World), Kane Robinson (Top Boy), Máiréad Tyers (Extraordinary), Mawaan Rizwan (Juice), Nico Parker (The Last of Us), Rob Beckett (Rob & Romesh Vs), Roisin Gallagher (The Lovers) and Sofia Oxenham (Extraordinary).
Two first-time nominees in the New Talent: Fiction category Kat Sadler (writer – Such Brave Girls) and Mawaan Rizwan (writer – Juice) are also named nominees across Writer Comedy, and Scripted Comedy for Such Brave Girls and Writer Comedy and Male Performance in a Comedy programme for Juice, with three nominations apiece.
Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA, said: “It is a real privilege to announce today’s nominations which recognise the most gripping, entertaining, challenging, funniest, most informative, highest quality, and most impactful TV programmes of 2023, as voted for by BAFTA members. More than 100 programmes across 12 broadcasters and streamers represent an extraordinary range of content. We are proud to showcase this incredible roster of talent at our Television Craft Awards on 28 April and our Television Awards with P&O Cruises on 12 May. It is important that we celebrate the extraordinary craft and creativity of the broadcast sector, particularly during this challenging year for many people working in the industry.”
Sara Putt, Chair of BAFTA, said: “Water-cooler TV moments, brave documentaries which expand our world-view, and powerful real-life inspired dramas - these are just some of the BAFTA nominated TV programmes for audiences to watch. I’m delighted to see so many first-time nominees, so much new and emerging talent and so many debut projects recognised today. At a time when budgets are tight and creative risk-taking can feel ever riskier, we hope our awards can play a positive role in reinforcing the value of nurturing new talent and ideas, as well as holding a mirror up to stubborn industry inequities, particularly for talented female directors who are still significantly outnumbered by their male counterparts when it comes to awards submissions. The exceptional variety and quality of programmes nominated reflects the creative powerhouse that is the UK television industry, and it is an honour for BAFTA voters to watch and debate such brilliant TV. Congratulations to everyone nominated.”
47 competitive categories feature in the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises and BAFTA Television Craft Awards – recognising exceptional performances, craftsmanship and stories broadcast from 1 January – 31 December 2023.
The P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award nominees were unveiled last Thursday, the only BAFTA Television Award voted-for by the public. Voting is open until 9 April, here. The nominees are:
- Beckham: David teases Victoria about her ‘working class’ upbringing
- Doctor Who: Ncuti Gatwa being revealed as the 15th Doctor
- Happy Valley: Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce’s final kitchen showdown
- The Last of Us: Bill and Frank's Story
- The Piano: 13-year old Lucy stuns commuters with jaw dropping piano performance
- Succession: Logan Roy's death
The BAFTA Television Craft Awards will take place on Sunday 28 April. The BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises will once again be hosted by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan and will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer on Sunday 12 May. The awards will also be broadcast in in North America, the Nordics, South Africa and Australia on BritBox International, in Australia and New Zealand on BBC Studios ANZ, and in 24 countries across Africa and the Middle East on AlThaqafeya and MBC Channels, with other territories to be confirmed.
Today’s nominations have been determined through a combination of TV membership-wide voting, Juries and Chapter voting. Juries are comprised of voters with the relevant professional expertise and balance of gender, background, location and age. Chapters are made up of BAFTA members who hold specialist knowledge in the relevant craft to the category in consideration. Juries and Chapters are composed of voters from within BAFTA’s membership, which includes over 5700 television industry creative practitioners. Latest demographic information on BAFTA’s membership is here.
Given the very high volume of entries to the BAFTA Television and BAFTA Television Craft Awards, the use of Juries ensures every longlisted entry for each category is seen and considered by each voting member. This year, over 500 voters across 127 hours participated in 43 juries, as well as four Chapter votes took place to decide the nominations. BAFTA’s guiding principles are to celebrate creative excellence, level the playing field, provide a fair and robust process, and encourage positive industry change.
Both awards are made possible by a generous network of partners and donors. The headline sponsor of the BAFTA Television Awards is P&O Cruises. Further details of this year’s supporters can be found here. The BAFTA Television Craft Awards is supported by Official Television Craft Partners Ecotricity and The Partnership Group and Category Sponsors 3 Mills Studios, Hotcam and ScreenSkills High-end Television Fund.
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Notes to Editors:
Full details of the voting processes across both awards are set out here.
In the three Director categories in the BAFTA Television Craft Awards, the percentage of female to male directors entered for awards consideration was 28% vs 72%; just under three men for every woman, on a par with the percentage of those nominated.
Photography
Pre-awards promotional images of the BAFTA ‘mask’ award, hosts and additional content is available to download via BAFTA’s photography library here.
A selection of handout imagery from the TV Craft & TV Awards red carpets, ceremonies & winner’s press room areas will also be available via BAFTA’s photography library by using the above link, with full sets of imagery available to syndicate directly from Getty Images
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