BAFTA TV Awards 2016: the full list of nominations

Oscar winner Mark Rylance is up against Idris Elba, while Sheridan Smith will take on Suranne Jones in this year’s BAFTA TV Awards. The list of 2016 nominees is somewhat predictable, with Wolf Hall picking up four nominations, Doctor Foster earning three, and London Spy and The C-Word being up for two awards each. Nominated in the supporting actor category for his work in BBC Two’s The Dresser is two-time Oscar nominee Sir Ian McKellen – a recipient of four BAFTA film award nominations – yet this is his first nomination for a BAFTA TV award. Meanwhile, fan favourite Poldark only gets a mention in the Radio Times audience award category, where it is joined by Doctor Foster, The Great British Bake Off, Humans, Making a Murderer, and Peter Kay’s Car Share.

Here’s the full list of this year’s BAFTA TV nominees:

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Leading actor
Ben Whishaw – London Spy (BBC 2)
Idris Elba – Luther (BBC 1)
Mark Rylance – Wolf Hall (BBC 2)
Stephen Graham – This is England ‘90 (Channel 4)

Leading actress
Claire Foy – Wolf Hall (BBC 2)
Ruth Madeley – Don’t Take My Baby (BBC 3)
Sheridan Smith – The C-Word (BBC 1)
Suranne Jones – Doctor Foster (BBC 1)

Supporting actor
Anton Lesser – Wolf Hall (BBC 2)
Cyril Nri – Cucumber (Channel 4)
Ian McKellen – The Dresser (BBC 2)
Tom Courtenay – Unforgotten (ITV)

Supporting actress
Chanel Cresswell – This is England ‘90 (Channel 4)
Eleanor Worthington-Cox – The Enfield Haunting (Sky Living)
Lesley Manville – River (BBC 1)
Michelle Gomez – Doctor Who (BBC 1)

Entertainment performance
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC 1)
Leigh Francis – Celebrity Juice (ITV2)
Romesh Ranganathan – Agent Provocateur (BBC 3)
Stephen Fry – QI (BBC 2)

Female performance in a comedy programme
Michaela Cole – Chewing Gum (Channel 4)
Miranda Hart – Miranda (BBC 1)
Sian Gibson – Peter Kay’s Car Share (BBC iPlayer)
Sharon Horgan – Catastrophe (Channel 4)

Male performance in a comedy programme
Hugh Bonneville – W1A (BBC 2)
Javone Prince – The Javone Prince Show (BBC 2)
Peter Kay – Peter Kay’s Car Share (BBC iPlayer)
Toby Jones – Detectorists (BBC 4)

Single drama
The C-Word (BBC 1)
Cyberbully (Channel 4)
Don’t Take My Baby (BBC 3)
The Go-Between (BBC 1)

Mini-series
Doctor Foster (BBC 1)
The Enfield Haunting (Sky Living)
London Spy (BBC 2)
This is England ‘90 (Channel 4)

Drama Series
Humans (Channel 4)
The Last Panthers (Sky Atlantic)
No Offence (Channel 4)
Wolf Hall (BBC 2)

Soap and continuing drama
Coronation Street (ITV)
EastEnders (BBC 1)
Emmerdale (ITV)
Holby City (BBC 1)

International
The Good Wife (More4)
Narcos (Netflix)
Spiral (BBC 4)
Transparent (Amazon Prime)

Factual series
The Detectives (BBC 2)
Great Ormond Street (BBC 2)
The Murder Detectives (Channel 4)
The Tribe (Channel 4)

Specialist factual
Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners (BBC 2)
Grayson Perry’s Dream House (Channel 4)
The Hunt (BBC 1)
Rudolf Nureyev – Dance to Freedom (BBC 2)

Single documentary
Bitter Lake (BBC iPlayer)
Life After Suicide (BBC 1)
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids (BBC 2)
My Son the Jihadi (Channel 4)

Features
Back in Time for Dinner (BBC 2)
The Great British Bake Off (BBC 1)
Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild (Channel 4)
Travel Man (Channel 4)

Reality and constructed factual
First Dates (Channel 4)
Gogglebox (Channel 4)
I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here (ITV)
The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds (Channel 4)

Current affairs
Children of the Gaza War (BBC 2)
Escape from Isis – Dispatches (Channel 4)
Jihad: A British Story (ITV)
Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola (BBC 2)

News coverage
BBC News at Six: Paris Attacks Special (BBC 1)
Channel 4 News: Paris Massacre (Channel 4)
ITV News at 10: Refugee Crisis (ITV)
Sky News: From Turkey to Greece (Sky News)

Sport
The Ashes (Sky Sports)
The Grand National (Channel 4)
MOTD Live: FA Cup Final (BBC 1)
Six Nations – Final Day (BBC 1)

Live Event
Big Blue Live (BBC 1)
The Sound of Music Live! (ITV)
Stargazing Live: Brit In Space, Tim Peake Special (BBC 2)
The Vote (More4)

Entertainment programme
Adele at the BBC (BBC 1)
Britain’s Got Talent (ITV)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC 1)
TFI Friday anniversary special (Channel 4)

Scripted comedy
Chewing Gum (E4)
Peep Show (Channel 4)
People Just Do Nothing (BBC 3)
Peter Kay’s Car Share (BBC iPlayer)

Comedy and comedy entertainment programme
Charlie Brooker’s Election Wipe (Channel 4)
Have I Got News for You (BBC 1)
QI (BBC 2)
Would I Lie To You (BBC 1)

Radio Times audience award (voted for by members of the public)
Doctor Foster
The Great British Bake Off
Humans
Making a Murderer
Peter Kay’s Car Share
Poldark

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This year’s winners will be crowned when the House of Fraser British Academy Television Awards take place on Sunday May 8th at London’s Royal Festival Hall, hosted by Graham Norton. Stay tuned for our updates!