Steve McQueen s Small Axe Dominates 2021 BAFTA TV Awards With 15 Nominations
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The five-part series starring the likes of John Boyega and Letitia Wright leads this year s BAFTA TV Awards by collecting a total of five nods including Best Mini-Series. Apr 29, 2021
Small Axe series leads the shortlist at the 2021 BAFTA TV Awards with 15 nominations.
The landmark five-film BBC One series tells stories about the lives of the West Indian community in London from the 1960s to the 1980s, and sees recognition for
The drama will compete for Mini-Series alongside
Michael Ward and
Malachi Kirby for Supporting Actor.
The series is also up for nine craft awards, which celebrate behind-the-scenes work, including McQueen for Director: Fiction
Nikita Unfiltered and ESPN and Netflix’s
The Last Dance are among the unscripted and documentary nominees for the 2021 Rockie Awards International Program Competition.
The annual awards program, held by the Banff World Media Festival, honours television and digital media programming from around the globe and is deliberated by an international jury of 150 industry professionals across multiple genres.
The winners for the 29 categories will be announced in a livestreamed ceremony on YouTube, taking place on June 15 as part of a kickoff of the festival, which runs virtually from June 14 to July 16.
BBC Studios picked up the most nominations 28 followed by HBO with nine and Canadian pubcaster CBC with eight.