The Crown viewers were left shocked as the acclaimed show failed to pick up any gongs at the BAFTA TV Awards 2021 on Sunday night.
The Netflix drama, loosely based on the Royal Family, was nominated for a variety of gongs including Drama Series, Leading Actor (for Josh O Connor as Prince Charles), Supporting Actor (for Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip) and Supporting Actress (for Helen Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret).
However, the series failed to hit a home run as they lost all four awards to other major TV contenders at the annual awards ceremony in London.
Shock: The Crown viewers were left shocked as the acclaimed show failed to pick up any gongs at the BAFTA TV Awards 2021 on Sunday night (pictured Helena Bonham Carter at the ceremony )
The Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards ceremony takes place on June 6 on BBC One and the British Academy Television Craft Awards will be streamed on Bafta s social channels on May 24. Emon, 37, of Saltaire, said: The Bafta nomination is a token of appreciation of what the guys on the show went through. The nomination means a great deal to me, but I would be more chuffed for the production team on the show. It s a big thing. I m happy to be nominated. It s mad. I m just a normal guy from Saltaire. I just applied for a show and got lucky.
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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
The Crikey homepage on Thursday, containing apologies to Lachlan Murdoch and Christine Holgate.
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