BAFTA Television Awards 2021: Steve McQueen s acclaimed Windrush series Small Axe and The Crown lead nominations while I May Destroy You also lands nods following awards snub
The Netflix drama landed 10 nominations across the TV and Craft categories, including nods for Josh O Connor, Tobias Menzies and Helena Bonham Carter
Small Axe landed the most nods with 15, including two for John Boyega and Shaun Parkes in the Leading Actor category
The series, directed by Steve McQueen, was praised by critics for its anthology stories of British black people throughout the 20th Century
The Crown landed four nominations; Drama Series, Leading Actor, Supporting Actor for Tobias Menzies and Supporting Actress for Helen Bonham Carter
Bafta TV awards: Steve McQueen’s Small Axe and The Crown top nominations list Lizzie Edmonds UP NEXT
Today, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the full nominees for the television and craft awards, which celebrate the best in small-screen talent.
Small Axe, the anthology series created and directed by the artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen about the lives of West Indian immigrants in London from the 1960s to the 1980s, was nominated for 15 awards, from costume design to leading actor for Star Wars actor, Peckham-born Boyega.
Roots star Malachi Kirby and former Bafta rising star winner Micheal Ward both picked up nominations for best supporting actor for the series. Letitia Wright was nominated for best actress.
Thursday, 3rd June 2021 at 5:46 pm
The BAFTA TV Awards are just around the corner, with this year’s ceremony taking place on Sunday 6th June – and there are a whole host of brilliant shows up for awards.
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Small Axe, The Crown and I May Destroy You lead the pack with those shows having receiving 15, 10 and eight nods respectively when the BAFTA TV nominations 2021 were unveiled at the end of April.
Some other recent shows are nowhere to be seen – including huge hits such as Line of Duty and It’s a Sin – but fear not, these are not major omissions on the part of BAFTA, it’s simply the case that these series were not eleigible for this year’s awards due to their release dates.
The scene was iconic and the fact that our very own Coughlan was the centre of the mayhem and mischief occurring in British High Society made it even better.
The BAFTAs seem to think so too, because the reveal has only gone and been nominated for the Virgin Media Must See Moment of the year.
The nominees for this award were announced yesterday ahead of the rest of the BAFTA nominations. While Lady Whistledown s reveal is by far the most satisfyingly shock (in our opinion), Coughlan could have some stiff competition in securing the gong.
Among the other nominees are The Mandalorian s Luke Skywalker reveal, Gray killing Charlotte in EastEnders, and of course, Nigella Lawson pronouncing microwave like mee-cro-wah-vay.