Nominations for this year’s BAFTA TV Awards have been revealed – with Baby Reindeer leading the field with eight.
Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Rivals and Slow Horses follow with six nominations each.
Mr Bates vs the Post Office. Pic: ITV/Shutterstock
Baby Reindeer, which follows the life of a struggling comedian who is stalked by a woman, is shortlisted for best limited drama.
Star and creator Richard Gadd is up for the BAFTAs for best actor and for writing, while his co-stars Jessica Gunning and Nava Mau are both in the running for the supporting actress prize.
Mr Bates vs The Post Office, based on the true story behind the Horizon scandal, is also up for best limited drama, while stars Toby Jones and Monica Dolan are nominated in the leading actor and actress categories.
David Tennant and Katherine Parkinson, two of the stars of comedy drama Rivals, based on the Jilly Cooper novel, are up for best leading actor and best supporting actress.
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Up against Gadd, Jones and Tennant in the leading actor category are Gary Oldman (Slow Horses), Lennie James (Mr Loverman) and Martin Freeman (The Responder).
Anna Maxwell Martin (Until I Kill You), Billie Piper (Scoop), Lola Petticrew (Say Nothing), Marisa Abela (Industry) and Sharon D Clarke (Mr Loverman) join Dolan on the leading actress shortlist.
In the comedy performance categories, Ruth Jones is among the nominees for the long-awaited Gavin & Stacey: The Finale, but there is no nod for co-star James Corden.
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale. Pic: Tom Jackson/PA
For almost half of the nominees in the performance categories – 21 of 44 – this is their first BAFTA TV Awards nomination, including for Gadd and Gunning, as well as stars including Danny Dyer (Mr Bigstuff), Lolly Adefope (The Franchise) and Nicola Coughlan (Big Mood).
Blue Lights, Sherwood, Supacell and Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light are all shortlisted for best drama, while Alma’s Not Normal, Brassic, G’Wed and Ludwig are in the running for best scripted comedy.
One Day and Lost Boys And Fairies complete the limited series category.
Michelle Keegan and Joe Gilgun in Brassic. Pic: Sky UK
The BAFTA TV Awards also celebrate the best TV moment of the year, with nominees this year including scenes from Gavin & Stacey: The Finale, Bridgerton, Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, Rivals, Strictly Come Dancing and The Traitors.
More than 130 programmes have received nominations in total.
BAFTA chief executive Jane Millichip said 2024 had been “a standout year”, and added: “The power of television to drive national conversation, to tap into the stories of public interest, and to inspire societal change, is second to none.”
The BAFTA TV Awards ceremony will be hosted by actor Alan Cumming on Sunday 11 May.
