'Rivals' & 'Slow Horses' Go Head to Head in TV BAFTA Nominations

The 2024-2025 TV season is quickly wrapping up, as the next few weeks will be the debuts of all sorts of shows looking for a little awards love, at least here in the States. The Emmy Awards, the U.S.' official national television honors, are one of the few remaining awards shows that still insist on holding the eligibility period to cover the old "TV season" from June to May. Not even the TV BAFTAs do that anymore, having moved to a calendar year schedule, even if the award ceremony itself is still held close to the end of the "TV Season" year in May, making it the unofficial closing ceremony of the 2024 awards season.

By going by calendar year, the nominations sometimes feel a little out of date. Shogun will have been off the air for an entire year before the TV BAFTAs are held, yet it will still be on the nominations slate, feeling like a holdover from another era. However, for American viewers, the delay actually works favorably; for example, Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light is currently airing on PBS as the 2025 nominations arrive, making these awards feel far more timely than they might otherwise do.

However, this may be the first year where Americans will have already gotten a chance to watch the majority of the titles nominated, thanks to BritBox, which brought viewers nominees such as Sherwood, Blue Lights, The Responder, and Until I Kill You. Perhaps that's why the streaming service has committed to airing the TV BAFTAs live for the next few years: its shows will be the ones feted.

Below, we run down all the nominations and categories that will be presented during the live telecast.

Here is the full list of nominees for the main BAFTA TV Awards

Top Prizes

DRAMA SERIES

• Blue Lights (BBC One)
• Sherwood (BBC One)
• Supacell (Netflix)
• Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light (BBC One)

SCRIPTED COMEDY

• Alma's Not Normal (BBC Two)
• Brassic (Sky Max)
• G'Wed (ITV2)
• Ludwig (BBC One)

LIMITED DRAMA

• Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
• Lost Boys & Fairies (BBC One)
• Mr Bates vs The Post Office (ITV1)
• One Day (Netflix)

REALITY

• Dragon's Den (BBC One)
• The Jury: Murder Trial (Channel 4)
• Love Is Blind UK (Netflix)
• The Traitors (BBC One)

ENTERTAINMENT

• The 1% Club (ITV1)
• Michael McIntyre's Big Show (BBC One)
• Taskmaster (Channel 4)
• Would I Lie To You? (BBC One)

Acting Nominations

LEADING ACTOR

• David Tennant - Rivals
• Gary Oldman - Slow Horses
• Lennie James - Mr Loverman
• Martin Freeman - The Responder
• Richard Gadd - Baby Reindeer
• Toby Jones - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

LEADING ACTRESS

• Anna Maxwell Martin - Until I Kill You
• Billie Piper - Scoop
• Lola Petticrew - Say Nothing
• Marisa Abela - Industry
• Monica Dolan - Mr Bates vs The Post Office
• Sharon D Clarke - Mr Loverman

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY

• Bilal Hasna - Extraordinary
• Danny Dyer - Mr Bigstuff
• Dylan Thomas-Smith - G'Wed
• Nabhaan Rizwan - Kaos
• Oliver Savell - Changing Ends
• Phil Dunning - Smoggie Queens

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY

• Anjana Vasan - We Are Lady Parts
• Kate O'Flynn - Everyone Else Burns
• Nicola Coughlan - Big Mood
• Ruth Jones - Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
• Sophie Willan - Alma's Not Normal

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Ariyon Bakare - Mr Loverman
• Christopher Chung - Slow Horses
• Damian Lewis - Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light
• Jonathan Pryce - Slow Horses
• McKinley Belcher III - Eric
• Sonny Walker - The Gathering

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Jessica Gunning - Baby Reindeer
• Katherine Parkinson - Rivals
• Maxine Peake - Say Nothing
• Monica Dolan - Sherwood
• Nava Mau - Baby Reindeer
• Sue Johnston - Truelove

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE

• Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly - Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
• Claudia Winkleman - The Traitors
• Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show
• Joe Lycett - Late Night Lycett
• Romesh Ranganathan & Rob Beckett - Rob & Romesh Vs
• Stacey Solomon - Sort Your Life Out

News, Live Events & Documentary

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY

• Hell Jumper (BBC Two)
• Tell Them You Love Me (Sky Documentaries)
• Ukraine: Enemy In The Woods (BBC Two)
• Undercover: Exposing The Far Right (Channel 4)

FACTUAL SERIES

• American Nightmare (Netflix)
• Freddie Flintoff's Field Of Dreams On Tour (BBC One)
• The Push: Murder On The Cliff (Channel 4)
• To Catch A Copper (Channel 4)

FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT

• In Vogue: The 90s (Disney+)
• Race Across The World (BBC One)
• Rob & Rylan's Grand Tour (BBC Two)
• Sort Your Life Out (BBC One)

SPECIALIST FACTUAL

• Atomic People (BBC Two)
• Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (National Geographic)
• Children Of The Cult (ITV1)
• Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle For Britain (Channel 4)

CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Life & Death In Gaza (BBC Two)
• Maternity: Broken Trust (ITV1)
• State Of Rage (Channel 4)
• Ukraine's War: The Other Side (ITV1)

LIVE EVENT COVERAGE

• D-Day 80: Tribute To The Fallen (BBC One)
• Glastonbury 2024 (BBC Two)
• Last Night Of The Proms (BBC Two)

NEWS COVERAGE

• BBC Breakfast: Post Office Special (BBC One)
• Channel 4 News: Inside Sednaya - The Fall Of Assad (Channel 4)
• Channel 4 News: Undercover Inside Reform's Campaign (Channel 4)

SPORTS COVERAGE

• Euro 2024 (BBC One)
• Paris 2024 Olympics (BBC One)
• Wimbledon 2024 (BBC One)

Specialty Categories

DAYTIME

• Clive Myrie's Caribbean Adventure (BBC Two)
• Loose Women (ITV1)
• Morning Live (BBC One)
• Richard Osman's House Of Games (BBC Two)

SOAP

• Casualty (BBC One)
• Coronation Street (ITV1)
• EastEnders (BBC One)

INTERNATIONAL

• After The Party (Channel 4)
• Colin From Accounts (BBC Two)
• Say Nothing (Disney+)
• Shogun (Disney+)
• True Detective: Night Country (Sky Atlantic)
• You Are Not Alone: Fighting The Wolfpack (Netflix)

SHORT FORM

• Brown Brit (Channel 4)
• Peaked (Channel 4)
• Quiet Life (BBC Three)
• Spud (BBC Three)

CHILDREN'S: SCRIPTED

• CBeebies As You Like It At Shakespeare's Globe (CBeebies)
• Horrible Histories (CBBC)
• Ready Eddie Go! (Sky Kids)
• Tweedy & Fluff (Channel 5)

CHILDREN'S: NON-SCRIPTED

• BooSnoo! (Sky Kids)
• Disability And Me: FYI Investigates (Sky Kids)
• Operation Ouch! (CBBC)
• Reu & Harper's Wonder World (Channel 5)

MEMORABLE MOMENT AWARD (Public Voted)

• Bridgerton - "THE" Carriage Scene (Netflix)
• Gavin & Stacey: The Finale - Smithy's Wedding: Mick Stands Up (BBC One)
• Mr Bates vs The Post Office - Jo Phones the Horizon Helpline (ITV1)
• Rivals - Naked Tennis (Disney+)
• Strictly Come Dancing - Chris McCausland & Dianne Buswell; 'You'll Never Walk Alone' Waltz (BBC One)
• The Traitors - "Paul isn't my son... but Ross is!" (BBC One)

The 2025 TV BAFTA Awards will be held on Sunday, May 11, 23025, at 8 p.m. BT, with a red carpet event streaming one hour prior on BBC One, Player, and BritBox. The BAFTA TV Craft Awards, which recognize technical work, will be held separately on Sunday, April 27, 2025, and highlights will be included in the May broadcast.