Chernobyl leads the pack of 2020 BAFTA TV nominations by a sizeable stretch, having been shortlisted in 14 categories across both the TV and TV craft awards.
Announced Thursday, nominations were also doled out to The Crown, with seven nominations, and six for both Fleabag and Girl/Haji.
HBO/Sky’s Chernobyl picked up nominations in the mini-series, leading actor (for Jared Harris) and supporting actor (for Stellan Skarsgard), alongside 11 on the TV craft side, including original music, production design, writer drama, and special, visual and graphic effects. The Crown‘s nominations included best drama series, supporting actor (Josh O’Conner) and supporting actress (Helena Bonham Carter), and Fleabag‘s saw both Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Sian Clifford nominated for best female performance in a comedy series.
Meanwhile, His Dark Materials and The Virtues landed five nominations and Killing Eve, Sex Education and Top Boy with four each.
Both the BAFTA TV and BAFTA TV craft ceremonies were due to take place in spring, but were postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The TV craft awards will now be held July 17, hosted by Stephen Mangan returning for a ninth consecutive awards show, and the TV awards will take place July 31, with Richard Ayoade performing hosting duties for the first time.
(Excerpt) Read more in: The Hollywood Reporter