‘Baby Reindeer’, ‘Slow Horses’, ‘Rivals’ Secure Noms

A trio of the biggest British streaming hits have secured numerous nominations for the BAFTA TV Awards 2025, while BAFTA has recognized a stellar year for ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office.

Baby Reindeer leads the charts across the BAFTA TV and Craft Awards with eight nominations including Limited Drama, Leading Actor for creator Richard Gadd and two Supporting Actresses in Jessica Gunnnig and Nava Mau. The latter becomes the first openly transgender nominee at the BAFTA TV Awards, several weeks after Karla Sofía Gascón achieved the same in film.

Apple TV+’s Slow Horses and Disney+’s Rivals have six nominations apiece, with Gary Oldman for the former and David Tennant for the latter doing battle in a crowded Leading Actor category, which also features Lennie James (Mr Loverman), Martin Freeman (The Responder) and Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs the Post Office). Danny Dyer, who was expected to secure a nom for Rivals, has instead been recognized for Sky comedy Mr Bigstuff in Male Performance in a Comedy.

Billie Piper (Scoop) and Monica Dolan (Mr Bates) will face off for the Leading Actress gong, with Dolan also nommed for Best Supporting Actress for Sherwood. They are up against Marisa Abela (Industry), Sharon D Clarke (Mr Loverman) and Lola Petticrew (Say Nothing).

Following a stellar year in which it generated headlines aplenty, Mr Bates has six nominations including in Limited Drama up against One Day, Baby Reindeer and Lost Boys and Fairies.

Aiming for the coveted Drama Series prize is another Netflix hit, Supacell, which comes up against a trio of BBC shows in Blue Lights, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light and Sherwood.

For the big-hitting International Drama category, which often springs a surprise, Shōgun is recognized against the likes of Say Nothing and True Detective.

The BBC will be delighted with its 75 nominations, catapulting the corporation comfortably to number one ahead of Channel 4 in second (27) and Netflix third (26). Streamers put in good showings, with Disney+ landing a record 15 and Apple TV+ 13. Prime Video has just one.

In unscripted, The Traitors is once again looking good as host Claudia Winkleman chases a second Entertainment Performance gong just two years after she won her first.

The BBC’s Life and Death in Gaza doc has four noms, meanwhile, coming soon after the Royal Television Society decided not to honor journalists in Gaza, which was swiftly reversed following backlash.

BAFTA CEO Jane Milichip said: “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. And to do this through every genre is even more impressive. The drama of sport, the truth of fiction, the humanity of documentary, the poignancy of comedy, serious entertainment – this year’s nominees reflect every aspect of the human condition. UK television is at the top of its game, and it is a privilege at BAFTA to showcase the work of our incredibly talented nominees.”

The BAFTAs take place on Sunday May 11 at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

The nominations in full

CHILDREN’S: NON-SCRIPTED

BOOSNOO! Production Team – Visionality, Mackinnon & Saunders / Sky Kids

DISABILITY AND ME (FYI INVESTIGATES) Matt Peacock, Marshall Corwin – Fresh Start Media / Sky Kids

OPERATION OUCH! Production Team – Maverick TV / CBBC

REU & HARPER’S WONDER WORLD Andy Mundy-Castle, Emine Yalchin – Doc Hearts / Channel 5

CHILDREN’S: SCRIPTED

CBEEBIES AS YOU LIKE IT AT SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE Production Team – BBC Studios Kids & Family / CBeebies

HORRIBLE HISTORIES Production Team – Lion Television / CBBC

READY EDDIE GO! James Murphy, Joseph Morpurgo, Justin Lowings – Hocus Pocus Studio / Sky Kids

TWEEDY & FLUFF Corrinne Averiss, Chris Randall, Martin Tapley – Second Home Studios, Stitchy Feet / Channel 5

CURRENT AFFAIRS

LIFE AND DEATH IN GAZA (STORYVILLE) Natasha Cox, Lara El Gibaly, Haya Al Badarneh, Sarah Keeling, Simon Cox, Mustafa Khalili – BBC World Service, BBC Eye / BBC Two

MATERNITY: BROKEN TRUST (EXPOSURE) Laura Warner, Becky Southworth, Tom Keeling, Emma Lysaght, Lewis Albrow, Martin Kayser-Landwehr – Pulse Films / ITV1

STATE OF RAGE Marcel Mettelsiefen, Ahisha Ghafoor, Stephen Ellis, Ismail Hussam Banighorra, Aviya Shar-Yashuv, Mayte Carrasco – Duskwater Films / Channel 4

UKRAINE’S WAR: THE OTHER SIDE (EXPOSURE) Sean Langan, Leslie Knott, Matt Scholes – Sean Langan, Tiger Nest Films / ITV1

DAYTIME

CLIVE MYRIE’S CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE Des Henderson, Emma Parkins, Ed Stobart, Jane Magowan, Denis Minihan – Alleycats TV / BBC Two

LOOSE WOMEN Production Team – ITV Studios Daytime / ITV1

MORNING LIVE Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One

RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES Tamara Gilder, Breid McLoone, John Smith, Anna Blakemore, Abby Brakewell, Tom Banks – Remarkable TV / BBC Two

DRAMA SERIES

BLUE LIGHTS Stephen Wright, Louise Gallagher, Declan Lawn, Adam Patterson, Jack Casey, Amanda Black – Two Cities Television, Gallagher Films / BBC One

SHERWOOD James Graham, Clio Barnard, Juliette Howell, Tessa Ross, Harriet Spencer, Kate Ogborn – House Productions / BBC One

SUPACELL Rapman, Mouktar Mohammed, Steve Searle, Joanna Crow – Netflix, New Wave Agency, It’s A Rap / Netflix

WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT Peter Kosminsky, Noëlette Buckley, Susanne Simpson, Peter Straughan, Lisa Osborne, Colin Callender – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures / BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT*

THE 1% CLUB Dean Nabarro, Andy Auerbach, Richard van’t Riet, Clare Barton, Hennie Clough – Magnum Media / ITV1

MICHAEL MCINTYRE’S BIG SHOW Production Team – Hungry McBear / BBC One

TASKMASTER Andy Devonshire, Andy Cartwright, James Taylor, Alex Horne, Jon Thoday – Avalon UK / Channel 4

WOULD I LIE TO YOU? Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Barbara Wiltshire, Jake Graham, Zoe Waterman, Charlotte Bracey-Curant – Zeppotron / BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE

ANTHONY MCPARTLIN, DECLAN DONNELLY Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – Lifted Entertainment, Mitre Studios / ITV1

CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN The Traitors – Studio Lambert / BBC One

GRAHAM NORTON The Graham Norton Show – So Television / BBC One

JOE LYCETT Late Night Lycett – Rumpus Media, My Options Were Limited / Channel 4

ROMESH RANGANATHAN, ROB BECKETT Rob & Romesh Vs – CPL Productions / Sky Max

STACEY SOLOMON Sort Your Life Out – Optomen / BBC One

FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT

IN VOGUE: THE 90s Liesel Evans, Jonathan Smith, Hugo MacGregor, Vikki Miller, Charlotte Permutt, Matthew Hill – RAW, Vogue Studios / Disney+

RACE ACROSS THE WORLD Production Team – Studio Lambert / BBC One

ROB AND RYLAN’S GRAND TOUR Rob Rinder, Rylan Clark, Lana Salah, Simon Draper, Gwyn Jones, Joseph Fell – Rex, Zinc Media / BBC Two

SORT YOUR LIFE OUT Production Team – Optomen / BBC One

FACTUAL SERIES

AMERICAN NIGHTMARE Bernadette Higgins, Fiona Stourton, Rebecca North, Alasdair Bayne, Anton Short, Felicity Morris – RAW / Netflix

FREDDIE FLINTOFF’S FIELD OF DREAMS ON TOUR Andrew MacKenzie-Betty, Naomi Templeton, Annie Hughes, Anna Strickland, Peter Benn, Drew Hill – South Shore Productions / BBC One

THE PUSH: MURDER ON THE CLIFF Anna Hall, Josephine Besbrode, Luke Rothery, Tom Whitaker, Kate Reid, Josh Carpenter – Candour Productions / Channel 4

TO CATCH A COPPER Hugo Pettitt, Ashley Francis-Roy, Bruce Fletcher, Peter Beard, Colette Hodges, Martin Thompson – Story Films / Channel 4

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY

ANJANA VASAN We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television / Channel 4

KATE O’FLYNN Everyone Else Burns – Jax Media, Imagine Entertainment, Universal International Studios / Channel 4

LOLLY ADEFOPE The Franchise – Neal Street Productions, Dundee Productions, HBO / Sky Comedy

NICOLA COUGHLAN Big Mood – Dancing Ledge Productions / Channel 4

RUTH JONES Gavin & Stacey: The Finale – Fulwell Entertainment, Tidy Productions, Baby Cow Productions / BBC One

SOPHIE WILLAN Alma’s Not Normal – Expectation / BBC Two

INTERNATIONAL

AFTER THE PARTY Helen Bowden, Dianne Taylor, Robyn Malcolm, Peter Salmon, Liz DiFiore, Jason Stephens – Lingo Pictures, Luminous Beast / Channel 4

COLIN FROM ACCOUNTS Production Team – CBS Studios, Easy Tiger Productions / BBC Two

SAY NOTHING Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Joshua Zetumer, Patrick Keefe, Monica Levinson, Michael Lennox – FX Productions, Color Force / Disney+

SHŌGUN Justin Marks, Rachel Kondo, Michaela Clavell, Jonathan van Tulleken, Eriko Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Sanada – FX Productions / Disney+

TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY Production Team – Peligrosa, Neon Black, Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls, Passenger, HBO / Sky Atlantic

YOU ARE NOT ALONE: FIGHTING THE WOLFPACK Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, Katie Bryer, Samuel R. Santana – Lucernam Films / Netflix

LEADING ACTOR

DAVID TENNANT Rivals – Happy Prince, ITV Studios / Disney+

GARY OLDMAN Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+

LENNIE JAMES Mr Loverman – Fable Pictures / BBC One

MARTIN FREEMAN The Responder – Dancing Ledge Productions / BBC One

RICHARD GADD Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix

TOBY JONES Mr Bates vs The Post Office – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1

LEADING ACTRESS

ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN Until I Kill You – World Productions / ITV1

BILLIE PIPER Scoop – The Lighthouse Film and Television, Voltage TV / Netflix

LOLA PETTICREW Say Nothing – FX Productions, Color Force / Disney+

MARISA ABELA Industry – Bad Wolf, HBO / BBC One

MONICA DOLAN Mr Bates vs The Post Office – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1

SHARON D CLARKE Mr Loverman – Fable Pictures / BBC One

LIMITED DRAMA

BABY REINDEER Richard Gadd, Weronika Tofilska, Petra Fried, Matt Jarvis, Ed Macdonald, Matthew Mulot – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix

LOST BOYS AND FAIRIES Rebekah Wray-Rogers, Jessica Brown Meek, Libby Durdy, Daf James, James Kent, Adam Knopf – Duck Soup Films / BBC One

MR BATES vs THE POST OFFICE Patrick Spence, James Strong, Gwyneth Hughes, Chris Clough, Natasha Bondy, Joe Williams – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1

ONE DAY Nicole Taylor, Molly Manners, Roanna Benn, Jude Liknaitzky, David Nicholls, Nige Watson – Drama Republic, Universal International Studios, Focus Features / Netflix

LIVE EVENT COVERAGE

D-DAY 80: TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One

GLASTONBURY 2024 Production Team – BBC Studios Music Productions / BBC Two

LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS Production Team – Livewire Pictures / BBC Two

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY

BILAL HASNA Extraordinary – Sid Gentle Films / Disney+

DANNY DYER Mr Bigstuff – Sky Studios, Water & Power Productions / Sky Comedy

DYLAN THOMAS-SMITH G’Wed – Golden Path Productions / ITV2

NABHAAN RIZWAN Kaos – SISTER / Netflix

OLIVER SAVELL Changing Ends – Baby Cow Productions / ITV1

PHIL DUNNING Smoggie Queens – Hat Trick Productions / BBC Three

NEWS COVERAGE

BBC BREAKFAST: POST OFFICE SPECIAL Production Team – BBC News / BBC One

CHANNEL 4 NEWS: INSIDE SEDNAYA – THE FALL OF ASSAD Production Team – Channel 4 News / Channel 4

CHANNEL 4 NEWS: UNDERCOVER INSIDE REFORM’S CAMPAIGN Production Team – Channel 4 News / Channel 4

REALITY

DRAGONS’ DEN Production Team – BBC Studios Factual Entertainment Productions / BBC One

THE JURY: MURDER TRIAL Production Team – ScreenDog Productions / Channel 4

LOVE IS BLIND UK Production Team – CPL Productions / Netflix

THE TRAITORS Production Team – Studio Lambert / BBC One

SCRIPTED COMEDY

ALMA’S NOT NORMAL Sophie Willan, Andrew Chaplin, Gill Isles, Nerys Evans – Expectation / BBC Two

BRASSIC David Livingstone, Danny Brocklehurst, Ben Gregor, Joseph Gilgun, Jim Poyser – Calamity Films / Sky Max

G’WED Danny Kenny, Mario Stylianides, Akaash Meeda, Penny Davies – Golden Path Productions / ITV2

LUDWIG Mark Brotherhood, Robert McKillop, David Mitchell, Kenton Allen, Kathryn O’Connor, Georgie Fallon – Big Talk Studios, That Mitchell & Webb Company / BBC One

SHORT FORM

BROWN BRIT Jay Stephen, Ralph Briscoe – The Romantix / Channel 4

PEAKED John Addis, Ada Player, Bron Waugh – Boffola Pictures / Channel 4

QUIET LIFE Production Team – Open Mike Productions / BBC Three

SPUD Siobhán McSweeney, Pippa Brown, Leah Draws – Lookout Point TV / BBC Three

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY**

HELL JUMPER Paddy Wivell, Adriana Timco, Colin Barr, Rupert Houseman, Jane Nicholson, Clancie John-Pierre – Expectation/ BBC Two

TELL THEM YOU LOVE ME Production Team – Mindhouse Productions / Sky Documentaries

UKRAINE: ENEMY IN THE WOODS Jamie Roberts, Kate Spankie, Jonathan Smith, Claire Walker, Stanislav Strilets – Hoyo Films / BBC Two

UNDERCOVER: EXPOSING THE FAR RIGHT Production Team – Marking Inc, Tigerlily Productions / Channel 4

SOAP

CASUALTY Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One

CORONATION STREET Production Team – ITV Studios / ITV1

EASTENDERS Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC On

SPECIALIST FACTUAL***

ATOMIC PEOPLE Benedict Sanderson, Megumi Inman, Morgan Matthews, Otto Burnham – Minnow Films / BBC Two

BILLY & MOLLY: AN OTTER LOVE STORY Production Team – Silverback Films / National Geographic

CHILDREN OF THE CULT Maroesja Perizonius, Alice McShane, Victoria Hollingsworth, David Modell, Ella Newton, Ben Ferguson – DM Productions / ITV1

MINERS’ STRIKE 1984: THE BATTLE FOR BRITAIN Tom Barrow, Christian Collerton, Zora Kuettner, Neil Crombie, Joe Evans, Miriam Walsh – Swan Films / Channel 4

SPORTS COVERAGE

EURO 2024 Production Team – BBC Sport / BBC One

PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS Production Team – BBC Sport / BBC One

WIMBLEDON 2024 Production Team – BBC Sport, Wimbledon Broadcast Services / BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTOR

ARIYON BAKARE Mr Loverman – Fable Pictures / BBC One

CHRISTOPHER CHUNG Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+

DAMIAN LEWIS Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures / BBC One

JONATHAN PRYCE Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+

MCKINLEY BELCHER III Eric – SISTER, Little Chick / Netflix

SONNY WALKER The Gathering – World Productions / Channel 4

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

JESSICA GUNNING Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix

KATHERINE PARKINSON Rivals – Happy Prince, ITV Studios / Disney+

MAXINE PEAKE Say Nothing – FX Productions, Color Force / Disney+

MONICA DOLAN Sherwood – House Productions / BBC One

NAVA MAU Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix

SUE JOHNSTON Truelove – Clerkenwell Films / Channel 4

P&O CRUISES MEMORABLE MOMENT AWARD (voted for by the public)

BRIDGERTON “THE” carriage scene where Colin admits his true feelings for Penelope – Shondaland / Netflix

GAVIN & STACEY: THE FINALE Smithy’s Wedding: Mick Stands Up – Fulwell Entertainment, Tidy Productions, Baby Cow Productions / BBC One

MR BATES VS THE POST OFFICE Jo Hamilton phones the Horizon helpline – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1

RIVALS Rupert Campbell-Black and Sarah Stratton are caught in a game of naked tennis – Happy Prince, ITV Studios / Disney+

STRICTLY COME DANCING Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell Waltz to ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ –  BBC Studios / BBC One

TRAITORS “Paul isn’t my son… but Ross is!” – Studio Lambert / BBC One

* Entertainment is given in honour of Lew Grade

** Single Documentary is given in honour of Robert Flaherty

*** Specialist Factual is given in honour of Huw Wheldon

N.B. Categories which had less than 15 programmes under consideration at entry stage announce three nominations

27 March 2025