A number of high-profile television dramas that came to a bittersweet conclusion last year are among the major contenders at this year’s BAFTA Television Awards.

Despite long-running controversy over its depiction of the Royal Family, the final series of Netflix’s royal drama The Crown leads the way with eight nominations with four of those going to some of its cast members.

Though Imelda Staunton was surprisingly overlooked for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II, co-stars Elizabeth Debicki and Lesley Manville both contest Best Supporting Actress for their respective turns as Princess Diana and Queen Margaret. Additionally, Dominic West is shortlisted in a tough Best Leading Actor category for his portrayal of Prince Charles while Salim Daw receives another Supporting Actor nod for his role as Mohamed Al-Fayed.

Another notable omission for The Crown came in the Best Drama Series line-up which includes the concluding series of the BBC crime thriller Happy Valley. Once again, Sarah Lancashire is nominated in Best Leading Actress for her farewell turn as Sergeant Catherine Cawood while co-stars Siobhan Finneran and Amit Shah are acknowledged for their supporting roles.

Happy Valley’s competition in the Best Drama Series category features fellow crime dramas The Gold and Top Boy and the Apple TV+ spy thriller Slow Horses.

Another concluding programme to score big at BAFTA was the HBO drama Succession with five nominations including Best International Series and a hat-trick of acting mentions.

For his farewell performance as business mogul Logan Roy, Brian Cox is up for Best Leading Actor while Matthew Macfadyen will look to score another BAFTA win in Best Supporting Actor for his final turn as Tom Wambsgans. The third acting nominee is Dame Harriet Walter who receives her FIRST nod for her small yet memorable performance as Lady Caroline Collingwood.

On the mini-series front, the Black Mirror outing Demon 79 and the factual crime drama The Sixth Commandment flourished with a combined thirteen nominations including the newly-formed Best Limited Series category. The latter also clinched three acting mentions for veteran stars Timothy Spall and Anne Reid as well as a Supporting Actor nod for Éanna Harwicke as real-life murderer Ben Field.

The Yorkshire Ripper-based drama The Long Shadow and the medical drama Best Interests round off the Best Limited Drama group while Steve Coogan receives a Best Leading Actor nomination for his controversial portrayal of disgraced entertainer Jimmy Savile in the factual drama The Reckoning.

In the comedy categories, the second series of the autobiographical Channel 4 comedy Big Boys heads the Best Scripted Comedy line-up alongside Disney’s superhero series Extraordinary and BBC sitcoms Dreaming Whilst Black and Such Brave Girls.

There are a number of high-profile stars in contention for acting BAFTAs including returning nominees Helena Bonham Carter (Nolly), Jamie Demetriou (A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou), Paapa Essiedu (The Lazarus Project), Joseph Gilgun (Brassic), Sharon Horgan (Best Interests), Gbemisola Ikumelo (Black Ops), Jasmine Jobson (Top Boy), Jack Lowden (Slow Horses), and Anjana Vasan (Black Mirror: Demon 79).

After years of being overlooked, David Tennant FINALLY receives his first BAFTA nomination in Best Male in a Comedy Programme for his humorous turn as Crowley in the fantasy comedy Good Omens. Among the other first-time acting nominees include Bella Ramsey and Nico Parker (The Last of Us), Bridget Christie (The Change), Hammed Animashaun (Black Ops), Kane Robinson (Top Boy), Mawaan Rizwan (Juice), Roisin Gallagher (The Lovers), and Sofia Oxenham and Máiréad Tyers (Extraordinary).

Elsewhere, Hannah Waddingham bagged two nominations for Best Entertainment Performance and Best Entertainment Programme for her respective work as host of BBC’s coverage of Eurovision Song Contest 2023, and her Apple TV+ Christmas special Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas.

The Bear and The Last of Us are among the top US series in contention for Best International Programme while Lockerbie and Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland go head-to-head in Best Factual Series.

For the second year in a row, comedy duo Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan will host the awards which will take place at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 12 May. Coincidentally, the pair are also shortlisted twice for Best Entertainment Performance and Best Comedy Entertainment Programme!

In the meantime, the full list of nominations can be found below (winner predictions in blue):

BEST DRAMA SERIES
THE GOLD
HAPPY VALLEY
SLOW HORSES
TOP BOY

BEST LIMITED DRAMA
BEST INTERESTS
BLACK MIRROR: DEMON 79
THE LONG SHADOW
THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Helena Bonham Carter, NOLLY
Sharon Horgan, BEST INTERESTS
Sarah Lancashire, HAPPY VALLEY
Bella Ramsey, THE LAST OF US
Anne Reid, THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
Anjana Vasan, BLACK MIRROR: DEMON 79

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Steve Coogan, THE RECKONING
Brian Cox, SUCCESSION
Paapa Essiedu, THE LAZARUS PROJECT
Kane Robinson, TOP BOY
Timothy Spall, THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
Dominic West, THE CROWN

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elizabeth Debicki, THE CROWN
Siobhan Finneran, HAPPY VALLEY
Jasmine Jobson, TOP BOY
Lesley Manville, THE CROWN
Nico Parker, THE LAST OF US
Harriet Walter, SUCCESSION

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Salim Daw, THE CROWN
Harris Dickinson, A MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Éanna Hardwicke, THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
Jack Lowden, SLOW HORSES
Matthew Macfadyen, SUCCESSION
Amit Shah, HAPPY VALLEY

BEST SCRIPTED COMEDY
BIG BOYS
DREAMING WHILST BLACK
EXTRAORDINARY
SUCH BRAVE GIRLS

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Taj Atwal, HULLRAISERS
Bridget Christie, THE CHANGE
Roisin Gallagher, THE LOVERS
Gbemisola Ikumelo, BLACK OPS
Sofia Oxenham, EXTRAORDINARY
Máiréad Tyers, EXTRAORDINARY

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Hammed Animashaun, BLACK OPS
Jamie Demetriou, A WHOLE LIFETIME WITH JAMIE DEMETRIOU
Joseph Gilgun, BRASSIC
Mawaan Rizwan, JUICE
Adjani Salmon, DREAMING WHILST BLACK
David Tennant, GOOD OMENS

BEST SOAP
CASUALTY
EASTENDERS
EMMERDALE

BEST INTERNATIONAL
THE BEAR
BEEF
CLASS ACT
THE LAST OF US
LOVE & DEATH
SUCCESSION

BEST DAYTIME PROGRAMME
LOOSE WOMEN AND MEN
LORRAINE
MAKE IT MARKET
SCAM INTERCEPTORS

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
HANNAH WADDINGHAM: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
LATER…WITH JOOLS HOLLAND
MICHAEL MCINTYRE’S BIG SHOW
STRICTLY COME DANCING

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan, ROB & ROMESH VS
Joe Lycett, LATE NIGHT LYCETT
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly, I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE!
Graham Norton, THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW
Hannah Waddingham, EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2023
Big Zuu, BIG ZUU’S BIG EATS

BEST COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW
LATE NIGHT LYCETT
ROB & ROMESH VS
WOULD I LIE TO YOU?

BEST FACTUAL SERIES
DUBLIN NARCOS
EVACUATION
LOCKERBIE
ONCE UPON A TIME IN NORTHERN IRELAND

BEST SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
DAVID HOLMES: THE BOY WHO LIVED
ELLIE SIMMONDS: FINDING MY SECRET FAMILY
HATTON
VJERAN TOMIC: THE SPIDER-MAN OF PARIS

BEST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
CELEBRITY RACE ACROSS THE WORLD
THE DOG HOUSE
ENDURANCE: RACE TO THE POLE
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR

BEST REALITY
BANGED UP
MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT
MY MUM, YOUR DAD
SQUID GAME: THE CHALLENGE

BEST SPECIALIST FACTUAL
CHIMP EMPIRE
THE ENFIELD POLTERGEIST
FORCED OUT
WHITE NANNY, BLACK CHILD

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS
INSIDE RUSSIA: TRAITORS AND HEROES (STORYVILLE)
PUTIN VS THE WEST
RUSSELL BRAND: IN PLAIN SIGHT (DISPATCHES)
THE SHAMIMA BEGUM STORY (THIS WORLD)

BEST NEWS COVERAGE
CHANNEL 4 NEWS: INSIDE GAZA: ISRAEL AND HAMAS AT WAR
SKY NEWS: INSIDE MYANMAR – THE HIDDEN WAR
SKY NEWS: ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

BEST SPORTS COVERAGE
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL DAY ONE
MOTD LIVE: FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2023
WIMBLEDON 2023 MEN’S FINAL

BEST LIVE EVENT COVERAGE
THE CORONATION CONCERT
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2023
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE

BEST SHORT FORM PROGRAMME
MOBILITY
THE SKEWER: THREE TWISTED YEARS
STEALING UKRAINE’S CHILDREN: INSIDE RUSSIA’S CAMPS
WHERE IT ENDS

P&O CRUISES MEMORABLE MOMENT
BECKHAM (David teases Victoria about her ‘working class’ upbringing)
DOCTOR WHO (Ncuti Gatwa being revealed as the 15th Doctor)
HAPPY VALLEY (Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce’s final kitchen showdown)
THE LAST OF US (Bill and Frank’s story)
THE PIANO (13-year old Lucy stuns commuters with jaw dropping piano performance)
SUCCESSION (Logan Roy’s death)

Additionally, the full list of BAFTA craft nominations can be found here: https://awards.bafta.org/award/2024/tvcraft?