2016 BAFTA TV Awards nominations announced

Wolf Hall leads the nominations for this year’s BAFTA TV Awards after dominating the Craft Awards nominations which were announced yesterday. Also in the top best drama series category are Humans, The Last Panthers, and No Offence.

In the best actor category, Luther’s Idris Elba will face off against Wolf Hall‘s Mark Rylance, alongside Ben Whishaw for London Spy and Stephen Graham for This Is England ’90.

In the actress category, Claire Foy is nominated for her work in Wolf Hall, alongside  Sheridan Smith (The C-Word), Suranne Jones (Doctor Foster) and Ruth Madeley (Don’t Take My Baby).

The awards will be dished out on the 8th May at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

Here are the main nominations in full.

DRAMA SERIES
HUMANS Production Team – Kudos Film and Television/Channel 4
THE LAST PANTHERS Jack Thorne, Johan Renck, Peter Carlton, Caroline Benjo – Haut et Court TV and Warp Films/Sky Atlantic
NO OFFENCE Paul Abbott, Martin Carr, Anna Ferguson, Catherine Morshead – AbbottVision/Channel 4
WOLF HALL Peter Kosminsky, Peter Straughan, Mark Pybus, Colin Callender – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures/BBC Two

LEADING ACTOR
BEN WHISHAW, London Spy – BBC Two
MARK RYLANCE, Wolf Hall – BBC Two
IDRIS ELBA, Luther – BBC One
STEPHEN GRAHAM, This Is England ’90 – Channel 4

LEADING ACTRESS
CLAIRE FOY Wolf Hall – BBC Two
RUTH MADELEY Don’t Take My Baby – BBC Three
SHERIDAN SMITH The C-Word – BBC One
SURANNE JONES Doctor Foster – BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTOR
ANTON LESSER Wolf Hall – BBC Two
CYRIL NRI Cucumber – Channel 4
IAN MCKELLAN The Dresser – BBC Two
TOM COURTENAY Unforgotten – ITV

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
CHANEL CRESSWELL This Is England ’90 – Channel 4
ELEANOR WORTHINGTON-COX The Enfield Haunting – Sky
LESLEY MANVILLE River – BBC One
MICHELLE GOMEZ Doctor Who – BBC One

INTERNATIONAL SERIES
THE GOOD WIFE Production Team – Scott Free Productions, King Size Productions, CBST/More 4
NARCOS Jose Padilha, Eric Newman, Chris Brancato – Gaumont International Television/Netflix
SPIRAL Vassili Clert, Anne Landois – Canal + Creation Originale/Son et Lumiere/In association with BBC Four/BBC Four
TRANSPARENT Production Team – Amazon Studios/Amazon Prime Instant Video

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
ADELE AT THE BBC Adele Adkins, Guy Freeman, Anouk Fontaine, Simon Staffurth – BBC Events Production/BBC One
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT Richard Holloway, Amelia Brown, Lee McNicholas, Matt Banks – Thames/Syco Production for ITV/ITV
STRICTLY COME DANCING Louise Rainbow, Vinnie Shergill, Sarah James, Nikki Parsons – BBC Entertainment/BBC One
TFI FRIDAY ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL Will Macdonald, Clare Barton, Suzi Aplin – Olga TV, Monkey Kingdom, Zimple/Channel 4