26 nominations for Channel 4 in BAFTA Television Awards shortlist

30 March 2016

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This year’s BAFTA Television Awards shortlist was released today and we are all quite frankly cock-a-hoop (always wanted to say that) here with 26 nominations, just one short of our record amount from 2014. Channel 4 received an impressive 22 nominations whilst E4 and More4 picked up 2 nominations each. The nominations are across a range of genres with This Is England ’90 leading the way with three nods (Mini-series, Leading Actor and Supporting Actress), two nominations for Chewing Gum (Female Performance in a Comedy Programme and Scripted Comedy) and a nomination for our coverage of The Grand National.  

Full details of nominations below:

 

Leading Actor:
Stephen Graham - This Is England '90 (Channel 4)

Supporting Actor:
Cyril Niri - Cucumber (Channel 4)

Supporting Actress:
Chanel Cresswell - This Is England '90 (Channel 4)

Female Performance in a Comedy Programme:
Michaela Coel - Chewing Gum (E4)
Sharon Horgan - Catastrophe (Channel 4)

Single Drama:
Cyberbully (Channel 4)

Mini-Series:
This Is England '90 (Channel 4)

Drama Series:
Humans (Channel 4)
No Offence (Channel 4)

International:
The Good Wife (More4)

Factual Series:
The Murder Detectives (Channel 4)
The Tribe (Channel 4)

Specalist Factual:
Grayson Perry's Dream House (Channel 4)

Single Documentary:
My Son The Jihadi (Channel 4)

Features:
Kevin McCloud: Escape To The Wild (Channel 4)
Travel Man (Channel 4)

Reality & Constructed Factual:
First Dates (Channel 4)
Gogglebox (Channel 4)
The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds (Channel 4)

Current Affairs:
Escape from ISIS - Dispatches (Channel 4)

News Coverage:
Channel 4 News: Paris Massacre (Channel 4)

Sport:
The Grand National (Channel 4)

Live Event:
The Vote (More4)

Entertainment Programme:
TFI Friday Anniversary Special (Channel 4)

Scripted Comedy:
Chewing Gum (E4)
Peep Show (Channel 4)