Sky receives record number of nominations for the British Academy Television and Television Craft Awards
Sky receives record number of nominations for the British Academy Television and Television Craft Awards
Today Sky received 31 nominations for the 2024 BAFTA Television and Television Craft Awards, with shows recognised across entertainment, arts, factual, scripted and news programming.
Today’s nominations are in addition to the Memorable Moment category, which was announced last week with nods to Succession and The Last of Us, bringing Sky’s total number of nominations to a record-breaking 33.
Sky original factual and factual entertainment programming received 13 of Sky’s 33 nominations, with multiple nods for shows including Lockerbie, Dublin Narcos, Portrait Artist of the Year and Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story.
Cécile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios and Chief Content Officer, commented: “Over the past 12 months, we’ve brought viewers a raft of unmissable Sky Original entertainment programming, alongside bold and exceptional news reporting through Sky News. Today’s record haul of 33 BAFTA TV nominations is testament to the incredible creative teams in front and behind the camera. Congratulations to everyone who worked with us on these nominated programmes.”
The winners of the BAFTA Television Awards, hosted by Sky’s very own comedy duo, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, will be announced on Sunday 12 May. The winners of the BAFTA Television Craft Awards will be announced on Sunday 28 April.
Sky’s nominations are:
- Comedy Entertainment – Rob & Rom VS (Danielle Lux, Murray Boland, Jack Shillaker, Bill Righton, David Taylor, Graham Proud - CPL Productions / Sky Max)
- Entertainment Performance – Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan for Rob & Romesh Vs (CPL Productions / Sky Max)
- Factual Entertainment – Portrait Artist of the Year (Storyvault Films / Sky Arts)
- Factual Series – Lockerbie (Nancy Strang, John Dower, Claire McFall, Barnaby Fry, Dejan Cancar, Charlie Hawryliw - Mindhouse Productions / Sky Documentaries)
- Factual Series – Dublin Narcos (Benedict Sanderson, Claire McFall, Sacha Baveystock, Edmund Coulthard, Megan Taylor, Laura Dunne – Blast! Films / Sky Documentaries)
- Female Performance in a Comedy - Roisin Gallagher as Janet for The Lovers (Drama Republic / Sky Atlantic)
- International – Succession (Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic)
- International - The Last of Us (Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic)
- Leading Actor – Brian Cox as Logan Roy for Succession (Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic)
- Leading Actor – Paapa Essiedu for The Lazarus Project (Urban Myth Films / Sky Max)
- Leading Actress - Bella Ramsey as Ellie Williams for The Last of Us (Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic)
- Male Performance in a Comedy - Joseph Gilgun as Vinnie O'Neill for Brassic (Calamity Films / Sky Max)
- News Coverage – Sky News: Inside Myanmar – The Hidden War (Sky News/ Sky News)
- News Coverage – Sky News: Israel-Hamas War (Sky News/Sky News)
- Single Documentary - David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (Dan Hartley, Kevin Konak, Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Vanessa Davies, Amy Stares - Lightbox / Sky Documentaries)
- Single Documentary – Hatton (Daniel Dewsbury, Paul Yoshida, Sam Bergson, Ian Davies, John McKenna - Noah Media Group, Sky Studios / Sky Documentaries)
- Specialist Factual - Forced Out (Dragonfly / Sky Documentaries)
- Supporting Actor - Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans for Succession (Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic)
- Supporting Actress - Harriet Walter as Lady Caroline Collingwood for Succession (Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic)
- Supporting Actress - Nico Parker as Sarah Miller for The Last of Us (Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic)
CRAFT
- Director: Factual - Peter Beard, Bruce Fletcher for Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story (Story Films, Archface Films / Sky Documentaries)
- Director: Factual - John Dower for Lockerbie (Mindhouse Films / Sky Documentaries)
- Director: Fiction - Peter Hoar for The Last of Us (Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic)
- Editing: Factual - Charlie Hawryliw for Lockerbie (Mindhouse Films / Sky Documentaries)
- Emerging Talent: Factual - Fola Evans-Akingbola, Jordan Pitt (Director) for Untold Stories: Hair On Set (Good Girl Productions, One Umbrella Productions, Doc Hearts / Sky Documentaries)
- Original Music: Factual – Ed Harcourt for Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story (Story Films, Archface Films / Sky Documentaries)
- Photography & Lighting: Fiction - Eben Bolter for The Last of Us (Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic)
- Photography: Factual - Narayan Van Maele, Patrick Smith for Dublin Narcos (Blast! Films / Sky Documentaries)
- Photography: Factual - Jean-Louis Schuller for The Man Who Played With Fire (Raw TV / Sky Documentaries)
- Scripted Casting - Amy Hubbard, Shannon Dowling-McNulty for Smothered (Roughcut Television / Sky Max)
- Writer: Drama - Jesse Armstrong for Succession (Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic)
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