The finest actors of the small screen look set to be showered with BAFTAs after taking part in a virtual nominees photoshoot with acclaimed photographer, Rankin.
The 2020 awards will be held ‘virtually’ due to the ongoing coronavius pandemic – but are ploughing ahead to prove the old adage that the show must, indeed, go on.
Actors from gritty dramas like Line of Duty to soap stars will battle out to win awards at the 66th British Academy Television Awards – due to be held on Friday 31 July 2020.
Many of the nominees have taken part in a playful photoshoot organised by BAFTA and with the photographer Rankin to commemorate the nominations announcement on Thursday.
Suranne Jones – who is up for the best actress gong for her role as Anne Lister in the HBO/BBC One drama, Gentleman Jack – looked relaxed as she posed in a sharp white suit while posing in her garden shed.
Gentleman Jack star Suranne Jones was among the actors that posed for acclaimed photographer Rankin (Image: PA)
Best supporting actress hopeful Helen Behan – nominated for her role in Channel 4’s The Virtues as Anna – welcomed the photographer in to her home where she laughed on the stairs while wearing a green gown.
Joe Absolom looked sharp in a suit as he posed on a sofa after being nominated int he best supporting actor category for his role in the ITV drama A Confession where he played Christopher Halliwell.
While Stephen Graham looked to be jumping for joy – to an impressive height – for his best actor award nomination of his role as Joseph in The Virtues.
Samanta Morton appeared to celebrate her best actress nomination for her role as Kirsty in the Channel 4 show I Am Kirsty as Kirsty by stripping topless and posing pensively in a well wallpapered room.
While Jasmine Jobson – star of the Netflix series Top Boy where she plays Jaq – puckered up for a kiss as she is nominated for best supporting actress.
Actor Callum Turner already has a winning smile and will be hoping to scoop the best actor gong for his role as Shaun Amery in the BBC One drama The Capture.
Will Sharpe struck a pose in a suit and is up for the best supporting actor award for his role in the BBC’s Giri/Haji as Rodney.
Former Oscar winner Glenda Jackson looked relaxed in a garden as she was nominated for best actress for her role as Maud in the BBC’s Elizabeth is Missing.
Best male comedy performance nominee Jamie Demetriou poured himself a glass of tea to celebrate his nomination for playing Stath in the Channel 4 show Stath Lets Flats.
He is up against Youssef Kerkour for his role as Sami in Channel 4’s Home and Ncuti Gatwa for his role as Eric Offing in the Netflix show Sex Education.
Glenda Jackson is up for the best actress award (Image: PA)
Best female comedy performance Gbemisola Ikumelo posed in a window after being nominated for her performance in the BBC Three comedy show Famalam as Various characters.
Line of Duty star Rochenda Sandall poses in a yellow suit, while best supporting actress Naomi Ackie – who is nominated for her role in The End of the F***ing World as Bonnie – pops in a pink suit.
While Guz Khan looked at risk of being soaked by his kids despite being nominated for best male comedy performance in the BBC’s Man Like Mobeen as Mobeen.
Naomie Ackie is up for best supporting actress (Image: PA)
Best male comedy performance nominee Guz Khan prepared to get soaked (Image: PA)
Coronation Street star Katie McGlynn mowed her lawn in celebration of her nomination (Image: PA)
While Katie McGlynn celebrated the fact she’s nominated in Virgin TV’s must-see moment category in Coronation Street by mowing the lawn.
HBO/Sky Atlantic’s Chernobyl stands to take home the most awards after being nominated in 14 categories.
While the hit Netflix series The Crown is nominated in seven.
British Academy Television Awards 2020 Nominees
The nominations for the 2020 BAFTAs are;
BEST DRAMA SERIES
The Crown (Netflix)
The End of the F***ing World (Netflix/Channel 4)
Gentleman Jack (HBO/BBC One)
Giri/Haji (BBC Two)
BEST MINI-SERIES
A Confession (ITV)
Chernobyl (Sky Atlantic)
The Victim (BBC One)
The Virtues (Channel 4)
BEST SINGLE DRAMA
Brexit: The Uncivil War (Channel 4)
Elizabeth is Missing (BBC One)
Responsible Child (BBC Two)
The Left Behind (BBC Three)
BEST SOAP AND CONTINUING DRAMA
Casualty (BBC One)
Emmerdale (ITV)
Coronation Street (ITV)
Holby City (BBC One)
BEST ACTOR
Jared Harris – Chernobyl as Valery Legasov (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
Takehiro Hira – Giri/Haji as Kenzo Mori (BBC Two)
Stephen Graham – The Virtues as Joseph (Channel 4)
Callum Turner – The Capture as Shaun Amery (BBC One)
BEST ACTRESS
Jodie Comer – Killing Eve as Villanelle (BBC One)
Glenda Jackson – Elizabeth is Missing as Maud (BBC One)
Suranne Jones – Gentleman Jack as Anne Lister (HBO/BBC One)
Samantha Morton – I Am Kirsty as Kirsty (Channel 4)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Joe Absolom – A Confession as Christopher Halliwell (ITV)
Josh O’Connor – The Crown as Prince Charles (Netflix)
Will Sharpe – Giri/Haji as Rodney (BBC Two)
Stellan Skarsgård – Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Naomi Ackie – The End of the F***ing World as Bonnie (Channel 4)
Helen Behan – The Virtues as Anna (Channel 4)
Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown as Princess Margaret (Netflix)
Jasmine Jobson – Top Boy as Jaq (Neflix)
BEST MALE COMEDY PERFORMANCE
Jamie Demetriou – Stath Lets Flats as Stath (Channel 4)
Ncuti Gatwa – Sex Education as Eric Effiong (Netflix)
Youssef Kerkour – Home as Sami (Channel 4)
Guz Khan – Man Like Mobeen as Mobeen (BBC Three)
BEST FEMALE COMEDY PERFORMANCE
Sian Clifford – Fleabag as Claire (BBC Three)
Gbemisola Ikumelo – Famalam as Various characters (BBC Three)
Sarah Kendall – Frayed as Sammy Cooper (BBC Three)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag as Fleabag (BBC Three)
BEST SCRIPTED COMEDY
Catastrophe (Channel 4)
Derry Girls (Channel 4)
Fleabag (BBC Three)
Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4)
BEST COMEDY AND COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
The Last Leg (Channel 4)
The Ranganation (BBC Two)
Taskmaster (Dave)
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Frankie Boyle – Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC One)
Mo Gilligan – The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4)
Lee Mack – Would I Lie to You? (BBC One)
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
LEW GRADE AWARD FOR ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
The Greatest Dancer (BBC One)
The Rap Game UK (BBC Three)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
The Voice UK (ITV)
BEST FACTUAL SERIES OR STRAND
Crime and Punishment (Channel 4)
Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (Netflix)
Leaving Neverland (Channel 4)
Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure (BBC One)
HUW WHELDON AWARD FOR SPECIALIST FACTUAL
8 Days: To the Moon and Back (BBC Two)
Seven Worlds, One Planet (BBC One)
Thatcher (BBC Two)
Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story (BBC Four)
ROBERT FLAHERTY AWARD FOR SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
The Abused (Channel 5)
David Harewood: Psychosis and Me (BBC Two)
The Family Secret (Channel 4)
The Last Survivors (BBC Two)
BEST FEATURE
Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back (Channel 4)
The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan (BBC Two)
Mortimer & Whitehorse (BBC Two)
Snackmasters (Channel 4)
BEST REALITY AND CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
Celebrity Gogglebox (Channel 4)
Harry’s Heroes: The Full English (ITV)
Race Across the World (BBC Two)
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (BBC Three)
BEST LIVE EVENT
Blue Planet Live (BBC One)
Election 2019 Live: The Results (ITV)
Glastonbury Festival 2019 (BBC Two)
Operation Live (Channel 5)
BEST NEWS COVERAGE
Hong Kong (Sky News)
ITV News at Ten: Election Results (ITV)
Prince Andrew & The Epstein Scandal (BBC Two)
Victoria Derbyshire: Men Who Lost Loved Ones to Knife Crime (BBC Two)
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS
Growing Up Poor: Britain’s Breadline Kids (Dispatches) (Channel 4)
The Hunt for Jihadi John (HBO/Channel 4)
Is Labour Anti-Semitic? (Panorama) (BBC/BBC One)
Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag (Exposure) (ITV)
BEST SPORT
2019 Rugby World Cup Final: England v South Africa (ITV)
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 Semi Final: England v USA (BBC One)
ICC Cricket World Cup Final (Sky Sports Cricket)
Wimbledon 2019 Men’s Final (BBC One)
BEST SHORT FORM PROGRAMME
Anywhere but Westminster (The Guardian)
Brain in Gear (BBC iPlayer)
Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle (BBC Four)
Toni with an I (BBC Four)
BEST INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
Euphoria (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
Succession (Sky Atlantic)
Unbelievable (Netflix)
When They See Us (Netflix)
VIRGIN TV’S MUST-SEE MOMENT
Coronation Street – “Death of Sinead Osbourne” (ITV)
Fleabag – “The Confessional Scene” (BBC Three)
Game of Thrones – “Arya kills the Night King” (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
Gavin & Stacey – “Nessa proposes to Smithy” (BBC One)
Line of Duty – “John Corbet’s death” (BBC One)
Love Island – “Michael recouples after Casa Amor” (ITV2)
The 66th British Academy Television Awards will be held on Friday 31 July 2020
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