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Matt Smith and Claire Foy in ‘The Crown’

Netflix dramas The Crown and Black Mirror lead the nominations for the 2018 Baftas TV Awards. 

The shows, along with the BBC’s Line Of Duty and Three Girls, have three nods each.

The Crown and Line Of Duty will compete in the best drama category with Peaky Blinders and The End Of The F***ing World.

Claire Foy is once again nominated for best actress, with her co-star Vanessa Kirby up for best supporting actress. Both have been recast (with Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter) for series 3.

Joe Cole earned a best actor nod for his performance in the Black Mirror episode ’Hang The DJ’, which is also nominated for best single drama. Jimmi Simpson is up for best supporting actor for the USS Callister episode. Netflix has six nominations in all.

HBO’s Big Little Lies, Fox’s Feud: Bette And Joan, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale and BBC documentary The Vietnam War compete in the international category.

The nominations were announced this morning (4 April) in London.

Selected nominations

DRAMA SERIES

  • LINE OF DUTY Production Team – World Productions / BBC One
  • PEAKY BLINDERS Production Team – Caryn Mandabach Productions / Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC Two
  • THE CROWN Production Team – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
  • THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD Production Team – Clerkenwell Films / All 4

LEADING ACTOR

  • JACK ROWAN Born to Kill – World Productions / Channel 4
  • JOE COLE Hang the DJ (Black Mirror) – House of Tomorrow / Netflix
  • SEAN BEAN Broken – LA Productions / BBC One
  • TIM PIGOTT-SMITH King Charles III – Drama Republic / BBC Two

LEADING ACTRESS

  • CLAIRE FOY The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
  • MOLLY WINDSOR Three Girls – BBC Studios / Studio Lambert / BBC One
  • SINEAD KEENAN Little Boy Blue – ITV Studios / ITV
  • THANDIE NEWTON Line of Duty – World Productions / BBC One

INTERNATIONAL

  • BIG LITTLE LIES Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Bruna Papandrea, Per Saari – HBO / David E. Kelley Productions / Pacific Standard / Blossom Films / Sky Atlantic
  • FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN Ryan Murphy, Dede Gardner, Tim Minear, Alexis Martin Woodall – Fox 21 Television Studios / BBC Two
  • THE HANDMAID’S TALE Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Kari Skogland – MGM / Channel 4
  • THE VIETNAM WAR Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Geoffrey C. Ward , Sarah Botstein – BBC / Florentine Films / BBC Four

MINI-SERIES

  • HOWARDS END Kenneth Lonergan, Hettie Macdonald, Laura Hastings-Smith, Sophie Gardiner – Playground Entertainment / BBC One
  • THE MOORSIDE Neil McKay, Paul Whittington, Ken Horn, Jeff Pope – ITV Studios / BBC One
  • THE STATE Peter Kosminsky, Steve Clark-Hall, Liza Marshall, Kris Thykier – Archery Pictures / Stonehenge Films / Channel 4
  • THREE GIRLS Nicole Taylor, Philippa Lowthorpe, Susan Hogg, Simon Lewis – BBC Studios / Studio Lambert / BBC One

SINGLE DRAMA

  • AGAINST THE LAW Aysha Rafaele, Scott Bassett, Fergus O’Brien, Brian Fillis – BBC Studios / BBC Two
  • HANG THE DJ (BLACK MIRROR) Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Tim Van Patten, Nick Pitt – House of Tomorrow / Netflix
  • KING CHARLES III Mike Bartlett, Greg Brenman, Rupert Goold, Simon Maloney – Drama Republic / BBC Two
  • MURDERED FOR BEING DIFFERENT Aysha Rafaele, Scott Bassett, Paul Andrew Williams, Nick Leather – BBC Studios / BBC Three

SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • ADRIAN DUNBAR Line of Duty – World Productions / BBC One
  • ANUPAM KHER The Boy with the Topknot – Kudos / Parti Productions / BBC Two
  • BRÍAN F. O’BYRNE Little Boy Blue – ITV Studios / ITV
  • JIMMI SIMPSON USS Callister (Black Mirror) – House of Tomorrow / Netflix

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • ANNA FRIEL Broken – LA Productions / BBC One
  • JULIE HESMONDHALGH Broadchurch – Kudos / Imaginary Friends / Sister Pictures / ITV
  • LIV HILL Three Girls – BBC Studios / Studio Lambert / BBC One
  • VANESSA KIRBY The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix

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