Bafta TV Awards 2025: Baby Reindeer and Mr Bates vs the Post Office to head face to face

Baby Reindeer and Mr Bates vs the Post Office will cross face to face on the Bafta TV Awards, which occur later at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

The match is among the maximum prestigious within the TV calendar, and can see presentations broadcast in 2024 compete for awards voted for by way of the British Academy.

First screened by way of ITV n January 2024, Mr Bates vs the Post Office used to be one of the vital impactful presentations of the 12 months and resulted in standard public outcry concerning the wrongful convictions of masses of sub-postmasters.

Baby Reindeer, in the meantime, used to be a breakout viral hit for Netflix about an aspiring comic and his stalker, however it additionally induced a defamation declare from the lady stated to have impressed it.

The TV Baftas mark the general forestall at the awards circuit for each presentations, after wins at different occasions such because the Emmys, Golden Globes, SAG and National Television Awards.

• 4 nominations – Baby Reindeer, Mr Bates vs The Post Office
• 3 – Rivals, Slow Horses, Mr Loverman, Say Nothing, The Traitors
• 2 – Sherwood, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, Gavin & Stacey: The Finale

Scroll down for the nominations record in complete

The above tallies come with nominations for the memorable second prize, the one award voted by way of the general public.

The numbers don’t come with the presentations’ previous nominations and wins on the Bafta Craft Awards, which happened ultimate month and noticed Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd take house highest comedy writing, with Slow Horses and Inside No. 9 a few of the different winners.

The Post Office scandal is broadly regarded as the most important miscarriage of justice in trendy British historical past, and noticed masses of sub-postmasters wrongly prosecuted and convicted of crimes they did not dedicate, in accordance with erroneous information from the Horizon instrument gadget.

The tale used to be reported within the media over a number of years, however ITV dramatisation Mr Bates vs the Post Office introduced it a brand new league of public consideration and induced the federal government to announce new law to exonerate and compensate sufferers.

Meanwhile, Baby Reindeer advised the tale of a suffering slapstick comedian, the lady who stalks him, and the robust guy within the TV trade who mentors after which sexually attacks him. Richard Gadd’s partially autobiographical drama turned into one of the vital dissected sequence of the 12 months.

Other nominees come with Rivals, a Disney+ adaptation of a Jilly Cooper novel about two robust males scuffling with for keep an eye on of an area TV community, and Slow Horses, a couple of dysfunctional unit inside of MI5 made up of disgraced brokers.

Say Nothing, which adopted the lives of the ones rising up all through the concerns in Belfast, may be nominated, along Mr Loverman, a display screen adaptation of Bernadine Evaristo’s novel about an aged guy whose marriage falls aside after his long-term affair together with his male buddy is printed.

Sherwood all for a Nottinghamshire group nonetheless reeling from the 1980s miners’ strike, whilst Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light endured Hilary Mantel’s trilogy about Thomas Cromwell’s endured upward thrust to energy and eventual fall from grace.

Other nominees come with fact sequence The Traitors, a recreation of deception performed in a Scottish fortress, and Gavin & Stacey: The Finale, which noticed the long-running sequence about two households from from Billericay in Essex and Barry in Wales succeed in an emotional conclusion.

Actor and TV presenter Alan Cumming will take over webhosting tasks this 12 months, and we are hoping he brings simply as a lot drama as he did to the most recent cracking sequence of The Traitors US.

The Scottish big name’s movie credit come with Eyes Wide Shut, GoldenEye and Emma, in addition to two absolute masterpieces of 1990s cinema – Spice World: The Movie and Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion.

Bafta’s government director of awards and content material, Emma Baehr, stated Cumming would “definitely bring a playful sense of mischief and fun to the ceremony”.

Elsewhere within the rite, Jessie J will ship her first TV efficiency in six years, making a song the as it should be titled The Award Goes To, whilst Tom Grennan will carry out his new unmarried Full Attention.

Awards might be introduced by way of stars together with Dame Mary Berry, Billy Porter, Suranne Jones, Ashley Walters, Katie Piper, Sir David Suchet, Big Zuu, Ellie Simmonds, Owen Cooper, Rose Ayling Ellis, Stacey Dooley and Baroness Benjamin.

The rite might be broadcast on BBC One at 19:00 BST.

But it in reality takes position a few hours previous, in order that some sections of the rite may also be edited down earlier than the display airs.

BBC News might be working spoiler-free protection, with winners printed on our reside web page consistent with when they’re introduced on BBC One.

Drama sequence

• Blue Lights – BBC One
• Sherwood – BBC One
• Supacell – Netflix
• Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light – BBC One

Limited drama

• Baby Reindeer – Netflix
• Lost Boys And Fairies – BBC One
• Mr Bates Vs The Post Office – ITV1
• One Day – Netflix

Scripted comedy

• Alma’s Not Normal (BBC Two)
• Brassic (Sky Max)
• G’Wed (ITV1)
• Ludwig (BBC One)

Leading actress

• Anna Maxwell Martin – Until I Kill You (ITV1)
• Billie Piper – Scoop (Netflix)
• Lola Petticrew – Say Nothing (Disney+)
• Marisa Abela – Industry (BBC One)
• Monica Dolan – Mr Bates vs The Post Office (ITV1)
• Sharon D Clarke – Mr Loverman (BBC One)

Leading actor

• David Tennant – Rivals (Disney+)
• Gary Oldman – Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
• Lennie James – Mr Loverman (BBC One)
• Martin Freeman – The Responder (BBC One)
• Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
• Toby Jones – Mr Bates vs The Post Office (ITV1)

Supporting actress

• Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
• Katherine Parkinson – Rivals (Disney+)
• Maxine Peake – Say Nothing – (Disney+)
• Monica Dolan – Sherwood (BBC One)
• Nava Mau – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
• Sue Johnston – Truelove (Channel 4)

Supporting actor

• Ariyon Bakare, Mr Loverman (BBC One)
• Christopher Chung, Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
• Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC One
• Jonathan Pryce, Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
• McKinley Belcher III, Eric (Netflix)
• Sonny Walker, The Gathering (Channel 4)

Female efficiency in a comedy

• Anjana Vasan – We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)
• Kate O’Flynn – Everyone Else Burns (Channel 4)
• Lolly Adefope – The Franchise (Sky Comedy)
• Nicola Coughlan – Big Mood (Channel 4)
• Ruth Jones – Gavin & Stacey: The Finale (BBC One)
• Sophie Willan – Alma’s Not Normal (BBC Two)

Male efficiency in a comedy

• Bilal Hasna – Extraordinary (Disney+)
• Danny Dyer – Mr Bigstuff (Sky Comedy)
• Dylan Thomas-Smith – G’Wed (ITV2)
• Nabhaan Rizwan – Kaos – Sister (Netflix)
• Oliver Savell- Changing Ends (ITV1)
• Phil Dunning – Smoggie Queens (BBC Three)

Soap

• Casualty (BBC One)
• Coronation Street (ITV1)
• EastEnders (BBC One)

Entertainment programme

• The 1% Club (ITV1)
• Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC One)
• Taskmaster (Channel 4)
• Would I Lie To You? (BBC One)

Entertainment efficiency

• Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – (ITV1)
• Claudia Winkleman – The Traitors (BBC One)
• Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
• Joe Lycett Late Night Lycett – (Channel 4)
• Romesh Ranganathan, Rob Beckett Rob & Romesh Vs (Sky Max)
• Stacey Solomon Sort Your Life Out – (BBC One)

Factual leisure

• In Vogue: The 90s (Disney+)
• Race Across The World (BBC One)
• Rob And Rylan’s Grand Tour (BBC Two)
• Sort Your Life Out (BBC One)

Reality

• Dragons’ Den (BBC One)
• The Jury: Murder Trial (Channel 4)
• Love Is Blind (Netflix)
• The Traitors (BBC One)

Daytime

• Clive Myrie’s Caribbean Adventure (BBC Two)
• Loose Women (ITV1)
• Morning Live (BBC One)
• Richard Osman’s House Of Games (BBC Two)

International

• After The Party (Channel 4)
• Colin From Accounts (BBC Two)
• Say Nothing (Disney+)
• Shōgun (Disney+)
• True Detective: Night Country (Sky Atlantic)
• You Are Not Alone: Fighting The Wolfpack (Netflix)

Live match protection

• D-Day 80: Tribute To The Fallen (BBC One)
• Glastonbury 2024 (BBC Two)
• Last Night Of The Proms (BBC Two)

Current affairs

• Life and Death in Gaza – Storyville (BBC Two)
• Maternity: Broken Trust – Exposure (ITV1)
• State of Rage (Channel 4)
• Ukraine’s War: The Other Side (ITV1)

Single documentary

• Hell Jumper (BBC Two)
• Tell Them You Love Me (Sky Documentaries)
• Ukraine: Enemy In The Woods (BBC Two)
• Undercover: Exposing The Far Right (Channel 4)

Factual sequence

• American Nightmare (Netflix)
• Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams On Tour (BBC One)
• The Push: Murder On The Cliff (Channel 4)
• To Catch A Copper (Channel 4)

Specialist factual

• Atomic People (BBC Two)
• Billy & Molly: An Otter Love (National Geographic)
• Children of the Cult (ITV1)
• Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle For Britain (Channel 4)

News protection

• BBC Breakfast: Post Office Special (BBC News/BBC One)
• Channel 4 News: Inside Sednaya – The Fall Of Assad (Channel 4 News/Channel 4)
• Channel 4 News: Undercover Inside Reform’s Campaign (Channel 4 News/Channel 4)

Sports protection

• Euro 2024 (BBC Sport/BBC One)
• Paris 2024 Olympics (BBC Sport/BBC One)
• Wimbledon 2024 (BBC Sport/Wimbledon Broadcast Services/BBC One)

Memorable second

• Bridgerton – “THE” carriage scene the place Colin admits his true emotions for Penelope (Netflix)
• Gavin & Stacey: The Finale – Smithy’s Wedding: Mick Stands Up (BBC One)
• Mr Bates Vs The Post Office – Jo Hamilton telephones the Horizon helpline (ITV1)
• Rivals – Rupert Campbell-Black and Sarah Stratton are stuck in a recreation of bare tennis (Disney+)
• Strictly Come Dancing – Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell Waltz to You’ll Never Walk Alone (BBC One)
• The Traitors – “Paul isn’t my son… but Ross is!” (BBC One)

Short shape

• Brown Brit (Channel 4)
• Peaked (Channel 4)
• Quiet Life (BBC Three)

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