17 years after Damilola Taylor was murdered in London by bullies at age 10, the ghost of the dead boy is being resurrected as a movie about him, ‘Dami
17 years after Damilola Taylor was murdered in London by bullies at age 10, the ghost of the dead boy is being resurrected as a movie about him, ‘Damilola, Our Loved Boy’, has bagged a few nominations on the 2017 BAFTA TV list. Also, Nigerian-British actress Nikki Amuka is nominated in the Best Actress category. From the expected to the near misses, see the full list of nominees for this year’s BAFTA TV awards below.
Leading actor
Adeel Akhtar – Murdered By My Father
Babou Ceesay – Damilola, Our Loved Boy
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses
Robbie Coltrane – National Treasure
Leading actress
Claire Foy – The Crown
Jodie Comer – Thirteen
Nikki Amuka-Bird – NW
Sarah Lancashire – Happy Valley
Supporting actor
Daniel Mays – Line of Duty
Jared Harris – The Crown
John Lithgow – The Crown
Tom Hollander – The Night Manager
Supporting actress
Nicola Walker – Last Tango in Halifax
Siobhan Finneran – Happy Valley
Vanessa Kirby – The Crown
Wunmi Mosaku – Damilola, Our Loved Boy
Entertainment performance
Adam Hills – The Last Leg
Claudia Winkleman – Strictly Come Dancing
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show
Michael McIntyre – Michael McIntyre’s Big Show
Female performance in a comedy programme
Diane Morgan – Cunk on Shakespeare
Lesley Manville – Mum
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag
Olivia Colman – Fleabag
Male performance in a comedy programme
Asim Chaudhry – People Just Do Nothing
David Mitchell – Upstart Crow
Harry Enfield – The Windsors
Steve Coogan – The Scissored Isle
Single Drama
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Damilola, Our Loved Boy
Murdered By My Father
NW
Mini-series
The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses
National Treasure
The Secret
The Witness for the Prosecution
Drama series
The Crown
The Durrells
Happy Valley
War and Peace
International
The Night Of American Crime Story – The People Vs OJ Simpson
Stranger Things
Transparent
Factual series
24 Hours in Police Custody
Exodus: Our Journey to Europe
Kids on the Edge
The Prosecutors: Real Crime and Punishment
Specialist factual
Grayson Perry’s All Man
Planet Earth II
Single documentary
Behind Closed Doors
Hillsborough
How to Die: Simon’s Choice
Hypernormalisation
Features
The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs
The Great British Bake Off
Travel Man: 48 Hours In…
Who Do You Think You Are?
Reality and constructed factual
First Dates
Muslims Like Us
The Real Marigold Hotel
The Secret Life of Five Years Olds
Current affairs
Inside Obama’s White House
Teenage Prison Abuse Exposed – Panorama
Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks – This World
Unarmed Black Male – This World
News coverage
Channel 4 News: Brexit Day One
BBC North West Tonight: Hillsborough Inquests
Sky News Tonight – Aleppo: Death of a City
The Victoria Derbyshire Programme
Sport
The Open
2016 Rio Olympics
Rio 2016 Paralympics
Six Nations – England V Wales
Live event
The Centenary of the Battle of The Somme: Thiepval
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Stand Up to Cancer
The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration
Entertainment programme
Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Britain’s Got Talent
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show
Strictly Come Dancing
Scripted comedy
Camping
Fleabag
Flowers
People Just Do Nothing
Comedy and comedy entertainment programme
Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe
Cunk on Shakespare
The Last Leg
Taskmaster
Virgin’s Must-See Moments
Game of Thrones – Battle of the Bastards
The Late Late Show with James Corden – Carpool Karaoke with Michelle Obama
Line of Duty – Urgent exit required
Planet Earth II – Snakes v Iguanas chase
Strictly Come Dancing – Ed Balls’s Gangnam Style
Who Do You Think You Are? – Danny Dyer’s origins