The Edinburgh TV Festival has revealed the shortlist for its TV Awards, and the appointment of the TV Awards’ first ever Jury President, Reggie Yates.
In the Breakthrough Talent category, Olly Alexander, Rosie Jones, Yinka Bokinni, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howells and Hector Abbott all make the shortlist. The Best TV Actor categories include Anna Maxwell Martin, Tanya Moodie, Anjana Vasan, OT Fagbenle, Joe Gilgun and Samson Kayo for Comedy, and David Tennant, Jason Watkins, Keeley Hawes, Rakie Ayola, Hayley Squires and Billie Piper for Drama. The Best TV Presenter award includes Anita Rani, Grayson Perry, Bradley Walsh, Romesh Ranganathan, Graham Norton and Roman Kemp.
The Comedy category shortlist includes a broad and diverse range from Trying, Starstruck and We are Lady Parts through to Motherland, Brassic and Bloods, whilst the Drama category includes I May Destroy You, It’s A Sin, Gangs of London, Des, Anthony and All Creatures Great and Small.
The full list of nominees is detailed below.
BEST DRAMA
All Creatures Great and Small, Playground for Channel 5
Anthony, LA Productions for BBC One
Des, New Pictures for ITV
Gangs of London, Pulse Films, SISTER for Sky Atlantic
I May Destroy You, Various Artists Ltd & FALKNA for BBC One & HBO
It’s A Sin, RED Production Company for Channel 4 and HBO Max in association with All3media International
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Bloods, Roughcut Television for Sky One
Brassic, Calamity Films for Sky One
Motherland, a Merman Television Production with Twofour in association with Lionsgate for the BBC
Starstruck, Avalon Television for BBC Three and HBO Max
Trying, Apple TV+ and BBC Studios
We Are Lady Parts, Working Title Television, which is part of NBCUniversal International Studios, for Channel 4
BEST DOCUMENTARY
America’s War on Abortion (Exposure), Fuuse Films for ITV
Being Frank: The Frank Gardner Story, Curious Films for BBC Two
Damilola: The Boy Next Door, Acme Films for Channel 4
Muslim in Trump’s America (Exposure), Fuuse Films for ITV
Nail Bomber: Manhunt, An Expectation Production for Netflix
Storming the Capitol: The Inside Story, ITV News Current Affairs for ITV
BEST ENTERTAINMENT SERIES
Britain’s Got Talent, Thames and Syco for ITV
Interior Design Masters, DSP for BBC Two
Rob & Romesh Vs., CPL Productions for Sky One
Taskmaster, Avalon Television for Channel 4
The Last Leg, Open Mike for Channel 4
The Rap Game UK, Naked for BBC Three
BEST POPULAR FACTUAL SERIES
Grayson’s Art Club, Swan Films for Channel 4
Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, Rumpus Media for Channel 4
Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace, Wall to Wall Media for ITV
Portrait Artist of the Year, Storyvault Films Ltd. for Sky Arts
Saved By A Stranger, Blink Films for Channel 4
The School That Tried to End Racism, Proper Content for Channel 4
BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA
Fargo, MGM Television and FX Productions for Channel 4
Lovecraft Country, HBO in association with afemme, Monkeypaw, Bad Robot and Warner Bros for Sky Atlantic
Lupin, Gaumont Télévision for Netflix
Ted Lasso, Apple / Doozer Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television
The Queen’s Gambit, Netflix
Your Honor, SHOWTIME Presents, Moonshot Entertainment, King Size Productions, CBS Studios and distributed internationally by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group
PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Bad Wolf
Bandicoot TV
Big Talk Productions
ITN Productions
Merman Television
World Productions
SMALL INDIE OF THE YEAR
Air TV
Big Deal Films
Firecrest Films
Flicker Productions
Red Sky Productions
Strawberry Blond
CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
BBC One
BBC Three
BBC Two
Channel 4
Channel 5
ITV
BEST SPECIALIST CHANNEL
Crime+Investigation
Sky Arts
Sky Atlantic
BEST ON DEMAND SERVICE
All 4
Disney+
NOW
STV Player
GLOBAL SUCCESS AWARD
All3Media International
Banijay Rights
ITV Studios
THE GREEN AWARD
ITV
Sky Sports featuring Sky Zero
BEST TV ACTOR – DRAMA
NEW FOR 2021
Billie Piper in I Hate Suzie
David Tennant in Des
Hayley Squires in Adult Material
Jason Watkins in Des
Keeley Hawes in It’s a Sin
Rakie Ayola in Anthony
BEST TV PRESENTER
Anita Rani
Bradley Walsh
Graham Norton
Grayson Perry
Roman Kemp
Romesh Ranganathan
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT
Callum Scott Howells
Hector Abbott
Olly Alexander
Omari Douglas
Rosie Jones
Yinka Bokinni
BEST TV ACTOR – COMEDY
NEW FOR 2021
Anjana Vasan in We Are Lady Parts
Anna Maxwell Martin in Motherland
Joe Gilgun in Brassic
OT Fagbenle in Maxxx
Samson Kayo in Bloods
Tanya Moodie in Motherland
Jon Creamer
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