Sky has been nominated for a total of
25 BAFTA Television Awards, a record for the broadcaster. This includes 14 nods for
Sky Original drama series Chernobyl as the most nominated show this year.
The total includes 17 nominations for British Academy Television Craft Awards and 8 nominations for the British Academy Television Awards, covering a range of Sky's original and acquired shows including Chernobyl, Catherine The Great and Succession.
Zai Bennett, Managing Director of Content, Sky, comments: œWe're delighted with Sky's record number of nominations for this year's BAFTA TV awards, including an incredible 14 nominations for our original series Chernobyl. This recognition is a true reflection of the success of our increased investment in original content and the brilliant work of everyone involved in the nominated shows. Whether it's the terrifying true story of Chernobyl or the magical escapism of Game of Thrones, we are proud to bring our customers more TV that they love.
The nominations include 19 for Sky's original productions, 4 for Sky's acquired series, with further nominations for Sky News for the broadcaster's coverage of the Hong Kong protests and Sky Sports, for coverage of the ICC Cricket World Cup Final.
The British Academy Television Awards ceremony will be Friday 31 July on BBC One with the British Academy Television Craft Awards taking place online on Friday 17 July.
SKY'S RECORD NUMBER OF BAFTA TV NOMINATIONS
MINI-SERIES
CHERNOBYL Production Team “ Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games - HBO/Sky Atlantic
LEADING ACTOR
JARED HARRIS Chernobyl “ Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games, HBO/Sky Atlantic
SUPPORTING ACTOR
STELLAN SKARSGARD Chernobyl “ Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games, HBO/Sky Atlantic
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
SARAH KENDALL Frayed - Merman Television Ltd, Guesswork Television/Sky One
WRITER: COMEDY
DANNY BROCKLEHURST Brassic - Calamity Films/Sky 1
WRITER: DRAMA
CRAIG MAZIN Chernobyl “ Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
JESSE ARMSTRONG Succession HBO Entertainment, Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions/Sky Atlantic
COSTUME DESIGN
MICHELE CLAPTON Game of Thrones - Bighead, Littlehead, Television 360, Startling Television/HBO/Sky Atlantic
ODILE DICKS-MIREAUX Chernobyl “ Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
DIRECTOR: FICTION
JOHAN RENCK Chernobyl “ Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
EDITING: FICTION
JINX GODFREY, SIMON SMITH Chernobyl “ Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN
DANIEL PARKER, BARRIE GOWER Chernobyl “ Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
KIRSTIN CHALMERS Catherine the Great - New Pictures, Origin Pictures/Sky Atlantic
ORIGINAL MUSIC
HILDUR GUDNADOTTIR Chernobyl- Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION
JAKOB IHRE Chernobyl - Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
PRODUCTION DESIGN
LUKE HULL, CLAIRE LEVINSON-GENDLER Chernobyl “ Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
SCRIPTED CASTING
NINA GOLD, ROBERT STERNE Chernobyl “ Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
SOUND: FACTUAL
SOUND TEAM Battle of the Brass Bands Two Four/Sky Arts
SOUND: FICTION
SOUND TEAM Chernobyl “ Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
SPECIAL, VISUAL & GRAPHIC EFFECTS
LINDSAY MCFARLANE, CLAUDIUS CHRISTIAN RAUCH, JEAN-CL‰MENT SORET, DNEG Chernobyl “ Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY
ELASTIC Catherine the Great - New Pictures, Origin Pictures/Sky Atlantic
SPORT
ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP FINAL Production Team “ Sky Sports, Sunset+Vine, ICC TV/Sky Sports Cricket
NEWS COVERAGE
HONG KONG PROTESTS Production Team “ Sky News/Sky News
INTERNATIONAL
EUPHORIA Sam Levinson, Ravi Nandan, Kevin Turen, Drake - The Reasonable Bunch, A24, Little Lamb, DreamCrew, Tedy Productions, HBO/Sky Atlantic
SUCCESSION Production Team - HBO Entertainment in association with Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries and Gary Sanchez Productions/Sky Atlantic
Sky continues to invest in the cultural economy of the UK and Ireland with the very best original content, spanning drama, comedy, factual and entertainment. Forthcoming highlights for this year include drama series I Hate Suzie, starring Billie Piper, The Third Day starring Jude Law and Naomie Harris and comedy Two Weeks to Live starring Maisie Williams and Sian Clifford.
Source: https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=259998
