...after Mo Gilligan cleans up at RTS Awards

Sean Lock has been nominated for a posthumous Bafta for his role on 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

The comic is up for best entertainment award alongside Joe Lycett, Michael McIntyre, Alison Hammond, Big Zuu and Graham Norton.

In an extraordinary diary clash, the Bafta nominees were released this morning just hours after the Royal Television Society announced the winner of their awards, with winners including Mo Gilligan – who scooped a trio of accolades – Bloods’ Samson Kayo and Anjana Vasan from We Are Lady Parts.

All are also up for Baftas.

The comedy and entertainment Bafta nominees are

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

AIMEE LOU WOOD Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix
AISLING BEA This Way Up – Merman Television/Channel 4
ANJANA VASAN We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television/Channel 4
NATASIA DEMETRIOU Stath Lets Flats - Roughcut TV/Channel 4
ROSE MATAFEO Starstruck - Avalon/BBC Three
SOPHIE WILLAN Alma's Not Normal

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

JAMIE DEMETRIOU Stath Lets Flats -Roughcut TV/Channel 4
JOE GILGUN Brassic – Calamity Films/Sky Max
NCUTI GATWA Sex Education - Eleven Film /Netflix
SAMSON KAYO Bloods -Roughcut TV, Sky Studios/Sky One
STEVE COOGAN This Time with Alan Partridge - Baby Cow Productions/BBC One
TIM RENKOW Jerk – Roughcut TV/BBC Three

SCRIPTED COMEDY

ALMA'S NOT NORMAL Sophie Willan, Gill Isles, Andrew Chaplin, Nerys Evans – Expectation/BBC Two
MOTHERLAND Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O’Shaughnessy, Caroline Norris, Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford – Merman Television, Twofour/Channel 4
STATH LETS FLATS Jamie Demetriou, Seb Barwell, Andrew Gaynord, Ash Atalla - Roughcut TV/Channel 4
WE ARE LADY PARTS Production Team - Working Title Television/Channel 4

COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW Graham Norton, Graham Stuart, Jon Magnusson, Toby Baker, Catherine Strauss, Pete Snell - So Television/BBC One
THE LATEISH SHOW WITH Mo Gilligan Rhe-an Archibald, Ben Wicks, Tim Dean, Pollyanna McGirr, David Geli, Mo Gilligan - Expectation, Momo G/Channel 4
RACE AROUND BRITAIN Ben Wicks, Andy Brown, Munya Chawawa, Trent Williams-Jones, Claire Cook, Kevin Muyolo - Expectation, Munz Made It/YouTube
THE RANGANATION Ruth Phillips, Richard Cohen, Mark Barrett, Barbara Wiltshire, Debra Blenkinsop, Helena Parkhill – Zeppotron/BBC Two

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE

ALISON HAMMOND I Can See Your Voice – Thames/BBC One
BIG ZUU Big Zuu's Big Eats – Boom/Dave
GRAHAM NORTON The Graham Norton Show - So Television/BBC One
JOE LYCETT Joe Lycett's Got Your Back - Rumpus Media, My Options Were Limited/Channel 4
MICHAEL MCINTYRE Michael McIntyre's The Wheel - Hungry McBear Media/BBC One
SEAN LOCK 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown – Zeppotron/Channel 4

And in the Bafta craft awards for offscreen work:

EMERGING TALENT: FICTION

ADJANI SALMON (Writer) Dreaming Whilst Black – Big Deal Films/BBC Three
NATHAN BRYON (Writer) Bloods – Roughcut TV, Sky Studios/Sky One
NIDA MANZOOR (Writer/Director) We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television/Channel 4
RUNYARARO MAPFUMO (Director) Sex Education – Eleven Film/Netflix

WRITER: COMEDY

NATHAN BRYON, PAUL DOOLAN Bloods – Roughcut TV, Sky Studios/Sky One
NIDA MANZOOR We Are Lady Parts - Working Title Television/Channel 4
STEPHEN MERCHANT, EMMA JANE UNSWORTH The Outlaws – Big Talk Productions, Four Eyes Entertainment/BBC One
SOPHIE WILLAN Alma's Not Normal – Expectation/BBC Two

It’s A Sin led the Bafta shortlists with 11 nominees.

The TV awards ceremony takes place on Sunday May 8, hosted by Richard Ayoade and screened on BBC One from London's Royal Festival Hall. The craft awards will take place on Sunday April 24 at The Brewery in London.

This morning’s announcement comes hours after the RTS Programme Awards were handed out last night.

Adjani Salmon won the breakthrough award for his BBC comedy pilot Dreaming Whilst Black, with judges describing him as  ‘giving a performance that supported the writing really deftly…a performer whose work is charismatic and charming…a star in the making’.

Anjana Vasan won best female comedy performance for her ‘original, authentic and very funny’  role as Amina in Channel 4’s We Are Lady Parts, Sophie Willan  and Katy Wix had also been nominated for Alma's Not Normal and Stath Lets Flats respectively.

Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor also won the comedy writer accolade for a script that ‘was unpredictable, subverted stereotypes and kept you laughing throughout’. Fellow nominees were Mae Martin and Joe Hampson for Feel Good, and Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz and Barunka O’Shaughnessy for Motherland.

Samson Kayo won best male comedy performance for his starring role in Bloods  – a performance judges described as ‘one of real heart, warmth and originality’.  Nick Mohammed and  Adeel Akhtar  had also been nominated for Intelligence  and Back to Life respectively.

Alma's Not Normal won best scripted comedy, with the panel saying of Sophie Willan’s BBC Two show: ‘It’s laugh out loud funny but at times profound and heartbreaking, with wonderful writing throughout.’ Bloods and We Are Lady Parts had also been nominated.

The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan won the comedy entertainment category with  judges praising how it ‘has a real sense of occasion, and is full of brilliantly entertaining format beats’.

Meanwhile, the revival of The Big Breakfast, which Gilligan co-hosted with AJ Odudu as part of Channel 4’s Black To Front  day showcasing black talent, won the entertainment prize. Judges said the programme ‘felt both joyful and timely, with a special chemistry all of its own’. The pair also won best entertainment performance, ahead of fellow nominees  Rosie Jones and Victoria Coren Mitchell

Munya Chawawa won best presenter for his YouTube series  Race Around Britain which, judges said, ‘skilfully unpacks serious points with a light and mischievous touch, making tricky subject matter really accessible’. Steph McGovern and Joe Lycett had also been nominated.

The Rubbish World of Dave Spud, the  CITV comedy adveture which features Johnny Vegas voicing the title role, was named best children’s programme

Graham Norton also attended to collect the outstanding contribution accolade he was awarded last year, but unable to collect in person because of Covid. Help screenwriter Jack Thorne received this years’ award

Awards chair Kenton Allen said: ‘To be reunited in person this evening at the RTS Programme Awards, amongst the incredible community of talent from the television industry, is a truly remarkable moment.

‘All of tonight’s winners are fantastic examples of the outstanding content that has been produced in the UK and has resonated with audiences not only here but globally.

‘A huge congratulations to all of tonight’s winners and nominees; it's a wonderful chance to recognise the creative and hardworking people behind British television.’

Adding to the flurry of awards activity, the Chortle Awards are also being held in London tonight.

Published: 30 Mar 2022