Irish names among BAFTA TV Award nominees

Graham Norton and Philippa Dunne are among the Irish nominees at this year's BAFTA Television Awards, where Adolescence leads the field.

Irish names among BAFTA TV Award nominees
Irish names among BAFTA TV Award nominees Photo: RTÉ News

Graham Norton and Philippa Dunne are among the Irish nominees at this year's BAFTA Television Awards, where Adolescence leads the field.

Norton is nominated in the Entertainment category for The Graham Norton Show , while Dunne is in the running for Actress in a Comedy for Amandaland .

Channel 4 drama Trespasses , adapted from Louise Kennedy's novel about forbidden love in Belfast during the 1970s, is among the titles recognised in the Limited Drama field.

It was written by Irish writer Ailbhe Keogan and produced by Donegal's Maria Mulhall.

Irish talent is also recognised in the children's categories, with director Seamus Malone nominated for Shaun the Sheep .

Dublin director Diarmuid Goggins is also among the nominees, with Code of Silence shortlisted in the Drama Series category.

Elsewhere, the Belfast-set police drama Blue Lights is nominated in the Drama Series category, with Siân Brooke also shortlisted for Leading Actress for her performance in the show.

Across the television awards, Adolescence picked up seven nominations, followed by A Thousand Blows with three.

Blue Lights, Amandaland, Big Boys and What It Feels Like for a Girl are among the other programmes strongly represented across the shortlist.

The nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises were announced on Tuesday, with Greg Davies set to host the ceremony, which will be broadcast on BBC One on Sunday, 10 May.

BAFTA also announced the Television Craft nominations separately, where Adolescence led the overall tally across both sets of awards.

Among the acting nominees this year are Colin Firth for Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Stephen Graham for Adolescence , Jodie Whittaker for Toxic Town , Erin Doherty for A Thousand Blows and Rose Ayling-Ellis for Reunion .

The public-voted Memorable Moment category includes nominations for scenes from Adolescence, Big Boys, Blue Lights, The Celebrity Traitors, Last One Laughing and What It Feels Like for a Girl .

Full list of BAFTA Television Award nominations:
Children's: Non-Scripted A Real Bug's Life Boosnoo!

Deadly 60 Saving Sharks World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates)
Children's: Scripted Crongton Horrible Science Shaun the Sheep The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball
Current Affairs Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money Gaza: Doctors Under Attack Undercover in the Police
Daytime The Chase Lorraine Richard Osman's House of Games Scam Interceptors
Drama Series A Thousand Blows Blue Lights Code of Silence This City Is Ours Entertainment The Graham Norton Show Last One Laughing Michael McIntyre's Big Show Would I Lie to You?

Entertainment Performance Amanda Holden, Alan Carr, Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job Bob Mortimer, Last One Laughing Claudia Winkleman, The Celebrity Traitors Lee Mack, The 1% Club Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Rob & Romesh Vs… Romesh Ranganathan, Romesh: Can't Knock the Hustle
Factual Entertainment The Assembly Go Back to Where You Came From Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars Race Across the World
Factual Series Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park Educating Yorkshire See No Evil The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed
International The Bear The Diplomat Pluribus Severance The Studio The White Lotus
Leading Actor Colin Firth, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth Ellis Howard, What It Feels Like for a Girl James Nelson-Joyce, This City Is Ours Matt Smith, The Death of Bunny Munro Stephen Graham, Adolescence Taron Egerton, Smoke
Leading Actress Aimee Lou Wood, Film Club Erin Doherty, A Thousand Blows Jodie Whittaker, Toxic Town Narges Rashidi, Prisoner 951 Sheridan Smith, I Fought the Law Siân Brooke, Blue Lights
Supporting Actor Ashley Walters, Adolescence Fehinti Balogun, Down Cemetery Road Joshua McGuire, The Gold Owen Cooper, Adolescence Paddy Considine, MobLand Rafael Mathé, The Death of Bunny Munro Supporting Actress Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus Christine Tremarco, Adolescence Chyna McQueen, Get Millie Black Emilia Jones, Task Erin Doherty, Adolescence Rose Ayling-Ellis, Reunion
Limited Drama Adolescence I Fought the Law Trespasses What It Feels Like for a Girl
Live Event Coverage Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 Last Night of the Proms: Finale VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember News Coverage BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve-Day War Sky News: Gaza: Fight for Survival
Reality The Celebrity Traitors The Jury: Murder Trial Squid Game: The Challenge Virgin Island
Scripted Comedy Amandaland Big Boys How Are You?

It's Alan (Partridge) Things You Should Have Done Short Form Donkey Hustle and Run Rocket Fuel Zoners Single Documentary Grenfell: Uncovered Louis Theroux: The Settlers One Day in Southport Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire Soap Casualty Coronation Street EastEnders Specialist Factual Belsen: What They Found Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz Surviving Black Hawk Down Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Sports Coverage The 2025 Ryder Cup The FA Cup Final UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Wimbledon 2025
P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award Adolescence - Jamie snaps at the psychologist Big Boys - I didn't make it, did I?

Blue Lights - The police are warned of an ambush plot to silence a key witness The Celebrity Traitors - Alan Carr wins The Celebrity Traitors Last One Laughing - Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade's speed date What It Feels Like for a Girl - Byron leaves for Brighton to start Uni, where she introduces herself as Paris

Source: This article was originally published by RTÉ News

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