Bafta TV Awards 2016 nominations list in full: Wolf Hall, Idris Elba, Sheridan Smith and Adele earn nods

This year's bunch of nominated supporting actresses are all first time TV nominees

Jess Denham
Thursday 05 May 2016 14:55 BST
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Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall, which picked up the most nominations with four
Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall, which picked up the most nominations with four

Idris Elba, Sheridan Smith, Mark Rylance and Suranne Jones among the nominees for this year’s Bafta TV Awards 2016.

Elba earned a nod for his performance as DCI John Luther in BBC series Luther, with Rylance and his co-star Claire Foy nominated for their roles in Wolf Hall, which leads the field with four nominations

Elsewhere, The Great British Bake Off received its fifth consecutive nomination in the features category while singer Adele is in the running for the first time for TV special Adele at the BBC, where she performed songs from her new album 25 and discussed her career and comeback with host Graham Norton.

The ceremony will be held at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 8 May.

Nominations list in full:

Leading actor

Ben Whishaw - London Spy

Idris Elba - Luther

Mark Rylance - Wolf Hall

Stephen Graham - This Is England '90

Leading actress

Claire Foy - Wolf Hall

Ruth Madeley - Don't Take My Baby

Sheridan Smith - The C-Word

Suranne Jones - Doctor Foster

Supporting actor

Anton Lesser - Wolf Hall

Cyril Nri - Cucumber

Ian McKellen - The Dresser

Tom Courtenay - Unforgotten

Supporting actress

Chanel Cresswell - This Is England '90

Eleanor Worthington-Cox - The Enfield Haunting

Lesley Manville - River

Michelle Gomez - Doctor Who

The cast of This is England '90 

Entertainment performance

Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show

Leigh Francis - Celebrity Juice

Romesh Ranganathan - Asian Provocateur

Stephen Fry - QI

Female performance in a comedy programme

Michaela Coel - Chewing Gum

Miranda Hart - Miranda

Sian Gibson - Peter Kay's Car Share

Sharon Horgan - Catastrophe

Male performance in a comedy programme

Hugh Bonneville - W1A

Javone Prince - The Javone Prince Show

Peter Kay - Peter Kay's Car Share

Toby Jones - Detectorists

Single drama

The C-Word

Cyberbully

Don't Take My Baby

The Go-Between

Sheridan Smith and Paul Nicholls in BBC1's The C-Word 

Mini-series

Doctor Foster

The Enfield Haunting

London Spy

This Is England '90

Drama series

Humans

The Last Panthers

No Offence

Wolf Hall

Soap and continuing drama

Coronation Street

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Holby City

International

The Good Wife

Narcos

Spiral

Transparent

Colombian crime drama Narcos details the rise of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar (Netflix)

Factual series

The Detectives

Great Ormond Street

The Murder Detectives

The Tribe

Specialist factual

Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

Grayson Perry's Dream House

The Hunt

Rudolf Nureyev's Dance To Freedom

Single documentary

Bitter Lake

Life After Suicide

Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids

My Son The Jihadi

Features

Back In Time For Dinner

The Great British Bake Off

Kevin McCloud: Escape To The Wild

Travel Man

The Great British Bake Off 2015 judges and contestants

Reality and constructed factual

First Dates

Gogglebox

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds

Current affairs

Children of the Gaza War

Escape From Isis (Dispatches)

Jihad: A British Story

Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola (This World)

Entertainment programme

Adele at the BBC

Britain's Got Talent

Strictly Come Dancing

TFI Friday Anniversary Special

Adele debuted several tracks from her new album 25 during Adele at the BBC

Comedy and comedy entertainment programme

Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe

Have I Got News For You

QI

Would I Lie To You

Scripted comedy

Chewing Gum

Peep Show

People Just Do Nothing

Peter Kay's Car Share

Radio Times audience award (voted for by members of the public)

Doctor Foster

The Great British Bake Off

Humans

Making A Murderer

Peter Kay's Car Share

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