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The BAFTA TV Awards winners have been announced, and it was a big night for Michaela Coel, whose BBC and HBO series I May Destroy You scooped two of the biggest prizes of the evening.

During a pre-recorded ceremony at London’s iconic Television Centre, Coel walked away with best leading actress for her performance as sexual assault survivor Arabella, while I May Destroy You also scooped best mini-series, beating Steve McQueen’s Small Axe.

It follows I May Destroy You’s strong showing last month at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards, which celebrates the work of those working behind the scenes. Coel scored a BAFTA mask for best drama writer and best director at the ceremony.

After winning leading actress on Sunday, Coel collected her award in-person and thanked intimacy coach Ita O’Brien. Coel said O’Brien’s presence meant she could make a series about “exploitation, loss of respect,...

Steve McQueen’s Amazon and BBC “Small Axe” anthology leads the nominations at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ (BAFTA) Television and Craft Awards with 15 nods.

Netflix’s “The Crown” has 10 nominations, while BBC and HBO’s “I May Destroy You” has eight. BBC and Hulu’s “Normal People” has seven nominations, and Netflix’s “Sex Education” has six.

The Television Awards ceremony takes place June 6 on BBC One, and the Craft Awards will be streamed on BAFTA’s social channels on May 24.

Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards: Nominations

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“Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe” Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Ali Marlow – Broke & Bones, Endemol Shine Group/BBC Two

“Rob & Romesh Vs” Jack Shillaker, David Taylor, Murray Boland, Danielle Lux, Bill Righton – Cpl Productions/Sky One

“The Big Narstie Show” Obi Kevin Akudike, Nathan Brown, Rina Dayalji, Ben Wicks, Toby Baker – Expectation, Dice Productions Entertainment/Channel 4...

The BAFTA TV Craft Awards honor skills in 19 different categories. Nine of these are devoted to fictional programming, another four to factual, and six are in combined fields. Winners were revealed during a ceremony on Sunday, April 22 hosted by “Episodes” star Stephen Mangan. Nominations for the BAFTA TV Awards were announced on Wednesday, April 4 with that ceremony taking place on Sunday, May 13.

Fiction

Costume Design

“The Crown”

X – “Game of Thrones”

“Peaky Blinders”

“Taboo”

Director (Fiction)

Jane Campion, “Top of the Lake: China Girl”

Mackenizie Crook, “Detectorists”

Paul Whittington, “Little Boy Blue”

X – Phillipa Lowthorpe, “Three Girls”

Editing (Fiction)

“The Crown”

“Line of Duty”

“Peaky Blinders”

X – “Three Girls”

Makeup And Hair Design

“Gunpowder”

“The Miniaturist – The Forge”

“Peaky Blinders”

X – “Taboo”

Photography And Lighting (Fiction)

“Against the Law”

“Black Mirror”

X – “The Crown”

“Taboo”

Production Design

“Black Mirror”

“The Crown”

X – “Game of Thrones”

“The State”

Sound (Fiction)

“Black Mirror...

In a first for Irish television, Shinawil's 'Fame The Musical' starts on RTÉ on Sunday, April 11th and sees the country's young hopefuls put their acting, singing and dancing talents to the test in the hope of clinching a lead role in the nationwide tour of David de Silva's 'Fame the Musical'. Presented by Derek Mooney, the show chronicles the search for the male and female lead of Fame the Musical. The competition was launched in January, thousands of applications were received and hundreds of performers were auditioned at locations in Dublin and Cork, and in London's West End. The show is directed by Chris Power (Got to Dance) and the series producer is Linda McQuaid (The Apprentice)...