Entertainment news: 'Chernobyl' tops TV award list as BAFTA lines up live show

Entertainment news: ‘Chernobyl’ tops TV award list as BAFTA lines up live show

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will rejoice one of the best of tv broadcast within the United Kingdom throughout 2019 in a stay present on the finish of July – although with stars and studio viewers absent.

`Chernobyl`, HBO`s critically acclaimed dramatisation of occasions surrounding the world`s worst nuclear accident, tops the roll-call of nominations introduced on Thursday, with 14.

“We`ve had over 500 entries this year… (so) it was really fiercely contested,” BAFTA chair Krishnendu Majumdar advised Reuters TV.

Nominations fall into two classes, tv and tv craft, with winners of the previous to be introduced on the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards ceremony on July 31.

As issues stand with the coronavirus pandemic, nominees are anticipated to movie their speeches relatively than seem in particular person and there aren’t any plans for a giant viewers. There will nevertheless be a stay factor to the BBC present, which actor and filmmaker Richard Ayoade will current.

“All those details are being worked out at the moment because the social distancing rules are changing. What we can say at the moment is that there will be a show in a studio and we`re working out the participants,” Majumdar stated.

`Chernobyl` nominations embrace main actor for Jared Harris, supporting actor for Stellan Skarsgard, and mini-series.

`The Crown`, the warts-and-all account of the reign of Queen Elizabeth that aired its third season final 12 months, has seven nominations, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge`s black comedy `Fleabag` and Anglo-Japanese thriller `Giri/Haji` on six every.

The British Academy Television Craft Awards will likely be introduced on-line on July 17.

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