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Netflix Drama THE CROWN Tops 2017 BAFTA Television Awards; Full List

By: Apr. 11, 2017
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This morning, nominations for the BAFTA TELEVISION AWARDS were announced. The honors are considered the equivalent of THE EMMY AWARDS in the U.S. Topping the list was Netflix's THE CROWN. The hit drama series received five nominations, including nods for cast members Claire Foy, JaREd Harris, John Lithgow and Vanessa Kirby. Also earning multiple awards were the comedy FLEABAG and the drama series HAPPY VALLEY.

Other nominations went to BBC Two's miniseries The Hollow Crown: The Wars Of The Roses and to its Leading Actor Benedict Cumberbatch. Among the International Series nominations were HBO's The Night Of, FX's The People V OJ Simpson: AMERICAN CRIME Story, Netflix's Stranger Things and Amazon's Transparent.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held at London's Royal Festival Hall on May 14th. A full list of nominations follows:

Drama series
The Crown
The Durrells
Happy Valley
War & Peace

Leading actress
Claire Foy, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Thirteen
Nikki Amuka-Bird, NW
Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley

Leading actor
Adeel Akhtar, Murdered by My Father
Babou Ceesay, Damilola, Our Loved Boy
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses
Robbie Coltrane, National Treasure

Supporting actress
Nicola Walker, Last Tango in Halifax
Siobhan Finneran, Happy Valley
Vanessa Kirby, The Crown
Wunmi Mosaku, Damilola, Our Loved Boy

Supporting actor
Daniel Mays, Line of Duty
JaREd Harris, The Crown
John Lithgow, The Crown
Tom Hollander, The Night Manager

International
The Night Of
The People V OJ Simpson: AMERICAN CRIME Story
Stranger Things
Transparent

Scripted comedy
Camping
Fleabag
Flowers
People Just do Nothing

Male performance in a comedy program
Asim Chaudhry, People Just do Nothing
David Mitchell, Upstart Crow
Harry Enfield, The Windsors
Steve Coogan, Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle

Female performance in a comedy program
Diane Morgan, Cunk on Shakespeare
Lesley Manville, Mum
Olivia Colman, Fleabag
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

Mini-series
The Hollow Crown, The Wars of the Roses
National Treasure
The Secret
The Witness for the Prosecution



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