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The nominations for the 2025 BAFTA TV Awards have been announced!

The annual awards event recognizes the excellence in British television of 2024.

Baby Reindeer and Mr Bates vs The Post Office led the nominations this year with four each followed by Say Nothing, Rivals, Slow Horses, Mr Loverman, and The Traitors, all with three each.

The 2025 BAFTA TV Awards are scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 11 at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England and will air live on BBC.

Keep reading to find out more…Keep scrolling to read the full list of nominations…

Best Drama Series

Blue Lights (BBC One)

Sherwood (BBC One)

Supacell (Netflix)

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC One)

Best Scripted Comedy

Alma’s Not Normal (BBC Two)

Brassic (Sky Max)

G’wed (ITV2)

Ludwig (BBC One)

Best Limited Drama

Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

Lost Boys and Fairies (BBC One)

Mr Bates vs The Post Office...

Netflix's Emmy Award-winning Baby Reindeer led the 2025 BAFTA TV and Craft Awards nominations on Thursday with eight bids, including Best Limited Drama, a lead actor nomination for creator and star Richard Gadd, and two supporting actress nominations for Jessica Gunning and Nava Mau. The limited series won several honors last year and through the winter, including Emmy Award wins for Gadd and Gunning, and a Screen Actors Guild Award victory for Gunning.

Three shows tied for second behind Baby Reindeer with six nominations: ITV's Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office, Disney+'s Rivals, and Apple TV+'s spy show and Emmy winner Slow Horses.

Other nominations of note, particularly for this current Emmys cycle, include four bids for FX's limited series Say Nothing and two mentions for Industry. The latter includes a lead actress nomination for star Marisa Abela, who shined during the show's breakout third season last year,...

MipFormats Picks a Winner

“Save Your Cash,” a physical challenge game show created by Abs-cbn Studios in the Philippines, won the MipFormats Pitch 2025 at Mip London, held in partnership with Fox Entertainment Global. The competition showcased top format pitches from around the world, with MipFormats Pitch receiving 65 submissions from 23 countries.

In the end, “Save Your Cash” triumphed over a field that included quiz show “Easy100” (Turkey), guessing game “The Getaway” (UK), factual entertainment “Minus Life” (South Korea) and singing competition “Musical Attraction” (Indonesia). Christian Gamboa, the creator of “Save Your Cash,” received a $5,000 prize.

The winning format was selected by a jury consisting of Nathalie Wogue, Senior VP of Global Formats at Fox, and European commissioners Davy Parmentier of Belgium’s Vtm and Burkhardt Weiss of Germany’s Seven.One Entertainment Group. Jury Chair Wogue praised “Save Your Cash” for its unexpected and visually stunning presentation that captivated both judges and the audience.

Exclusive: The Traitors producer Studio Lambert has promoted Jack Burgess to President in the U.S.

Burgess relocated to LA in 2018 as EVP and oversees Studio Lambert’s U.S. team with oversight of development and production on all U.S. output including Netflix’s The Circle, Prime Video’s Buy It Now and USA Network’s The Anonymous. His work on The Traitors U.S. won him an Emmy last year for Outstanding Reality Competition Program.

Before moving to the States, Burgess ran the Studio Lambert unscripted development department in London, where he helped create the likes of Naked Attraction and The Circle. Past employers include NBCUniversal International Studios and Fever Media.

Burgess will continue to report to Studio Lambert Chief Creative Officer Tim Harcourt and founder Stephen Lambert.

Lambert called Burgess a “star creative executive.” “Since moving to Los Angeles he has developed deep relationships with the U.

Exclusive: John de Mol’s Talpa Studios has hired one of the brains behind The Traitors as its Chief Creative Officer.

In a major coup, Jasper Hoogendoorn has joined the company following a role as Creative Director at Idtv, the All3Media-owned producer in the Netherlands that created the original Traitors, which has been adapted in 30 countries and won Emmy and Rose d’Or awards.

During a nine-year run at Idtv, Hoogendoorn created entertainment series The Unknown, and produced local versions of All3 formats such as Race Across the World, Lingo and Sort Your Life Out. However, he is best known internationally for developing murder mystery format The Traitors alongside Marc Pos.

Talpa called Hoogendoorn a “visionary creative talent” and one of the “masterminds” behind The Traitors who is joining at a “pivotal moment” for the Amsterdam-based production house.

“I am very excited to welcome Jasper to our team in this important role,...

Exclusive: Buy it Now, the entrepreneur format from The Traitors UK maker Studio Lambert, has been pitched successfully in India.

Mumbai-based Rose Audio Visuals has struck a deal with formats rights holder All3Media International to make an Indian version of the show, which was initially for Channel 4 in the UK and was then adapted for Prime Video in the U.S. earlier this year. No streamer or network is attached at this point.

Sabrina Duguet, EVP Apac at All3Media International, said the new U.S. edition of the show, hosted by Jb Smoove, “has reinvigorated interest in this positive and dynamic series and we are confident that that Indian platforms and audiences will embrace its energy.”

The format sees inventors, creators and entrepreneurs pitch their products in front of a large audience and a trio of professional buyers. The Indian version will preserve “the core elements that have...

BBC Studios has announced the titles coming to BritBox in October 2024, which include everything from new BritBox Originals to classic British fare. BritBox is a digital video subscription service offering the largest collection of British TV in the U.S. and Canada.

The October lineup features the genre-bending thriller Passenger, starring Wunmi Mosaku; Suspect Season 2, starring BAFTA-winner Anne-Marie Duff; Paul Abbott’s original Shameless, also starring Duff and David Threlfall; and the ninth and final season of the anthology series Inside No. 9.

Passenger Season 1

BritBox is the leading streaming destination for the best of British television and culture, offering the most comprehensive, must-see collection of British entertainment all in one place. The service provides a pipeline of exceptional storytelling and showcases the depth and breadth of British creativity from across the UK.

BritBox curates a quality selection of classic titles and original commissions across various genres, including dramas, comedies,...

On Saturday 20 July 2024, Cbbc broadcasts Saturday Mash-Up!

With Race Across the World and Strictly! Season 7 Episode 2 Episode Summary

In this episode of “Saturday Mash-Up,” airing on Cbbc, Joe and Shereen are set to bring a mix of exciting guests and fun challenges. They welcome Alfie and Owen, the winners of “Race Across the World,” to the studio, along with stars from “Strictly Come Dancing.” The big question is, who will get slimed?

Joe and Shereen also face off in their first challenge of the series, promising plenty of laughs and surprises. The episode will feature another round of “Back to the Drawing Board,” a game that keeps everyone on their toes. Adding to the entertainment, viewers can enjoy some cartoon fun with “Grizzy and the Lemmings” and “Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese.”

Make sure to tune in for a lively and entertaining episode of “Saturday Mash-Up” on Cbbc.

What...

Get ready for the exhilarating Season 4 finale of “Race Across the World” airing this Wednesday at 9:00 Pm on BBC One. After an epic journey spanning nearly 14,000 kilometers over seven weeks and through seven countries, the race comes down to the wire as the final two teams battle it out for victory. With only 12 minutes separating them, the tension is palpable as they embark on the last leg of their journey from Jakarta to Lombok.

In this nail-biting episode, viewers will witness the intense competition reach its climax as the teams race against the clock to reach the finish line. With a £20,000 prize awaiting the winning team, the stakes have never been higher as they navigate the challenges of reaching Lombok from the neighboring island of Bali.

As the four teams push themselves to the limit and face unexpected obstacles along the way, emotions run high as they inch closer to the ultimate prize.

“Race Across the World” takes viewers on an extraordinary journey in Season 4, Episode 7, airing this Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at 9:00 Pm on BBC One. This episode transports the intrepid contestants to the populous yet rarely-visited Indonesian island of Sumatra. Known for its wild and unexplored landscapes, Sumatra is covered with dense rainforests that are home to rare and endangered wildlife.

As the teams navigate through this remote and challenging terrain, they must rely on their wits, resilience, and teamwork to overcome the obstacles that lie ahead. The lush, untamed beauty of Sumatra provides a stunning backdrop for their race, but also presents formidable challenges with its dense jungles and diverse ecosystems. This leg of the race promises not only intense competition but also an opportunity to witness some of the planet’s most remarkable natural wonders.

Viewers can look forward to a captivating mix of adventure, breathtaking scenery, and the personal...

Get ready for an adrenaline-fueled adventure on the latest episode of “Race Across the World”! Airing at 9:00 Pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, on BBC One, Season 4 Episode 6 promises to take viewers on an unforgettable journey.

Having savored the serenity of Koh Phi Phi’s paradise islands, the teams now face an exhilarating challenge as they bid farewell to Thailand and set their sights on the rarely-visited Indonesian island of Sumatra. With a daunting 2000km journey ahead across Malaysia, the contestants must summon all their courage and determination to navigate through unfamiliar terrain and overcome unexpected obstacles.

Their destination? The picturesque city of Bukittinggi, nestled amidst the breathtaking mountains of Sumatra, where the sixth checkpoint awaits. As the race heats up and tensions run high, viewers can expect heart-pounding action and jaw-dropping scenery as the teams race against the clock to reach their next destination.

Don’t miss out on the...

Gear up for an exhilarating episode of “Race Across the World” as Season 4, Episode 4 takes viewers on a thrilling journey through the vibrant streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Set your clocks for 9:00 Pm on Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, as BBC One invites you to join the teams as they embark on the next leg of their epic adventure.

As the teams reach the third checkpoint in Phnom Penh, they find themselves amidst the festivities of Pchum Ben, the Cambodian national holiday also known as Ancestors’ Day. This unique cultural experience offers the teams a chance to receive blessings and pay respects to their loved ones, adding a poignant twist to their race across the world.

Against the backdrop of colorful celebrations and heartfelt traditions, tensions rise as the teams strategize their next moves and strive to outpace their competitors. With the finish line drawing closer, every decision becomes crucial as...

Get ready for an exhilarating adventure as “Race Across the World” returns for its highly anticipated fourth season, premiering Wednesday at 9:00 Pm on BBC One! In this adrenaline-fueled competition, travelers embark on a frenetic race across the globe, where they have the freedom to choose their own routes, but there’s a catch – no flights or phones are allowed.

In this season’s trip of a lifetime, viewers will follow along as pairs of contestants push themselves to the limit in a bid to reach the finish line first. From bustling cities to remote landscapes, the race promises to take competitors on a whirlwind journey filled with challenges, surprises, and unforgettable experiences.

With no set itinerary and only their wits and determination to guide them, which pair will emerge victorious and claim the title of champions? Tune in Wednesday at 9:00 Pm on BBC One to find out in...

Zdf Latest To ‘Race Across The World’

A six-part series based on Studio Lambert’s Race Across the World is set to air on German pubcaster Zdf in spring 2025. Planning is underway for casting and filming is set for the fall, with All3Media’s German producer, Tower, attached to make the show. Kirstin Benthaus-Gebauer will be the producer with Friederike Haedecke, Johannes Geiger, Thorsten Haas and Daniel Nemetschek the editors. The original BBC show has run to strong ratings in the UK for three seasons and one celebrity series. New seasons of both versions have been commissioned after the the first ep of the celebrity run drew 6.2 million viewers, consolidating the format’s position among the BBC’s top factual programs. The German deal, struck with distributor All3Media International, marks the fifth international version of the show, coming after three seasons on TV2 in Denmark, an upcoming production on MTV Katsomo and MTV3 in Finland,...

Exclusive: Squid Game: The Challenge producer Studio Lambert has promoted a trio of senior execs as drama boss Sue Hogg steps back from the day to day.

Longserving Squid Game: The Challenge EP Tim Harcourt is being upped to Chief Creative Officer, Gogglebox exec Mike Cotton takes on Creative Director (Unscripted) and Maddie Sinclair, the exec behind BBC Three’s upcoming Boarders comedy-drama, is promoted to Creative Director (Scripted).

Sinclair’s promotion comes with Hogg, the founder of Studio Lambert’s drama department nearly a decade ago, choosing to step back from her full-time role to focus on individual projects, including Boarders. She will take on the new post of Creative Consultant. Since joining, Hogg has helmed the likes of BBC trio Three Girls, Three Families and The Nest, along with Amazon Prime Video’s The Feed. Drama is a focus for Studio Lambert and CEO Stephen Lambert told...

‘Celebrity Race Across The World’ Renewed For Season 2 At BBC

Celebrity Race Across the World has landed a second season on the BBC. The format from Traitors maker Studio Lambert sees pairings featuring one celebrity and a parent, sibling or friend set a challenge to head on an epic adventure on a limited budget. In Season 1, which the BBC said is its “biggest factual entertainment brand of the year to date,” the likes of McFly drummer Harry Judd and broadcaster Alex Beresford were set the task of racing from Africa to the Arctic. Season 2’s route will be revealed in due course. The non-celebrity version has run for three seasons and has also been a big hit for the BBC. Factual entertainment boss Catherine Catton said she had been “delighted with the reaction particularly from young audiences” to Season 1 of the celebrity run. The news comes just a few days...

Studio Lambert has introduced the world to Gogglebox, Race Across the World and The Circle but the indie has faced its greatest test in Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge, and the road has been a bit of a bumpy one.

Stephen Lambert’s 15-year-old British production house, which its founder says is having its busiest year following a strategic shift to “go big” on premium unscripted, took on its grandest undertaking when Netflix gave it the weighty reins to the Squid Game competition series.

Alongside fellow UK indie The Garden, Studio Lambert has subsequently overseen a competition with 456 contestants – about 20 times that of the average reality show – with the largest prize fund in history.

Stephen Lambert with BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip

“We are trying to the break the conventions of reality TV,” Lambert tells Deadline at his indie’s plush Central London office in the weeks leading up to...

Exclusive: On-the-block super-indie All3Media saw revenues rocket to £1B ($1.3B) last year, as accounts reveal it has taken majority voting control of The Traitors producer Studio Lambert.

According to a Companies House filing for the outfit’s holding company Dlg Acquisitions, All3Media boosted sales by 17% for the 2022 calendar year, with revenues just topping the £1B mark.

Ebitda shot up by a similar proportion to £100M and total group operating profit was up from £26M to £40M. In 2022, All3Media produced more than 4,000 hours of programing including the likes of The Traitors, The Tinder Swindler and The Tourist.

The group said the “current macro-economic climate including the continued impact of Covid-19 and the impact of inflation presents a risk and challenge,” however.

The issue is being managed by “reviewing production protocols and analysing opportunities to produce content more efficiently,” amongst other approaches, it added.

Studio Lambert

Today’s record results...

Exclusive: In a move that would have shaken up the UK broadcasting landscape, ITV attempted to poach Channel 4’s Gogglebox earlier this year, just a few months before saying it was mulling a bid for the show’s production outfit.

Deadline can reveal that ITV programs boss Kevin Lygo, who is said to be a huge Gogglebox fan, held exploratory conversations with Studio Lambert over switching the show from one commercial broadcaster to the other several months ago.

Gogglebox’s contract is renewed roughly once every three years, we understand, and it was mid-contract when Lygo made contact. At present, the show is staying put on Channel 4.

Were Gogglebox to move to ITV, the deal would undoubtedly be the biggest in UK broadcasting since The Great British Bake Off switched from the BBC to Channel 4 in 2017. Shows moving channel has popularized in recent years, with Channel 4 also picking up...

The end came abruptly for David Walliams’ tenure on Britain’s Got Talent. The comedian and children’s author served as a judge on the ITV reality series for a decade, until vulgar remarks he had allegedly made about certain contestants came to light via The Guardian in November 2022. In one instance, Walliams referred to an elderly contestant as a “c**t” multiple times; in another, he described a female contestant as “the slightly boring girl you meet in the pub that thinks you want to f*** them, but you don’t”. Walliams apologised at the time, stating that the insults were lifted from “private conversations with friends” and “were never intended to be shared”.

Plenty of other celebrities have committed more grievous sins than Walliams and held onto their jobs; it’s perhaps just the rebarbative optics of Walliams’s comments that made his role untenable. After the Bgt insult furore,...

The end came abruptly for David Walliams’ tenure on Britain’s Got Talent. The comedian and children’s author served as a judge on the ITV reality series for a decade, until vulgar remarks he had allegedly made about certain contestants came to light via The Guardian in November 2022. In one instance, Walliams referred to an elderly contestant as a “c**t” multiple times; in another, he described a female contestant as “the slightly boring girl you meet in the pub that thinks you want to f*** them, but you don’t”. Walliams apologised at the time, stating that the insults were lifted from “private conversations with friends” and “were never intended to be shared”.

Plenty of other celebrities have committed more grievous sins than Walliams and held onto their jobs; it’s perhaps just the rebarbative optics of Walliams’s comments that made his role untenable. After the Bgt insult furore,...

The end came abruptly for David Walliams’ tenure on Britain’s Got Talent. The comedian and children’s author served as a judge on the ITV reality series for a decade, until vulgar remarks he had allegedly made about certain contestants came to light via The Guardian in November 2022. In one instance, Walliams referred to an elderly contestant as a “c**t” multiple times; in another, he described a female contestant as “the slightly boring girl you meet in the pub that thinks you want to f*** them, but you don’t”. Walliams apologised at the time, stating that the insults were lifted from “private conversations with friends” and “were never intended to be shared”.

Plenty of other celebrities have committed more grievous sins than Walliams and held onto their jobs; it’s perhaps just the rebarbative optics of Walliams’s comments that made his role untenable. After the Bgt insult furore,...

Race Across the World returned to screens last night (22 March), with fans taking to social media to praise the series despite one major change.

The adventure-themed reality show, which has moved from BBC Two to BBC One for its current third series, sees five teams attempt to travel as far as they can without smartphones, internet access or credit cards, and armed only with the cash equivalent of the airfare to fly the route.

While the teams usually travel across several countries, this time, they are racing 16,000km through the second largest country on the planet – Canada. This is because the series was filmed last year, when the world was still opening up after the pandemic.

The five pairs must race across the breadth of Canada, passing through seven checkpoints, taking them from the Pacific coastline, to the edges of the Arctic and the shores of the Great Lakes, to...

“Love Island,” a British reality show featuring young singletons courting each other in a hot location, suddenly seems to be cooling off.

Returning to ITV2 last week, and debuting on Hulu on Jan. 30, the winter series reportedly attracted just over 1.4 million viewers for its debut episode, down a million from its previous season opener. Meanwhile, “Love Island Aftersun,” a spin-off chat show now hosted by Maya Jama, reportedly had more overnight viewers than the main show that preceded it.

Now, it’s worth noting that when ITV aired a winter “Love Island” in 2019, the initial ratings also dipped, leading some critics and pundits to write the show off. And yet, four years later, the grafting and mugging-offs continue unabated. ITV bosses are also still likely to be satisfied by the numbers. Having recently launched streamer Itvx, a winter season is a way to advertise to younger viewers on their shiny...

Exclusive: The wait to discover the next BBC Factual, Arts and Classical Music director is to go on a little while longer.

In a dramatic U-turn, the BBC has notified the final candidates that none have been successful and Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore is now reconsidering the very nature of the role, Deadline understands, with no firm decision made as of yet.

The news was one of the hot topics at Sunday’s BAFTA afterparty, at which big names from the UK factual world were present, with Steve McQueen’s BBC One series Uprising winning Best Factual Series at the glitzy event.

We understand the final four candidates were notified very recently following a process that has taken several months after the revealed departure late last year of former incumbent Patrick Holland to production powerhouse Banijay.

The final crop of candidates, which are thought to have included Head of Documentary Commissioning Claire Sillery,...

Exclusive: The BBC is hoping to get Studio Lambert’s Race Across the World and its celebrity version – one of the highest-profile early casualties of the pandemic-inducted production pause – back into filming “as soon as possible” despite Omicron fears.

A casting call was issued recently for contributors to “take on the challenge of traveling thousands of miles, at ground level, across land and sea” in the third season of the non-celebrity version and it is understood producers are pushing ahead amidst growing case numbers of the Omicron variant, which has caused restrictions to be tightened around the world.

The casting call referenced Covid-19 and questioned whether the “restrictions of the pandemic may have sparked the wanderlust” of potential contributors.

It is understood that the non-celebrity version will enter pre-production first, with the casting process taking longer for that version, which tends to attract thousands of applicants.

A BBC spokeswoman said:...

Banijay UK has swiftly replaced Executive Chair Peter Salmon with BBC Factual director Patrick Holland.

Holland will join at the start of Q2 next year, following Salmon’s departure after six years with the firm and one as Executive Chair.

Holland has been with the BBC for more than a decade, most recently operating as Director of Factual, Arts and Classical Music in the new commissioning restructure, having overseen BBC2 for several years before that.

He oversaw an impressive transformation of BBC2 that saw it move into popular factual-entertainment such as Race Across The World and its celebrity counterpart, along with respected documentaries and heavy-hitting drama including Richard Gere’s MotherFatherSon.

He moved to become Director of Factual last year following a restructure that effectively did away with channel controllers. Since then, he has set about ordering a range of. powerful docs such as 9/11 Inside The President’s War Room...

Exclusive: In a format that sounds like a cross between Naked Attraction and Race Across The World, UK broadcaster Channel 4 is to send Brits on a scantily clad dash across the English countryside.

Youth channel E4 is piloting competition show The Great Nature Run (working title) from Spitting Image, Taskmaster, and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver producer Avalon. Producers are currently casting for brave contestants to take part.

The show will involve two pairs of strangers being plonked in the great outdoors, where they will be stripped of all their possessions and clothes. Their mission is to race to a finish line for a charity cash prize, all while covering their modesty with objects they find on their journey.

The contestants will declare themselves at a number of checkpoints along the way, where they take part in basic subsistence challenges. Deadline understands that specific health and safety protocols...

The BAFTA Film Awards took place on April 11, and now the time has come for the BAFTA Television Awards to take centre stage. On April 27, the Virgin Media must-see moment award nominees were announced, which saw the likes of Gogglebox, Bridgerton, and Britain's Got Talent featured on the list.

On April 28, the full list of nominees were announced, with The Crown nominated for 10 awards, Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You nominated for eight awards, and Steve McQueen's Small Axe leading the charge with an impressive 15 nominations. On June 6, the full BAFTA Television Awards ceremony took place on BBC One, with I May Destroy You leading the charge after winning two awards.

Comedy Entertainment Programme:

Winner: The Big Narstie Show

Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe

Rob & Romesh Vs

The Ranganation

Daytime

Winner: The Great House Giveaway

Jimmy McGovern's Moving

Richard Osman's House Of

The Chase

Drama...

Exclusive: Discovery+ has struck a deal with British distributor that will see more than 250 hours of content airing on the platform.

Titles included in the agreement include controversial factual entertainment series Naked Attraction, travelogue Gordon Ramsey on Cocaine and doc series Generation Porn.

It is part of the same arrangement that saw Studio Lambert’s Race Across The World launch on the nascent streaming service as well as a slew of Gordon Ramsay programming including The F Word, Gordon Ramsay’s Great Escape, Gordon Ramsay Behind Bars and Gordon Ramsay: Shark Bait.

The deal is a multi-territory agreement and covers the U.S. as well as a number of other countries. Race Across The World, for instance, has been picked up in India, Italy and Spain as well as the States and Naked Attraction is available across Scandinavia, Poland and the Netherlands.

It also includes The Undateables, produced by All3Media’s Betty,...

Michaela Coel’s BBC/HBO series I May Destroy You was the big winner at the UK’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards on Friday.

The limited series, about a woman piecing together the events of her sexual assault, won Best Drama Series, beating competition from the likes of BBC/Hulu series Normal People and Sky’s I Hate Suzie. Coel also walked away with Best Actress and Best Writer.

Collecting her gongs, Coel said: “Receiving this from the Broadcasting Press Guild is particularly meaningful to me, because this is awarded by journalists, the best of which scrutinize the topic, their opinion of it, and interrogate both the world and themselves, as writers within it. I can identify with this, particularly because I May Destroy You was inspired by my own experiences of sexual assault.”

Elsewhere, David Tennant won Best Actor for portraying serial killer Dennis Nilsen in ITV’s Des,...

BBC dramas “Normal People,” “I May Destroy You,” and “Small Axe” and ITV dramas “Quiz” and “Des” lead the nominations at the 47th edition of the U.K.’s Broadcasting Press Guild (Bpg) TV and streaming Awards.

“Normal People” is nominated for best drama series (5+ episodes), and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal as best actor and actress and for the ‘Bpg breakthrough award.’ “Small Axe” receives nominations for best drama series (5+ episodes), best writer, best actor (Shaun Parkes), best actress (Letitia Wright) and the breakthrough award (Amarah-Jae St. Aubin). Michaela Coel is nominated as best actress and best writer for “I May Destroy You,” which also scores a best drama series nomination in the 5+ episodes category.

“Quiz” is shortlisted for best drama series (1-4 episodes), best actor (Matthew Macfadyen) and best writer (James Graham), while “Des” is nominated as best drama (1-4 episodes) and for best actor.

“Roald and...

After shockingly being snubbed by the Golden Globes, Michaela Coel’s searing BBC/HBO series I May Destroy You has garnered a bunch of nominations for the UK’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.

The limited series, about a woman piecing together the events of her sexual assault, has been nominated for Best Drama Series (5+ Episodes), while Coel herself has been nommed for Best Writer and Best Actress.

Another BBC series, Normal People, has also been recognized by journalists of the Bpg. The Sally Rooney adaptation figures in the Best Drama Series (5+ Episodes) category, while stars Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones feature in the acting shortlists, as well as both being nominated for the Bpg Breakthrough Award.

The Crown’s Princess Diana, Emma Corrin, is also up for the Breakthrough gong after she shot to fame in the Netflix royal drama. Small Axe’s Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn is vying for the same prize.

Despite the 'Covid-19' virus wreaking havoc throughout the film industry, TV studios continue to fight back, with vaccinations on the rise and January 2021 broadcast dates scheduled for new and returning series:

January 1, 2021:

Cobra Kai (Netflix, Season 3; moved from January 8)

Dream Home Makeover

Headspace Guide to Meditation

RuPaul’s Drag Race

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (VH1, Season 13)

Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch (Discovery, new docuseries)

The UneXplained (History, Season 2B)

Below Deck Galley Talk

Insomnia

January 2:

Lucky Dog

The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation

Mission Unstoppable

Hope in the Wild

The Netflix Afterparty (Netflix, new aftershow series)

Kindred Spirits (Travel Channel, Season 5)

January 3:

The Rookie (ABC, Season 3)

Call Me Kat

Last Man Standing (Fox, Season 9; final season)

The Great North

The Watch (BBC America, new drama series)

Cal Fire (Discovery, new docuseries)

Worst Cooks in America

Expedition Bigfoot

Secrets of the Viking Stone

January 4:

The Bachelor (ABC,...

Winter is the new fall this Covid-impacted TV season. Because of the lengthy production shutdown in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, Fox and the CW delayed the rollout of their regular fall 2020 lineups, and a slew of other series intended for fall 2020 debut also are slated to premiere in early 2021 instead.

With uncertainty surrounding production as Covid outbreaks frequently pause filming, a number of premiere dates are still Tbd, as networks and streamers often wait until last minute to set debuts so they are sure than the new seasons would be completed successfully.

That said, here’s our annual list of midseason/winter premiere dates for new and returning series. It covers hundreds of broadcast, cable and streaming programs debuting from today through March 31 and includes shows that were on hiatus and some one-off specials such as awards shows.

Please send any additions or adjustments to erik@deadline.

Hello readers and welcome to International Insider. Jake Kanter here, bringing you a curated recap of all the global film and TV news you need to know this week. Any tips or stories can be sent to jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.

Warner’s HBO Max Bombshell

Warner’s seismic strategy: Gravity-defying news from the U.S. overnight, where WarnerMedia announced that it’s going to dump its entire 2021 theatrical slate on HBO Max at the same time as the films screen in cinemas. That means movies including Matrix 4, Godzilla vs. Kong, Dune, and Denzel Washington’s The Little Things will be all be available to Americans from the comfort of their sofa. There were murmurs at rival studios that WarnerMedia was going to drop a bombshell in December — no one knew it would be this big.

Discovery made headlines yesterday with its launch plans for its global streaming service Discovery+.

Lisa Holme, Group SVP, and Commercial Strategy, who oversees the service, has now lifted the lid on this company’s launch slate, how its commissioning structure will work between the streamer and its cable networks and teased a few more details about one of the company’s biggest franchises – 90 Day Fiancé.

Holme told Deadline that its content strategy is essentially three-fold: serving Discovery “superfans” more of the shows they love such as spin-offs of Say Yes To The Dress, Gold Rush and Dr. Pimple Popper, pushing into more premium areas of content with docs such as P.S., Burn This Letter Please and younger skewing shows and “genre mash-ups” to appeal to cord cutters such as baking competition Cakealikes.

90 Day Fiancé is going to be a big part of the service, which launches on January 4. At launch,...

Sky/HBO series Chernobyl continued to dominate the awards scene after winning best drama at the Edinburgh TV Awards on Wednesday, as well as helping producer Sister scoop the production company of the year gong.

Other winners included Succession, which took home best international drama, and For Sama, which was honored in the documentary category. Fresh from winning a BAFTA, Glenda Jackson was awarded for her role in Elizabeth Is Missing.

Also during the ceremony, hosted by viral comedian Munya Chawawa, Homeland actor David Harewood won an outstanding achievement prize and Micheal Ward claimed a breakthrough talent award.

Check out the winners and nominees below. Winners are in bold.

Best Comedy Series

Defending the Guilty, Big Talk Productions Limited for BBC Two

Feel Good, Objective Fiction and Objective Media Group Scotland for Channel 4 and Netflix

GameFace, Objective Fiction for Channel 4

Mum, Big Talk Productions Limited in association with The...

“Chernobyl,” “Years & Years,” “The End of the F***ing World,” “Elizabeth Is Missing,” “The Crown” and “Giri/Haji” are the international heavy hitters in the drama category that are part of the Edinburgh TV Festival awards shortlist that were revealed Tuesday.

The comedy category shortlist includes “Feel Good,” “GameFace,” “Mum,” “Defending the Guilty,” “Sex Education” and “Stath Lets Flats.”

While the awards have been delayed until Nov. 18, the festival unveiled the shortlist after a virtual cocktail session that reunited director Paul Feig with his “Last Christmas” star Emilia Clarke.

This year sees a new, one-off category titled “Creativity in Crisis” that recognizes content emerging from a world reeling under the cornavirus pandemic. Nominees include Sky News documentary “8 minutes and 46 seconds,” “A Day in the Life of Coronavirus Britain” from Candour Productions for Channel 4, “Bitesize Scotland Daily” from BBC Scotland, “Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe” from Broke & Bones for BBC Two, “Gardener...

China’s Huanxi Media has struck a deal with All3media International to license 110 hours of factual content, that will play on its Huanxi.com SVoD platform. The deal covers 25 titles with genres including true crime, travel, food, arts/culture, history and royalty.

Titles include two seasons of Studio Lambert’s globe-trotting adventure “Race Across the World,” and another travel show “Our Guy in Japan” from North One Productions; multiple cookery programs including hit “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back” (Studio Ramsay for Fox, U.S.); Raw TV’s special “Drowning in Plastic”; and the two most recent series of BBC Studios’ “Fake or Fortune.”

“Huanxi Media continues to build its new non-scripted offering in China. This bulk deal highlights the impressive breadth and depth of our factual portfolio… helping (Huanxi) to ensure that their brand stands out and appeals to a wide range of new viewers,” said sales...

Race Across The World, the Studio Lambert reality competition series that won a BAFTA last week, is heading to China as part of a raft of finished tape sales clinched by All3Media International.

The All3Media-owned distributor has inked its first deal with Chinese streamer Huanxi Media, which encompasses 110 hours of factual programming. This includes Season 1 and 2 of BBC show Race Across The World.

Other shows featuring in the deal include three seasons of Fox’s Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back, as well as Our Guy in Japan (North One Productions), Kevin McCloud’s Escape To The Wild (Optomen Television) and Bear’s Wild Weekend With Stephen Fry (Betty V).

Kit Yow, sales manager for Asia Pacific at All3Media International, said: “With such a wealth of finished content available, we’re able to deliver premium, globally relevant programming to new platforms quickly and efficiently, helping...

That's a wrap on the Virgin Media 2020 British Academy Television Awards! For the occasion, actors gathered around their computers for a virtual award ceremony, hosted by the brilliant Richard Ayoade. Chernobyl bagged three awards: best actor for Jared Harris, best miniseries, and best costume design thanks to Odile Dicks-Mireaux. Stath Lets Flats also took home three awards: Jamie Demetriou for male performance in comedy program, scripted comedy, and comedy writer. The smash hit Gavin and Stacey Nessa Proposes to Smithy special won Virgin Media's must-see moment (voted for by the public) - here's hoping they don't leave us on that cliffhanger for too much longer.

Check out the full list of 2020 British Academy Television Award winners, ahead.

Leading Actress

Winner: Glenda Jackson, Elizabeth Is Missing

Jodie Comer, Killing Eve - BBC One

Glenda Jackson, Elizabeth Is Missing - BBC One

Suranne Jones, Gentleman Jack - BBC One

Samantha Morton, I...

HBO and Sky Atlantic’s “Chernobyl,” Channel 4’s “Stath Lets Flats” and Channel 4 and Netflix’s “The End of the F—king World” emerged with two BAFTAs apiece at this year’s awards.

“Chernobyl” won for mini-series and leading actor for Jared Harris, adding two prizes to its existing haul of seven gongs at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards earlier this month.

Meanwhile, BAFTA’s Leading Actress award was won by Glenda Jackson for her performance in BBC’s “Elizabeth is Missing,” her first television role for more than 25 years and the second BAFTA of her career. Her first BAFTA was for “Sunday, Bloody Sunday” in 1972.

Meanwhile, Channel 4 and Netflix’s “End of the F***ing World” also received prizes for drama series and best supporting actress for first-time nominee Naomi Ackie.

Will Sharpe, another first-time winner, won for his performance in BBC and Netflix’s “Giri/Haji” in the supporting actor category,...

The BBC plans to resume production on “EastEnders” and “Top Gear” by the “end of next month,” the broadcaster’s content director Charlotte Moore said.

There will be a scaled-down approach on set to stay within government guidelines, including no professional hair and makeup.

“We’ve been looking very carefully at how we can safely put some of our shows back into production, and I’m pleased to announce that we plan to begin filming again on both ‘EastEnders’ and ‘Top Gear’ by the end of next month,” Moore wrote Thursday in a blog post. “We’re also exploring ways to re-start filming on more dramas and other major BBC shows as soon as possible.”

“This is great news for viewers, but it’s also essential for the success of the many independent companies around the country who make these programmes and who have felt the economic shockwaves of this pandemic,...

BBC factual controller Alison Kirkham is set to join streaming platform Apple TV Plus.

Kirkham will join Apple TV Plus this summer, reporting into creative director for Europe Jay Hunt. Based in London, the executive will have responsibility in Europe for unscripted original series and films.

Kirkham is the first major hire for Apple’s U.K. team since film producer Joe Oppenheimer joined the tech giant in 2018.

Apple TV+ global team is led by heads of worldwide video Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht.

The appointment comes as the platform, in common with other streamers, looks to expand its non-scripted output. Apple’s non-scripted commissions include “Prehistoric Planet” and “Long Way Up” with Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman.

Kirkham joined the BBC in 2005 as an executive producer and became controller of factual commissioning in 2015. Programming highlights include “Planet Earth II” and “Blue Planet II,” “Ambulance,” “Exodus,” “Hospital,” ”Muslims Like...

Apple has hired BBC factual controller Alison Kirkham as its new unscripted chief in the UK, reporting to creative director of worldwide video Europe, Jay Hunt.

Kirkham will join the Apple TV+ international creative development team this summer after 15 years at the BBC, the last six of which she has spent in charge of factual programming.

During her time at the BBC, she has overseen shows including Planet Earth II, coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding, and the recent breakout Studio Lambert hit Race Across The World.

As well as overseeing unscripted shows at Apple, she will have some exposure to drama and comedy, with recent shows coming out of Hunt’s team including Trying and Gary Oldman spy drama Slow Horses.

“I will forever be proud that, for six years, I was able to walk into New Broadcasting House as the controller of factual commissioning at the BBC.

As coronavirus begins to take hold in the U.K., broadcasters and streamers are grappling with strategies to fight the outbreak, with work-from-home policies being rolled out across the board while question marks hang over some of the country’s biggest studio and live shows.

Variety has confirmed the BBC is going ahead for the time being with live tapings of its programs, but concern around gathering audiences in close quarters are proving to be a major headache for broadcasters such as ITV, whose live variety show “Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway” is currently facing a range of contingency plans.

Elsewhere, Netflix U.K. has so far kept its Oxford Circus offices open for business, though staff have the option of working from home. Meanwhile, Amazon — as per directives out of U.S. headquarters — has enacted work-from-home measures that will remain in place until the end of March.

Exclusive: Celebrity Race Across The World is the latest international format to have been hit by the Coronavirus pandemic.

Production has been postponed on the BBC One series, which was set to start filming next month. The show is produced by All3Media-backed Undercover Boss producer Studio Lambert.

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The six-part global travel format is a celebrity spin-off of Studio Lambert’s Race Across The World. The original show returned for its second season on BBC Two earlier this month as production had already finished before the virus hit.

Celebrity Race Across The World follows four celebrities who race with a family member or friend around the globe without the use of planes or any trappings of modern-day life.

The Paley Center for Media has postponed its PaleyFest La 2020, which was set to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood March 13-22.

The organization issued a statement announcing the decision. “As you are aware, the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to remain of the utmost public concern. For several weeks now, the Paley Center, along with our venue host, The Dolby Theatre, has monitored the situation closely, staying in daily contact with local, state, and federal partners, as well as following the recommendations issued by the Cdc (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and following the guidelines of the local health department.

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“Based on the most recent news and out of an abundance of concern,...

Exclusive: Britain’s major broadcasters have spent recent days drawing up coronavirus plans, as the spread of the disease threatens to wreak havoc on production schedules and disrupt major events.

Deadline understands the likes of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are giving serious thought to how Covid-19 could put in-house and independent producers at risk, and are considering whether to pull the plug on or delay certain shows. One person familiar with the thinking said there has been “mild panic” as TV has woken up to coronavirus, and the broadcasters stressed they are closely monitoring Public Health England and World Health Organization advice.

The BBC has been reviewing shows that are about to start filming, according to various sources, and is giving thought to productions that involve international filming, big crowds or live audiences. It comes as coronavirus has infected 92,000 people worldwide, claiming the lives of 3,000.

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