Including Bridget Christie, Joe Lycett and Mawaan Rizwan

Bridget Christie, Joe Lycett and Mawaan Rizwan are among the nominees for this year’s Bafta awards.

Christie is up for best female comedy performance for her Channel 4 comedy The Change while Rizwan has been shortlisted in the corresponding male category for his BBC Three show Juice, as well as garnering a writing nod for the same show.

Meanwhile, Lycett is up for entertainment performance for Late Night Lycett, which is also up for best comedy entertainment programme.

Here are the comedy nominees:

Scripted comedy

Big Boys
Dreaming Whilst Black
Extraordinary 
Such Brave Girls

Female performance in a comedy programme

Bridget Christie: The Change
Gbemisola Ikumelo: Black Ops
Máiréad Tyers: Extraordinary
Roisin Gallagher: The Lovers
Sofia Oxenham: Extraordinary
Taj Atwal: Hullraisers

Male performance in a comedy programme

Adjani Salmon: Dreaming Whilst Black
David Tennant: Good Omens
Hammed Animashaun: Black Ops
Jamie Demetriou: A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou
Joseph Gilgun: Brassic
Mawaan Rizwan: Juice

Writer: Comedy

Jack Rooke: Big Boys
Jamie Demetriou A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou
Kat Sadler: Such Brave Girls 
Mawaan Rizwan: Juice

Comedy entertainment programme

The Graham Norton Show
Late Night Lycett
Rob & Romesh Vs
Would I Lie To You?

Entertainment programme

Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas
Later… With Jools Holland
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show
Strictly Come Dancing

Entertainment performance

Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly: I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Big Zuu: Big Zuu’s Big Eats
Graham Norton: The Graham Norton Show
Hannah Waddingham: Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Joe Lycett: Late Night Lycett
Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan: Rob & Romesh Vs 

Away from the comedy and entertainment categories, Steve Coogan is up for best leading actor for portraying Jimmy Savile in The Reckoning; and Sharon Horgan is up for the same award for female performers for her role in Best Interests.

Mobility starring Jack Carroll and the one-off TV version of Radio 4’s The Skewer are up for the best short form programme.

A full list of nominations can be found at bafta.org.

The Bafta Television Craft Awards (featuring the writing award) will take place on Sunday 28 April, while the main Television Awards – hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan – is on Sunday May 12, when it will air on BBC One.

Published: 20 Mar 2024