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Cillian Murphy lands first BAFTA TV nomination for Peaky Blinders role

Published 10:14 22 Mar 2023 GMT

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The Irish actor receives his first nomination alongside Gary Oldman, Daniel Radcliffe.

Cillian Murphy's performance as Thomas Shelby in the final season of Peaky Blinders has earned the Cork man his first TV BAFTA nomination for Leading Actor. Murphy's only previous BAFTA nomination was for the Rising Star prize at the 2007 Film Awards. The 46-year-old is up against the likes of Ben Whishaw for This Is Going To Hurt - which received six nods, the joint most of the year - and Gary Oldman for Slow Horses, who also received his first TV nomination. Martin Freeman (The Responder), Chaske Spencer (The English), and Taron Egerton (Black Bird) are all also up for Leading Actor.

For Leading Actor, the nominees are… ? ? ?
BEN WHISHAW - This Is Going To Hurt CHASKE SPENCER - The English CILLIAN MURPHY - Peaky Blinders GARY OLDMAN - Slow Horses MARTIN FREEMAN - The Responder TARON EGERTON - Black Bird#BAFTATVAwards with @pandocruises pic.twitter.com/Nxua5AFaNW — BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 22, 2023

Murphy isn't the only Irish nomination this year. Sharon Horgan's Bad Sisters is nominated for Drama Series, with star Anne-Marie Duff getting the nod for Supporting Actress. Siobhán McSweeney is nominated for Female Performance in a Comedy Programme for her role in Derry Girls. The much-loved Channel 4 sitcom also got the nod in the Scripted Comedy category alongside Ghosts, Big Boys and Am I Being Unreasonable? See the full list of BAFTA TV and BAFTA TV Craft nominees below.

Drama series

Bad Sisters The Responder Sherwood Somewhere Boy

Mini-series

A Spy Among Friends Mood The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe This is Going to Hurt

International

The Bear Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Wednesday Oussekine Pachinko The White Lotus

Leading actress

Billie Piper – I Hate Suzie Too Imelda Staunton – The Crown Kate Winslet – I Am Ruth Maxine Peake – Anne Sarah Lancashire – Julia Vicky McClure – Without Sin

Leading actor

Ben Whishaw – This is Going to Hurt Chaske Spencer – The English Cillian Murphy – Peaky Blinders Gary Oldman – Slow Horses Martin Freeman – The Responder Taron Egerton – Black Bird

Female performance in a comedy programme

Daisy May Cooper – Am I Being Unreasonable? Diane Morgan – Cunk on Earth Lucy Beaumont – Meet the Richardsons Natasia Demetriou – Ellie & Natasia Siobhán McSweeney – Derry Girls Taj Atwal – Hullraisers

Male performance in a comedy programme

Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Jon Pointing – Big Boys Joseph Gilgun – Brassic Lenny Rush – Am I Being Unreasonable? Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows Stephen Merchant – The Outlaws

Supporting actor

Adeel Akhtar – Sherwood Jack Lowden – Slow Horses Josh Finan – The Responder Salim Daw – The Crown Samuel Bottomley – Somewhere Boy Will Sharpe – The White Lotus

Supporting actress

Adelayo Adedayo – The Responder Anne-Marie Duff – Bad Sisters Fiona Shaw – Andor Jasmine Jobson – Top Boy Lesley Manville – Sherwood Saffron Hocking – Top Boy

Entertainment performance

Big Zuu, Big Zuu’s Big Eats Claudia Winkleman, The Traitors Lee Mack, The 1% Club Mo Gilligan, The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan Rosie Jones, Rosie Jones’ Trip Hazard Sue Perkins, Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal

Specialist factual

Aids: The Unheard Tapes The Green Planet How to Survive a Dictator With Munya Chawawa Russia 1985-1999: Traumazone

Reality and constructed factual

Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams RuPaul’s Drag Race UK The Traitors We Are Black and British

Current affairs

Afghanistan: No Country for Women: Exposure Children of the Taliban The Crossing: Exposure Mariupol: The People’s Story – Panorama

Entertainment programme

Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Later … With Jools Holland The Masked Singer Strictly Come Dancing

Scripted Comedy

Am I Being Unreasonable? Big Boys Derry Girls Ghosts

Comedy entertainment programme

Friday Night Live The Graham Norton Show Taskmaster Would I Lie To You?

Short form programme

Always, Asifa Biscuitland How to Be a Person Kingpin Cribs

Factual series

Jeremy Kyle Show: Death on Daytime Libby, Are You Home Yet? Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing