For British television, the accolades are no more important than the BAFTA TV Awards. We’re all used to spending the next morning arguing over who should have won what, but the most committed will watch the show live.
Here’s what time the BAFTA TV Awards take place and how to watch them live from the UK and US.
When are the 2023 BAFTA TV Awards?
The 2023 BAFTA TV Awards will take place on Sunday, May 14, 2023. It will start at the following times:
- 7pm BST (UK)
- 2 p.m. ET (US East Coast)
- 11am PT (US West Coast)
- 8pm CET (Central Europe)
On which channel are the BAFTA TV broadcast?
If you’re in the UK, the easiest way to watch the BAFTAs when they air is on BBC One, which will show the ceremony on TV overnight.
BBC coverage is two hours long and will focus on the awards ceremony itself – although you should also be able to watch the red carpet arrivals on the BAFTA website and on their Facebook, TwitterInstagram and YouTube channels.
No US TV channel will broadcast the awards, but read on to find out how to watch the ceremony online in the US.
How to watch the BAFTAs online
If you’re in the UK and paying the license fee, the easiest way to watch the BAFTAs online will be via BBC iPlayer, which you can use to watch BBC One live.
In America, Variety has confirmed that BritBox will broadcast the ceremony.
It costs $7.99 per month, though new users can get a 7-day free trial – so you can stream the ceremony for free, provided you cancel before the trial ends.
Viewers in Canada, Australia, South Africa, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway can also stream the ceremony via BritBox. If you’re outside these countries, find out how to watch BBC iPlayer from abroad.
Who is organizing the BAFTA TV 2023?
This year, the presenters will be comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan. They have previously presented together on Sky:
Who was nominated for the BAFTA TV Awards?
Here is the full list of nominees for 2023:
Comedy entertainment program
- Friday Night Live (Channel 4)
- The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
- Task Master (Channel 4)
- Would I lie to you? (BBC One)
Ongoing cases
- Afghanistan: No Country for Women: Exhibition (ITV1)
- Taliban Children (Channel 4)
- The crossing: exhibition (ITV1)
- Mariupol: The People’s Story – Panorama (BBC One)
Day
- The Hunt (ITV1)
- The Repair Shop: A Royal Tour (BBC One)
- Scam Interceptors (BBC One)
drama series
- Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)
- The answering machine (BBC One)
- Sherwood (BBC One)
- Somewhere Boy (Channel 4)
entertainment show
- Big Zuu – Big Zuu’s Big Meals (Dave)
- Claudia Winkleman – The Traitors (BBC One)
- Lee Mack – The 1% Club (ITV)
- Mo Gilligan – The Late Show with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4)
- Rosie Jones – Rosie Jones Trip Hazard (Channel 4)
- Sue Perkins – Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal (Netflix)
Entertainment program
- Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
- Later… With Jools Holland: Jools’s 30th Birthday Bash (BBC Two)
- The Masked Singer (ITV)
- Come Dance Strictly (BBC One)
Factual series
- Jeremy Kyle Show: Dead by Daylight (Channel 4)
- Libby, are you home yet? (Crime of Heaven)
- Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (Netflix)
- Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing (ITV1)
Features
- Big Zuu’s Big Meals (Dave)
- Joe Lycett vs. Beckham: You’ve Got Your Back on Christmas (Channel 4)
- The Martin Lewis Money Show Live (ITV1)
- The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan (BBC Two)
Female Performance in a Comedy Program
- Daisy May Cooper – Am I being unreasonable? (BBC One)
- Diane Morgan – Cunk on Earth (BBC Two)
- Lucy Beaumont – Meet the Richardsons (Dave)
- Natasia Demetriou – Ellie and Natasia (BBC Three)
- Siobhan McSweeney – Derry Girls (Channel 4)
- Taj Atwal – Hullraisers (Channel 4)
International
- The Bear (Disney Plus)
- Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)
- Wednesday (Netflix)
- Oussekine (Itinerary)
- Pachinko (Apple TV+)
- The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)
Main actor
- Ben Whishaw – It’s Gonna Hurt (BBC One)
- Chaske Spencer – The English (BBC Two)
- Cillian Murphy – Peaky Blinders (BBC One)
- Gary Oldman – Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
- Martin Freeman – The Answering Machine (BBC One)
- Taron Egerton – Black Bird (Apple TV+)
Main actress
- Billie Piper – I Hate Suzie Too (Sky Atlantic)
- Imelda Staunton – The Crown (Netflix)
- Kate Winslet – I Am Ruth (Channel 4)
- Maxine Peake – Anne (Channel 4)
- Sarah Lancashire – Julia (Sky Atlantic)
- Vicky McClure – Sinless (ITVX)
Live event
- Concert for Ukraine (ITV1)
- Platinum Jubilee: Party at the Palace (BBC One)
- The State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (BBC One)
Male Performance in a Comedy Program
- Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)
- Jon Pointing – Big Boys (Channel 4)
- Joseph Gilgun – Brassic (Sky Max)
- Lenny Rush – Am I being unreasonable? (BBC One)
- Matt Berry – What We Do In The Shadows (Disney Plus)
- Stephen Merchant – The Outlaws (BBC One)
Mini-series
- A Spy Among Friends (ITVX)
- Mood (BBC Three)
- The thief, his wife and the canoe (ITV1)
- It’s Gonna Hurt (BBC One)
memorable moment
- Paddington meets the Queen
- Heartstopper – Nick and Charlie’s First Kiss
- Derry Girls – The Finale
- Stranger Things – Kate Bush Climbs That Hill
- The Traitors – Final Roundtable
- The real Mo Farah
News coverage
- BBC News at 10am: Russia invades Ukraine (BBC One)
- Channel 4 News: Live in Kyiv (Channel 4)
- Good morning Britain: Interview with Boris Johnson (ITV1)
Reality and constructed fact
- Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams (BBC One)
- RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (BBC Three)
- The Traitors (BBC One)
- We are black and British (BBC Two)
Scripted comedy
- Am I unreasonable? (BBC One)
- Big Boys (Channel 4)
- Derry Girls (channel 4)
- Ghosts (BBC One)
Abbreviated program
- Always, Asifa (TV Set)
- Cookieland (all 4)
- How to be a person (E4)
- Kingpin Cribs (YouTube/Channel 4)
Single documentary
- Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (Sky Documentaries)
- Kabul Airport Escape (BBC Two)
- Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story (BBC Two)
- The Real Mo Farah (BBC One)
Single drama
- I am Ruth (channel 4)
- The House (Netflix)
- Life and Death in the Warehouse (BBC Three)
Soap opera and continuing drama
- Victim (BBC One)
- EastEnders (BBC One)
- Emmerdale (ITV1)
Factual Specialist
- Aids: The Unreleased Tapes (BBC Two)
- The Green Planet (BBC One)
- How to Survive a Dictator with Munya Chawawa (Channel 4)
- Russia 1985-1999: Traumazone (BBC iPlayer)
sport
- Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 (BBC One)
- UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 (BBC One)
- Wimbledon 2022 (BBC One)
Supporting actor
- Adel Akhtar – Sherwood (BBC One)
- Jack Lowden – Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
- Josh Finan – The Answering Machine (BBC One)
- Salim Daw – The Crown (Netflix)
- Samuel Bottomley – Somewhere Boy (Channel 4)
- Will Sharpe – The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)
supporting actress
- Adelayo Adedayo – The Answering Machine (BBC One)
- Anne-Marie Duff – Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)
- Fiona Shaw – Andor (Disney Plus)
- Jasmine Jobson – Best Boy (Netflix)
- Lesley Manville – Sherwood (BBC One)
- Saffron Hocking – Top Boy (Netflix)
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