BAFTA TV Awards 2017: Claire Foy, The Crown and Fleabag lead nominations as Poldark misses out

Claire Foy, The Crown and Fleabag are among the nominees for this year’s BAFTA TV Awards.

Foy has been nominated for Leading Actress for her role in Netflix drama The Crown which has picked up five nominations, including Drama Series.

The British actress, 32, will face tough competition from Jodi Comer (Thirteen), Nikki Amuka-Bird (NW) and Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley).

Her co-stars Jared Harris, John Lithgow and Vanessa Kirby are up for Supporting Actor and Actress respectively.

The Leading Actor category will see Adeel Akhtar (Murdered by My Father), Babour Ceesay (Damilola, Our Loved Boy), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses) and Robbie Coltrane (National Treasure) battle it out for the coveted gong.

Fleabag, which follows Phoebe Waller-Bridge as she tries to cope with life in a big city while coming to terms with a tragedy, has bagged three nods including Scripted Comedy and Female Performance in a Comedy Programme for Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman.

Ed Balls' moves on Strictly Come Dancing have been recognised with the former Shadow Chancellor up for Virgin TV’s Must-See Moment for his Gangnam Style salsa. He will go up against the snake V marine iguanas chase on Planet Earth II as well as Michelle Obama's Carpool Karaoke with James Corden on The Late Late Show.

BBC drama Poldark missed out on a nomination while hit series Game of Thrones only managed to bag a nomination for Virgin TV’s Must-See Moment.

Sue Perkins will host the star-studded event after taking over from Graham Norton.

The former BBC Great British Bake Off host said: "I am thrilled to be hosting the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards this year.

“Not only is it one of the highlights of the television calendar, it’s also a superbly fun night and an opportunity to celebrate the incredible British talent we have behind our very best TV programmes.”

The ceremony will take place at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, May 14.

Full list of nominations:

Leading Actor

Adeel Akhtar – Murdered by My Father

Babour Ceesay – Damilola, Our Loved Boy

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses

Robbie Coltrane – National Treasure

Leading actress

Claire Foy – The crown

Jodi Comer – Thirteen

Nikki Amuka-Bird – NW

Sarah Lancashire – Happy Valley

Supporting Actor

Daniel Mays – Line of Duty

Jared Harris – The Crown

John Lithgow – The Crown

Tom Hollander – The Night Manager

Supporting Actress

Nicola Walker – Last Tango in Halifax

Siobhan Finneran – Happy Valley

Vanessa Kirby – The Crown

Wunmi Mosaku – Damilola, Our Loved Boy

Drama series

The Crown

The Durrells

Happy Valley

War and Peace

Mini-Series

The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses

National Treasure

The Secret

The Witness for the Prosecution

Entertainment Programme

Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway

Britain's Got Talent

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

Strictly Come Dancing

Entertainment Performance

Adam Hills

Claudia Winkleman

Graham Norton

Michael McIntyre

Male Performance in a Comedy Programme

Asim Chaudry – People Just Do Nothing

David Mitchell – Upstart Crow

Harry Enfield –The Windsors

Steve Coogan – Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle

Female Performance in a Comedy Programme

Diane Morgan – Cunk on Shakespeare

Lesley Manville – Mum

Olivia Colman – Fleabag

Phoebe Waller-Bridge - Fleabag

Scripted Comedy

Camping

Fleabag

Flowers

People Just Do Nothing

Reality and Constructed Factual

First Dates

Muslims Like Us

The Real Marigold Hotel

The Secret Life of Five-Year-Olds

Comedy Entertainment Programme

Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe

Cunk on Shakespeare

The Last Leg

Taskmaster

International

The Night Of

The People V OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

Stranger Things

Transparent

Current Affairs

Inside Obama's White House

Teenage Prison Abuse Exposed

Charlie Hebdo Attacks

Unarmed Black Male

Features

The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs

The Great British Bake Off

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

Who Do You Think You Are?

Factual Series

24 Hrs in Police Custody

Exodus: Our Journey to Europe

Kids on the Edge

Prosecutors: Real Crime & Punishment

Single Documentary

Behind Closed Doors

Hillsborough

How to Die: Simon’s Choice

Hypernormalisation

Live Event

Centenary of the Battle of the Somme: Theipval

Shakespeare Live!

Stand Up to Cancer

The Queens 90th Birthday

Specialist Factual

Alan Bennett’s Diaries

Attenborough’s Life That Glows

Grayson Perry: All Man

Planet Earth II

Virgin TV’s Must-See Moment

Game of Thrones – Battle of the Bastards

The Late Late Show – Carpool Karaoke with Michelle Obama

Line of Duty – Urgent Exit Required

Planet Earth II – Snakes V Iguana Chase

Strictly Come Dancing – Ed Balls’ Gangnam Style

Who Do You Think You Are – Danny Dyer’s origins