BAFTA TV Awards 2022: Air date and how to watch

It’s A Sin leads the pack of nominees going into this year’s awards.

It's a Sin friends Roscoe (Omari Douglas), Jill (Lydia West), Gregory "Gloria" (David Carlyle), Colin (Callum Scott Howells) and Ash (Nathaniel Curtis) in episode 5

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Published: Wednesday, 30 March 2022 at 11:34 am

It's one of the most glamorous nights in the television calendar.

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The Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards 2022 will arrive on our screens this spring and see the best and brightest stars of the small screen turn out to celebrate the highs of television in the last year.

And now the nominations for the Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards 2022 are in, with Channel 4's It’s A Sin leading the pack.

The show, which followed a group of gay men and their friends during the UK’s HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s and early '90s, earned 11 nominations – five in the craft categories and six in the television awards categories – including Russell T Davies in the drama writer category and a leading actor nomination for singer Olly Alexander, who played Ritchie Tozer.

Meanwhile, true-crime black comedy-drama Landscapers, which starred Olivia Colman and David Thewlis, earned seven nominations across both TV and craft awards.

Both Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham earned nominations for Channel 4 drama Help, which picked up six in total.

Another key award has to be the audience-voted Must-See Moment, which was last year won by Nigella Lawson's iconic pronunciation of microwave as 'meecro-wah-vey'.

So, who will take home those iconic masks this year?

Here is everything you need to know about the Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards 2022.

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BAFTA TV Awards 2022 air date

Olly Alexander as Ritchie in It's A Sin episode 5

Olly Alexander as Ritchie in It's A Sin

The Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards 2022 will take place and be televised on Sunday 8th May 2022.

The event will be live and in-person and held at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank.

This follows the BAFTA Television Craft Awards which take place at The Brewery in East London on Sunday 24th April 2022.

How to watch the BAFTA TV Awards 2022

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The Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards 2022 will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on the day of the event.

The exact timings and broadcast details have yet to be confirmed beyond this.

We will be sure to update this section with further information close to transmission.

BAFTA TV Awards 2022 nominees

Comedy Entertainment Programme

Current Affairs

Daytime

Drama Series

Clémentine Schneidermann

Gabrielle Creevey in In My Skin Clémentine Schneidermann

Entertainment Performance

Entertainment Programme

Factual Series

Features

Female Performance in a Comedy Programme

This Way Up

Aisling Bea in This Way Up Channel 4

International

Leading Actor

Leading Actress

Live Event

Male Performance in a Comedy Programme

Mini-Series

It's A Sin

It's A Sin Channel 4

News Coverage

Reality & Constructed Factual

Scripted Comedy

Short Form Programme

Single Documentary

Single Drama

I Am Victoria

I Am Victoria Channel 4

Soap & Continuing Drama

Specialist Factual

Sport

Supporting Actor

Supporting Actress

BAFTA TV Awards 2022 nominees for Must-See Moment

Callum Scott Howells as Colin in It's a Sin episode 2

A moment featuring Callum Scott Howells as Colin in It's A Sin has been recognised Channel 4

On the 23rd March 2022, BAFTA confirmed the nominees for the Must-See Moment.

This is the only award voted for by the British public and is intended to show the diversity of British television.

The nominees are as follows.

Viewers can vote for their favourite moment at the link on the Virgin Media website where they will be automatically be entered into a prize draw to win tickets to the event.

Voting is now open and closes at 5pm on 19th April 2022.

The Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards 2022 will take place on Sunday 8th May 2022. Looking for something else to watch? Check out our TV Guide to see what’s on tonight.

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