Comedy entertainment programme

• The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
• The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan (Channel 4)
• Race Around Britain (Munz Made It/YouTube)
• The Ranganation (BBC Two)

Current affairs

• Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin (Exposure) (ITV)
• Four Hours at the Capitol (BBC Two)
• The Men Who Sell Football (Al Jazeera English)
• Trump Takes on the World (BBC Two)

Daytime

• The Chase (ITV)
• Moneybags (Channel 4)
• Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC Two)
• Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4)

Drama series

• In My Skin (BBC Three)
• Manhunt: The Night Stalker (ITV)
• Unforgotten (ITV)
• Vigil (BBC One)

Entertainment programme

• An Audience With Adele (ITV)
• Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
• Life & Rhymes (Sky Arts)
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

Entertainment performance

• Alison Hammond – I Can See Your Voice (BBC One)
• Big Zuu – Big Zuu’s Big Eats (Dave)
• Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
• Joe Lycett – Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back (Channel 4)
• Michael McIntyre – Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel (BBC One)
• Sean Lock – 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4)

Factual series

• The Detectives: Fighting Organised Crime (BBC Two)
• 9/11: One Day in America (National Geographic)
• Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles (Channel 4)
• Uprising (BBC One)

Features

• Big Zuu’s Big Eats (Dave)
• Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (BBC Two)
• Sort Your Life Out (BBC One)
• The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC One)

Female performance in a comedy programme

• Aimee Lou Wood – Sex Education (Netflix)
• Aisling Bea – This Way Up (Channel 4)
• Anjana Vasan – We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)
• Natasia Demetriou – Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4)
• Rose Matafeo – Starstruck (BBC Three)
• Sophie Willan – Alma’s Not Normal (BBC Two)

International

• Call My Agent! (Netflix)
• Lupin (Netflix)
• Mare of Easttown (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
• Squid Game (Netflix)
• Succession (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
• The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime)

Leading actor

• David Thewlis – Landscapers (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
• Hugh Quarshie – Stephen (ITV)
• Olly Alexander – It’s a Sin (Channel 4)
• Samuel Adewunmi – You Don’t Know Me (BBC One)
• Sean Bean – Time (BBC One)
• Stephen Graham – Time (BBC One)

Leading actress

• Denise Gough – Too Close (ITV)
• Emily Watson – Too Close (ITV)
• Jodie Comer – Help (Channel 4)
• Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
• Lydia West – It’s a Sin (Channel 4)
• Niamh Algar – Deceit (Channel 4)

Live event

• The Brit Awards 2021 (ITV)
• The Earthshot Prize 2021 (BBC One)
• The Royal Legion Festival of Remembrance (BBC One)

Male performance in a comedy programme

• Jamie Demetriou – Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4)
• Joe Gilgun – Brassic (Sky Max)
• Ncuti Gatwa – Sex Education (Netflix)
• Samson Kayo – Bloods (Sky One)
• Steve Coogan – This Time with Alan Partridge (BBC One)
• Tim Renkow – Jerk (BBC Three)

Mini-series

• It’s a Sin (Channel 4)
• Landscapers (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
• Stephen (ITV)
• Time (BBC One)

News coverage

• Channel 4 News: Black to Front (Channel 4)
• Good Morning Britain: Shamima Begum (ITV)
• ITV News at Ten: Storming of the Capitol (ITV)
• Sky News: Afghanistan: Endgame (Sky News)

Reality and constructed factual

• Gogglebox (Channel 4)
• Married at First Sight UK (E4)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (BBC Three)
• The Dog House (Channel 4)

Scripted comedy

• Alma’s Not Normal (BBC Two)
• Motherland (Channel 4)
• Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4)
• We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)

Short Form programme

• Hollyoaks Saved My Life (YouTube)
• Our Land (Together TV)
• People You May Know (Financial Times)
• Please Help (Tiger Aspect Pro)

Single documentary

• 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room (BBC One)
• Grenfell: The Untold Story (Channel 4)
• My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years in Afghanistan (ITV)
• Nail Bomber: Man Hunt (Netflix)

Single drama

• Death of England: Face to Face (Sky Arts)
• Help (Channel 4)
• I Am Victoria (Channel 4)
• Together (BBC Two)

Soap and Continuing Drama

• Casualty (BBC One)
• Coronation Street (ITV)
• Emmerdale (ITV)
• Holby City (BBC One)

Specialist factual

• Black Power: A British Story of Resistance (BBC Two)
• Freddie Mercury: The Final Act (BBC Two)
• The Missing Children (ITV)
• Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain (BBC Two)

Sport

• The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Sky Sports Formula 1)
• ITV Racing: The Grand National (ITV)
• Tokyo 2020 Olympics (BBC One)
• UEFA EURO 2020 Semi-final: England v Denmark (ITV)

Supporting actor

• Callum Scott Howells – It’s A Sin (Channel 4)
• David Carlyle – It’s A Sin (Channel 4)
• Matthew Macfadyen – Succession (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
• Nonso Anozie – Sweet Tooth (Netflix)
• Omari Douglas – It’s A Sin (Channel 4)
• Stephen Graham – Time (BBC One)

Supporting actress

• Cathy Tyson – Help (Channel 4)
• Céline Buckens – Showtrial (BBC One)
• Emily Mortimer – The Pursuit of Love (BBC One)
• Jessica Plummer – The Girl Before (BBC One)
• Leah Harvey – Foundation (Apple TV+)
• Tahirah Sharif – The Tower (ITV)

Virgin Media Must-See Moment nominees

• An Audience With Adele – Adele is surprised by the teacher who changed her life (ITV)
• I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! – Ant and Dec dig at Downing Street’s lockdown parties (ITV)
• It’s a Sin – Colin’s devastating AIDS diagnosis (Channel 4)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race UK – Bimini’s verse ‘UK Hun?’ (BBC Three)
• Squid Game – Red Light, Green Light game (Netflix)
• Strictly Come Dancing – Rose and Giovanni’s silent dance to Symphony (BBC One)