Cliff Notes – One of the raunchiest TV moments of 2024 could win a Bafta
- The Bafta TV Awards have announced nominees, including a steamy scene from Bridgerton featuring Penelope and Colin in a carriage, vying for the P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award.
- Other notable nominees include a naked tennis scene from Rivals and a dramatic moment from Gavin & Stacey, showcasing the diverse range of impactful television moments from the past year.
- Full list of Bafta nominations for 2025
TV moments of 2024 could win a Bafta
The Oscars might have been and gone, but awards season is far from over. One of the steamiest scenes in Bridgerton has been nominated
Following the coveted accolades handed out at ceremonies including the Golden Globes, the Academy Awards and the Sag Awards, the Bafta TV Awards are still yet to come in May.
Today, the full list of nominees for the awards ceremony was announced, with shows including Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Baby Reindeer, Rivals and the outstanding Slow Horses receiving recognition. Gary Oldman delvers a truly biopic, albeit flatulent, performance in one of the best post covid spy dramas.
One of the biggest prizes of the night is the P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award – and this year’s winner could end up being the raunchiest ever given the nominees that have been announced.
There are six scenes that have been nominated in the category, one of them being the unforgettable moment in Bridgerton that Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) have a steamy encounter in a carriage.
The scene featured in the Netflix period drama set fans ablaze with passion when they watched it for the first time in May last year, particularly when many figured out how to turn on the audio description setting to make it even sexier.
Rivals was not shy of its starkers moments
But that’s not the only racy scene featured in this year’s Bafta moment of the year category.
Last year, 80s comedy-drama Rivals blew viewers away when it debuted on Disney Plus, boasting a cast including Danny Dyer, David Tennant, Bella Maclean, Katherine Parkinson and Alex Hassell.
Near the beginning of the series, Taggie O’Hara (Bella) stumbles across Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex) playing a game of naked tennis with Sarah Stratton (Emily Atack), a married woman who he’s having an affair with.
While speaking to News UK, Alex confirmed ‘it’s all me’ after he decided to go full-frontal on the tennis court, stating: ‘It was discussed how comfortable I was whether or not it would be me or prosthetics or digital. But in the end, we just went for it.’
Full list of nominations for Bafta TV Awards 2025
The nominees for the Bafta TV Awards 2025 are…
Leading Actor
David Tennant – Rivals
Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
Lennie James – Mr Loverman
Martin Freeman – The Responder
Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer
Toby Jones – Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Leading Actress
Anna Maxwell Martin – Until I Kill You
Billie Piper – Scoop
Lola Petticrew – Say Nothing
Marisa Abela – Industry
Monica Dolan – Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Sharon D Clarke – Mr Loverman
Limited Drama
Baby Reindeer
Lost Boys and Fairies
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
One Day
Drama Series
Blue Lights
Sherwood
Supacell
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
Female Performance in a Comedy
Anjana Vasan –We Are Lady Parts
Kate O’Flynn – Everyone Else Burns
Lolly Adefope – The Franchise
Nicola Coughlan – Big Mood
Ruth Jones – Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
Sophie Willan – Alma’s Not Normal
Male Performance in a Comedy
Bilal Hasna – Extraordinary
Danny Dyer – Mr Bigstuff
Dylan Thomas-Smith – G’Wed
Nabhaan Rizwan – Kaos
Oliver Savell – Changing Ends
Phil Dunning – Smoggie Queens
Scripted Comedy
Alma’s Not Normal
Brassic
G’wed
Ludwig
Supporting Actor
Ariyon Bakare – Mr Loverman
Christopher Chung – Slow Horses
Damian Lewis – Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
Jonathan Pryce – Slow Horses
McKinley Belcher III – Eric
Sonny Walker – The Gathering
Supporting Actress
Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer
Katherine Parkinson – Rivals
Maxine Peake – Say Nothing
Monica Dolan – Sherwood
Nava Mau – Baby Reindeer
Sue Johnston – Truelove
Children’s: Non-Scripted
Boosnoo!
Disability and Me: FYI Investigates
Operation Ouch!
Reu & Harper’s Wonder World
Children’s: Scripted
CBeebies’ As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe
Horrible Histories
Ready Eddie Go!
Tweedy & Fluff
Current Affairs
Life and Death in Gaza: Storyville
Maternity: Broken Trust State of Rage
Ukraine’s War: The Other Side
Daytime
Clive Myrie’s Caribbean Adventure
Loose Women
Morning Live
Richard Osman’s House of Games
Entertainment
The 1% Club
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show
Taskmaster
Would I Lie to You?
International
After the Party
Colin From Accounts
Say Nothing
Shōgun
True Detective: Night Country
You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolfpack
Live Event Coverage
D-Day 80: Tribute to the Fallen
Glastonbury 2024
Last Night of the Proms
News Coverage
BBC Breakfast: Post Office Special
Channel 4 News: Inside Sednaya – The Fall of Assad
Channel 4 News: Undercover Inside Reform’s Campaign
Reality
Dragons’ Den
The Jury: Murder Trial
Love Is Blind UK
The Traitors
Short Form
Brown Brit
Peaked
Quiet Life
Spud
Single Documentary
Hell Jumper
Tell Them You Love Me
Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods
Undercover: Exposing the Far Right
Soap
Casualty
Coronation Street
Eastenders
Specialist Factual
Atomic People
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
Children of the Cult
Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain
Sports Coverage
Euro 2024 Production Team
Paris 2024 Olympics Production Team
Wimbledon 2024 Production Team
P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award (voted for by the public)
Bridgerton – the carriage scene where Colin admits his true feelings for Penelope
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale – Smithy’s wedding: Mick stands up
Mr Bates vs the Post Office – Jo Hamilton phones the Horizon helpline
Rivals – Rupert Campbell-Black and Sarah Stratton are caught in a game of naked tennis
Strictly Come Dancing – Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell waltz to “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
The Traitors – “Paul isn’t my son… but Ross is!”
Other than the scenes from Bridgerton and Rivals, the other Bafta moment of the year nominees include a jaw-dropping moment from the Gavin and Stacey finale, when Smithy (James Corden) decided not to marry Sonia (Laura Aikman).
From last year’s series of The Traitors, the moment that’s up for the award is when Diane Carson revealed that fellow competitor Ross was actually her son, using her now-famous phrase: ‘Paul just couldn’t be my son… but Ross is.’
The moment that Diane revealed that Ross is her son will go down in British reality tv history
Chris McCausland’s stunning dance to You’ll Never Walk Alone with his professional dance partner Dianne Buswell has also been recognised, as has a scene from the critically-acclaimed ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, when Jo Hamilton (Monica Dolan) discovers the huge amount of money she’s told that she owes.
Speaking about the six nominees, Hilary Rosen, chairwoman of Bafta’s television committee, said: ‘It was an absolute pleasure to chair this year’s jury and steer passionate debate on the unforgettable moments that graced our television screens in 2024.
Chris and Dianne’s stunning dance on Strictly blew audiences away
‘The list includes heart-warming and heart-stopping surprises that got us all talking, and speaks to the power of great television to have real and lasting impact.
‘I’m intrigued to see which of these six moments will resonate with the public the most and the conversations they will continue to inspire.’
Previous winners of the Bafta TV Awards moment of the year include Paddington meeting the Queen for the Platinum Jubilee: Party at the Palace and Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce’s showdown in Happy Valley.
The Bafta TV Awards with P&O Cruises will air on Sunday May 11 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
