What do we gain from depicting true stories in fiction? And what challenges do our finest actors and actresses face bringing them to our screens? Alex Zane welcomes actor and producer Jo Hartley and TV & film critic Rhianna Dhillon to look at the nominees across this year's acting categories at the 2024 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises.

Plus, we're backstage at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards to meet Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali after their win for writing the Black Mirror episode, Demon 79.

A BAFTA production, produced by Matt Hill at Rethink Audio. The transcript of this episode will be available on the BAFTA website.

In this episode we discuss the following nominees:

LEADING ACTOR

BRIAN COX Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic

DOMINIC WEST The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / Netflix

KANE ROBINSON Top Boy - Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / Netflix

PAAPA ESSIEDU The Lazarus Project - Urban Myth Films / Sky Max

STEVE COOGAN The Reckoning - ITV Studios / BBC One

TIMOTHY SPALL The Sixth Commandment - Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One

LEADING ACTRESS

ANJANA VASAN Demon 79 (Black Mirror) - Broke & Bones / Netflix

ANNE REID The Sixth Commandment - Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One

BELLA RAMSEY The Last of Us - Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions,, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic

HELENA BONHAM CARTER Nolly - Quay Street Productions / ITVX

SARAH LANCASHIRE Happy Valley - Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One

SHARON HORGAN Best Interests - AC Chapter One / BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTOR

AMIT SHAH Happy Valley - Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One

ÉANNA HARDWICKE The Sixth Commandment - Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One

HARRIS DICKINSON A Murder at the End of the World FX Productions / Disney+

JACK LOWDEN Slow Horses - See-Saw Films / Apple TV+

MATTHEW MACFADYEN Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic

SALIM DAW The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / Netflix

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

ELIZABETH DEBICKI The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / Netflix

HARRIET WALTER Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic

JASMINE JOBSON Top Boy - Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / Netflix

LESLEY MANVILLE The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / Netflix

NICO PARKER The Last of Us - Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic

SIOBHAN FINNERAN Happy Valley - Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One

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