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Wednesday 20 March 2024

David Tennant nominated for BAFTA Television Award


David Tennant has been nominated for the Male Performance In A Comedy Award for the second series of Good Omens in the BAFTA Television Awards. 

David is against Adjani Salmon (Dreaming Whilst Black), Hammed Animashaun (Black Ops), Jamie Demetriou (A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou), Joseph Gilgun (Brassic) and Mawaan Rizwan (Juice) for this award.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony hosted by Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett on Sunday 12th May. The qualifying criteria was any series which was broadcast during 2023.

David Tennant and Michael Sheen star in the adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's comedy Good Omens. The original six part television series was released on Amazon Prime on Friday 31st May 2019 and was shown on BBC Two starting at 9pm on Wednesday 15th January 2020. 

A second series of Good Omens was announced in June 2021. Once again it starred David Tennant and Michael Sheen as Crowley and Aziraphale. Neil Gaiman and Douglas Mackinnon were the showrunners. 

Good Omens Series Two premiered on Prime Video on Friday 28th July in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. 

A third and final series was announced in 2023. Filming has not started yet and it is not expected to be broadcast until 2025.