Russell T Davies Drama ‘It’s A Sin’ Picks Up Six BPG Nominations; Jeremy Clarkson, Olivia Colman, Stephen Graham Also Recognized

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Russell T Davies’ It’s a Sin has been nominated six times for the UK’s prestigious Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards next month, with Jeremy Clarkson, Olivia Colman and Stephen Graham also picking up nods.Leads Olly Alexander, Callum Scott Howells and Lydia West are nominated in Best Actor and Best Actress respectively for the Channel 4/HBO Max drama, with Davies recognized in Best Writer, the show itself picking up a Best Drama Series (+4 episodes) nod and the quartet of young residents of the show’s ‘Pink Palace’ competing for the BPG Breakthrough Award alongside Starstruck’s Rose Matefeo and We Are Lady Parts’ Nida Manzoor.It’s a Sin, which follows LGBTQ+ characters during the UK’s 1980s Aids epidemic and is produced by Red Production Company, has already been recognized at a raft of awards ceremonies.The five-parter will compete in the Best Drama Series (+4 episodes) category against BBC Scotland/BBC Two’s Guilt, Sky/HBO’s Landscapers and BBC One double Line of Duty and The Serpent.

High-profile stars including Landscapers Colman and A Very British Scandal’s Claire Foy are nominated for Best Actress, while Help stars Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham both have nods.

Graham will go up against Sean Bean (Time), Sanjeev Bhaskar (Unforgotten) and the It’s a Sin duo for Best Actor.Elsewhere, Jeremy Clarkson is in the running for Best Documentary Series (+4 episodes) for Amazon Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm, facing off against heavyweights including David Attenborough (A Perfect Planet) and Grayson Perry (Grayson’s Art Club).Matafeo has two nominations, for Breakthrough and also Best Comedy versus BBC Two’s Alma’s Not Normal, Channel 4’s Stath Lets Flats and Netflix’s Sex Education.The awards ceremony will take place in