Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s drama, starring Jodie Comer as a psychopathic killer and Sandra Oh as an MI5 operative, has bagged 14 nominations for the TV awards. Fellow BBC drama A Very English Scandal, about politician Jeremy Thorpe’s downfall, is also high in the nominations list with 12. BBC thriller Bodyguard has five nominations and is up for drama series, alongside Killing Eve, Save Me and Informer. Keeley Hawes (Isabel Infantes/PA)Instead, Benedict Cumberbatch is in the running for best actor for his role in Patrick Melrose, the Sky Atlantic drama which has six nominations. The best actress nominees are Killing Eve stars Oh and Comer, Hawes for Bodyguard and Ruth Wilson for Mrs Wilson.

Source: Irish Independent March 28, 2019 08:15 UTC