The Bafta Television Awards will once again be graced by the comedic talents of Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, the academy has confirmed. Here’s the list of the stellar comedy line-up you can expect at the BAFTA awards!
Buzzing with Excitement!
Following their successful stint as hosts last year, Beckett and Ranganathan are set to take the stage on 12 May for another round of laughter and celebration. The duo’s previous hosting gig garnered an impressive peak audience of 4.4 million viewers on BBC One.
Expressing their enthusiasm for the upcoming event, Beckett said,
Romesh and I are absolutely buzzing to be back hosting the Baftas… We’ve not seen or spoken to each other since last year when we hosted so it will be good to catch up. It’s a real privilege to continually get work together even though our friendship is fake and completely fabricated for commercial gain.
Of course, Ragnathan also had a quip as a comment saying,
I really thought I’d done enough last year to be asked to host it solo this time, but hosting it with Rob again is also an honour I suppose.
Both of them were the comedy duo tasked with hosting and were a huge success! According to Emma Baehr, the executive director of awards at BAFTA they were ‘utterly brilliant’ and have cemented themselves as one of the “nation’s most treasured comedy duos”.
Recognizing Comedy Talent
The 2024 Bafta Awards nominations spotlight a stellar lineup of British comedy talent, with Bridget Christie, Joe Lycett, and Mawaan Rizwan among the notable nominees.
Comedy Categories
- Scripted Comedy
- Big Boys
- Dreaming Whilst Black
- Extraordinary
- Such Brave Girls
- Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
- Bridget Christie: The Change
- Gbemisola Ikumelo: Black Ops
- Máiréad Tyers: Extraordinary
- Roisin Gallagher: The Lovers
- Sofia Oxenham: Extraordinary
- Taj Atwal: Hullraisers
- Male Performance in a Comedy Programme
- Adjani Salmon: Dreaming Whilst Black
- David Tennant: Good Omens
- Hammed Animashaun: Black Ops
- Jamie Demetriou: A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou
- Joseph Gilgun: Brassic
- Mawaan Rizwan: Juice
- Writer: Comedy
- Jack Rooke: Big Boys
- Jamie Demetriou: A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou
- Kat Sadler: Such Brave Girls
- Mawaan Rizwan: Juice
- Comedy Entertainment Programme
- The Graham Norton Show
- Late Night Lycett
- Rob & Romesh Vs
- Would I Lie To You?
- Entertainment Programme
- Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas
- Later… With Jools Holland
- Michael McIntyre’s Big Show
- Strictly Come Dancing
- Entertainment Performance
- Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly: I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
- Big Zuu: Big Zuu’s Big Eats
- Graham Norton: The Graham Norton Show
- Hannah Waddingham: Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- Joe Lycett: Late Night Lycett
- Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan: Rob & Romesh Vs
Save the Date
The Bafta Television Craft Awards are set for Sunday 28 April, while the main Television Awards, hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, will air on Sunday May 12 on BBC One. For the full list of nominations, visit bafta.org.
Romesh Ranganathan
