TV BAFTAs 2020: Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal reunite for first time since Normal People

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal were reunited on Friday afternoon as the Normal People co-stars attended the socially distanced BAFTA Television Craft Awards and Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards.

The pair were in high spirits as they made an early red carpet showing at the star studded event, their first joint appearance since being propelled to stardom on the BBC Three show.

Adhering to the social distancing guidelines that have been put in place as a consequence of COVID-19, the onscreen lovers stayed two metres apart while posing for photos.

Old friends: Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal were reunited on Friday afternoon as the Normal People co-stars attended the socially distanced Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards

Referencing the abrupt changes to protocol, the pair held each end of a tape measure for the benefit of waiting photographers as they stood the required distance apart.

Looking appropriately glamorous, Daisy, 22, commanded attention in a sweeping black gown with mesh embellishments while joining her former co-star.

With a delicately cinched waistline, the outfit drew attention to her slender physique, while a notable lack of accessories gave the overall look an understated flourish.

Safety first: Referencing the abrupt changes to protocol, the pair held each end of a tape measure for the benefit of waiting photographers as they stood the required distance apart

Stunning: Looking appropriately glamorous, Daisy, 22, commanded attention in a sweeping black gown with mesh embellishments while joining her former co-star

Stay back: Adhering to the social distancing guidelines that have been put in place as a consequence of COVID-19 , the onscreen lovers stayed two metres apart

The BAFTA Television Craft Awards and Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards were originally scheduled for 26 April and 17 May.

Organisers confirmed at the time that following government advice they had opted to reschedule the ceremonies until later in the year.

The awards show is being held in a BBC studio and in accordance with government guidelines the ceremony will be socially distanced, with nominees accepting their prizes virtually.

Smart: Paul looked the part in a two piece suit, teamed with a white T-shirt and trainers

Tasteful: With a delicately cinched waistline, the outfit drew attention to her slender physique, while a notable lack of accessories gave the overall look an understated flourish

Upbeat: Daisy and Paul laughed and joked outside the venue before making their way inside

Making his debut as host of the all-star ceremony, actor and comedian Richard Ayoade will steer audiences through this years' nominations, with nominees invited to get involved through video link-ups.

Richard, who has himself won a BAFTA, previously joked about hosting the socially distanced programme: 'I am as surprised as you are that this is still going ahead.'

Earlier this month the full list of nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards 2020 were announced.

High glamour: Daisy adjusted her sweeping dress while preparing to make her entrance

I say: The actress's backless gown drew further attention to her slimline figure as she chatted to fellow guests at the socially distanced event

Plenty to smile about: Daisy beamed while chatting to a pal outside the BBC venue

Chernobyl, Fleabag, The Crown, Giri/Haji and The Virtues all lead the way with three nominations each.

Sky Atlantic's Chernobyl has taken the world by storm and scored a higher IMDb rating than Game Of Thrones and Breaking Bad.

The five-part series follows an investigative commission appointed in the wake of the devastating nuclear accident on April 26, 1986.

Actors Jared Harris and Stellan Skarsgard have been recognised in the Leading Actor and Supporting Actor categories.

Elsewhere, Girl/Haji has also picked up nominations. The eight-part series is set in England and Japan with dialogue in English and subtitled Japanese, and has a pair of brothers at its heart, Kenzo and Yuto Mori.

Main man: Paul stood out as he arrived at the event, just days after being nominated for a Primetime Emmy

That's better: Daisy quickly fixed her hair before being ushered inside

Overnight success: The star has become a household name thanks to her role in Normal People

Kenzo is a respectable Tokyo-based detective, and Yuto is rumoured to be part of the Japanese mafia, the Yakuza, and is lying low in London after allegedly murdering a Japanese businessman there.

Nominations include Takehiro Hira in the Leading Actor category and Supporting Actor (for Will Sharpe) at the awards.

Channel 4 drama The Virtues, starring Line of Duty's Stephen Graham has picked up nominations in the Leading Actor, Mini-Series and Supporting Actress (for Helen Behan) categories.

Sex Education picked up a nod in the Breakthrough Talent for Male Performance in a Comedy Programme (for Ncuti Gatwa).

Rounding off the top nominees, Top Boy, which was revived in 2019, has scored a nod for Supporting Actress (for Jasmine Jobson) categories.

Notable snubs include EastEnders, which won Best Soap at the 2019 awards, but has failed to be nominated at the 2020 show.

The shortlist was selected by an independent BAFTA-approved jury of media experts, with BAFTA Television Committee Chair Hannah Wyatt heading the group.

While the BAFTA Television Awards is typically a glitzy affair, winners will accept their awards from home, while presenters will appear live in the studio.

The star-studded presenting line-up in the studio includes, Adrian Lester, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Greg Davies, Himesh Patel, Jessia Hynes, Joe Cole, Nina Sosanya, Paul Mescal, Sope Dirisu and Stacey Dooley.

BAFTA TV Awards 2020: NOMINATIONS COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME The Graham Norton Show The Last Leg Taskmaster The Ranganation CURRENT AFFAIRS Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids (Dispatches) The Hunt For Jihadi John Is Labour Anti-Semitic (Panorama) Undercover: Inside China's Digital Gulug (Exposure) DRAMA SERIES The Crown Gentleman Jack Giri/Haji The End of the F***ing World ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE Frankie Boyle for Frankie Boyle's New World Order Graham Norton for The Graham Norton Show Lee Mack for Would I Lie To You Mo Gilligan for The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME Strictly Come Dancing The Voice The Greatest Dancer The Rap Game UK FACTUAL SERIES Crime and Punishment Leaving Neverland Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure FEATURES The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan Snackmasters Joe Lycett's Got Your Back Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME Phoebe Waller- Bridge in Fleabag Sarah Kendall in Frayed Sian Clifford in Fleabag Gbemisola Ikumelo in Famalam INTERNATIONAL Succession When They See Us Euphoria Unbelievable LEADING ACTOR Stephen Graham for The Virtues Jared Harris for Chernobyl Takehiro Hira for Giri/Haji Callum Turner for The Capture LEADING ACTRESS Jodie Comer for Killing Eve Suranne Jones for Gentleman Jack Samantha Morton for I Am Kirsty Glenda Jackson for Elizabeth Is Missing LIVE EVENT Blue Planet Live Election 2019 Live: The Results Glastonbury 2019 Operation Live MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME Ncuti Gatwa for Sex Education Guz Khan for Man Like Mobeen Youssef Kerkour for Home Jamie Demetriou for Stath Lets Flats MINI-SERIES Chernobyl A Confession The Virtues The Victim NEWS COVERAGE Hong Kong Protests ITV News At Ten: Election Results Prince Andrew & The Epstein Scandal (Newsnight) Victoria Derbyshire: Men who lost loved ones to knife crime REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL Celebrity Gogglebox Race Across The World RuPaul's Drag Race UK Harry's Heroes: The Full English SCRIPTED COMEDY Derry Girls Fleabag Derry Girls Stath Lets Flats SHORT FORM PROGRAMME Anywhere But Westminster Brain In Gear Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle toni_with_an_i (Born Digital: First Cuts) SINGLE DOCUMENTARY The Abused The Family Secret The Last Survivors David Harewood: Psychosis and Me SINGLE DRAMA Brexit: The Uncivil War Elizabeth Is Missing The Left Behind Responsible Child SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA Coronation Street Casualty Holby City Emmerdale SPECIALIST FACTUAL 8 Days: To The Moon and Back Seven Worlds: One Planet Thatcher: A Very British Revolution Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story SPORT 2019 RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL: ENGLAND V SOUTH AFRICA ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP FINAL FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2019 SEMI FINAL: ENGLAND V USA WIMBLEDON 2019 MEN’S FINAL SUPPORTING ACTOR Joe Absolom for A Confession Josh O'Connor for The Crown Stellan Skarsgard for Chernobyl Will Sharpe for Giri/Haji SUPPORTING ACTRESS Helen Behan for The Virtues Helena Bonham Carter for The Crown Jasmine Jobson for Top Boy Naomi Ackie for The End of the F***ing World VIRGIN MEDIA’S MUST-SEE MOMENT (voted for by the public) CORONATION STREET - The Death of Sinead Osborne FLEABAG - Confessional scene GAME OF THRONES - Arya Kills the Night King GAVIN AND STACEY - Nessa Proposes to Smithy LINE OF DUTY - John Corbett’s Death LOVE ISLAND - Michael recouples after Casa Amor BRITISH ACADEMY TELEVISION CRAFT AWARDS BREAKTHROUGH TALENT sponsored by Sara Putt Associates Aisling Bea (Writer) for This Way Up Aneil Karia (Director) for Pure and Top Boy Laurie Nunn (Writer) for Sex Education Sean Buckley (Writer) for Responsible Child COSTUME DESIGN Caroline McCall for His Dark Materials Joanna Eatwell for Beecham House Michele Clapton for Game of Thrones Odile Dicks-Mireaux for Chernobyl DIRECTOR: FACTUAL Arthur Cary for The Last Survivors Dan Reed for Leaving Neverland Mark Lewis for Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer Robin Barnwell for Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag (Exposure) DIRECTOR: FICTION sponsored by 3 Mills Studios Harry Bradbeer for Fleabag Johan Renck for Chernobyl Shane Meadows for The Virtues Toby Haynes for Brexit: The Uncivil War DIRECTOR: MULTI-CAMERA Bridget Caldwell for The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance Janet Fraser Crook for Glastonbury 2019 Matthew Griffiths for Six Nations 2019 - Wales v England Paul McNamara for ITV Racing: Cheltenham Festival EDITING: FACTUAL Andy R. Worboys for Untouchable: The Rise and Fall of Harvey Weinstein Jules Cornell for Leaving Neverland Kim Horton for 63 Up Michael Harte for Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer EDITING: FICTION Dan Crinnion for Killing Eve (Episode 4) Elen Pierce Lewis for Giri/Haji Gary Dollner for Fleabag Simon Smith, Jinx Godfrey for Chernobyl ENTERTAINMENT CRAFT TEAM sponsored by Hotcam AMBER RIMELL, BRONSKI, MISTY BUCKLEY, TIM ROUTLEDGE for Glastonbury 2019 (Stormzy) DAVID BISHOP, VICKY GILL, ANDY TAPLEY, PATRICK DOHERTY for Strictly Come Dancing MARK BUSK-COWLEY, STEVE KRUGER, IAIN STIRLING, JAMES TINSLEY for Love Island NIGEL CATMUR, PATRICK DOHERTY, KEVIN DUFF, ANDREW STOKES for The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN sponsored by MAC Cosmetics Daniel Parker, Barrie Gower for Chernobyl Inma Azorin for The Trial of Christine Keeler Kirstin Chalmers for Catherine The Great Loz Schiavo for Peaky Blinders ORIGINAL MUSIC David Holmes and Keefus Ciancia for Killing Eve Adrian Johnston for Giri/Haji Andrew Phillips for War In The Blood Hildur Guðnadóttir for Chernobyl PHOTOGRAPHY: FACTUAL sponsored by The Farm BERTIE GREGORY, HOWARD BOURNE, JOHN SHIER for Seven Worlds, One Planet DOUG ANDERSON, ROGER HORROCKS, GAVIN THURSTON for Our Planet (Coastal Seas) JAMIE MCPHERSON, HECTOR SKEVINGTON-POSTLES, BARRIE BRITTON for Our Planet (Frozen Worlds) PATRICK SMITH, NEIL HARVEY for Untouchable: The Rise and Fall of Harvey Weinstein PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION sponsored by ScreenSkills Adriano Goldman for The Crown Jakob Ihre for Chernobyl Joe Anderson for Top Boy Suzie Lavelle for His Dark Materials PRODUCTION DESIGN sponsored by Microsoft Laurence Dorman for Killing Eve Luke Hull, Claire Levinson-Gendler for Chernobyl Martin Childs, Alison Harvey for The Crown Samantha Harley, Miri Katz for Sex Education SCRIPTED CASTING sponsored by Spotlight Des Hamilton for Top Boy Lauren Evans for Sex Education Nina Gold, Robert Sterne for Chernobyl Yoko Narahashi, Shaheen Baig, Layla Merrick-Wolf for Giri/Haji SOUND: FACTUAL Graham Wild, Kate Hopkins for Seven Worlds, One Planet Graham Wild, Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens for Our Planet (One Planet) Nick Fry, Steve Speed, James Evans, Nick Adams for Formula 1: Drive to Survive SOUND TEAM for Battle of the Brass Bands SOUND: FICTION Dillon Bennett, Jon Thomas, Gareth Bull, James Ridgeway for His Dark Materials Ian Wilkinson, Lee Walpoke, Fraser Barber, Stuart Hilliker for A Christmas Carol Stefan Henrix, Joe Beal, Stuart Hilliker, Vincent Piponnier for Chernobyl SOUND TEAM for The Crown SPECIAL, VISUAL & GRAPHIC EFFECTS Ben Turner, Chris Reynolds, Asa Shoul for The Crown Framestore, Painting Practice, Real SFX, Russell Dodgson for His Dark Materials Lindsay McFarlane, Claudius Christian Rauch, Jean-Clement Soret, DNEG for Chernobyl Milk Visual Effects, Gareth Spensley, Real SFX for Good Omens TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY Alex Maclean for The Durrells Elastic for Catherine the Great Elastic, Painting Practice for His Dark Materials Light Creative for Ghosts WRITER: COMEDY Danny Brocklehurst for Brassic Phoebe Waller- Bridge for Fleabag Jamie Demetriou for Stath Let Flats Sam Leifer, Tom Basden for Plebs WRITER: DRAMA Charlie Covell for The End of the F***ing World Craig Mazin for Chernobyl Jesse Armstrong for Succession Shane Meadows, Jack Thorne for The Virtues – Warp Films, Big Arty Productions/Channel 4 Acclaimed: Chernobyl - starring Jared Harris and Stellan Skarsgard - has scored 14 nods Advertisement

Richard will also be joined virtually by some big names in television including Billy Porter, Chris O'Dowd, David Tennant, Jeff Goldblum, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Michael Sheen and Ruth Madeley, who will be presenting awards via video link.

Audiences will also be treated to two performances from internationally-acclaimed comedian, musician, actor and writer Tim Minchin, including an original song composed specially for the event.

British actor, writer and producer Idris Elba will receive the Special Award, one of BAFTA's highest accolades, in recognition of his exceptional career and commitment to championing diversity and new talent in the industry. There will also be some very special surprise guests dialling in to present his award on the night.

The winner of the Virgin Media's Must-See Moment Award will also be announced. As the only award to be voted for by the public, the Must-See Moment celebrates the dramatic scenes, cliff hangers and edge-of-your-seat moments that truly resonated with TV fans across the UK.

The conclusion to last year's Gavin and Stacey Christmas special, in which Ruth Jones' character Nessa proposed to James Corden's alter-ego Smithy, is among the contenders in the shortlist, which is voted for by the British public.

Line Of Duty's shock killing of undercover police officer John Corbett, played by Stephen Graham, is up for the award, while the scene where Arya Stark kills the Night King in the final season of Game Of Thrones also got a nod.

Elsewhere, BAFTA have responded to criticism of its lack of diversity by nominating three times as many BAME actors and performers as last year's TV awards show.

Nine stars including Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa, The End of the F***ing World's Naomi Ackie and comedians Guz Khan and Mo Gilligan are among those nominated for the individual awards.

They make up around a third of all those nominated, a marked improvement on the three from last year.

BAFTA has come under fire for its lack of representation in both its film and TV award shows in recent years.