This image released by Amazon Prime Video shows Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, left, and Micheal Ward in Small Axe – Parisa Taghizedeh/Television StillsSmall Axe, the Steve McQueen drama series beloved by critics but overlooked by audiences, has scored a record number of Bafta TV nominations.The anthology of five films chronicled the black British experience from the 1970s onwards.In its Sunday night slot on BBC One, it drew modest ratings of just over one million viewers per episode.But Bafta voters garlanded it with 15 nominations, including best writer, best mini-series, leading actress for Letitia Wright and leading actor for both John Boyega and Shaun Parkes.The two actors appeared in separate films, playing real-life figures: Boyega as Leroy Logan, founding member and former chair of the Black Police Association, and Parkes as Frank Crichlow, a Notting Hill restaurant owner whose intimidation by police sparked a riot and the ensuing Mangrove Nine court case.Small Axe is up against a BBC ratings hit, Normal People, which became the most popular series of last year on iPlayer. The category also features Michaela Coel’s acclaimed I May Destroy You and Channel 4’s drama about a porn star, Adult Material.The drama category includes Netflix’s The Crown, which picked up 10 nominations in total, alongside three Sky Atlantic series: Gangs of London, I Hate Suzie and Save Me Too.Ratings winners that missed out on a nomination included Channel 5’s All Creatures Great and Small, plus the ITV crime dramas White House Farm and Des. Netflix’s Bridgerton and The Queen’s… Click below to read the full story from Yahoo Movies UK
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