World Productions’ BBC1 blockbuster to go head to head with Sid Gentle’s BBC America thriller
BBC1’s Bodyguard and BBC America’s Killing Eve are to go head-to-head at the 2019 Golden Globes.
The pair are in the running for best drama series, where they face Amazon drama Homecoming and two FX series - Ryan Murphy’s Pose and long-running drama The Americans - in a category won in 2018 by Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
World Productions’ ratings-smashing six-parter Bodyguard recently launched in the US on Netflix, which was an early investor in the project.
Sid Gentle Films’ Killing Eve, meanwhile, aired on BBC America to rave reviews in April.
Killing Eve star Sandra Oh also receives a nomination for best actress in a drama series, while Bodyguard’s Richard Madden is up for best actor.
Meanwhile, BBC1’s A Very English Scandal is up for three awards.
Hugh Grant is nominated for best actor in a limited series or motion picture made for television for his performance as Jeremy Thorpe’s in Russell T Davies’ drama, with co-star Ben Whishaw up for best supporting actor.
Blueprint Pictures’ three-parter, which was co-produced with Amazon, is also in the running for best limited series, where it faces HBO’s Sharp Objects, FX’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace, TNT’s The Alienist and Showtime’s Escape at Dannemora.
Benedict Cumberbatch goes up against Grant for his performance in the title role of Little Island Productions’ Sky Atlantic/Showtime co-pro Patrick Melrose.
Elsewhere, Sacha Baron Cohen is nominated for best actor in a musical or comedy for his various guises in Spelthorne Community Television’s HBO prank show Who Is America?.
In the film categories, BBC Films won a nod in the best actor – musical or comedy for John C Reilly’s performance as Oliver Hardy in the Jeff Pope-scripted Stan & Ollie.
Golden Globes TV awards nominations in full
Best Television Series – Drama
The Americans
Bodyguard
Homecoming
Killing Eve
Pose
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
Julia Roberts (Homecoming)
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman (Ozark)
Stephan James (Homecoming)
Richard Madden (Bodyguard)
Billy Porter (Pose)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Barry (HBO)
The Good Place (NBC)
Kidding (Showtime)
The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell (The Good Place)
Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown)
Alison Brie (Glow)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Debra Messing (Will & Grace)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen (Who Is America?)
Jim Carrey (Kidding)
Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
Donald Glover (Atlanta)
Bill Hader (Barry)
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Alienist (TNT)
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX)
Escape at Dannemora (Showtime)
Sharp Objects (HBO)
A Very English Scandal (Amazon)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Amy Adams (Sharp Objects)
Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora)
Connie Britton (Dirty John)
Laura Dern (The Tale)
Regina King (Seven Seconds)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Antonio Banderas (Genius: Picasso)
Daniel Bruhl (The Alienist)
Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose)
Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alex Bornstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects)
Penelope Cruz (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Edgar Ramirez (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Ben Whishaw (A Very English Scandal)
Henry Winkler (Barry)
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