Call the Midwife star Judy Parfitt has suggested that Bafta voters don’t find the show “woke” enough to vote for it.
The big winners at last year’s television Baftas included Netflix’s The End of the F***ing World, which won Best Drama, and Stath Lets Flats, which won Best Scripted Comedy.
Despite running since 2012, however, Call the Midwife has been nominated for just six television Baftas, including Best Supporting Actress for Hart in 2012.
Other series to receive multiple wins and nominations included the acclaimed mini-series Chernobyl and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag.