LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - The final season of Netflix ( NFLX )

royal drama "The Crown" led nominations for the BAFTA Television

Awards on Wednesday, with a scene from former footballer David

Beckham's docuseries also up for a prize.

"The Crown", which dramatises the political and personal

events that shaped the reign of Britain's late Queen Elizabeth,

has eight nods at the annual British television industry awards,

including four in the acting categories.

Dominic West, who plays then-Prince Charles, and Elizabeth

Debicki, who portrays the late Princess Diana, are among the

cast members nominated.

"Demon 79", the final episode of season six of the anthology

series "Black Mirror", has seven nominations, including in the

leading actress category for Anjana Vasan. She plays a shop

assistant who has to commit three murders to stop the world

ending.

Crime drama "Happy Valley" has six nominations, including a

leading actress nod for its star, Sarah Lancashire. Other

nominees for that prize include Helena Bonham Carter for

biographical mini-series "Nolly" and Bella Ramsey for the

adaptation of the post-apocalyptic video game "The Last of Us".

That series and the media dynasty drama "Succession" have

five nominations each, including in the international category,

where they face competition from culinary drama "The Bear" and

road rage mini-series "Beef", among other shows.

More than 100 programmes are nominated and 17 out of the 44

nominees in the performance categories received their first nod

in the BAFTA Television Awards, which take place on May 12.

"I'm delighted to see so many first-time nominees, so much

new and emerging talent and so many debut projects recognised

today," Sara Putt, chair of BAFTA, said in a statement.

"We hope our awards can play a positive role in reinforcing

the value of nurturing new talent and ideas, as well as holding

a mirror up to stubborn industry inequities," she added, noting

female directors were "still significantly outnumbered" by male

counterparts in awards submissions.

Nominees for the memorable moment award, which were revealed

last week, include a scene from "Beckham" - a mini-series about

the British soccer star - in which David teases his fashion

designer wife Victoria to be honest about her "working class"

upbringing.

Other contenders for the award, the only one voted for by

the public, include the announcement of Ncuti Gatwa taking over

the lead role in British sci-fi series "Doctor Who".

(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian

Editing by Ros Russell)