BAFTAs

Here’s the full list of winners from the 2013 BAFTA TV Awards. Continue reading »

Here is the list of nominees for the Arqiva BAFTA Television Awards, which take place on May 12. Continue reading »

Dara O’Briain has said he doesn’t want to see the gaming BAFTAs screened on TV.

Even though he is host of the ceremony, he says it is very different to the television BAFTAs and wouldn’t work as well on TV.

“There’s a lot more riding on the television ones because they’re broadcast live to the nation, so in some ways it’s a bigger deal in terms of the production around it,” he told Digital Spy.

“This one is a more enjoyable one to do because it is just the people who know all about [the industry]. The television one is surrounded by people who won’t have watched all the television shows. Continue reading »

Top Gear racing from Wembley to San Siro

The Top Gear boys will race across Europe on this weekend’s episode of the BBC Two show, attempting to make it from Wembley to the San Siro in Milan faster than the others. Clarkson will be in a Mustang while Hammond and May will take trains.

Flack and O’Leary hosting BAFTA red carpet

Caroline Flack and Dermot O’Leary will present the red carpet coverage for this year’s BAFTA Awards. The pair will host the E! network coverage on February 10. Continue reading »

The complete list of winners from the  BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2012. Continue reading »

The nominees for the upcoming BAFTA TV Craft Awards have been announced.

The ceremony takes place on May 13 at The Brewery in London.

 

Breakthrough Talent

Tom Basden – Writer, Fresh Meat

Kwadjo Dajan – Co-producer, Appropriate Adult

Stefan Golaszewski – Writer, Him & Her

Clare Johns – Producer/director: Panorama: The Truth About Adoption

 

Costume Design

Charlotte Walter – Birdsong

Amy Roberts – Call the Midwife

Susannah Buxton – Downton Abbey

James Keast – The Mystery Of Edwin Drood

 

Digital Creativity

Margaret Robertson, Alex Fleetwood, A.L. Kennedy, Lottie Davies – Dreams Of Your Life

Steph Harris, Dan Jones, Sandra Gorel, Adam Gee – Live From The Clinic

Matt Jarvis, Chloe Moss, Richard Wilson, Daniel Twomey – Misfits

ITV Online/ITV Studios – This Morning

 

Director, Factual

David Clews – Educating Essex

Vanessa Berlowitz, Chadden Hunter, Kathryn Jeffs – Frozen Planet (‘To The Ends Of The Earth’)

Sacha Mirzoeff – Protecting Our Children

Charlie Russell – Terry Pratchett’s Choosing To Die

 

Director, Fiction

Julian Jarrold – Appropriate Adult

John Alexander – Exile

Hugo Blick – The Shadow Line

Yann Demange – Top Boy

 

Director, Multi-Camera

Richard Valentine – Dancing On Ice

Ben Kellett – Mrs Brown’s Boys

Claire Popplewell – The Royal Wedding (BBC One)

Phil Heyes – The X Factor Final

 

Editing, Factual

Ian Davies – Agony & Ecstasy: A Year With English National Ballet

Andy Netley, Dave Pearce, Nigel Buck – Frozen Planet (‘To The Ends Of The Earth’)

Sean Mackenzie – Japan’s Tsunami Caught on Camera

Brendan Reilly – Terry Pratchett’s Choosing To Die

 

Editing, Fiction 

Kristina Hetherington – Birdsong

Luke Dunkley – The Crimson Petal and the White

Victoria Boydell – Great Expectations

Charlie Phillips – Sherlock (‘A Scandal In Belgravia’)

 

Entertainment Craft Team 

Paul Bussey, Nick Collier, Luke Halls, Annabel Raftery – The Cube

Simon Ainge, Zebedee Helm, Rachel Jury – Derren Brown: The Experiments (‘The Secret Of Luck’)

Konrad Begg, Phil Churchward, Ben Joiner, Iain May – Top Gear

Robert Edwards, Dave Davey, Matt Jeffreys, Julien Rigel – The X Factor

 

Make Up and Hair Design

Emma Scott – Birdsong

Jacqueline Fowler – The Crimson Petal and the White

Kirstin Chalmers – Great Expectations

Catherine Scoble – This Is England ’88

 

Original Music

John Lunn – Downton Abbey

George Fenton – Frozen Planet

Martin Phipps – Great Expectations

Brian Eno – Top Boy

 

Photography, Factual

Sean Bobbitt – Crack House

Michael W. Richards, Richard Cook, Christian Moullec – Earthflight (‘Europe’)

Camera Team – Frozen Planet (‘To The Ends Of The Earth’)

Leo Maguire – Gypsy Blood (True Stories)

 

Photography and Lighting, Fiction

Lol Crawley – The Crimson Petal and the White

Florian Hoffmeister – Great Expectations

Chris Seager – The Hour

Tat Radcliffe – Top Boy

 

Production Design

Pat Campbell – Appropriate Adult

Donal Woods, Judy Farr – Downton Abbey

Joel Collins, Daniel May – Black Mirror (’15 Million Merits’)

David Roger – Great Expectations

 

Sound, Factual

Daniel Jones, Sam Mathewson – The Choir: Military Wives

Tim Owens, Graham Wild, Kate Hopkins – Frozen Planet (‘To The Ends Of The Earth’)

Tom O’Pray, Paul Paragon – Rostropovich: The Genius of the Cello

Sound Team – The Royal Wedding (Service in Westminster Abbey) (BBC One)

 

Sound, Fiction

Sound Team – Birdsong

Richard Dyer, Paul Hamblin, Stefan Henrix, Matt Skelding – Great Expectations

Sound Team – The Hour

John Mooney, Jeremy Child, Howard Bargroff, Doug Sinclair – Sherlock (‘A Scandal In Belgravia’)

 

Visual Effects

The Mill – Doctor Who

BlueBolt – Great Expectations

Philip Dobree, Sophie Orde, Dan Upton – Inside the Human Body

Burrell Durrant Hifle – Wonders of the Universe

 

Writer

Neil McKay – Appropriate Adult

Abi Morgan – Birdsong

Jack Thorne – The Fades

Steven Moffat – Sherlock (‘A Scandal In Belgravia’)

 

Special Award

Aidan Farrell

 

Source: Digital Spy

Comedian Dara O Briain has been lined up to present this year’s British Academy Television Awards. The annual ceremony, honouring the very best television seen in Britain over the past year, will be held on Sunday 27 May at London’s Royal Festival Hall and broadcast on BBC One.

Dara, who will step into Graham Norton’s BAFTA-hosting shoes whilst Graham presents the Eurovision Song Contest, said: “I’m delighted and honoured to be taking the reins at this year’s British Academy Television Awards, in the prestigious role as the person who introduces the people who read out the winners of the awards. And if Adele wins anything, I promise I’ll leave her well alone, no matter what time it is.”

Mark Linsey, Controller, Entertainment Commissioning, commented: “We have called on Dara to front BAFTA’s Television Awards this year as Eurovision happens to fall on the same weekend, and we know he will do a magnificent job in Graham’s absence.”

Amanda Berry OBE, Chief Executive of BAFTA, added: “Dara is a fantastic supporter of BAFTA, and I know he will do a terrific job of hosting the Television Awards. The ceremony showcases the very best television programmes and performances of the last year, and with Dara at the helm I am sure it will be a truly wonderful event.”

At last night’s BAFTA award presentation Sky’s FLYING MONSTERS 3D walked away with the coveted BAFTA for Specialist Factual, becoming the first 3D programme ever to win a BAFTA.

2011 has proved a record-breaking year for Sky, with the broadcaster picking up six BAFTA nominations, more than ever before.

Commenting on the award, Sophie Turner Laing, Sky’s Managing Director, Entertainment and News said: “I’m thrilled that FLYING MONSTERS 3D has been celebrated by BAFTA. It’s a truly remarkable piece of film-making by David Attenborough and the team at Atlantic Productions, and a ground-breaking first in television. We’re very proud to have been part of Sir David’s continued legacy at BAFTA in Black and White, Colour, HD and now, with Sky, in 3D. The film exemplifies Sky’s ambitions for 3D and in all our programming, and is richly deserving of the Academy’s recognition.”

“With tonight’s winner, our other BAFTA nominees and a rich slate of original and acquired programming, Sky continues to invest in expanding our customers’ choice of high quality programming.”

Sky 3D’s revolutionary FLYING MONSTERS 3D, offered viewers the chance to see prehistoric creatures brought to life more vividly than ever before in stunning 3D. FLYING MONSTERS will also be shown on Sky Atlantic HD this autumn. Sky is also working with David Attenborough on other projects, including a 3D documentary on penguins.

Sky’s other nominations included Drama Serial for Sky 1 HD’s MAD DOGS, which was recently commissioned for a second series with Max Beesley, Philip Glenister, John Simm and Marc Warren all confirmed to reprise their roles.

Also, one of Sky 1 HD’s first original comedy commissions in a decade, CATHERINE TATE’S LITTLE CRACKER, was nominated in the Comedy Programme category. The comedy, which was also Catherine Tate’s directorial debut, was one of 12 autobiographical comedy shorts which premiered over the Festive period last year.

Meanwhile PINEAPPLE DANCE STUDIOS, the ground-breaking and innovative factual series gained a nod in the Features category, having already gained a Royal Television Society award for Features and Lifestyle Series. The series, fronted by flamboyant dancer and choreographer Louie Spence, quickly became essential water-cooler viewing.

Sky Atlantic HD’s critically lauded BOARDWALK EMPIRE was nominated for the International award. The prohibition-era series, which launched Sky Atlantic in February this year, has already gained Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild recognition for its lavish production values and captivating performances.

Finally, Sky News’ comprehensive and insightful coverage of the EGYPT CRISIS earned the channel a nomination in the News Coverage category.

She’s one of the world’s most celebrated actresses, but pregnant Natalie may soon quit Hollywood like her heroine Audrey Hepburn, who took a career break to raise her children.

“Audrey made some good choices in life…More and more I realise how unimportant it is to be in the history books or anything like that.

“Putting time and energy into your children – that’s valuable.”

While the actress has had an amazing year so far, picking up an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA, she insists her success is down to working with decent people.

“If someone is being nasty on set, I lose my focus…Being kind and calm, that’s the discipline.”

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Full list of nominees for the 2011 BAFTA Television Awards taking place in London on May 22. 

 

Leading Actor

Jim Broadbent – Any Human Heart (Channel 4)

Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock (BBC One)

Daniel Rigby – Eric and Ernie (BBC Two)

Matt Smith – Doctor Who (BBC One)

 

Leading Actress

Anna Maxwell Martin – South Riding (BBC One)

Vicky McClure – This Is England ’86 (Channel 4)

Natalie Press – Five Daughters (BBC One)

Juliet Stevenson – Accused (BBC One)

 

Supporting Actor

Brendan Coyle – Downton Abbey (ITV1)

Martin Freeman – Sherlock (BBC One)

Johnny Harris – This Is England ’86 (Channel 4)

Robert Sheehan – Misfits (E4)

 

Supporting Actress

Gillian Anderson – Any Human Heart (Channel 4)

Lynda Baron – The Road To Coronation Street (BBC Four)

Lauren Socha – Misfits (E4)

Jessie Wallace – The Road To Coronation Street (BBC Four)

 

Entertainment Performance

Rob Brydon – The Rob Brydon Show (BBC Two)

Stephen Fry – QI (BBC One)

Harry Hill – Harry Hill’s TV Burp (ITV1)

Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)

 

Female Performance In A Comedy Programme

Jo Brand – Getting On (BBC Four)

Dawn French – Roger and Val Have Just Got In (BBC Two)

Miranda Hart – Miranda (BBC Two)

Katherine Parkinson – The IT Crowd (Channel 4)

 

Male Performance In A Comedy Programme

James Buckley – The Inbetweeners (E4)

Steve Coogan – The Trip (BBC Two)

Tom Hollander – Rev. (BBC Two)

David Mitchell – Peep Show (Channel 4)

 

Single Drama

Eric and Ernie (BBC Two)

I Am Slave (Channel 4)

The Road to Coronation Street (BBC Four)

The Special Relationship (BBC Two)

 

Drama Series

Being Human (BBC Three)

Downton Abbey (ITV1)

Misfits (E4)

Sherlock (BBC One)

 

Drama Serial

Any Human Heart (Channel 4)

Mad Dogs (Sky1)

The Sinking of the Laconia (BBC Two)

The Promise (Channel 4)

 

Continuing Drama

Casualty (BBC One)

Coronation Street (ITV1)

EastEnders (BBC One)

Waterloo Road (BBC One)

 

International

Boardwalk Empire (Sky Atlantic/HBO)

Glee (E4/Twentieth Century Fox)

The Killing (BBC Four/DR/ZDF Enterprises)

Mad Men (BBC Four/Lionsgate Television)

 

Factual Series

Coppers (Channel 4)

One Born Every Minute (Channel 4)

Welcome To Lagos (BBC Two)

The Young Ones (BBC One)

 

Specialist Factual

Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art (The Making Of) (More4)

Flying Monsters 3D (Sky3D)

Human Planet (BBC One)

Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town (BBC Two)

 

Single Documentary

Between Life and Death (BBC One)

The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan (More4)

Pink Saris (More4)

Scenes From A Teenage Killing (BBC Four)

 

Features

Come Dine With Me (Channel 4)

Hugh’s Fish Fight (Channel 4)

Mary Queen of Shops (BBC Two)

Pineapple Dance Studios (Sky1)

 

Current Affairs

Kids In Care (Panorama) (BBC One)

Lost Girls of South Africa (Dispatches) (Channel 4)

Secret Iraq (BBC Two)

Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children (BBC Four)

 

News Coverage

BBC One Ten O’Clock News: Handover of Power (BBC One/BBC News 24)

Channel 4 News: From Chile’s Ecstasy to Congo’s Agony (Channel 4)

ITV News At Ten: The Cumbria Murders (ITV1)

Sky News: Egypt Crisis (Sky News)

 

Sport

6 Nations: England v Wales (BBC One)

FA Cup Final: Chelsea v Portsmouth (ITV1)

Formula 1: The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (BBC One)

Wimbledon 2010 (BBC One)

 

New Media

LabUK/Brain Test Britain

Misfits

Malcolm Tucker: The Missing Phone

Wallace and Gromit’s World of Invention

 

Entertainment Programme

The Cube (ITV1)

The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)

Have I Got News For You (BBC One)

The X Factor (ITV1)

 

Comedy Programme

Catherine Tate’s Little Cracker (Sky1)

Come Fly With Me (BBC One)

Facejacker (E4)

Harry and Paul (BBC Two)

 

Situation Comedy

Mrs Brown’s Boys (BBC One)

Peep Show (Channel 4)

Rev. (BBC Two)

The Trip (BBC Two)

 

Source: Digital Spy