BAFTA Television Awards 2008 - Nominations

[TurnerPrize]

ACTOR

* ANDREW GARFIELD - Boy A (Channel 4)
* TOM HARDY - Stuart: A Life Backwards (BBC Two)
* MATTHEW MACFADYEN - Secret Life (Channel 4)
* ANTONY SHER - Primo (BBC Four)

ACTRESS

* EILEEN ATKINS - Cranford (BBC One)
* JUDI DENCH - Cranford (BBC One)
* GINA MCKEE - The Street (BBC One)
* KIERSTON WAREING - It’s A Free World (Channel 4)

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE

* SIMON AMSTELL - Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC Two)
* ALAN CARR & JUSTIN LEE COLLINS - The Friday Night Project (Channel 4)
* STEPHEN FRY - QI (BBC Two)
* HARRY HILL - Harry Hill’s TV Burp (ITV1)

COMEDY PERFORMANCE

* PETER CAPALDI - The Thick of It (BBC Four)
* JAMES CORDEN - Gavin and Stacey (BBC Three)
* STEPHEN MERCHANT - Extras Christmas Special (BBC One)
* DAVID MITCHELL - Peep Show (Channel 4)

Sky+AUDIENCE AWARD for the Programme of the Year

* THE APPRENTICE
* ANDREW MARR’S HISTORY OF MODERN BRITAIN
* BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT
* CRANFORD
* GAVIN & STACEY
* STRICTLY COME DANCING

SINGLE DRAMA

* BOY A - John Crowley, Lynn Horsford, Mark O’Rowe (Channel 4/Cuba Pictures)
* COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN - Greg Brenman, Roanna Benn, Mark Haddon, Julie Anne Robinson (BBC One/Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd)
* THE MARK OF CAIN - Tony Marchant, Nicola Shindler, Lynn Horsford, Marc Munden (Channel 4/Red Production Company)
* THE TRIAL OF TONY BLAIR - Alistair Beaton, Simon Cellan-Jones, Hal Vogel, David Aukin (More 4/Daybreak Pictures)

DRAMA SERIES

* LIFE ON MARS - Production Team (BBC One/Kudos Film and Television Ltd)
* ROME - John Melfi, Anne Thomopoulos, Bruno Heller, Tim Van Patten (BBC Two/HBO)
* SKINS - Production Team (E4/Company Pictures)
* THE STREET - Production Team (BBC One/Granada Productions)

DRAMA SERIAL

* BRITZ - Peter Kosminsky, David Aukin, Hal Vogel, Steve Clark-Hall (Channel 4/Daybreak Pictures)
* CRANFORD - Sue Birtwistle, Simon Curtis, Heidi Thomas (BBC One/BBC Drama Productions/WGBH Boston in association with Chestermead Ltd)
* FIVE DAYS - Paul Rutman, Otto Bathurst, Simon Curtis, Gwyneth Hughes (BBC One/BBC Drama Productions/HBO)
* MURPHY’S LAW - Greg Brenman, Stephen Smallwood, Russell Lewis, Colm McCarthy (BBC One/Tiger Aspect Productions)

CONTINUING DRAMA

* THE BILL - Johnathan Young, Tim Key, Maxwell Young, Robert Del Maestro (ITV1/TalkbackTHAMES)
* EASTENDERS - Production Team (BBC One/BBC Drama Productions)
* EMMERDALE - Keith Richardson, Kathleen Beedles, John Anderson, Tim Dynevor (ITV1/ITV Yorkshire)
* HOLBY CITY - Production Team (BBC One/BBC Drama Productions)

INTERNATIONAL

* CALIFORNICATION - Tom Kapinos, David Duchovny, Stephen Hopkins, Scott Winant (Five/Paramount)
* FAMILY GUY - Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith (BBC Three/20th Century Fox)
* HEROES - Tim Kring, Joe Pokaski, Paul Edwards, Dennis Hammer (BBC Two/SCI FI Channel/NBC Universal Television)
* MY NAME IS EARL - Greg Garcia, Bobby Bowman, Henry Lange, Jr., Marc Buckland (Channel 4/Twentieth Century Fox)

FACTUAL SERIES

* MEET THE NATIVES - Gavin Searle, Will Anderson, Andrew Palmer, Chris King (Channel 4/Keo Films)
* PAUL MERTON IN CHINA - Mark Chapman, Paul Sommers, Barbie MacLaurin, Paul Merton (Five/Channel Five Broadcasting Ltd.)
* TRIBE - Bruce Parry, Steve Robinson, Sam Organ (BBC Two/BBC Wales/Discovery Channel)
* THE TOWER: A TALE OF TWO CITIES - Simon Ford, Rachel Innes-Lumsden, Anthony Wonke, Ines Cavill (BBC One/BBC)

[TurnerPrize]

A few points of interest to me:

Poor Coronation Street! Although Eastenders has really got its game on in the past year and totally deserves its nomination after the wilderness years, Emmerdale is a far less good Corrie and I'm sure that The Bill is still shit. Hopefully this will stop the producers taking it further off the boil, because none of the big storylines this year have been ALL THAT.

Any one of those Entertainment performance nominees could win and I'd be well happy.

By a long, long way, James Corden is the weakest person in Gavin & Stacey. It's ridiculous that he's been nominated over the likes of Ruth Jones, Rob Brydon and Alison Steadman.

[WiDGe->]

lol@ITV

[Sheena]

I think that sums up what a SHOWER OF SHIT we watch in this country

[TurnerPrize]

I think that sums up what a SHOWER OF SHIT we watch in this country

You've seen all most of those shows then? Or by 'shower of shit', do you just mean shows that you don't really like the look of yourself? I think it's quite a strong line up. Although it's not all tv that I would choose to watch, it is tv that has been done quite well.

I have only just noticed Ricky Gervais being sensationally SNUBBED in favour of Stephen Merchant. Obviously Merchant doesn't deserve to win, but it's a nice two fingers to Ricky from the Bafta folk.

[Sheena]

You've seen all most of those shows then? Or by 'shower of shit', do you just mean shows that you don't really like the look of yourself? I think it's quite a strong line up. Although it's not all tv that I would choose to watch, it is tv that has been done quite well.

I have only just noticed Ricky Gervais being sensationally SNUBBED in favour of Stephen Merchant. Obviously Merchant doesn't deserve to win, but it's a nice two fingers to Ricky from the Bafta folk.

The fact that SHOW OF THE YEAR has got three reality shows, including the utter RUBBISH of "Britain's Got Talent" and "Strictly Come Dancing" says it ALL

[Ellie]

I've not seen a SINGLE one of the dramas for Actor & Actress nominations.

[Ellie]

I think that sums up what a SHOWER OF SHIT we watch in this country

OR the shower of shit most people don't watch and go for the better American shows instead.

[TurnerPrize]

The fact that SHOW OF THE YEAR has got three reality shows, including the utter RUBBISH of "Britain's Got Talent" and "Strictly Come Dancing" says it ALL

TRUE, although I suppose as that's the audience award voted for by the people thick enough to pick up the phone and vote in these things, they had to go for some of the lowest common denominator. At least those are the better Reality Shows, although the lack of Any Dream Will Do irks me. I'm just glad Ant n Dec aren't nominated for takeaway. It's odd that Doctor Who hasn't been nominated in this category, but it'd probably walk it most years (and it did win big in the first year) so I guess they just wanted to give the other shows a chance.

[charliebobs]

Really pleased to see Andrew Garfield nominated for Best Actor. His performance and Boy A itself was one of the best things on TV last year.

Skins being nominated is a bit of a joke, as is Corrie being overlooked in favour of Eastenders. I'd say even Hollyoaks is more deserving of a place than any of the Best Continuing Drama nominees.

[cwej]

I've not seen a SINGLE one of the dramas for Actor & Actress nominations.

I don't blame you. Aren't UK TV dramas the least appealing things EVER.

[Ellie]

Indeed. We haven't really got anything good or consistent that's not a comedy other than Doctor Who. Compare that to the massive choice for decent US programming.

[WiDGe->]

Its so saddening that Doctor Who etc are our major exports for the US. They look so AMATEUR compared to what we get.
It oozes as much class as Eastenders with CGI.

[SDF]

I've not seen a SINGLE one of the dramas for Actor & Actress nominations.

I've never heard of most of them, never mind seen any of them. The amount of British TV that I actually watch is diminishing year by year and the dramas that do sound promising end up being dreadful. Reality shows aside (X Factor, Dancing on Ice, Strictly...), the only British show that I watch these days is 'Hollyoaks'.

I can’t believe that they have overlooked the likes of 'The Riches', 'Brothers and Sisters', 'Desperate Housewives', and 'Dirt' for 'My Name Is Earl' and 'Californication'. :evil:

[Sild]

Its so saddening that Doctor Who etc are our major exports for the US. They look so AMATEUR compared to what we get.


Rubbish. Who is much better than most of the crap sent to us from the US

[TurnerPrize]

:moira: : TurnerPrize should be registered Spack, because he didn't notice the other column of nominations when he was copying and pasting.

Here are the remaining nominations, in full:

SPECIALIST FACTUAL(1)

* ANDREW MARR’S HISTORY OF MODERN BRITAIN - Andrew Marr, Chris Granlund, Tom Giles, Clive Edwards (BBC Two/BBC)
* EARTH: THE POWER OF THE PLANET - Dr Iain Stewart, Jonathan Renouf, Phil Dolling (BBC Two/BBC for BBC/National Geographic Channel – US/ZDF)
* THE GENIUS OF PHOTOGRAPHY - Tim Kirby (BBC Four/Wall To Wall Television)
* THE RELIEF OF BELSEN - Justin Hardy, Susan Horth, Peter Guinness (Channel 4/Hardy & Sons)

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY(2)

* BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MINDS - Production Team (BBC Two/Blast! Films)
* LIE OF THE LAND - Molly Dineen, Justin Krish, Catherine Bailey, Natasha Wilkinson (C4/RTO Pictures)
* MALCOLM AND BARBARA: LOVE’S FAREWELL - Paul Watson, Kim Horton (ITV1/ITV Productions)
* PARALLEL WORLDS, PARALLEL LIVES - Louise Lockwood, Andrew Thompson (BBC Four/BBC Scotland)

FEATURES

* HESTON BLUMENTHAL: IN SEARCH OF PERFECTION - Gary Hunter, Melanie Jappy, David Robertson, Jay Taylor (BBC Two/BBC)
* RAMSAY’S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES - Production Team (Channel 4/Optomen Television)
* THE SECRET MILLIONAIRE - Production Team (Channel 4/RDF Television, part of the RDF Media Group)
* TOP GEAR - Production Team (BBC Two/BBC)

CURRENT AFFAIRS

* CHINA’S STOLEN CHILDREN – A DISPATCHES SPECIAL - Jezza Neumann, Sky Zeh, Brian Woods, Kate Blewett (Channel 4/True Vision)
* DISPATCHES – FIGHTING THE TALIBAN - Sean Langan, Julia Barron, Denman Rooke (Channel 4/October Films)
* HONOUR KILLS - Ben Rumney, Juliette Murray-Topham, Emma Willis, Adam Kemp (BBC Three/BBC)
* PANORAMA: DOG-FIGHTING UNDERCOVER - Mandy Mcauley, Sandy Smith, Andrew Bell, Jeremy Adams (BBC One/BBC)

NEWS COVERAGE

* BBC TEN O’CLOCK NEWS: WAR IN AFGHANISTAN - Craig Oliver, Huw Edwards, Alastair Lelthead, Thea Fairley (BBC One/BBC News)
* CHANNEL 4 NEWS: IRAQ-THE SURGE - Jim Gray, Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Ed Fraser (Channel 4/ITN)
* ITV EVENING NEWS: ZIMBABWE – THE TYRANNY AND THE TRAGEDY - Production Team (ITV1/ITV News)
* SKY NEWS – GLASGOW AIRPORT ATTACK - Production Team (Sky News/Sky News)

SPORT

* BOAT RACE - John Watts, Tony Pastor, Paul McNamara (ITV1/ITV Sport Productions)
* ITV F1: CANADIAN GRAND PRIX LIVE - Neil Duncanson, Gerard Lane, Kevin Chapman, Steve Aldous (ITV1/North One Television)
* RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007: ENGLAND V FRANCE SEMI-FINAL - David Moss, Simon Moore, Paul McNamara (ITV1/ITV Sport Productions)
* WIMBLEDON – THE MEN’S FINAL - Paul Davies, Carl Hicks, Jonathan Bramley, Bethan Evans (BBC One/BBC Sport)

INTERACTIVITY

* BIG ART MOB - Production Team (www.bigartmob.com/Moblog UK & Carbon-Princess/Channel 4)
* DOCTOR WHO COMIC MAKER - Jo Pearce, Anwen Aspden (BBC One/BBC Wales)
* SPOOKS INTERACTIVE - Production Team (bbc.co.uk/Spooks/Kudos Film and Television/Hoodlum Active)
* THE X FACTOR - Robert Marsh, Oliver Davies, Sophie Davis, Richard Holloway (ITV1/TalbackTHAMES)

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME(3)

* BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT - Richard Holloway, Andrew Llinares, Ben Thursby, Georgie Hurford-Jones (ITV1/TalkbackTHAMES in association with Syco TV)
* HARRY HILL’S TV BURP - Spencer Millman, Peter Orton, Harry Hill (ITV1/Avalon Television Ltd)
* HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU - Jo Bunting, Nick Martin, Richard Wilson (BBC One/Hat Trick Productions Ltd)
* STRICTLY COME DANCING - Martin Scott, Sam Donnelly, Clodagh O’Donoghue (BBC One/BBC)

COMEDY PROGRAMME

* THE ARMSTRONG & MILLER SHOW - Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller, Jeremy Dyson, Mario Stylianides (BBC One/Hat Trick Productions Ltd)
* FONEJACKER - Ed Tracy, Kayvan Novak, Helen Williams, Mario Stylianides (Channel 4/Hat Trick Productions Ltd)
* RUSSELL BRAND’S PONDERLAND - Production Team (Channel 4/Vanity Productions)
* STAR STORIES - Lee Hupfield, Elliot Hegarty, Kevin Bishop, Phil Clarke (Channel 4/Objective Productions)

SITUATION COMEDY

* BENIDORM - Derren Litten, Kevin Allen, Geoffrey Perkins (ITV1/Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd)
* THE IT CROWD - Ash Atalla, Graham Linehan, Jamie Glazebrook, Barbara Wiltshire (Channel 4/TalkbackTHAMES)
* PEEP SHOW - Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Robert Popper, Becky Martin (Channel 4/Objective Productions)
* THE THICK OF IT - Production Team (BBC Four/BBC Comedy)

(1) BAFTA for SPECIALIST FACTUAL is given in honour of Huw Wheldon
(2) BAFTA for SINGLE DOCUMENTARY Award is given in honour of Robert Flaherty
(3) BAFTA for ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME is given in honour of Lew Grade.

[Sild]

When a programme like Benidorm gets nominated in comedy it makes you WEEP for the glory days of sitcom

[TurnerPrize]

The 'Comedy Programme' category depresses me more. And why is Harry Hill classed as an 'Entertainment Programme' rather than a comedy one? Maybe I'm alone in finding it really fucking funny.

[loomer]

Andrew Garfield is absolutely SUPERB. I caught the first part of Boy A, but had to tape the the rest and my DVD of it was blank, I pressed the wrong channel or whatever. :grr: I REALLY need to see this. It better come out on DVD, I know More 4 repeated it once, which I naturally missed.

[loomer]

Gina McKee is fabulous as well. I wish Maxine Peake would win or be nominated for something.

[charliebobs]

Andrew Garfield is absolutely SUPERB. I caught the first part of Boy A, but had to tape the the rest and my DVD of it was blank, I pressed the wrong channel or whatever. :grr: I REALLY need to see this. It better come out on DVD, I know More 4 repeated it once, which I naturally missed.

According to IMDB, it's being released as a film in America first, and then it'll be released on DVD later this year.

[loomer]

Thank FUCK. Thanks for that :disco:

[loomer]

He was also the virginal awkward Tom in Sugar Rush. I couldn't believe it was him in Lions For Lambs (the only interesting character, Streep was fine of course, but on autopilot) with an American accent. He's gonna go on to big things.