BBC prison drama Time, Channel 4’s Help and UKTV’s Big Zuu’s Eats were among the big winners at the BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday (5/8).
Time won best miniseries distinction as well as best actor for Sean Bean.
Help, centered on a fictional care home during the COVID pandemic, earned best actress for Jodie Comer’s protrayal of a care worker, with Cathy Tyson named best supporting actress for her role as a resident.
Big Zuu’s Eats garmered its two BAFTAs for best feature and entertainment performance (for Big Zuu).
Topping the international category was The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime).
Below is a full rundown of Sunday’s BAFTA TV Award winners, followed by a recap of the BAFTA TV Craft winners (originally announced last month).
Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards
COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
THE LATEISH SHOW WITH MO GILLIGAN Rhe-an Archibald, Ben Wicks, Tim Dean, Pollyanna McGirr, David Geli, Mo Gilligan – Expectation, Momo G/Channel 4
CURRENT AFFAIRS
FEARLESS: THE WOMEN FIGHTING PUTIN (EXPOSURE) Sarah Collinson, David Henshaw, David Alter, Sasha Odynova, Ksenia Barakovskaya – Hardcash Productions, The Economist/ITV
DAYTIME
THE CHASE Michael Kelpie, Martin Scott, Helen Tumbridge, Hester Davies, Caroline Sale, Mick Thomas – Potato/ITV
DRAMA SERIES
IN MY SKIN Kayleigh Llewellyn, Nerys Evans, Molly Manners, Sophie Francis – Expectation/BBC Three
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
BIG ZUU Big Zuu’s Big Eats – Boom/Dave
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY Production Team – Lifted Entertainment, Mitre Studios/ITV
FACTUAL SERIES
UPRISING Production Team – Rogan Productions, Lammas Park, Turbine Studios/BBC One
FEATURES
BIG ZUU’S BIG EATS Sam Grace, Alex Gilman, Chris Faith, Lucy Blatch, Big Zuu, Rohan Minhas – Boom/Dave
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM
SOPHIE WILLAN Alma’s Not Normal – Expectation/BBC Two
INTERNATIONAL
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Barry Jenkins, Colson Whitehead, Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner – Plan B, PASTEL, Big Indie, Amazon Studios/Amazon Prime
LEADING ACTOR
SEAN BEAN Time – BBC Studios/BBC One
LEADING ACTRESS
JODIE COMER Help – The Forge Entertainment, One Shoe Films/Channel 4
LIVE EVENT
THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE 2021 Production Team – BBC Studios/BBC One
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM
JAMIE DEMETRIOU Stath Lets Flats -Roughcut TV/Channel 4
MINISERIES
TIME Jimmy McGovern, Tom Sherry, Lewis Arnold, Simon Maloney, Michael Parke, Andrew Morrissey – BBC Studios/BBC One
NEWS COVERAGE
ITV NEWS AT TEN: STORMING OF THE CAPITOL Production Team – ITV News, ITN/ITV
REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
GOGGLEBOX Production Team – Studio Lambert/Channel 4
SCRIPTED COMEDY
MOTHERLAND Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O’Shaughnessy, Caroline Norris, Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford – Merman Television, Twofour/BBC Two
SHORT FORM PROGRAM
OUR LAND Alexandra Genova, Alfred Thirolle – Alexandra Genova/Together TV
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
MY CHILDHOOD, MY COUNTRY – 20 YEARS IN AFGHANISTAN Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi, Amanda Wilkie, Clive Mattock – Seventh Art Productions/ITV
SINGLE DRAMA
TOGETHER Stephen Daldry, Dennis Kelly, Guy Heeley, Sonia Friedman, Justin Martin – Shoebox Films, Sonia Friedman Productions, BBC Film/BBC Two
SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA
CORONATION STREET Production Team – ITV Studios/ITV
SPECIALIST FACTUAL
THE MISSING CHILDREN Tanya Stephan, Rachel Cumella, Brian Woods, Anne Morrison, Paddy Garrick, Ella Newton – True Vision, Nevision/ITV
SPORT
THE ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX Production Team – Sky Sports, Formula 1/Sky Sports Formula 1
SUPPORTING ACTOR
MATTHEW MACFADYEN Succession – Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, HBO/Sky Atlantic
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
CATHY TYSON Help – The Forge Entertainment, One Shoe Films/Channel 4
VIRGIN MEDIA’S MUST-SEE MOMENT (voted for by the public)
STRICTLY COME DANCING Rose and Giovanni’s silent dance to ‘Symphony’ – BBC Studios/BBC One
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
British Academy Television Craft Awards (announced on 4/24)
EMERGING TALENT: FICTION sponsored by Sara Putt Associates
ADJANI SALMON (Writer) Dreaming Whilst Black – Big Deal Films/BBC Three
EMERGING TALENT: FACTUAL
ADAM BROWN (Director) Into the Storm: Surfing to Survive (Storyville) – Raw TV/BBC Four
COSTUME DESIGN
PC WILLIAMS We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television/Channel 4
DIRECTOR: FACTUAL
JAMES NEWTON Grenfell: The Untold Story – BBC Studios/Channel 4
DIRECTOR: FICTION sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
PETER HOAR It’s A Sin – Red Production Company/Channel 4
DIRECTOR: MULTI-CAMERA
PAUL DUGDALE Glastonbury Festival: Live at Worthy Farm – BBC Studios, Driift Live/BBC Two
EDITING: FACTUAL
DANNY COLLINS, MARK HAMMILL 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room – Wish/Art Films, BBC One/Apple TV+
EDITING: FICTION
SARAH BREWERTON It’s A Sin – Red Production Company/Channel 4
ENTERTAINMENT CRAFT TEAM sponsored by Hotcam
NIGEL CATMUR, ANDY DEACON, PATRICK DOHERTY, KEVIN DUFF, SIMON HAW, ANDREW STOKES The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance – BBC Studios/BBC One
MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN
BARRIE GOWER, SARAH GOWER The Witcher – Cinesite, Hivemind, Platige Image, Pioneer Stillking Images/Netflix
ORIGINAL MUSIC
ARTHUR SHARPE Landscapers – SISTER, South of the River Pictures/Sky Atlantic
PHOTOGRAPHY: FACTUAL sponsored by The Farm
JAMES INCLEDON Liverpool Narcos – Blast! Films/Sky Documentaries
PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION Sponsored by ScreenSkills High-end Television Skills Fund
ERIK WILSON Landscapers – SISTER, South of The River Pictures/Sky Atlantic
PRODUCTION DESIGN sponsored by Microsoft
CRISTINA CASALI, ROBERT WISCHHUSEN-HAYES, FABRICE SPELTA Landscapers – SISTER, South of the River Pictures/Sky Atlantic
SCRIPTED CASTING sponsored by Spotlight
AISHA BYWATERS We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television/Channel 4
SOUND: FACTUAL
STEPHEN GRIFFITHS, ANDY SHELLEY, NAS PARKASH, DAN JOHNSON, TAE HAK KIM, CLAIRE ELLIS 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything – Mercury Studios, On The Corner Films/Apple TV+
SOUND: FICTION
SOUND TEAM A Very British Scandal – Blueprint Television/BBC One
SPECIAL, VISUAL & GRAPHIC EFFECTS
DADI EINARSSON, GAVIN ROUND, ALEKSANDAR PEJIC, OLIVER CUBBAGE, STEFANO PEPIN, JET OMOSHEBI The Witcher (Episode 1)- Cinesite, Hivemind, Platige Image, Pioneer Stillking Images/Netflix
TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY
TIM JONES, JAMES CROSS, FANTASISTA UTAMARO, RON CHAKRABORTY, KENJI KAWAI, FACTORY FIFTEEN Tokyo 2020 – BBC Sport, Nexus Studios, BBC Creative/BBC One
WRITER: COMEDY
NIDA MANZOOR We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television/Channel 4
WRITER: DRAMA
KAYLEIGH LLEWELLYN In My Skin – Expectation/BBC Three
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More