BAFTA TV Awards 2016 Nominations
Georgina Campbell and Dermot O’Leary announced this year’s line up of nominees for the BAFTA Television Awards. Wolf Hall, This Is England, Doctor Foster, The C Word and London Spy were all among the shows receiving significant recognition. Check out the full list of nominees for the 2016 BAFTA TV Awards, to be presented in London on 8 May below:
Leading actor
Idris Elba, Luther
Stephen Graham, This is England ’90
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Ben Whishaw, London Spy
Leading actress
Claire Foy, Wolf Hall
Suranne Jones, Doctor Foster
Ruth Madeley, Don’t Take My Baby
Sheridan Smith, The C-Word
Supporting actor
Tom Courtenay, Unforgotten
Anton Lesser, Wolf Hall
Ian McKellen, The Dresser
Cyril Nri, Cucumber
Supporting actress
Chanel Cresswell, This is England ’90
Michelle Gomez, Doctor Who
Lesley Manville, River
Eleanor Worthington-Cox, The Enfield Haunting
Entertainment performance
Leigh Francis, Celebrity Juice
Stephen Fry, QI
Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show
Romesh Ranganathan, Asian Provocateur
Male performance in a comedy programme
Hugh Bonneville, W1A
Toby Jones, Detectorists
Peter Kay, Peter Kay’s Car Share
Javone Prince, The Javone Prince Show
Female performance in a comedy programme
Michaela Coel, Chewing Gum
Sian Gibson, Peter Kay’s Car Share
Miranda Hart, Miranda
Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe
Drama series
Humans
The Last Panthers
No Offence
Wolf Hall
Single drama
The C-Word
Cyberbully
Don’t Take My Baby
The Go-Between
Mini-series
Doctor Foster
The Enfield Haunting
London Spy
This is England ’90
Soap and continuing drama
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Holby City
International
The Good Wife
Narcos
Spiral
Transparent
Entertainment programme
Adele at the BBC
Britain’s Got Talent
Strictly Come Dancing
TFI Friday Anniversary Special
Comedy and comedy entertainment programme
Charlie Brooker’s Election Wipe
Have I Got News For You
QI
Would I Lie to You
Scripted comedy
Chewing Gum
Peep Show
People Just Do Nothing
Peter Kay’s Car Share
Features
Back in Time for Dinner
The Great British Bake Off
Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild
Travel Man
Radio Times Audience Award
Doctor Foster
The Great British Bake Off
Humans
Making a Murderer
Peter Kay’s Car Share
Poldark
Current affairs
Children of the Gaza War
Escape from Isis (Dispatches)
Jihad: A British Story
Outbreak: The Truth about Ebola
Single documentary
Bitter Lake
Life After Suicide
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
My Son the Jihadi
Factual series
The Detectives
Great Ormond Street
The Murder Detectives
The Tribe
Reality and constructed factual
First Dates
Gogglebox
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds
Specialist factual
Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners
Grayson Perry’s Dream House
The Hunt
Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom
News coverage
BBC News at Six: Paris Attacks Special
Channel 4 News: Paris Massacre
ITV News at Ten: Refugee Crisis
Sky News: From Turkey to Greece
Sport
The Ashes (Sky Sports)
The Grand National (Channel 4)
MOTD Live: FA Cup Final (BBC One)
Six Nations: Final Day (BBC One)
Live event
Big Blue Live (BBC One)
The Sound of Music Live! (ITV)
Stargazing Live: Brit in Space, Tim Peake Special (BBC Two)
The Vote (More4)
Empire Awards Winners 2016
Honouring the best films and entertainment of the past year, the Jameson Empire Awards took place this evening, hosted by David Walliams. The force remained strong for Star Wars: The Force Awakens which received the most awards, including Best Director presented by Vue Entertainment for J.J. Abrams, Best Visual Effects, Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy collected by C-3PO himself, Anthony Daniels, and Best Male and Female Newcomer awards for stars John Boyega and Daisy Ridley, who were both present to accept their trophies.
Three honorary awards were bestowed by Empire magazine: Empire Inspiration presented by Jameson Irish Whiskey; Empire Hero; and Empire Legend. British actor-director Paddy Considine was presented with the Empire Inspiration award by long-time collaborator and friend Shane Meadows, and actor Stanley Tucci was named Empire Hero. Miranda Richardson, currently filming Churchill with Tucci, presented him with the award in recognition of his recent performances in high-profile films including the Hunger Games series and Spotlight. The late Alan Rickman was posthumously named this year’s Empire Legend by Editor in Chief of Empire, Terri White and News Editor, Chris Hewitt who commented on stage:”This is a heartfelt tribute from the Empire staff to an actor who touched us all with his extraordinary career.”
Other stars of the screen honoured at the ceremony included Matt Damon, who was in attendance to receive the Jameson Best Actor award for his performance in The Martian. Director Paul Greengrass, who has recently reunited with Damon on the upcoming Jason Bourne, presented the award to him on stage. Alicia Vikander was crowned Best Actress for The Danish Girl, as announced by Richard E. Grant.
The top film awards of the evening – Best British Film presented by The Hollywood Reporter and Best Film presented by Sky Movies went to Spectreand The Revenant respectively. Director Sam Mendes collected the Best British Film award from Jonathan Ross for Spectre, which also won Best Thriller presented by Corinthia Hotel London. Further awards dedicated to popular genres were Best Horror, which went to The Hallow and was received by director Corin Hardy and actor Joseph Mawle, and Best Comedy presented by Absolute Radio, which was awarded to Spy and collected by actor Peter Serafinowicz from comedian Katherine Ryan.
The award for Best TV Series, presented by Wuaki TV, presented this year for the first time, went to This Is England ’90. Series director and co-writerShane Meadows collected the award alongside cast members Thomas Turgoose, Jo Hartley and Chanel Cresswell.
Other new awards announced at the end of the ceremony included: Batman: Arkham Knight for Best Game presented by the Forever Hope Foundation; Inside Out for Best Animation; Amy for Best Documentary; The Big Short for Best Screenplay; and World Of Tomorrow for Best Short Filmpresented by Jameson Irish Whiskey. Mad Max: Fury Road triumphed in the newly introduced craft categories, taking four awards in total for: Best Soundtrack; Best Costume Design; Best Make-Up And Hairstyling; and Best Production Design.
Legend remade in 60 seconds was awarded the annual Jameson Empire Done In 60 Seconds short film award, presented to its director Marc Barnes by jury member Corin Hardy. A total of 355 contestants from four countries submitted a 60-second remake of their favourite film to enter this year’s competition. The entries were judged by a panel of film experts including director Corin Hardy, producer Bekki Wray-Rogers, actress Faye Marsay and Paul Keenan, CEO of Bauer Media, owners of Empire magazine. All 2016 entries and finalists are available to watch atwww.jamesonempireDISS.com.
The 21st annual Jameson Empire Awards were once again held at Grosvenor House, a JW Marriott Hotel, in Park Lane in the heart of London’s Mayfair. In attendance were nominees, presenters and other distinguished guests from the entertainment world, including: Matt Damon; Sam Mendes;Daisy Ridley; John Boyega; Anthony Daniels; Paul Greengrass; Miranda Richardson; Shane Meadows; Paddy Considine; Andy Serkis; Stanley Tucci; Laura Carmichael; Caitlin Moran; Max Irons; Jonathan Ross; Jane Goldman; Richard E. Grant; Thomas Turgoose; Sarah Gavron; Maisie Williams; Amara Karan; Daniel Mays; Craig Roberts; Peter Serafinowicz; Katherine Ryan; Johnny Vegas; Joseph Mawle; Meera Syal and Georgina Campbell