Tag Archives: BAFTA TV Awards

BAFTAs: Peter Capaldi Teases Part in ‘Musketeers,’ Romola Garai Reminisces on ‘The Hour’

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on May 13th, 2013

Former 'Hour' co-stars Peter Capaldi, Romola Garai at the BAFTA TV Awards in London, May 12, 2013. (Photos: Rex Features via AP)

The 1950s-set newsroom drama The Hour may have come to a close, but stars Peter Capaldi and Romola Garai were both out in support of the critically beloved saga at the BAFTA TV Awards in London yesterday (May 12). Capaldi was a double ...

Olivia Colman Is The Queen Of The BAFTAs

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 13th, 2013

Olivia Colman and her two BAFTAs (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP)

Last night’s BAFTA TV awards ceremony was a most Anglopheniac spectacle indeed, with top prizes going to some of our favorite British talents. Olivia Colman, for example, (finally) won two awards, for entirely contrasting ...

WATCH: Benedict Cumberbatch Interviewed By Six People in 36 Seconds

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on June 6th, 2012

Watch how Sherlock‘s Benedict Cumberbatch handled some very spoiler-y questions from folks on the BAFTA red carpet last month (May 27).

WATCH: Claire Foy on ‘White Heat’ and British TV in America

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on June 6th, 2012

Actress Claire Foy has appeared on American television in several British imports — Little Doritt and Upstairs Downstairs for Masterpiece and now BBC America’s White Heat, which airs its fifth episode tonight (June 6) at ...

Tamsin Greig on Next Season of ‘Episodes’: ‘It Gets Dirtier and Darker’

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on May 31st, 2012

On the BAFTA red carpeton Sunday, Tamsin Greig, Beverly on the hit Showtime series Episodes, gave BBC’s Alan Moloney a preview of the comedy’s second season, which is already underway in the U.K.

‘Sherlock’ BAFTA Winner Andrew Scott on the Red Carpet

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on May 30th, 2012

Andrew Scott made viewers squirm and swoon in equal measure as charismatic psychopath Moriarty on Sherlock, and this past Sunday (May 27), won a BAFTA for his efforts. In real life, Irish actor is a great deal nicer than his evil alter ...

It’s ‘Appropriate Adult’ Night At The 2012 BAFTA TV Awards

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 27th, 2012

OK, possibly that headline overstates the case a smidge, but tonight’s BAFTA TV awards did see Appropriate Adult, the dramatisation of the lives of serial killers Fred and Rosemary West score three of the most notable trophies, ...

‘Sherlock’ and ‘Appropriate Adult’ Lead The Field In BAFTA TV Awards Nominations

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 24th, 2012

This year’s BAFTA TV Awards is upon us, and while the nominations list actually reads like a recommendation of all that is currently great in British TV, for once (with the notable exception of Doctor Who), there is two shows ...

Who Should Win the BAFTA: Benedict Cumberbatch or Matt Smith?

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on May 20th, 2011

When the BAFTA TV awards — the British equivalent to the Emmys — air on Sunday (May 22) in the UK, there’s one horse race everyone will be watching. Will Doctor Who‘s Matt Smith or Sherlock‘s Benedict Cumberbatch ...

BAFTAs: The Inbetweeners and Occupation Nab Big Wins

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on June 6th, 2010

Congratulations to BBC AMERICA’s The Inbetweeners and Occupation on their BAFTA TV Award wins last night. The Inbetweeners won the YouTube Audience Award, which is voted on by the general British public.