BAFTA Television Award Nominations Announced
The Fades, Misfits and Terry Pratchett all up for gongs
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The nominations for the British Academy Television Awards have been announced, and there are a handful of sci-fi and fantasy shows in the running for a big brass face. Former winner Misfits is up for best Drama Series, alongside The Fades (which has been unceremoniously cancelled and won’t be returning for a second series, if you hadn’t heard); while Misfits and Psychoville have both been nominated in the New Media category recognising innovation in a multi-platform TV experience.
Frankenstein’s Wedding: Live In Leeds is in the running in the Sport & Live Event category, while Terry Pratchett is up for an award for his (non-SF) documentary Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die and Joseph Gilgun gets the nod for Leading Actor. Not for his work in Misfits , but we guess he did a pretty decent job in This Is England ’88 too. The winners will be announced on Sunday 27 May at the Royal Festival Hall. The full (excruciatingly long) list of nominees can be found, in full, behind the link below, or check out the abbreviated SF-slanted list at the bottom of the page.
For the latest information on the 2012 BAFTA’s head to www.bafta.org/television/awards/
LEADING ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock BBC One
Dominic West Appropriate Adult ITV1
John Simm Exile BBC One
Joseph Gilgun This is England ’88 Channel 4
DRAMA SERIES
The Fades
Susan Hogg, Caroline Skinner, Jack Thorne, Farren Blackburn
BBC Production/BBC Three
Misfits
PetraFried, Howard Overman, MurrayFerguson
Clerkenwell Films/E4
Scott and Bailey
Production Team
Red Production Company/ITV1
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Spooks
Production Team
Kudos Film &Television/BBC One
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
9/11: The Day That Changed the World
Leslie Woodhead, Kate Botting, Brian Lapping, Talya Tibbon
Brook Lapping Productions/ITV1
The Fight of Their Lives
Gabriel Clark, John McKenna
ITV Sport/ITV1
Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die
Craig Hunter, Charlie Russell, Rosy Marshall, Gary Scott
Keo North/BBC Two
We Need To Talk About Dad (Cutting Edge)
Peter Dale, Elizabeth Stopford
Rare Day Ltd/Channel 4
SPORT & LIVE EVENT
Frankenstein’s Wedding: Live in Leeds
Meredith Chambers, Eleanor Moran, Richard Fell, Pat Connor
BBC Wales in collaboration with BBC North/BBC Three
The Royal Wedding (BBC)
Production Team
BBC Entertainment & Events/BBC One
Rugby World Cup Final
Tony Pastor, Paul McNamara, Phil Heslop, Roger Pearce
ITV Sport/ITV1
Tour De France 2011
Steve Docherty, Gary Imlach, James Venner, Carolyn Viccari
V Squared TV/ITV4
NEW MEDIA
Autumn Watch
Jeremy Torrance, Phil Windley, Roger Webb, Tim Scoones
BBC/ BBC Online
The Bank Job
Production Team
Endemol, Chunk, Monterosa/Channel4.com
Misfits
Matt Jarvis, Chloe Moss, Alexandra Wall, Mike O’Leary
Clerkenwell Films/E4.com
Psychoville
Production Team
BBC/BBC Online

I'm the Managing Editor, Entertainment here at GamesRadar+, overseeing the site's film and TV coverage. In a previous life as a print dinosaur, I was the Deputy Editor of Total Film magazine, and the news editor at SFX magazine. Fun fact: two of my favourite films released on the same day - Blade Runner and The Thing.


