British Academy Television Awards 2008

2008 British Academy Television Awards
Date	20 April 2008
Site	London Palladium
Highlights
Best Comedy	Fonejacker
Best Drama	The Street
Best Actor	Andrew Garfield Boy A
Best Actress	Eileen Atkins Cranford
Best Comedy Performance	James Corden Gavin & Stacey
Television coverage
Channel	BBC One
Ratings	5.67 million

The 2008 British Academy Television Awards were held on 20 April at the London Palladium Theatre in London.^[1] The ceremony was broadcast live on BBC One in the United Kingdom. The nominations were announced on 18 March 2008.^[2][3][4][5] Drama Cranford received the most nominations with four,^[1] making Judi Dench the most nominated actress in BAFTA history for her work on TV and film combined.^[4] Long-running soap opera Coronation Street failed to earn a nomination,^[1] for the first time in ten years.^[4] Bruce Forsyth received the Academy Fellowship Award.^[6]

Winners in bold.

Nominations

• Best 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)

• Best 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)

• Best Entertainment performance
  • Simon Amstell — Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC Two)
  • Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins — The Friday Night Project (Channel 4)
  • Stephen Fry — QI (BBC Two)
  • Harry Hill — Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)

• Best comedy performance
  • Peter Capaldi — The Thick of It (BBC Four)
  • James Corden — Gavin & Stacey (BBC Three)
  • Stephen Merchant — Extras Christmas special (BBC One)
  • David Mitchell — Peep Show (Channel 4)

• Best single drama
  • Boy A (Channel 4)
  • Coming Down the Mountain (BBC One)
  • The Mark of Cain (Channel 4)
  • The Trial of Tony Blair (More4)

• Best drama serial
  • Britz (Channel 4)
  • Cranford (BBC One)
  • Five Days (BBC One)
  • Murphy's Law (BBC One)

• Best drama series
  • Life on Mars (BBC One)
  • Rome (BBC Two)
  • Skins (E4)
  • The Street (BBC One)

• Best continuing drama
  • The Bill (ITV)
  • EastEnders (BBC One)
  • Emmerdale (ITV)
  • Holby City (BBC One)

• Best factual series
  • Meet the Natives (Channel 4)
  • Paul Merton in China (Five)
  • Tribe (BBC Two)
  • The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities (BBC One)

• Best entertainment programme
  • Britain's Got Talent (ITV)
  • Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)
  • Have I Got News for You (BBC One)
  • Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

• Best situation comedy
  • Benidorm (ITV)
  • The IT Crowd (Channel 4)
  • Peep Show (Channel 4)
  • The Thick of It (BBC Four)

• Best comedy programme
  • The Armstrong and Miller Show (BBC One)
  • Fonejacker (Channel 4)
  • Russell Brand's Ponderland (Channel 4)
  • Star Stories (Channel 4)

• Audience award
  • The Apprentice (BBC Two)
  • Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (BBC Two)
  • Britain's Got Talent (ITV)
  • Cranford (BBC One)
  • Gavin & Stacey (BBC Three)
  • Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

• Best single documentary
  • Beautiful Young Minds (BBC Two)
  • Lie of the Land (Channel 4)
  • Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewell (ITV)
  • Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives (BBC Four)

• Best feature
  • Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection (BBC Two)
  • Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (Channel 4)
  • The Secret Millionaire (Channel 4)
  • Top Gear (BBC Two)

• Best international show
  • Californication (Five)
  • Family Guy (BBC Three)
  • Heroes (BBC Two)
  • My Name Is Earl (Channel 4)

• Best special factual
  • Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (BBC Two)
  • Earth: The Power of the Planet (BBC Two)
  • The Genius of Photography (BBC Four)
  • The Relief of Belsen (Channel 4)

• Best current affairs
  • China's Stolen Children — A Dispatches Special (Channel 4)
  • Dispatches — Fighting The Taliban (Channel 4)
  • Honour Kills (BBC Three)
  • Panorama: Dog Fighting Undercover (BBC One)

• Best news coverage
  • BBC Ten O'Clock News: War in Afghanistan (BBC One)
  • Channel 4 News: Iraq — The Surge (Channel 4)
  • ITV Evening News: Zimbabwe — The Tyranny and the Tragedy (ITV)
  • Sky News — Glasgow Airport Attack (Sky News)

• Best sport
  • The Boat Race (ITV)
  • ITV F1: 2007 Canadian Grand Prix Live (ITV)
  • 2007 Rugby World Cup: England v France semi-final (ITV)
  • Wimbledon — The Men's Final (BBC One)

• Best interactivity
  • Big Art Mob (Channel 4)
  • Doctor Who Comic Maker (BBC One)
  • Spooks Interactive (BBC One)
  • The X Factor (ITV)

• Special Award
  • Paul Watson

• BAFTA Fellowship
  • Bruce Forsyth

References

1. "Cranford leads Bafta nominations". BBC News. 2008-03-18. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
2. "TV Nominations in 2008". BAFTA. 2008-03-18. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
3. "Bafta TV Awards 2008: The nominations". BBC News. 2008-03-18. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
4. Jen Blackburn (2008-03-18). "TV Bafta noms snub Corrie". The Sun. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
5. Alex Fletcher (2008-03-18). "BAFTA TV awards 2008 - The Nominees". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
6. "Forsyth to get top Bafta honour". BBC News. 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-04-18.

External links

• BAFTA Television Awards Official Site
• BAFTA Television Award Winners 2008