British Academy Television Awards 2008

The 2008 British Academy Television Awards were held on 20 April at the London Palladium Theatre in London.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7302169.stm|title=Cranford leads Bafta nominations|accessdate=2008-03-18|date=2008-03-18|publisher=BBC News] The ceremony was broadcast live on BBC One in the United Kingdom. The nominations were announced on 18 March 2008. [cite news|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/latest-winners-and-nominees,91,BA.html|title=TV Nominations in 2008|accessdate=2008-03-18|date=2008-03-18|publisher=BAFTA] [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7302291.stm|title=Bafta TV Awards 2008: The nominations|accessdate=2008-03-18|publisher=BBC News|date=2008-03-18] [cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a91782/bafta-tv-awards-2008-the-nominees.html|title=BAFTA TV awards 2008 - The Nominees|accessdate=2008-03-18|publisher=Digital Spy|author=Alex Fletcher|date=2008-03-18] Drama "Cranford" received the most nominations with four, making Judi Dench the most nominated actress in BAFTA history for her work on TV and film combined. Long-running soap opera "Coronation Street" failed to earn a nomination, for the first time in ten years.cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article932162.ece|title=TV Bafta noms snub Corrie|accessdate=2008-03-18|date=2008-03-18|publisher=The Sun|author=Jen Blackburn] Bruce Forsyth will receive the Academy Fellowship Award. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7354892.stm|title=Forsyth to get top Bafta honour|accessdate=2008-04-18|date=2008-04-18|publisher=BBC News]

Winners in bold.

Nominations

*Best Actor
**Andrew Garfield — "Boy A" (Channel 4)
**Tom Hardy — "" (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 and Stacey" (BBC Three)
**Stephen Merchant — " (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

External links

* [http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/ BAFTA Television Awards] Official Site
* [http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/ BAFTA Television Award Winners 2008]