Channel 4 stable secures 24 Bafta nominations

24 April 2012

This Is England ‘88

 

Roads around Channel 4's HQ were cordoned off by police this morning, as the massive egos of countless TV executives threatened to spill out onto the street following the announcement of the BAFTA 2012 Television Awards nominations. Heads were swelling to dangerously explosive proportions with the news that the Channel 4 stable had been nominated for 24 awards.

Of particular concern was the drama department, whose cranial expansion was reaching critical proportions following the news that This Is England '88 had been nominated for three awards, while Random and Misfits were both nominated for two each. Top Boy and Shameless were also nominated for awards.

Other programmes to be nominated more than once included comedies Friday Night Dinner and Fresh Meat, and the documentary series Educating Essex.

David Abraham and Jay Hunt were last seen in their wetsuits, grabbing their surfboards and heading off to surf a massive wave of triumphalism.

The Arqiva British Academy Television Awards will take place on Sunday 27 May 2012.

Full details of nominations below:

 

Leading Actor
Joseph Gilgun - This is England '88 (Channel 4)

 

Leading Actress
Nadine Marshall - Random (Channel 4)
Vicky McClure - This is England '88 (Channel 4)

 

Entertainment Performance
Alan Carr - Alan Carr Chatty Man (Channel 4)

 

Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
Tamsin Greig - Friday Night Dinner (Channel 4)

 

Single Drama
Random
Polly Leys, Kate Norrish, Debbie Tucker Green, Nadine Marshall
Hillbilly Television/Channel 4

 

Mini Series
This is England ‘88
Production Team
Warp Films/Channel 4

Top Boy
Charles Steel, Alasdair Flind, Ronan Bennett, Yann Demange
Cowboy Films/Channel 4

 

Drama Series
Misfits
Petra Fried, Howard Overman, Murray Ferguson
Clerkenwell Films/E4

 

Soap & Continuing Drama
Shameless
Paul Abbott, George Faber, David Threlfall, Lawrence Till
Company Pictures/Channel 4

 

Factual Series
Educating Essex
David Clews, Andrew Mackenzie-Betty, Beejal-Maya Patel, Grace Reynolds
Two Four Productions/Channel 4

 

Specialist Factual
Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret
Production Team
Blink Films/Channel 4

 

Single Documentary
We Need To Talk About Dad (Cutting Edge)
Peter Dale, Elizabeth Stopford
Rare Day Ltd/Channel 4

 

Reality & Constructed Factual
Made in Chelsea
Production Team
Monkey Kingdom Productions/E4

 

Current Affairs
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields
Callum Macrae, Chris Shaw, Jon Snow
ITN/Channel 4

 

News Coverage
Channel 4 News: Japan Earthquake
Production Team
ITN/Channel 4

 

New Media
The Bank Job
Production Team
Endemol, Chunk, Monterosa/Channel4.com

Misfits
Matt Jarvis, Chloe Moss, Alexandra Wall, Mike O'Leary
Clerkenwell Films/E4.com

 

Entertainment Programme
Derren Brown: The Experiments
Derren Brown, Simon Dinsell, Iain Sharkey, Fiona Cotter-Craig
Objective Productions/Channel 4

 

Comedy Programme
Comic Strip: The Hunt for Tony Blair
Nick Smith, Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
Great Western Pictures/Channel 4

 

Situation Comedy
Fresh Meat
Production Team
Objective Productions, Lime Pictures/Channel 4

Friday Night Dinner
Robert Popper, Steve Bendelack
Popper Pictures, Big Talk Productions/Channel 4

 

YouTube Audience Award
Educating Essex

Fresh Meat