BBC Leads BAFTA Wins

June 7, 2010 World Screen

LONDON: The BBC notched up 13 wins at the BAFTAs, followed by Channel 4 with seven nods and ITV1 with three.

Julie Walters scored her sixth BAFTA, this one for lead actress for her performance in Channel 4’s Mo. Kenneth Branagh won his first BAFTA for leading actor, for Wallander. The supporting wins went to Matthew Macfadyen and Rebecca Hall for Criminal Justice and Red Riding 1974, respectively.

In the comedy category, The Thick of It was recognized for its stars Peter Capaldi and Rebecca Front, along with taking the win for situation comedy. The Armstrong and Miller Show bagged its first award in the comedy program category.

Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly won a BAFTA for their entertainment performance in I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! The entertainment program award was won for the first time by Britain’s Got Talent.
 
In drama, EastEnders won the award for continuing drama, while Occupation took serial drama and The Unloved took the single drama award. E4’s superhero comedy drama Misfits took the drama series award, scoring the first BAFTA for the channel.
 
Channel 4’s One Born Every Minute won for factual series, and Inside Nature’s Giants won for specialist factual. This year’s public vote for the YouTube Audience Award went to The Inbetweeners.
 
For the second year in a row Mad Men won the International BAFTA. The Special Award was presented to Simon Cowell.
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