What do we gain from depicting true stories in fiction? And what challenges do our finest actors and actresses face bringing them to our screens? Alex Zane welcomes actor and producer Jo Hartley and TV & film critic Rhianna Dhillon to look at the nominees across this year's acting categories at the 2024 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises.
Plus, we're backstage at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards to meet Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali after their win for writing the Black Mirror episode, Demon 79.
A BAFTA production, produced by Matt Hill at Rethink Audio. The transcript of this episode will be available on the BAFTA website.
In this episode we discuss the following nominees:
LEADING ACTOR
BRIAN COX Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
DOMINIC WEST The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
KANE ROBINSON Top Boy - Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / Netflix
PAAPA ESSIEDU The Lazarus Project - Urban Myth Films / Sky Max
STEVE COOGAN The Reckoning - ITV Studios / BBC One
TIMOTHY SPALL The Sixth Commandment - Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
LEADING ACTRESS
ANJANA VASAN Demon 79 (Black Mirror) - Broke & Bones / Netflix
ANNE REID The Sixth Commandment - Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
BELLA RAMSEY The Last of Us - Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions,, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic
HELENA BONHAM CARTER Nolly - Quay Street Productions / ITVX
SARAH LANCASHIRE Happy Valley - Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
SHARON HORGAN Best Interests - AC Chapter One / BBC One
SUPPORTING ACTOR
AMIT SHAH Happy Valley - Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
ÉANNA HARDWICKE The Sixth Commandment - Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
HARRIS DICKINSON A Murder at the End of the World FX Productions / Disney+
JACK LOWDEN Slow Horses - See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
MATTHEW MACFADYEN Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
SALIM DAW The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ELIZABETH DEBICKI The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
HARRIET WALTER Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
JASMINE JOBSON Top Boy - Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / Netflix
LESLEY MANVILLE The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
NICO PARKER The Last of Us - Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic
SIOBHAN FINNERAN Happy Valley - Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
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