Bafta Reactions

Did the Bafta judges read our post last week?  Unlikely, but they might have read our minds, because by & large we agree with their decisions:


Leading actor: Daniel Rigby, Eric And Ernie - A great performance.  Playing a well-known character is so hard, but DR really seemed to *be* Eric Morecambe at times in this.

Leading actress: Vicky McClure, This Is England '86 - Another great performance.  While the series was a bit uneven (the first couple of episodes had too many 'TWNH' moments, and it wasn't wholly convincing as an update on the film), the last two episodes with the horrific scenes with Mick and Trev vindicated the whole production.

Supporting actor: Martin Freeman, Sherlock - Yes, ok.  Martin Freeman was pretty good.  We'd have given it to Johnny Harris for This is England (see above) but that would have been a very unpopular decision, given the level of complaints the programme received.

Supporting actress: Lauren Socha, Misfits - Don't know, haven't seen it, but heard good things.

Single drama: The Road to Coronation Street - It's still on the Sky Plus.  We're prepared to accept that it was really good.  Must get around to watching it!

Drama series: Sherlock - They didn't know how to end the third episode, and there were a few annoying things about it, but yes, this was deserved.  We'd like to think the judges took our comments to heart re Downton Abbey, but maybe they just thought Twitter followers wouldn't stand for it....  @superinjunction, you have the power!

Drama serial: Any Human Heart - Love the book (Dan.  Ali isn't sure yet), but the TV series felt like it was just joining up the dots.  Disappointing that William Boyd's adaptation of Sword of Honour was better than his adaptation of his own book.  At least they didn't give the Bafta to The Promise.

Continuing drama: EastEnders - Whatever... If we were doing 'That Would Never Happen' for EastEnders we'd never have time to do anything else.

International: The Killing - We agree!