Life on Mars and Longford on track to scoop TV craft awards
BBC1 series Life on Mars and Channel 4’s feature length Myra Hindley drama Longford are set to lead the way in this year’s British Academy Television Craft Awards, with ten nominations between them.
Jim Broadbent as Lord Longford and Lindsay Duncan as Lady Longford in Longford on Channel 4 Photo: Channel 4
Prime Suspect: The Final Act, Jane Eyre and Tsunami are also in the running for three awards each at the event, which honours the unsung heroes of television, including writers, directors, costume designers, make-up artists and sound designers.
Writer Peter Morgan, winner of two Baftas earlier this year for his film The Last King of Scotland, will be hoping to score a hat trick with a nomination for the drama Longford.
Morgan is up against Matthew Graham, writer of Life on Mars, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for Extras, and Frank Deasy for Prime Suspect: The Final Act.
Longford’s director, Tom Hooper, will battle it out with Life on Mars’ Bharat Nalluri and Soundproof’s Edmund Coulthard for the best director accolade.
The awards take place on April 22 at The Dorchester and will be hosted by Jon Snow.
Also from The Stage
- TV Today: Tsunami
- TV Today: Prime Suspect
- TV Today: Longford
- TV Today: Life on Mars
- TV Today: Jane Eyre
- TV Today: Craft Awards
- Life on Mars leads BPG Awards nominations
- BBC Tsunami drama team rejects criticisms
- Kosminsky beats Dr Who and Extras writers to Bafta Craft award
- Bleak House leads Bafta Craft Award nominations
- Davies 'fury' as Doctor Who costumes snubbed by Bafta
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