Marvellous and The Lost Honor of Christopher Jefferies top BAFTA TV Awards
U.K. TV dramas Marvellous and The Lost Honor Of Christopher Jefferies were the toast of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) TV Awards on Sunday (10May15) as they each emerged double winners.
Marvellous, about the life of Stoke City Football Club kit man Neil Baldwin, claimed the titles of Single Drama and Supporting Actress for Gemma Jones, but its star, Toby Jones, missed out on the Leading Actor award to The Lost Honor of Christopher Jefferies' Jason Watkins. He also beat Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch and The Missing's James Nesbitt to the top prize.
The two-part show, written by The Queen screenwriter Peter Morgan,
won a second accolade for best Mini-Series.
Popular variety show Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway was
another two-time winner, scoring Entertainment Program and
Entertainment Performance for hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan
Donnelly.
Meanwhile, Georgina Campbell was named Leading Actress for Murdered
by My Boyfriend, The Honorable Woman's Stephen Rea landed
Supporting Actor, Drama Series went to Happy Valley and
Detectorists earned the Situation Comedy honor.
True Detective fought off competition from House of Cards, The Good
Wife and Orange Is the New Black to take home the International
gong.
Other winners at the London ceremony included Coronation Street
(Soap and Continuing Drama) and Matt Berry (Toast of London) and
Jessica Hynes (W1A), who claimed the Actor and Actress in a Comedy
Program, respectively.
Sherlock won the fan-voted Radio Times Audience Award, and The
Island With Bear Grylls was named best Reality and Constructed
Factual show.