'Chernobyl' Wins Big at 2020 BAFTA TV Awards
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The real-life disaster drama series has been crowned the Best Miniseries and helped star Jared Harris take home the coveted Leading Actor title at this year’s British awards.
Aug 1, 2020
AceShowbiz – Real-life disaster drama “Chernobyl” was a double winner at the 2020 BAFTA TV Awards on Friday (31Jul20).
The critically-acclaimed series about the Ukrainian nuclear disaster in 1986 claimed the Mini-Series and Leading Actor prize for Jared Harris while Glenda Jackson took home the Leading Actress accolade for “Elizabeth Is Missing” – her first TV role in more than 25 years. It was her first BAFTA win in 48 years.
Meanwhile, there were a few surprises during the virtual ceremony – “Fleabag” lost out on the Comedy title to “Stath Lets Flats”, and “The End of the F**king World” pipped “The Crown” to the Drama honour.
Sian Clifford also claimed the award for Female Performance in a Comedy Programme for “Fleabag”, beating her co-star and series creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
The full list of winners is:
Miniseries: “Chernobyl”
Leading Actor: Jared Harris – “Chernobyl”
Leading Actress: Glenda Jackson – “Elizabeth Is Missing”
Supporting Actor: Will Sharpe – “Giri/Haji”
Supporting Actress: Naomi Ackie – “The End of the F***ing World”
Drama Series: “The End of The F***ing World”
Single Drama: “The Left Behind”
Soap & Continuing Drama: “Emmerdale”
Scripted Comedy: “Stath Lets Flats”
Female Performance in a Comedy Programme: Sian Clifford – “Fleabag”
Male Performance in a Comedy Programme: Jamie Demetriou – “Stath Lets Flats”
Entertainment Programme: “Strictly Come Dancing”
Factual Series: “Leaving Neverland”
Entertainment Performance: Mo Gilligan – “The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan”
Comedy Entertainment Programme: “Taskmaster Dave”
Current Affairs: “Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag”
News Coverage: “Hong Kong Protests”
Features: “The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan”
International: “When They See Us” – Netflix
Live Event: “Blue Planet Live”
Reality & Constructed Factual: “Race Across the World”
Short Form Programme: “Brain In Gear” – BBC iPlayer
Single Documentary: “The Last Survivors” – BBC Two
Specialist Factual: “Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story”
Sport: “2019 Rugby World Cup Final: England v South Africa”
Virgin Media’s Must See Moment (Voted for by the Public): “Gavin & Stacey Nessa Proposes to Smithy”
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