BAFTA TV Craft Awards: Watch One Of The First Major Awards Ceremonies Of The Pandemic Era

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Production quietly began last month in London on pandemic-inspired feature Alone, which marks the directorial debut of Kirsty Bell, CEO of UK financier Goldfinch.

Bruno Tonioli, 64, is proudly showing off new silver hair while spending time in his Los Angeles-based home and it looks fantastic! The Strictly Come Dancing judge debuted the hair makeover when he joined his fellow judges in an acceptance speech video, which can be seen below, for the show’s win at the BAFTA Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards on July 31. In it, he’s sitting in his house as he thanks the fans of the show for helping the win the award.

Peter White Television EditorBritish comedy Stath Lets Flats is the little show that could. The Channel 4 comedy has had a pretty good few weeks – beating Fleabag twice at the BAFTA TV Awards.The show follows an incompetent rental agent, played by creator Jamie Demetriou, who runs a Greek-Cypriot letting agency in London, owned by his father.

The British Academy of Film and Television announced the winners of the 2020 British Academy Television Awards and, like their counterparts across the pond a year ago, HBO and Sky’s “Chernobyl” was the big winner. That being said, there were some major surprises.

Naman Ramachandran British television producing and directing legend Sydney Lotterby, responsible for some of Britain’s most beloved comedy programs, has died. He was 93.Lotterby’s credits include “The Last of the Summer Wine,” “Porridge,” “Yes Minister,” “Open All Hours,” “Yes Prime Minister,” “As Time Goes By,” “May to December,” “Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em” and “The Liver Birds,” among many others.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorChannel 4 enjoyed a huge night at the BAFTA TV Awards on Friday, with the British broadcaster scooping six gongs and springing shocks in big-ticket categories.By comparison, Channel 4 won only two prizes at last year’s ceremony, while it didn’t clinch a single award for an original show in 2018.

Normal People co-stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal have shown their commitment to following social distancing guidelines while posing on the red carpet at the Bafta TV Awards.On Friday, the pair, who are presenting during the mostly virtual ceremony, attended the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards held at Television Centre in London, where they kept their distance amid the coronavirus pandemic with the help of a tape measure.

Naman Ramachandran The annual Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards are kicking off — and it’s an unprecedented edition for an unprecedented year.As a physical ceremony is not possible because of the coronavirus pandemic, the BAFTAs are broadcasting from a closed studio with winners accepting awards virtually.

Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones are staying socially distant in their return to the red carpet amid the pandemic!

Tim Dams The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) managed to stage its glitzy Film Awards in February at the Royal Albert Hall with legions of celebrities just before the coronavirus lockdown, but its Television Awards on Friday will be a very different affair.Gone is the traditional red carpet.

Miles Kane has kickstarted the UK’s long road to the full return of live music with an acoustic set at London’s Camden Market.The singer defied the rain on Saturday (July 25), to kick off the ‘Camden Unlocked’ series – which marks the UK’s first major live series of music events since the coronavirus lockdown began earlier this year.A step into the unknown, the tell-tale signs of a gig in the new normal were all present and correct before Kane’s arrival at 3PM.The crowd of roughly fifty fans

When British comics Simon Pegg and Nick Frost join forces, you know it’s going to be good. The duo is teaming up for supernatural- comedy series “Truth Seekers,” and the new trailer is out now.

Idris Elba is to receive the BAFTA Special Award at the upcoming BAFTA TV Awards ceremony. The 'Luther' star will be given the accolade - which is one of the British Academy's highest honours - for his creative contribution to the TV industry.

Truth Seekers – the new comedy show from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.The series is a supernatural dramedy focusing on a team of part-time paranormal investigators searching the UK for ghost sightings.Truth Seekers stars Frost and Pegg, alongside Malcolm McDowell, Samson Kayo, Susan Wokoma and Emma D’Arcy.A virtual panel about the show will be held as part of Comic-Con@Home later this week, a five-day virtual event featuring talks and previews for titles including His Dark Materials, The Walking

Naman Ramachandran Acclaimed British actor, writer and producer Idris Elba will receive a BAFTA Special Award for his creative contribution to television and his commitment to championing diversity and new talent in the industry.The Special Award is one of the British Academy’s highest honors, with previous recipients for television including Nicola Shindler, Clare Balding, John Motson, Henry Normal, Nick Fraser, Lenny Henry, Delia Smith and Cilla Black.Elba’s breakout came in HBO’s “The Wire”