2008 British Academy Television Awards Explained

Award:	British Academy Television Awards
Year:	2008
Date:	20 April 2008
Site:	London Palladium
Host:	Graham Norton
Best Comedy Series:	Fonejacker
Best Drama Series:	The Street
Best Actor:	Andrew Garfield
Best Actor Show:	Boy A
Best Actress:	Eileen Atkins
Best Actress Show:	Cranford
Best Comedy Perform1:	James Corden
Best Comedy Perform1 Show:	Gavin & Stacey
Channel:	BBC One
Ratings:	5.67 million
Last Link:	2007 British Academy Television Awards
Last:	2007
Next Link:	2009 British Academy Television Awards
Next:	2009

The 2008 British Academy Television Awards were held on 20 April at the London Palladium Theatre in London.^[1] The ceremony was broadcast live on BBC One in the United Kingdom. The nominations were announced on 18 March 2008.^{[2] [3] [4]} Drama Cranford received the most nominations with four,^[1] making Judi Dench the most nominated actress in BAFTA history for her work on TV and film combined.^[5] Long-running soap opera Coronation Street failed to earn a nomination.^[1] Bruce Forsyth received the Academy Fellowship Award.^[6]

Winners in bold.

Nominations

• Best Actor
  • Andrew Garfield - Boy A (Channel 4)
  • Tom Hardy - (BBC Two)
  • Matthew Macfadyen - Secret Life (Channel 4)
  • Antony Sher - Primo (BBC Four)
• Best Actress
  • Eileen Atkins - Cranford (BBC One)
  • Judi Dench - Cranford (BBC One)
  • Gina McKee - The Street (BBC One)
  • Kierston Wareing - It's a Free World... (Channel 4)
• Best Entertainment performance
  • Simon Amstell - Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC Two)
  • Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins - The Friday Night Project (Channel 4)
  • Stephen Fry - QI (BBC Two)
  • Harry Hill - Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)
• Best comedy performance
  • Peter Capaldi - The Thick of It (BBC Four)
  • James Corden - Gavin & Stacey (BBC Three)
  • Stephen Merchant - Extras Christmas special (BBC One)
  • David Mitchell - Peep Show (Channel 4)
• Best single drama
  • Boy A (Channel 4)
  • Coming Down the Mountain (BBC One)
  • The Mark of Cain (Channel 4)
  • The Trial of Tony Blair (More4)
• Best drama serial
  • Britz (Channel 4)
  • Cranford (BBC One)
  • Five Days (BBC One)
  • Murphy's Law (BBC One)
• Best drama series
  • Life on Mars (BBC One)
  • Rome (BBC Two)
  • Skins (E4)
  • The Street (BBC One)
• Best continuing drama
  • The Bill (ITV)
  • EastEnders (BBC One)
  • Emmerdale (ITV)
  • Holby City (BBC One)
• Best factual series
  • Meet the Natives (Channel 4)
  • Paul Merton in China (Five)
  • Tribe (BBC Two)
  • (BBC One)
• Best entertainment programme
  • Britain's Got Talent (ITV)
  • Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)
  • Have I Got News for You (BBC One)
  • Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
• Best situation comedy
  • Benidorm (ITV)
  • The IT Crowd (Channel 4)
  • Peep Show (Channel 4)
  • The Thick of It (BBC Four)
• Best comedy programme
  • The Armstrong and Miller Show (BBC One)
  • Fonejacker (Channel 4)
  • Russell Brand's Ponderland (Channel 4)
  • Star Stories (Channel 4)
• Audience award
  • The Apprentice (BBC Two)
  • Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (BBC Two)
  • Britain's Got Talent (ITV)
  • Cranford (BBC One)
  • Gavin & Stacey (BBC Three)
  • Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
• Best single documentary
  • Beautiful Young Minds (BBC Two)
  • Lie of the Land (Channel 4)
  • Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewell (ITV)
  • Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives (BBC Four)
• Best feature
  • Heston Blumenthal

In Search of Perfection (BBC Two)

• • Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (Channel 4)
  • The Secret Millionaire (Channel 4)
  • Top Gear (BBC Two)
• Best international show
  • Californication (Five)
  • Family Guy (BBC Three)
  • Heroes (BBC Two)
  • My Name Is Earl (Channel 4)
• Best special factual
  • Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (BBC Two)
  • Earth: The Power of the Planet (BBC Two)
  • The Genius of Photography (BBC Four)
  • The Relief of Belsen (Channel 4)
• Best current affairs
  • China's Stolen Children - A Dispatches Special (Channel 4)
  • Dispatches - Fighting The Taliban (Channel 4)
  • Honour Kills (BBC Three)
  • Panorama

Dog Fighting Undercover (BBC One)

• Best news coverage
  • BBC Ten O'Clock News

War in Afghanistan (BBC One)

• • Channel 4 News

Iraq - The Surge (Channel 4)

• • ITV Evening News

Zimbabwe - The Tyranny and the Tragedy (ITV)

• • Sky News - Glasgow Airport Attack (Sky News)
• Best sport
  • The Boat Race (ITV)
  • ITV F1

2007 Canadian Grand Prix Live (ITV)

• • 2007 Rugby World Cup

England v France semi-final (ITV)

• • Wimbledon - The Men's Final (BBC One)
• Best interactivity
  • Big Art Mob (Channel 4)
  • Doctor Who Comic Maker (BBC One)
  • Spooks Interactive (BBC One)
  • The X Factor (ITV)
• Special Award
  • Paul Watson
• BAFTA Fellowship
  • Bruce Forsyth

External links

• BAFTA Television Awards Official Site
• BAFTA Television Award Winners 2008

Notes and References

1. News: Cranford leads Bafta nominations. 2008-03-18. 2008-03-18. BBC News.
2. News: TV Nominations in 2008. 2008-03-18. 2008-03-18. BAFTA. 2011-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927135242/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/latest-winners-and-nominees,91,BA.html. dead.
3. News: Bafta TV Awards 2008: The nominations. 2008-03-18. BBC News. 2008-03-18.
4. News: BAFTA TV awards 2008 - The Nominees. 2008-03-18. Digital Spy. Alex Fletcher. 2008-03-18.
5. Web site: Nominations Announced for Television Awards in 2008. 18 March 2008. 6 March 2023.
6. News: Forsyth to get top Bafta honour. 2008-04-18. 2008-04-18. BBC News.