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Three months ago BAFTA crowned The Hurt Locker the best film of the last year and Sunday night saw their attention drawn to television. However, unlike the film awards, there were very few surprises in store for the intrepid viewer this year.
The big winner of the night was undoubtedly the genius sitcom The Thick of It which managed to score three awards on the night by not only scoring Best Situation Comedy but also two acting awards for its star Peter Capaldi as well as for Rebecca Front. This being the first year that BAFTA gave two separate awards for performance in a comedy rather than one encompassing both genders gives The Thick of It the dubious honour of being the first comedy to achieve such a haul. Fellow comedy nominee The Inbetweeners were able to console themselves that whilst they were not the academy’s choice for best situation comedy the public voted them as their favourite show of the year. Small graces right?
The main surprise of the night came from Misfits, Channel 4’s answer to the now defunct US show Heroes, being declared the winner for best drama series. Against previous winners The Street and Spooks, as well as the favourite Being Human, this dark horse runner somehow managed to secure victory.
In terms of acting it was, again, as predictable as clockwork with Julie Walters picking up her fourth award for best actress. Having won this award three years in a row last decade, including her amazing part in The Wife of Bath’s Tale, she had a 50% chance of picking up an award this year having been nominated twice in this category. In the end, however, it was her depiction of Mo Mowlam that gained her the award. Other awards in the acting stakes included Kenneth Branagh as Best Actor for Wallander and Rebecca Hall for Red Riding.
A somewhat interesting development was the awarding of a Special BAFTA Award to reality TV mogul Simon Cowell. If we were to give an award to someone who has shaped how we view television, then it is true that he has made a sizable contribution in recent times. However, it would have made as much sense, if not more, to have given the award to Simon Fuller whose formula perfected in Popstars and Pop Idol paved the way for shows like The X-Factor and Britain’s Got Talent.
With other awards going to favourites Eastenders and Mad Men the 2010 BAFTAs for television have been disappointing in terms of upsets. However, for the many people who decided to place money on the outcome of this ceremony, Sunday evening will have been an wonderful success.
I'm really gutted Being Human didn't win, but I'm glad at least that the award didn't go to The Street. And The Thick of It so deserved to be rewarded for its consistent brilliance - Malcolm Tucker is a role that will be remembered for years and years to come, so Peter Capaldi really was the only choice BAFTA could have made.
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