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British Academy Television Award For Best Soap And Continuing Drama
The British Academy Television Award for Best Soap and Continuing Drama is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Eligible drama series must be transmitted for at least 20 episodes a year. Only one episode of no more than an hour may be entered, and the episode selected must not be a special, as it must be fully representative of the series. The award was first given in 1999, for soap operas transmitted in 1998. Its title was changed from Best Soap to Best Continuing Drama in 2003, and to Best Soap and Continuing Drama in 2012. , the award has been won by ''EastEnders'' nine times, '' Coronation Street'' seven times, ''Casualty'' four times, ''Emmerdale'' three times, and ''The Bill'' and ''Holby City'' once each. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s * Note: The series that don't have recipients on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy Of Film And Television Arts
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mersey Television
Lime Pictures, formerly known as Mersey Television, is a British television production company, founded by producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. They produce award winning drama, and entertainment shows, for the international market including ''Hollyoaks'', '' The Only Way is Essex'', '' Geordie Shore'' and '' Free Rein''. Mersey Television productions Mersey Television's first major production was the soap opera '' Brookside'' for Channel 4, which ran from the channel's foundation in 1982 until 2003, when it was taken off air due to declining ratings. A 3-part spin-off ('soap bubble') of ''Brookside'' was produced in November 1987 called ''Damon and Debbie''. In 1995, the company began producing a second soap opera for Channel 4, ''Hollyoaks'', which still runs. Both ''Brookside'' and ''Hollyoaks'' were created by Redmond himself, and in 2003 the company took over production of another series he had created, the children's drama ''Grange Hill'', which had fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 British Academy Television Awards
The 2004 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 18 April at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane (road), Park Lane, London. The ceremony was hosted by Davina McCall and broadcast on ITV the following day. Winners *Best Actor **Winner: Bill Nighy — '' State of Play'' (BBC One) **Other nominees: Jim Broadbent — '' The Young Visiters'' (BBC One); Christopher Eccleston — '' The Second Coming'' ( ITV); David Morrissey — ''State of Play'' (BBC One) *Best Actress **Winner: Julie Walters — ''The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale'' (BBC One) **Other nominees: Gina McKee — '' The Lost Prince'' (BBC One); Helen Mirren — ''Prime Suspect'' (ITV); Miranda Richardson — ''The Lost Prince'' (BBC One) * Best Comedy (Programme or Series) **Winner: ''Little Britain'' ( BBC / BBC Three) **Other nominees: '' Bo' Selecta!'' (Talkback Thames / Channel 4); ''Creature Comforts: Cats or Dogs?'' (Aardman Animations / ITV); '' Doubletake'' (Tiger Aspect Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 British Academy Television Awards
The 2003 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 13 April at The Dorchester in London. The ceremony was hosted by television presenter Anne Robinson. Winners *Best Actor **Winner: Albert Finney — '' The Gathering Storm'' (BBC Two) **Other nominees: Kenneth Branagh — ''Conspiracy'' (BBC Two); Kenneth Branagh — '' Shackleton'' (Channel 4); James Nesbitt — ''Bloody Sunday'' ( ITV) *Best Actress **Winner: Julie Walters — ''Murder'' (BBC Two) **Other nominees: Sheila Hancock — ''Bedtime'' (BBC One); Vanessa Redgrave — ''The Gathering Storm'' (BBC Two); Jessica Stevenson — '' Tomorrow La Scala!'' (BBC Two) *Best Comedy (Programme or Series) **Winner: ''Alistair McGowan's Big Impression'' (Vera / BBC One) **Other nominees: ''Bremner, Bird and Fortune'' (Vera / Channel 4); '' Look Around You'' (TalkBack Productions / BBC Two); '' Smack the Pony'' (Talkback Productions / Channel 4) *Best Comedy Performance **Winner: Ricky Gervais — ''The Office'' (BBC Two) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctors (2000 TV Series)
''Doctors'' is a British medical soap opera, first broadcast on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff of both an NHS doctor's surgery and a university campus surgery, as well as the lives of their families and friends. Initially, only 41 episodes of the programme were ordered, but due to the positive reception, the BBC ordered it as a continuing soap opera. ''Doctors'' was filmed at the Pebble Mill Studios until 2004; production then relocated to the BBC Drama Village. Episodes are filmed three months prior to transmission. The soap is typically broadcast on weekdays at 1:45 pm on BBC One and takes three annual transmission breaks across the year; at Easter, during the summer and at Christmas. Since its inception, ''Doctors'' has consistently won the share of viewers in its daytime time slot, and as of 2022, it averages at 1.6 million live viewers in its daytime broadcast. The prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 British Academy Television Awards
The 2002 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 21 April 2002. The ceremony was hosted by the television presenter Chris Tarrant and broadcast on ITV the following day. Winners *Best Actor **Winner: Michael Gambon – '' Perfect Strangers'' (BBC Two) **Other nominees: Alan Bates – ''Love in a Cold Climate'' (BBC One); Timothy Spall – ''Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise'' (BBC Two); David Suchet – ''The Way We Live Now'' (BBC One) *Best Actress **Winner: Julie Walters – ''My Beautiful Son'' ( ITV) **Other nominees: Lindsay Duncan – ''Perfect Strangers'' (BBC Two); Sheila Hancock – ''The Russian Bride'' (ITV); Lesley Sharp – ''Bob & Rose'' (ITV) * Best Comedy (Programme or Series) **Winner: '' The Sketch Show'' (Avalon Television / Baby Cow Productions / ITV) **Other nominees: '' BrassEye Special'' (TalkBack Productions / Channel 4); ''Bremner, Bird and Fortune'' ( Vera Productions / Channel 4); ''The Kumars at No. 42'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Horsbrugh
Oliver Horsbrugh (1937 – August 2009) was a British television director most recently for ''Emmerdale''. He also directed episodes of the top rated ITV1 ITV1 (formerly known as ITV) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc. It provides the Channel 3 public broadcast service across all of the United Kingdom except for t ... soap opera, '' Coronation Street'', from the early 1970s. He won a BAFTA as part of the ''Emmerdale'' team in 2001 when the programme was awarded the Best Soap Award. Horsbrugh was born to a family of actors; Walter Horsbrugh and Sheila Beckett. His early training was at the BBC. His daughter Rebecca is a sports journalist with SNTV, the sports television arm of Associated Press TV. References External links * 1937 births 2009 deaths British television directors {{UK-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 British Academy Television Awards
The 2001 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 13 May 2001. The ceremony took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane (road), Park Lane, London and was broadcast live on BBC One. Winners *Best Actor **Winner: Michael Gambon — ''Longitude'' (Channel 4) **Other nominees: Steven Mackintosh — ''Care'' (BBC One); Pete Postlethwaite — ''The Sins'' (BBC One); Steve McFadden — ''EastEnders'' ( BBC) *Best Actress **Winner: Judi Dench — ''The Last of the Blonde Bombshells'' (BBC One) **Other nominees: Geraldine James — ''The Sins'' (BBC One); Amanda Redman — ''At Home with the Braithwaites'' (ITV); Fay Ripley — ''Cold Feet'' (ITV); Alison Steadman — '' Fat Friends'' (ITV) *Best Comedy (Programme or Series) **Winner: ''Da Ali G Show'' (TalkBack Productions / Channel 4) **Other nominees: ''Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned'' (Avalon Television / ITV); ''Smack the Pony'' (TalkBack Productions / Channel 4); ''Victoria Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Marquess
Paul Marquess (born 23 June 1964) is a television producer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. His credits include '' Brookside'', ''The Bill'', ''Family Affairs'', ''Hollyoaks'', ''Crime Stories'', '' Suspects'' and '' Hope Street''. He also originated the idea for the series ''Footballers' Wives''. He currently holds the post of managing director of Newman Street, a label of Fremantlemedia. TV career Early stages Marquess began his career in 1996, as a storyliner on ''Coronation Street'', before developing and producing various other dramas for Granada television including '' Revelations'' from 1996, and '' Springhill'' in 1997. In 1999, he landed a job as series producer on '' Brookside'', working alongside Phil Redmond. During that time, Marquess conceived the idea for ''Footballers' Wives'', originally entitled "Cheshire Wives". Marquess felt it lacked a hook until he saw Victoria Beckham on TV. ''The Bill'' In 2002, Marquess took over as executive producer of ''The Bill'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire Television
ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 1974, this was primarily the historic county of Yorkshire and parts of neighbouring counties served by the Emley Moor transmitting station, Emley Moor transmitter. Following a reorganisation in 1974 the transmission area was extended to include Lincolnshire, northwestern Norfolk and parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, served by the Belmont transmitting station, Belmont transmitter. Two consortia applied for the franchise, ''Telefusion Yorkshire Ltd'' and ''Yorkshire Independent Television'', the former having large financial backing (supported by the Blackpool-based ''Telefusion'' television rental chain) and the latter having the better plans but fewer resources. On 1 January 2007, the company transferred its programme production bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 British Academy Television Awards
The 2000 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 14 May 2000. The ceremony was hosted by sportscaster Des Lynam, aired on ITV and took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London. Winners and nominees Programmes with multiple nominations See also *2000 British Academy Television Craft Awards External linksArchive of winners on official BAFTA website(retrieved February 19, 2006).British Academy Television Awards 2000 at the Internet Movie Database. {{BAFTA Television Awards 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ... 2000 awards in the United Kingdom 2000 television awards 2000 in British television May 2000 events in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Channel)
ITV1 (formerly known as ITV) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc. It provides the Channel 3 public broadcast service across all of the United Kingdom except for the central and northern areas of Scotland where STV provides the service. ITV1 as a consistent national channel (with dedicated slots for regional news and other regional programmes) evolved out of the old ITV network – a federation of separately owned regional companies which had significantly different local schedules and branding. During the 1990s, the differences between the schedules in each region gradually reduced – partly through the consolidation of ownership and partly through the standardisation in the volume and scheduling of regional programmes. In 2002, a major change of appearance occurred when all ITV regions in England adopted national continuity. Regional logos vanished and regional names were mentioned only befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
