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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'' ten times, ''Coronation Street'' seven times, ''Casualty'' six 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 ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy Of Film And Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual award ceremonies, BAFTA has an international programme of learning events and initiatives offering access to talent through workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures, and mentoring schemes in the United Kingdom and the United States. BAFTA's annual film awards ceremony, the British Academy Film Awards, has been held since 1949, while its annual television awards ceremony, the British Academy Television Awards, has been held since 1955. Their third ceremony, the British Academy Games Awards, was first presented in 2004. Origins BAFTA started out as the British Film Academy, founded in 1947 by a group of directors: David Lean, Alexander Korda, Roger Manvell, Laurence Olivier, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, Michael Balcon, C ... [...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. It produces 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 three-part spin-off ('soap bubble') of ''Brookside'' was produced in November 1987, titled '' 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 first been broad ... [...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 / B ... [...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) **Oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctors (2000 TV Series)
''Doctors'' is a British Medical drama, medical soap opera, first broadcast on BBC One on 26 March 2000 and concluded on 14 November 2024. Filmed in Birmingham and set in the fictional West Midlands (region), 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 Doctors (series 1), 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, where it filmed until 2024. Episodes were filmed three months prior to transmission and were typically broadcast Mondays to Thursdays at 2:00 pm on BBC One, as well as having classic episodes broadcast on Drama (British TV channel), Drama. It took three annual transmission breaks across the year: at Easter, during t ... [...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 soap opera, ''Coronation Street'', from the early 1970s. He won a BAFTA The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ... 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 and nominees References External linksArchive of winners on official BAFTA website(retrieved February 5, 2006).British Academy Television Awards 2001 at the Internet Movie Database. {{BAFTA Television Awards 2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ... 2001 awards in the United Kingdom 2001 television awards 2001 in British television May 2001 in the United Kingdom ... [...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'', with ... [...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 (with the exception of the northern areas of North Yorkshire which are served by ITV Tyne Tees, Tyne Tees) 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 ... [...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 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ... 2000 awards in the United Kingdom 2000 television awards 2000 in British television May 2000 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 service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc. It provides the ITV (TV network), Channel 3 public broadcast service across all of the United Kingdom except for the central and northern areas of Scotland where STV (TV channel), 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 (TV network), 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 En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
