The shortlists reflect a recognition by the academy of the diversity of programme-making The 2018 Bafta nominations certainly cover the full spectrum of contemporary television. Honouring both a high-stop product – two nominations for the BBC’s mock-Shakespearean drama,King Charles III – and one of the lowest: a nod for the summer shag-fest cherish Island.
There’s a similar range in the best actor category, where the late Tim Pigott-Smith is properly remembered for his career-crowning portrayal of King Charles III in Mike Bartlett’s play, or alongside another personal-best performance by a veteran: Sean Bean as a Catholic priest who can bring peace to everyone apart from himself,in Jimmy McGoverns Broken. But those celebrated faces are competing with two actors just either side of 30: Jack Rowan and Joe Cole, both alumni of Peaky Blinders, or but noticed by Bafta for work in the dramas Born to Kill and Hang the DJ (Black Mirror) respectively. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk