Wolf Hall bags double BAFTA win, as Transparent trumps Narcos

Wolf Hall bagged a double win at last night’s TV BAFTAs, as the BBC dominated proceedings.

Mark Rylance waltzed away with Leading Actor for his stunning turn as Cromwell, while director Peter Kosminsky was on hand to accept the big … Read More

Wolf Hall leads BAFTA TV nominees as Transparent takes on Narcos

Wolf Hall is leading the pack in the 2016 BAFTA TV nominations in a year that cements the importance of streaming services in UK living rooms.

The BBC’s historical drama has received four nominations, including Leading Actor for Mark Rylance … Read More

2016 BAFTA winners and where to watch them online

The Revenant stomped through the last night’s BAFTAs, beating off the competition like a bear faced with Leonardo DiCaprio. Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s survival behemoth took home five prizes in total, including Best Picture, Best Director and – after years of … Read More

BAFTA short film review: Elephant, samuel-613

On Sundays, we review short films available on VOD. We call it Short Film Sunday.

As the 2016 EE BAFTA awards take place tonight (Sunday 14th February), we take a look at the two Best Short Film nominees available to … Read More

2016 BAFTA nominees and where to watch them online

Netflix has bagged its first acting award nomination in this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards.

The 2016 BAFTA nominees were announced this morning, with the usual suspects leading the pack: Bridge of Spies and Carol both have nine nominations, … Read More

True Detective beats Netflix on Marvellous night for first time winners

True Detective beat Netflix’s shows at the House of Fraser British Academy Television Awards last night on what proved to be a Marvellous night for first time winners.

After winning the International prize in 2014, Netflix was nominated for two … Read More

Full list: 2015 BAFTA winners – and where to watch them online

Boyhood took home the BAFTA for Best Picture at last night’s ceremony, as Richard Linklater’s 12-year labour of love paid off.

The movie won Best Director and Best Support Actress to boot, beating down the competition from the equally-lauded … Read More

Full list: 2015 BAFTA nominees – and where to watch them online

Netflix has picked up its first BAFTA nomination in 2015, with Virunga up for Best Documentary (read our review here). While the line-up was also announced live on on the super-hip Facebook video, though, the 2015 BAFTA nominees are a … Read More

Broadchurch feels the “BAFTA Effect”

We wrote earlier on this week about how the BAFTAs signified a big step forwards for the British TV industry, with Breaking Bad becoming the first non-broadcast show to win an award. While Netflix has been front and centre of … Read More

Awards on-demand: The full list of 2014 BAFTA winners – and where you can watch them online

Gravity landed the most awards at last night’s BAFTAs, as the British Academy recognised the work of the UK technical wizards behind the scenes. Winning Best Director as well as Best British Film, Alfonso Cuaron quipped that he was an … Read More