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What do we gain from depicting true stories in fiction? And what challenges do our finest actors and actresses face bringing them to our screens? Alex Zane welcomes actor and producer Jo Hartley and TV & film critic Rhianna Dhillon to look at the nominees across this year's acting categories at the 2024 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises.


Plus, we're backstage at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards to meet Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali after their win for writing the Black Mirror episode, Demon 79.


A BAFTA production, produced by Matt Hill at Rethink Audio. The transcript of this episode will be available on the BAFTA website.


In this episode we discuss the following nominees:


LEADING ACTOR


BRIAN COX Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic


DOMINIC WEST The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / Netflix


KANE ROBINSON Top Boy - Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / Netflix


PAAPA ESSIEDU The Lazarus Project - Urban Myth Films / Sky Max


STEVE COOGAN The Reckoning - ITV Studios / BBC One


TIMOTHY SPALL The Sixth Commandment - Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One


LEADING ACTRESS


ANJANA VASAN Demon 79 (Black Mirror) - Broke & Bones / Netflix


ANNE REID The Sixth Commandment - Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One


BELLA RAMSEY The Last of Us - Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions,, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic


HELENA BONHAM CARTER Nolly - Quay Street Productions / ITVX


SARAH LANCASHIRE Happy Valley - Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One


SHARON HORGAN Best Interests - AC Chapter One / BBC One


SUPPORTING ACTOR


AMIT SHAH Happy Valley - Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One


ÉANNA HARDWICKE The Sixth Commandment - Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One


HARRIS DICKINSON A Murder at the End of the World FX Productions / Disney+


JACK LOWDEN Slow Horses - See-Saw Films / Apple TV+


MATTHEW MACFADYEN Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic


SALIM DAW The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / Netflix


SUPPORTING ACTRESS


ELIZABETH DEBICKI The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / Netflix


HARRIET WALTER Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic


JASMINE JOBSON Top Boy - Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / Netflix


LESLEY MANVILLE The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / Netflix


NICO PARKER The Last of Us - Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic


SIOBHAN FINNERAN Happy Valley - Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One



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