The annual British award ceremony saw a number of Irish productions nominated
The BAFTA TV awards were hosted Sunday night in London and saw a number of Irish people and productions nominated.
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Irish actress Fiona Shaw won in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role in the hit show ‘Killing Eve.' It was Shaw's first-ever BAFTA nomination.
Shaw, a native of Co Cork, was delighted with her win:
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‘Killing Eve’ also took home the award for Best Drama series, as well as Best Lead Actress, which went to British actress Jodie Comer.
Irish actor Andrew Scott joined his ‘Fleabag’ co-star Phoebe Waller-Bridge onstage to present the award for Best Mini-Series, which went to ‘Patrick Melrose.’
Andrew Scott at the 2019 BAFTA TV awards (Getty Images)
‘Derry Girls’ was nominated in the Best Scripted Comedy category, but British production ‘Sally4Ever’ took home the award.
Still, the cast of Derry Girls stunned on the red carpet:
The cast of 'Derry Girls' at the 2019 British Academy Television Awards (Getty Images)
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‘Massacre at Ballymurphy’ was nominated in the Current Affairs category, but lost out to 'Myanmar’s Killing Fields.'
‘My Dad, the Peace Deal, and Me,’ a documentary about the death of one man’s father during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, lost out in the Single Documentary category.
My Dad, the Peace Deal and MeAs we approach the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, a man who made his career out of Troubles-related humour looks back in a new BBC Northern Ireland Whdocumentary. Patrick Kielty also talks about his father being killed by loyalists. Tonight on BBC One NI 9:00PM
Publiée par BBC Northern Ireland sur Mercredi 4 avril 2018
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