Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Jun 16, 2020
OSN, the region’s leading entertainment network, is excited to announce that viewers can watch 12 of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA TV) nominated films and series on both OSN Direct-to-Home and OSN Streaming, with further content set to air this September.
Chernobyl leads the way for this year’s BAFTA TV Awards and BAFTA TV Craft Awards after being recognized in 14 categories while
Killing Eve scored four nominations including Jodie Comer for Leading Actress, Editing: Fiction, Original Music and Production Design. Also,
His Dark Materials scored nominations within five categories including
Costume Design, Photography & Lighting: Fiction, Sound: Fiction, Special, Visual & Graphic Effects and Titles & Graphic Identity.
The full list of BAFTA TV nominated films and series available on OSN include the following:
- CHERNOBYL – 14 nominations
- HIS DARK MATERIALS – five nominations
- KILLING EVE – four nominations
- SUCCESSION– two nominations (back in September)
- GENTLEMAN JACK – two nominations (back in September)
- LOVE ISLAND – two nominations
- THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW – two nominations
- GAME OF THRONES – two nominations
- CORONATION STREET – two nominations
- EMMERDALE – one nomination
- BEECHAM HOUSE – one nomination
- EUPHORIA – one nomination (back on July 5th)
Commenting on the nominations, Rolla Karam, VP of Acquisition & Head of Arabic Programming said,
“OSN is all about bringing exclusive entertainment content to the region and we are excited that a dozen of the BAFTA TV nominated films and series are available or returning to OSN. It truly gives us great pleasure to see the content we selected to bring to the network be recognized by BAFTA and we look forward to the awards ceremony for the announcement of additional award-winning content on OSN.”
The BAFTA TV Awards will be held virtually on Friday, July 31 and the BAFTA TV Craft Awards are scheduled for Friday, July 17. For the full list of the content showing on BAFTA-nominated content showing on OSN, see the Editor’s note below.
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Editor’s Note:
Content showing on OSN scored a total of 38 nominations across most categories:
MAIN TV AWARDS
Comedy Entertainment Program
- THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW
Drama Series
- GENTLEMAN JACK
Entertainment Performance
- GRAHAM NORTON – The Graham Norton Show
International
- EUPHORIA
- SUCCESSION
Leading Actor
- JARED HARRIS – Chernobyl
Leading Actress
- JODIE COMER – Killing Eve
- SURANNE JONES – Gentleman Jack
Mini-Series
- CHERNOBYL
Soap & Continuing Drama
- CORONATION STREET
- EMMERDALE
Supporting Actor
- STELLAN SKARSGARD – Chernobyl
Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment (voted for by the public)
- CORONATION STREET The Death of Sinead Osborne
- GAME OF THRONES Arya Kills the Night King
- LOVE ISLAND Michael recouples after Casa Amor
MAIN CRAFT AWARDS
Costume Design
- CAROLINE MCCALL His Dark Materials
- JOANNA EATWELL Beecham House
- MICHELE CLAPTON Game of Thrones
- ODILE DICKS-MIREAUX Chernobyl
Director: Fiction
- JOHAN RENCK Chernobyl
Editing: Fiction
- SIMON SMITH, JINX GODFREY Chernobyl
- DAN CRINNION Killing Eve (Episode 4)
Entertainment Craft Team
- MARK BUSK-COWLEY, STEVE KRUGER, IAIN STIRLING, JAMES TINSLEY Love Island
Make Up & Hair Design
- DANIEL PARKER, BARRIE GOWER Chernobyl
Original Music
- DAVID HOLMES, KEEFUS CIANCIA Killing Eve
- HILDUR GUDNADÓTTIR Chernobyl
Photography & Lighting: Fiction
- JAKOB IHRE Chernobyl
- SUZIE LAVELLE His Dark Materials (Episode 3)
Production Design
- LAURENCE DORMAN Killing Eve
- LUKE HULL, CLAIRE LEVINSON-GENDLER Chernobyl
Scripted Casting
- NINA GOLD, ROBERT STERNE Chernobyl
Sound: Fiction
- DILLON BENNETT, JON THOMAS, GARETH BULL, JAMES RIDGEWAY His Dark Materials
- Stefan Henrix, Joe Beal, Stuart Hilliker, Vincent Piponnier Chernobyl
Special, Visual & Graphic Effects
- FRAMESTORE, PAINTING PRACTICE, REAL SFX, RUSSELL DODGSON His Dark Materials
- LINDSAY MCFARLANE, CLAUDIUS CHRISTIAN RAUCH, JEAN-CLÉMENT SORET, DNEG Chernobyl
Titles & Graphic Identity
- ELASTIC, PAINTING PRACTICE His Dark Materials
Writer: Drama
- CRAIG MAZIN Chernobyl
- JESSE ARMSTRONG Succession