A DOCUMENTARY marking the 50th anniversary of the Forth Road Bridge – made by a regular allmediascotland.com columnist, Maurice Smith – has this evening been named among the winners at annual awards run by the Scottish division of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
The Bridge: Fifty Years Across the Forth took the Single Documentary title.
The winners’ list reads as follows:
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO FILM & TELEVISION
Bill Paterson
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BROADCASTING
Dorothy Byrne
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CRAFT AWARD
David Balfour
ACTOR, FILM
Winner: David Elliot – Kajaki: The True Story
Nominated: Robert Carlyle – The Legend of Barney Thomson
David Tennant – What We Did On Our Holiday
ACTOR, TELEVISION
Winner: Ken Stott – The Missing
Nominated; Mark Bonnar – Catastrophe
Peter Mullan – Stonemouth
ACTRESS, FILM
Winner: Emma Thompson – The Legend of Barney Thomson
Nominated: Elena Anaya – Swung
Elizabeth McGovern – Swung
ACTRESS, TELEVISION
Winner: Sharon Rooney – My Mad Fat Diary
Nominated: Michelle Gomez – Doctor Who
Charlotte Spencer – Stonemouth
ANIMATION
Winner: Stems – Ainslie Henderson, Poppy Acroyd, Michael Hughes, Will Anderson
Nominated: Gerascphobia – Shuangshuang Hao, Kaj Mäki-Ullakko, Alasdair Hankinson – Glasgow School of Art
Scribbledub – Ross Hogg, Robbie Gunn
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME
Winner: The Dog Ate my Homework – Production Team – BBC Scotland/CBBC
Nominated: Katie Morag – Production Team – Move on Up/CBeebies
Teacup Travels – Production Team – Plum Films/CBeebies
COMEDY/ENTERTAINMENT
Winner: Mrs Brown’s Boys – Brendan O’Carroll, Stephen McCrum, Ben Kellett, Martin Delany – BBC Scotland/BBC One
Nominated: Celtic Connections Opening Concert: Martyn Bennett’s GRIT – Production Team – BBC Scotland/BBC Two Scotland
Still Game Live – Production Team – BBC Scotland/BBC One Scotland
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Winner: Low Pay Britain (Dispatches) – Richard Cookson, Nicole Kleeman, Morland Sanders – Firecrest Films/Channel 4
Nominated: Eorpa – MH17 Production Team- BBC Scotland/BBC Alba
Scotland Decides: The Big, Big Debate – Production Team – Mentorn Scotland/BBC One
DIRECTOR FILM/TELEVISION
Winner: Donald Coutts – Katie Morag
Nominated: Gordon Anderson – Scrotal Recall
Robert Carlyle – The Legend of Barney Thomson
FACTUAL SERIES
Winner: Being Sixteen in 2014 – Natalie Moss, Jude Suggett, Andrew Lockyer, Matt Pinder– BBC Scotland/BBC Two Scotland
Nominated: Planet Oil – Production Team – BBC Scotland/BBC Two Scotland
Transplant Tales – Production Team – Matchlight/BBC One Scotland
FEATURE FILM
Winner: The Legend of Barney Thomson – John G. Lenic, Brian Coffey, Kaleena Kiff, Robert Carlyle – Sigma Films/Trinity Works Entertainment/Icon Film Distribution
Nominated: 16 Years till Summer – Production Team – Loumclou Films/Taskovski Films
What we did on our Holiday – Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin, David Thompson, Dan Winch- Origin Pictures/Lionsgate UK
FEATURES/FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Winner: It was Alright in the 70s – Production Team – Objective Scotland/Channel 4
Nominated: Kirstie and Phil’s Love it of List it – Andrew Jackson, Paula Campion-Skerry – Raise The Roof Productions/Channel 4
Viva Variety – Production Team – Matchlight/BBC One Scotland
GAME
Winner: Distant Start: Revenant Fllet – Blazing Griffin
Nominated: Monstrum – Team Junkfish
Rituals – Tymon Zgainski
SHORT FILM
Winner: Mining Poems or Odes – Callum Rice, Jack Cocker – Scottish Documentary Institute
Nominated: Dropping off Michael – Production Team – Jumpcut
Gasping – Greg Hemphill – Hopscotch Films
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
Winner: The Bridge: Fifty Years Across the Forth – Production Team – TVI Vision/BBC One Scotland
Nominated: Danny MacAskill: Riding the Ridge – Production Team – IWC Media/Cut Media/BBC One Scotland
My New Hair – Ruth Carslaw, Anthea Harvey – Scottish Documentary Institute/STV
TELEVISION DRAMA
Winner: Glasgow Girls – Brian Welsh, Colin Barr, Kate Cook – Minnow Films/BBC Three
Nominated: Shetland – Production Team – ITV Studios for BBC Scotland/BBC One
Stonemouth – Production Team – BBC Scotland/Slate North/BBC One Scotland
WRITER FILM/TELEVISION
Winner: Gregory Burke – ‘71
Nominated: Tom Edge – Scrotal Recall
Steven Moffat – Doctor Who
