Enid Blyton Drama or Biopic
Matthew Macfadyen attended the 36th BPG Television and Radio Awards where Enid won Best Single Drama (Matthew starred opposite Helena Bonham Carter) and Maxine Peake won Best Actress (where she starred alongside Matthew in Criminal Justice II).
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The short list of nominations for the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards are out and include Criminal Justice II and Enid. The ceremony will be held in March.
Here are some of the nominations:
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Best single drama
A Short Stay In Switzerland, BBC1
Enid, BBC4
Five Minutes of Heaven, BBC2
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Best actress
Helena Bonham Carter (Enid), BBC4
Rebecca Front (The Thick of It), BBC2
Maxine Peake (Criminal Justice and The Street), BBC1
Julie Walters (A Short Stay in Switzerland, and Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas), BBC1
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Writer's award
Peter Bowker (Occupation), BBC1
Armando Iannucci et al (The Thick of It), BBC2
Paula Milne (Endgame), Channel 4; (Small Island), BBC1
Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice), BBC1
You can find the full list of nominations HERE
Variety has an article discussing how recent biopics shown by BBC4 have attracted high-value celebrities. In particular this quote:
"When the pic[ture] bowed in the U.K. last fall on the pubcaster's upscale web, BBC4, Bonham Carter's perf[ormance] received ecstatic reviews. A BAFTA nod for the part looks to be a foregone conclusion."
JaneV has continued to entertain the forum with some of the Matthew tidbits from the commentary.
Apparently [Matthew Macfadyen] had been reading up about [Hugh Pollock] and discovered that he liked the song [Run Rabbit Run] and used to dance to it - so on [Matthew's] last filming day he said "I've had this idea..." so they got him in for an extra half day to shoot the scene... and apparently Maggie was there and pressed the play button on the CD player to start the song while her daddy played the drunk!
JaneV has been one of the lucky ones to have already received her Enid DVD.
She says that there are several deleted scenes, including a delicious scene where Enid and Hugh are chasing each other. Also, there is a director's commentary.
