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Baftas 2014

The latest news and comment on the 2014 television Baftas

June 2014

  • James, one of the case studies from Channel 4's Bedlam documentary, with his mum Penny.

    Channel 4's Bedlam series got people talking about mental illness

    Martin Baggaley

    Bafta-winning documentary gave an accurate portrayal of mental health problems and raised the profile of psychiatry, says Martin Baggaley

  • Charlie Brooker

    Among a crowd of political automatons, Nigel Farage is like a wacky neighbour in a sitcom

    Charlie Brooker
  • Helena Bonham Carter on the Baftas red carpet

    Red carpet fashion
    Baftas red carpet 2014: ladies in black – in pictures

  • Olivia Colman poses with her Bafta

    Mark Lawson on television
    Baftas 2014: was this the BBC's worst-ever year?

  • Broadchurch

    Baftas 2014: Broadchurch scores a hat-trick on a bad night for the BBC

  • Educating Yorkshire

    TV and radio blog
    Baftas 2014: what should win best factual TV series?

    John Crace: For me, Educating Yorkshire was the best factual programme this year: dramatic, moving and honest. In the specialist and single documentary categories, a film about Martin Luther King and Channel 4's televised murder trial shone

  • Broadchurch

    TV and radio blog
    Baftas 2014: what should win best drama?

    Broadchurch or Southcliffe? Both could be winners. There are three subcategories in the Bafta for best drama, enabling the networks to avoid pitting their best efforts against each other

  • The Revolution Will Be Televised Heydon Prowse

    TV and radio blog
    Bafta TV Awards 2014 – what should win best comedy?

    Stuart Heritage: The nominations for best comedy at this year's Baftas look seriously underwhelming – they include A League of Their Own if you need more proof. So who is missing from the shortlists?

  • Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter

    TV and radio blog
    Bafta TV awards 2014: who should win best actor?

    Richard Vine: From Dominic West as Richard Burton to Luke Newberry for In the Flesh, there's a mix of experience and freshness in this year's leading-actor nominees. But who's missing?

  • Olivia Colman in Broadchurch

    TV and radio blog
    Bafta TV awards 2014: who should win best actress?

    Maxine Peake, Kerrie Hayes, Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter are all nominated in the leading actress category at the awards. Julia Raeside explains who she's rooting for

  • Billie Piper

    Billie Piper: 'I'm just a restless person'

  • Cilla Black

    Cilla Black: 'I never thought I'd be on TV'

  • Ricahrd Osman

    Richard Osman: 'Television is utterly democratic'

  • Dominic West

    Dominic West, Adeel Akhtar, Rory Kinnear, Andrew Buchan, Jodie Whittaker, Julie Hesmondhalgh and Simon Bird: Bafta TV awards 2014

  • Bafta TV portfolio 2014 - in pictures

  • Laura Carmichael, Helen McCrory, Natalie Dormer, Joe Dempsie and Tom Burke: Bafta TV awards 2014

  • Sir David Attenborough, Susanna Reid, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Tess Daly, Caroline Flack and Dynamo: Bafta TV awards 2014

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