We’ve identified for some time that the not on time BAFTA TV Awards 2020 rite will glance a bit of other than earlier years’ iterations of the development – and now some other new exchange has been unveiled by means of the Academy.
BAFTA has introduced {that a} are living streamed Pre-Show will precede this 12 months’s rite, taking where of the standard crimson carpet programme which paperwork the nominees arriving on the venue.
The demonstrate shall be hosted by means of comic Tom Allen and can come with interviews with nominees and superstar visitor presenters in studio and by the use of video link-up.
Available to view on all of BAFTA’s social channels – Twitter, YouTube and Facebook – the pre-show will start at 6pm and lead into the primary tournament at 7pm.
A commentary from BAFTA pronouncing the inside track learn, “The Virgin Media BAFTAs recognise the very best in television from 2019 and the industry’s finest are here to get us ready for the big night.”
The rite had at the beginning been scheduled for Spring ahead of a postponement used to be introduced in March as the level of the coronavirus pandemic changed into clear- with the awards now being hung on July 31st, introduced by means of first-time BAFTA host Richard Ayoade.
It is the primary time the awards have ever been introduced at the back of closed doorways, with the nominees invited to get entangled thru a mixture of video link-u.s.and pre-recorded acceptance speeches.
The complete record of BAFTA 2020 TV nominations used to be introduced on Thursday 4th June 2020, with Sky Atlantic’s miniseries Chernobyl main the best way with 14 nominations, together with very best miniseries, very best main actor for Jared Harris and very best supporting actor for Stellan Skarsgard.
Other programmes to attain spectacular nomination hauls come with Netflix’s hit royal sequence The Crown with seven in addition to Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s seriously acclaimed comedy sequence Fleabag and Joe Barton’s crime epic Giri/Haji, either one of which picked up six nominations.
The Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards air on Friday 31st July at 7pm on BBC One – to find out what else is on with our TV Guide
