Also from the Guardian today, a super article by Steven Moffat on what it means to win a BAFTA award.
Read the article here.
The Nightjar launches internationally on iOS
Previously available only in the UK, the multi award winning mobile game The Nightjar has finally become available internationally via iTunes. The sci-fi horror tinged video game sees the player navigating the corridors of a dying spaceship, relying purely on the verbal instructions fed to them by the mysterious Dickie, played by Benedict Cumberbatch. The image above shows Benedict recording his performance for the game in March 2011.
The original release of the game had more than 100,000 downloads, won FWA, Cannes Lions, D&AD, BIMA and Lovie awards, and was nominated for two BAFTA Games awards.
The game is available for purchase worldwide from iTunes for devices running iOS 5 upwards.
There are currently no plans for Android or Windows Phone releases.
Visit the Nightjar website and follow the game Twitter account for updates, especially as we’ve been told an exclusive competition to win Nightjar posters signed by Benedict Cumberbatch is coming soon!
Success for Andrew Scott & Steven Moffat at the 2012 BAFTA TV Awards!
Andrew Scott tonight won Best Supporting Actor at the 2012 BAFTA Television Awards, beating out co-star Martin Freeman in the same category, while Steven Moffat collected a Special Award for his work in television writing.
An emotional Andrew Scott thanked the entire cast and crew during his acceptance speech, while on collecting his award from Benedict Cumberbatch and Matt Smith, a delighted Steven Moffat had to laugh and remark: “That’s Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who. Giving me an award. That is Absolutely brilliant!” before going on to thank “my brilliant friend, and most brilliant collaborator, and in the words of Doyle himself, never better applied, the best and wisest person I have ever known – Mark Gatiss. And in many ways the least sung, but most deserving hero of Sherlock: The Woman, the producer – Sue Vertue. The best, and wisest woman I have ever married!”
Sadly, Benedict Cumberbatch lost out in the Best Actor category to Dominic West for his chilling portrayal of serial killer Fred West in the fact based drama ‘Appropriate Adult’, while Sherlock as a whole lost out to light entertainment show ‘Celebrity Juice’, despite a massive social media campaign by Sherlock fans across the internet.
In total, Sherlock took away a total of five awards from the 2012 BAFTA ceremonies, following the BAFTA TV Craft Awards two weeks ago that saw the series win for its Editing, Sound and Writing (again for Steven Moffat).
It goes without saying, congratulations to the winners, commiserations to the losers, and we’ll hopefully see some new nominations come the 2014 BAFTA Award ceremonies, when Sherlock will once again be eligible after taking a year off for the production of Series Three, beginning in January 2013!
Voting closes for the BAFTA 2012 YouTube Audience Award at 5pm BST today and time is running out to #VoteSHERLOCK4Bafta.
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In a wide ranging interview with Digital Spy, Steven Moffat talks about being awarded the BAFTA Special Award, his past work, the latest series of Doctor Who, and crucially confirms that Sherlock Series Three will begin filming in January 2013.
“We’ve had meetings about it. It’s certainly happening and we know when we’re filming it - we shoot in January. Obviously I’ve got quite a lot of work on between now and January!
“So yes, it’s all happening and we’ve had our first few meetings. I don’t think a word has been committed to paper yet, but nearly.”
Steven Moffat, television writer & producer of both Sherlock & Doctor Who will be presented with the BAFTA 2012 Television Special Award.
Full details here.
Success for Sherlock at the 2012 BAFTA TV Craft Awards!
Sherlock has just walked away with three wins from three nominations at the 2012 BAFTA TV Craft Awards.
EDITING: FICTION
Charlie Phillips - Sherlock (A Scandal In Belgravia)
BBC One/Hartswood Films for BBC Wales in co-production with Masterpiece
SOUND: FICTION
John Mooney, Jeremy Child, Howard Bargroff, Doug Sinclair - Sherlock (A Scandal In Belgravia)
BBC One/ Hartswood Films for BBC Wales in co-production with Masterpiece
WRITER
Steven Moffat - Sherlock (A Scandal In Belgravia)
BBC One/ Hartswood Films for BBC Wales in co-production with Masterpiece
Congratulations to all for extremely well deserved wins for their work on the stunning opening episode of Sherlock Series Two!
The BAFTA TV Craft Awards occur separately from the main BAFTA Television Awards, which are being held on May 27th 2012 and feature a further four nominations for Sherlock - Benedict Cumberbatch for Best Actor, Martin Freeman and Andrew Scott both vying for Best Supporting Actor, and the series as a whole nominated for the BAFTA YouTube Audience Award, which remains open for voting in the UK here.
