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Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, BAFTA reveals TV awards hosts; Banijay acquires French animation company Monello Productions; Amazon Prime Video and Fremantle launch Italian docuseries “Veleno”; Wag Entertainment, Half Yard Productions announce appointments; and Cartoon Network plots Asian voyages.Presenter, comedian, writer, actor and director Richard Ayoade (“Submarine”) will host the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards for a second year on June 6, while actor,

Channel 4’s Big Fat Quiz of the Year spotted an unfortunate result of the seating arrangements during the show. Maya Jama took part in the TV show aired on Boxing Day, joined by quizmaster Jimmy Carr plus Stacey Solomon, David Mitchell, Richard Ayoade, James Acaster and Joe Lycett.

Celebrity Crystal Maze under Covid-compliant conditions, and honestly I don’t want to know. Let’s assume they all self-isolated in separate chambers in a specially built quarantine zone, communicating by speaker tubes and sleeping on Murphy beds that lift up to reveal a climbing wall beneath.

Jamie Foxx), whose dreams of becoming a professional jazz musician are put on hold when he falls down an open manhole and lands in The Great Before.There, he meets a reluctant new soul, 22 (Tina Fey), and the duo set off to return Joe to his body and a second chance at living.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios-owned UKTV and Keshet are returning to the scene of a Richard Ayoade-hosted comedy game show after the original shoot was derailed by coronavirus.Keshet Productions UK will record a run-through of Question Team at the Rich Mix cinema and arts center in London on Thursday, with Ayoade presiding over comedians in a quiz like no other, as the players themselves write the questions.The run-through for UKTV channel Dave, which gave the world

Submarine star and now filmmaker Craig Roberts has recalled meeting Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner for the first time.Turner scored the 2009 film, directed by Richard Ayoade, which maps the coming-of-age journey of a Welsh teenager.“I remember my friends going crazy that the Arctic Monkeys were doing the soundtrack and that’s when I started listening to all their music,” Roberts recently told NME while promoting his new film Eternal Beauty.“Like everyone else, I thought they were

The Netflix/Channel 4 series End of the F***ing World won the best drama series at the 2020 BAFTA Television Awards, its second honor of the night after Naomi Ackie landed the best supporting actress statuette. HBO/Sky's Chernobyl, meanwhile.

Luther star Idris Elba said he will continue to champion other actors, writers and people to tell their stories as he collected one of Bafta’s highest accolades.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBAFTA is today staging the industry’s biggest TV awards since the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe, with Submarine director Richard Ayoade hosting a 90-minute virtual ceremony from a studio, as winners stay at home.The event, which is being broadcast on BBC One from 7PM local time (11AM PT), will feature guests including Normal People stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal handing out prizes, while red carpet arrivals were replaced by a pre-show on BAFTA’s

Tim Dams The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) managed to stage its glitzy Film Awards in February at the Royal Albert Hall with legions of celebrities just before the coronavirus lockdown, but its Television Awards on Friday will be a very different affair.Gone is the traditional red carpet.

Rankin is used to dealing with difficult celebrities while shooting their portraits, but for his latest project he faced a different challenge: photographing them remotely.The photographer was commissioned by the Virgin Media Baftas to create portraits of this year’s nominees for the TV awards, which will be given out by Richard Ayoade on Friday – remotely, of course.Instead of stressing over setting up a studio, Rankin had to deal with strained phone calls with the stars’ partners, and in some

Jodie Comer and Glenda Jackson will compete for the Leading Actress gong at the 2020 BAFTA TV Awards.

A virtual ceremony hosted by Richard Ayoade will be held next month

By Jake Kanter

"I am as surprised as you are that this is still going ahead"

Stars will get their shot at BAFTA glory despite the coronavirus pandemic, as it has been revealed that this year’s TV Awards will go ahead.

Richard Ayoade is to present this year's Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards behind closed doors.

Richard Ayoade is to present this year's Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards behind closed doors.

Two months after the BAFTA TV and Television Craft Awards were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has found a way for the shows to go ahead – and here's when.

The Bafta television awards will be hosted by Richard Ayoade behind closed doors and nominees will accept their awards virtually, it has been announced.

By Peter White