Wow! I guess the Brits don’t love Downton the way us Yanks do?!

BAFTA TV Awards snub ‘Downton Abbey’ yet again

By Gold Derby News Desk Apr 08 2015 05:35 am

This year’s BAFTA TV Awards nominations were drawn from programs that aired during the calendar year 2014. This continues the shift in the eligibilty period begun last year to line up with the film awards which have become an important precursor prize to the Oscars. While the film folk overhauled their nomination process, the TV side stayed the same. This produced some perplexing nominations and snubs.

“Downton Abbey” was completely blanked by the BAFTAs for the third year running. Back in 2012, this ITV drama reaped just one bid for the scene-stealing Maggie Smith.

Since then, it has won the SAG Awards ensemble prize twice and reaped three Emmy bids for Drama Series as well as 14 nominations for its series regulars. Will “Downton Abbey” make the cut for Best Drama Series at this year’s Emmys? Vote by clicking on the contenders in that category. 

Shut out for the second year running was “Mr. Selfridge,” another lavish period piece on ITV about a growing retail empire in turn of the 20th century Britain.

Also ignored again were the BBC smash hits “Call the Midwife” and “Doctor Who.”

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