BAFTA has shaken up main classes and rung in some eligibility adjustments as entries open for the 2024 TV awards.
Limited drama is a brand new class for scripted one-off applications or collection that inform a whole story over 1-19 episodes, changing separate classes for single drama and mini-series. “The introduction of restricted drama maintains the chance for single self-contained movies to be eligible following a decline in entries to the only drama class in recent times,” BAFTA stated.
To put this in perspective, on the 2023 awards, “I Am Ruth,” starring Kate Winslet, gained the only drama class, whereas Nicôle Lecky’s “Mood” gained one of the best mini-series class. In 2024, there’ll solely be one winner, beneath the brand new restricted drama class. The drama collection class stays unchanged.
The adjustments have been flagged earlier by BAFTA. As set out within the 2023 rulebook, classes with beneath 20 entries will see three, fairly than the usual 4 nominations introduced, or alternatively, classes could also be merged as a way to run. The adjustments have been made on this foundation.
The different class merger for 2024 is the brand new sport and reside occasion protection class, which brings collectively the hitherto separate sports activities protection class and reside occasion protection class.
Some classes have been renamed. Soap and persevering with drama is now simply cleaning soap; actuality and constructed factual is now actuality and options is now outlined as factual leisure.
In eligibility adjustments, within the daytime class eligibility was beforehand outlined by excessive quantity and returnability, not by scheduling, with entrants selecting one episode to symbolize the collection – as is the case for all BAFTA’s aggressive awards. From 2024, entered episodes have to be transmitted between 09:00 – 18:00 to be eligible. In the leisure efficiency class, from 2024, two individuals will likely be eligible to be thought-about as a pair if they’ve equal billing on their entered program and are entered collectively. This relaxes the earlier requirement that pairs have to be already acknowledged as a presenting duo to be eligible.
In addition, U.Okay.-based productions will likely be required to offer details about assembly BFI’s new variety requirements and will likely be required to have a coverage in place on tackling bullying and harassment as a way to be eligible to enter.
Hilary Rosen, chair of BAFTA’s Television Committee, stated: “We’ve listened and engaged carefully with our friends and have responded to wider business traits in setting this yr’s eligibility, class and voting guidelines, that are reviewed yearly. At a time when recognition of inventive efforts on-and-off display are wanted greater than ever, BAFTA’s awards are an vital showcase of the ingenuity and skills of those that convey TV to life.”
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