What do we gain from depicting true stories in fiction? And what challenges do our finest actors and actresses face bringing them to our screens? Alex Zane welcomes actor and producer Jo Hartley and TV & film critic Rhianna Dhillon to look at the nominees across this year's acting categories at the 2024 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises.Plus, we're backstage at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards to meet Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali after their win for writing the Black Mirror episode, Demon 79.A BAFTA production, produced by Matt Hill at Rethink Audio. The transcript of this episode will be available on the BAFTA website.In this episode we discuss the following nominees:LEADING ACTORBRIAN COX Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky AtlanticDOMINIC WEST The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / NetflixKANE ROBINSON Top Boy - Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / NetflixPAAPA ESSIEDU The Lazarus Project - Urban Myth Films / Sky MaxSTEVE COOGAN The Reckoning - ITV Studios / BBC OneTIMOTHY SPALL The Sixth Commandment - Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC OneLEADING ACTRESSANJANA VASAN Demon 79 (Black Mirror) - Broke & Bones / NetflixANNE REID The Sixth Commandment - Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC OneBELLA RAMSEY The Last of Us - Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions,, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky AtlanticHELENA BONHAM CARTER Nolly - Quay Street Productions / ITVXSARAH LANCASHIRE Happy Valley - Lookout Point, AMC / BBC OneSHARON HORGAN Best Interests - AC Chapter One / BBC OneSUPPORTING ACTORAMIT SHAH Happy Valley - Lookout Point, AMC / BBC OneÉANNA HARDWICKE The Sixth Commandment - Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC OneHARRIS DICKINSON A Murder at the End of the World FX Productions / Disney+JACK LOWDEN Slow Horses - See-Saw Films / Apple TV+MATTHEW MACFADYEN Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky AtlanticSALIM DAW The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / NetflixSUPPORTING ACTRESSELIZABETH DEBICKI The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / NetflixHARRIET WALTER Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky AtlanticJASMINE JOBSON Top Boy - Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / NetflixLESLEY MANVILLE The Crown - Left Bank Pictures / NetflixNICO PARKER The Last of Us - Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky AtlanticSIOBHAN FINNERAN Happy Valley - Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.