Category: TV Drama; ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Date: 15.12.2005
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Drama productions have picked up several nominations at this year's Golden Globes.
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Blackpool, renamed Viva Blackpool for the US market, has been nominated in the category Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for television.
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Written by Peter Bowker (Flesh And Blood, Shakespeare Re-Told, Canterbury Tales), Blackpool - which starred David Morrissey, Sarah Parish and new Doctor Who David Tennant - has already pick up two BANFF Awards.
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David Morrissey is due to reprise his role in a one-off special which is due to begin filming in January 2006 for transmission in the spring on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE.
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Peter Bowker says: "This is fantastic news, and a total surprise. It just goes to show what I've always suspected - that Americans have impeccably good taste!"
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Rome, a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½/HBO co-production currently showing on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO, has also been shortlisted in two categories - Best Television Drama Series and Best Actress in a Television Drama Series for Polly Walker.
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Finally, The Girl In The Café, a Tightrope Pictures production in association with HBO for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE by award-winning screenwriter Richard Curtis, garnered two acting nominations in the Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for television category for stars Bill Nighy (Love Actually, State Of Play) and Kelly MacDonald (Gosford Park, Trainspotting, State Of Play).
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The Golden Globes take place on Monday 16 January 2006 in Los Angeles.
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