Tom Hiddleston won a Golden Globe for his role in The Night Manager but was overlooked for a Bafta nomination DES WILLIE/BBCTom Hiddleston and almost all his fellow cast members in The Night Manager have been overlooked at the Bafta Television Awards despite their victories at the Golden Globes in America last year. Hiddleston, who starred as the title character, and his co-stars Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman all won at the American ceremony but missed out on Bafta nominations. Only Tom Hollander, who portrayed the fearsome henchman Corky, was mentioned in the main categories with a nomination for best supporting actor. One reason for The Night Manager’s absence is a rule change in 2014 that allowed judges to consider programmes broadcast over the internet on services such as Netflix rather than through British broadcasters. Claire Foy stars as a young Queen Elizabeth in The Crown which has five Bafta nominations NETFLIX VIA APThat meant that The Crown, a Netflix production, picked up five…

Source: The Times April 11, 2017 23:02 UTC