'Cranford' leads BAFTA TV craft nominations
As expected, "Cranford," the five-hour BBC miniseries about life in a English village in the 1840s, led with seven nods when the BAFTA TV craft nominations were announced Wednesday. Last week this adaptation of the Elizabeth 
Gaskell novel earned Dame Judi Dench her 12th BAFTA TV nod as well as nominations for her costar, Dame Eileen Atkins, and the serial itself. Among those nominated today were the screenwriter, Heidi Thomas.
Count on this lavish costume drama to figure in many an Emmy race this year as well. It airs on producing partner PBS in May as part of the much lauded "Masterpiece Theatre." Chief among its rivals at both the BAFTAS and Emmys will be "Five Days," a taut thriller about missing children that aired on the BBC and HBO. It picked up nods for direction and editing.
While the on-air talent are lauded at the London Palladium on April 20 with the awardscast hosted by Graham Norton airing on the BBC, the behind the scenes creative types have to settle for a banquet at the Dorchester Hotel on May 11.
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