Baby Reindeer creator and star Richard Gadd has been snubbed at the BAFTA Scotland awards as he was left empty-handed despite three nominations. The writer and lead actor in Netflix’s Baby Reindeer series had been nominated for a trio of awards but didn’t win any. Instead two of the categories he was tipped for went to newcomer Ashley Storrie, daughter of the late comedian Janey Godley.
Ashley, 38, gave a tearful tribute to her mum, who died after a cancer battle a fortnight ago, after picking up the Writer award for Dinosaur. Later, she collected the audience award for Favourite TV Scot, joking: “This award was voted for by people who watch the telly. I just want to thank all the women on Facebook.
“All the Isas, all the Sandras, all the Agnus’s and the Sengas, all the Tams and Jims in Netherlee.” Ashley, 38, broke down as she dedicated her first award to her late mum, who died just weeks ago following a long cancer battle. Collecting the Writer Film/Television award alongside co-writer Matilda Curtis, Ashley wiped away tears.
“Thank you so much for this prize,” she sobbed. “Thank you Matilda for writing the pilot and then I got cast in it and now I’ve become a telly writer. I was making videos on Facebook, being Harry Potter shouting bawbag and now I’ve got a BAFTA.” Before leaving the stage she looked up to the heavens and added: “Thank you, ma.”
She told The Record “The last bit of work news I shared with my mum was about the BAFTAs and getting to tell her I’d been nominated. She was really touched and moved. I got eight seconds of attention before she said,‘Your dad’s annoyed me’. I love to celebrate in a room with a lot of people I respect. It means an awful lot.
“I don’t mean to sound glib but whether my mum was dead or alive I would be thanking her for everything she’d done. My mum would get a thank you irrespective of her living status. She raised me. She made me who I am. She is in my DNA and she’s here.” After giving her Radio Scotland show a plug, she added: “I’ve been coming since I was 15 with my mammy.
“We snuck in to the first BAFTAs. We went to the after party. A lady came up and said, ‘Who are you? And my ma’ lied and said, ‘Elaine C Smith and she went, ‘Okay’.” Sports broadcaster Hazel Irvine spoke of her delight as she collected a special BAFTA award on Sunday night.
Hazel, 59, picked up the special Outstanding Contribution to Television award in recognition of almost 40 years as a sports presenter. Hazel arrived at the BAFTA Scotland bash at Glasgow’s Doubletree by Hilton hotel with former STV Head Sport, Russell Galbraith and his wife Mary as her guests.
She said: “I am only really standing here because of the good auspices of enlightened guys who gave me a chance and I’m delighted about that. I have admired and looked up to these individuals for much of my life. Thank you to BAFTA Scotland for such an amazing and unexpected honour.”
The presenter, who started her career with Radio Clyde in 1986, became one of the UK’s first ever female football pundits for STV’s Sportscene in 1987. She has covered 18 Winter and Summer Olympics, golf coverage for 25 years, snooker for 23 years and Ski Sunday, for over a decade.
Hazel, whose credits also include four World Cup Finals beginning with Italia 90, the London Marathon, Grandstand, and Wimbledon, added: “I feel overwhelmed and honoured to join the list of Scottish actors, presenters, writers, directors, producers and Doctor Who’s who have received this award over the last two decades.
Sons of Anarchy star Tommy Flanagan presented casting director Des Hamilton with an Outstanding Contribution to Craft award. The California-based actor said: “I just got back to present Des with his award. He has been a friend of mine these last 40 years. It’s a pleasure to be in my hometown.”
Disclosure’s Catching a Killer: The Murder of Emma Caldwell picked up the News & Current Affairs award. The programme uncovered a botched police inquiry that left Iain Packer free to rape and assault other women for two decades. Packer, 51, was sentenced to life in February.
Those in attendance at the BAFTA Scotland awards included A Place in the Sun presenter Danni Menzies, Sanjeev Kohli, Dougray Scott, Blue Peter presenter Abby Cook, Kirsty Wark and host Edith Bowman.
Documentary, Liar: The Fake Grooming Scandal
Entertainment, The Agency, Unfiltered
News & Current Affairs, Catching A killer: The Murder of Emma Caldwell (Disclosure)
Short Film, Animation, Blackwool
Factual Series, Not Your Average Family
Writer, Matilda Curtis & Ashley Storrie
Actress, Sofia Oakley Green, Out of Darkness
Features, Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig
Actress, Doon Mackichan, Two Doors Down
Outstanding Contribution to Craft, Des Hamilton
Actor, Film, Kit Young, Out of Darkness
Television Scripted, Float
Actor Television, David Tennant
Director Factual, Kevin McDonald, High & Low, John Galliano
Director Fiction, Saul Metzstein, Slow Horses
Audience Award, Ashley Storrie
Feature Film, Out of Darkness
Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television, Hazel Irvine
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