Geektown Awards – British TV Show of the Year
Have your cups of tea and full English breakfast at the ready, as we dive into the ‘British TV Show of the Year’. It has been another great twelve months of British-produced tv shows, with some amazing comedy, heart-wrenching drama, and brilliant action. Here is what you voted for.
British TV Show of the Year
Nominees: Around the World in 80 Days, Season 1 – BBC One, Ghosts, Season 4 – BBC One, SAS: Rogue Heroes, Season 1 – BBC One, Starstruck, Season 2 – BBC Two, Ten Percent, Season 1 – Prime Video, The Tourist, Season 1 – BBC One, This Is Going to Hurt, Season 1 – BBC One, Trigger Point, Season 1 – ITV, Hollyoaks: Long Walk Home – Channel 4
Bronze: The Tourist, Season 1 – BBC One
Silver: SAS: Rogue Heroes, Season 1
And the Gold goes to …
Winner: Ghosts, Season 4 – BBC One
Whilst Steven Knight dominated the drama categories, he can’t compete with the almighty ‘Ghosts‘ which returned this year for season four and a Christmas special.
From the creators and stars of ‘Yonderland’, ‘Bill’, and the original stars of ‘Horrible Histories’, ‘Ghosts’ is set in Button House, home to restless spirits whose lives, or rather, afterlives, are thrown into turmoil when a young couple unexpectedly inherits the peaceful derelict property with plans to turn it into a bustling hotel.
Series four saw Button House is open for business… well… the gatehouse part anyway! Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) attempted to make a success of the humble B&B, with some interfering “help” from the ghosts, leading them to, let us say, not ideal…. results…
The series also features The Captain (Ben Willbond), Lady Button (Martha Howe-Douglas), Thomas Thorne (Mat Baynton), Kitty (Lolly Adefope), Julian (Simon Farnaby), Mary (Katy Wix), Humphrey (Larry Rickard), Pat (Jim Howick), and Robin (Larry Rickard).
Whilst the comedy has been renewed for a fifth season, that is a while off airing, but in the meantime, you can catch the US remake of ‘Ghosts’ on BBC iPlayer. You can also catch Ben Willbond and Larry Rickard’s new comedy feature ‘We Are Not Alone’ on UKTV Play.
