Writer celebrates awards hat-trick
Friday 26th March 2010, 9:23AM GMT.
"In The Loop" writing nominees, from left, Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci, Tony Roche and Jesse Armstrong arriving for the 82nd Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles.
Political satire The Thick Of It – written by Shropshire screenwriter Jesse Armstrong – scooped a hat-trick at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, it was announced today.
The BBC2 comedy landed three gongs at today’s ceremony, which also honours veteran broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan with a lifetime achievement award.
The programme was named best comedy/entertainment programme, while Peter Capaldi won best actor for his portrayal of sharp-tongued, foul-mouthed government spin doctor Malcolm Tucker. Its second series, which charted the incompetence of fictional Labour MP Nicola Murray (played by Rebecca Front) and her political team, also clinched the Writers’ Award.
Writers Mr Armstrong, born in Oswestry, and Armando Iannucci were both nominated for an Oscar this year for the satire’s big screen adaptation In The Loop.
Veteran broadcaster Sir Terry will pick up the Harvey Lee Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting.
BBC2′s The Choir: Unsung Town was also a big winner, taking two awards.
In good results for the BBC, Andrew Marr’s The Making of Modern Britain was named best documentary series and Enid, a BBC Four drama starring Helena Bonham Carter as children’s author Enid Blyton, was named best single drama.
Desert Island Discs was named radio programme of the year.
The winners were announced ahead of the ceremony at the Theatre Royal in London today.
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