Apple TV+ celebrates excellence in entertainment and storytelling with its star-studded BAFTA Brunch event, held today at 180 House ahead of this Sunday's 2023 British Academy Television Awards. The event marks the second Apple TV+ BAFTA Brunch, following the gathering held earlier in February to honor BAFTA Film Award honorees, and brought together nominees from award-winning, widely celebrated Apple Original series including “Bad Sisters,” “Slow Horses” and “Pachinko,” as well as stars from “Ted Lasso,” “Foundation,” “High Desert” and many more.
- David Harewood, Gary Oldman and Andy Serkis attend the Apple TV+ BAFTA TV Brunch celebrating excellence in global storytelling and creativity at 180 House on May 13, 2023 in London, England..
- “Pachinko” executive producers Michael Ellenberg, Lindsey Springer and Richard Middleton attend the Apple TV+ BAFTA TV Brunch celebrating excellence in global storytelling and creativity at 180 House on May 13, 2023 in London, England..
- Weruche Opia attends the Apple TV+ BAFTA TV Brunch celebrating excellence in global storytelling and creativity at 180 House on May 13, 2023 in London, England..
- Rosalind Eleazar attends the Apple TV+ BAFTA TV Brunch celebrating excellence in global storytelling and creativity at 180 House on May 13, 2023 in London, England..
- Annette Badland attends the Apple TV+ BAFTA TV Brunch celebrating excellence in global storytelling and creativity at 180 House on May 13, 2023 in London, England..
Kicking off events ahead of this year’s British Academy Television Awards, the Apple TV+ BAFTA TV Brunch was attended by renowned creatives, television stars and culture movers including BAFTA Award winner Sharon Horgan (“Bad Sisters”), Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses”), “Pachinko” executive producers Michael Ellenberg, Lindsey Springer and Richard Middleton, “Bad Sisters” executive producers Dearbhla Walsh, Faye Dorn and Johann Knobel, “Slow Horses” executive producers Will Smith and Mick Herron, and BAFTA TV Craft-nominated “Slow Horses” composer Daniel Pemberton. Also in attendance were Emmy Award nominee James Lance (“Ted Lasso”), Emmy Award nominee Jeremy Swift (“Ted Lasso”), Saskia Reeves (“Slow Horses”), Lou Llobell (“Foundation”), Annette Badland (“Ted Lasso”), Christopher Chung (“Slow Horses”), Rosalind Eleazar (“Slow Horses”), Weruche Opia ("High Desert”), Mike Gunton ("Prehistoric Planet”), BAFTA Award winner Andy Serkis, Lorraine Ashbourne, David Harewood, Laura Whitmore, Cat Deeley, Amy Jackson, Iain Canning, Kristy Matheson, Akua Gyamfi, Anthony and Teanne Andrews, Simone Pennant, Misan Harriman and more. Apple TV+ executives including Europe creative director Jay Hunt, among others, were also in attendance.
- Laura Whitmore, Sharon Horgan, Apple TV+ creative director, Europe, worldwide video Jay Hunt and Sydney Lima attend the Apple TV+ BAFTA TV Brunch celebrating excellence in global storytelling and creativity at 180 House on May 13, 2023 in London, England..
- James Lance and Jeremy Swift attend the Apple TV+ BAFTA TV Brunch celebrating excellence in global storytelling and creativity at 180 House on May 13, 2023 in London, England..
- Saskia Reeves attends the Apple TV+ BAFTA TV Brunch celebrating excellence in global storytelling and creativity at 180 House on May 13, 2023 in London, England..
- Lou Llobell attends the Apple TV+ BAFTA TV Brunch celebrating excellence in global storytelling and creativity at 180 House on May 13, 2023 in London, England..
- Christopher Chung attends the Apple TV+ BAFTA TV Brunch celebrating excellence in global storytelling and creativity at 180 House on May 13, 2023 in London, England..
Apple TV+ has received honors with BAFTA Television Craft Awards including Best Costume Design for first-time BAFTA winner Jane Petrie in recognition for her work on celebrated limited series “The Essex Serpent,” and Best Titles and Graphic Identity by Peter Anderson Studio for acclaimed five-time BAFTA-nominated black comedy “Bad Sisters.” These wins mark the most recent honors from the BAFTA Awards for Apple programs following a win for Academy Award winner “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” for Best British Short Animation earlier this year.
Apple TV+ has six additional nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards to be presented on Sunday, 14 May, including Best Drama Series and Best Supporting Actress for “Bad Sisters,” Best International Programme for “Pachinko,” Leading Actor and Supporting Actor nominations for Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden in “Slow Horses” and Leading Actor for Taron Egerton in “Black Bird.”
Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all your favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 362 wins and 1,452 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy “Ted Lasso” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
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