Watch TV Like a Brit: BAFTA Winners You Can Stream

On Sunday evening the UK television industry honored their own at the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards. Broadcast on BBC One, the BAFTA ceremony was held at the Royal Festival Hall in London and was hosted by former Great British Bake Off (or Great British Baking Show to us Americans) presenter Sue Perkins. The complete list of winners, featuring access to all the acceptance speeches, can be found here.

Considering American viewers may not be familiar with many of these programs, it seemed more appropriate to highlight those we can access rather than post the entire list of winners. Fortunately, with the creation of new streaming platforms and a proliferation of American partnerships with UK broadcasters, availability of British content in the US continues to grow every year. And I for one couldn’t be more pleased.

And now on to the winners…

Brian F. O’ Byrne

Category: Best Supporting Actor

Program: Little Boy Blue, an ITV mini-series which dramatized the 2007 murder of eleven-year-old Rhys Jones in Liverpool.

Role: Rhys’ father, Steve Jones. Though devasted by the shocking murder of his boy, Steve’s approach to dealing with the difficult police investigation and subsequent trial causes fractures in his relationship with his wife Melanie (Sinead Keenan) who continues to suffer an all-consuming grief.

Where can I watch it: BritBox