‘I Am Ruth’ Wins Best Single Drama – BAFTA TV Awards
deadline.comKate Winslet-starrer I Am Ruth has won Best Single Drama at the BAFTA TV Awards. The Channel 4 single beat Netflix’s The House and BBC Three feature Life and Death in the Warehouse to the coveted prize.
In I Am Ruth, Winslet plays a mother struggling with her daughter’s mental health issues. Her daughter in the Channel 4 strand show was played by her real life daughter, Mia Threapleton, and the show also featured real-life son Joe Anders.
Last year’s Single Drama winner was Covid-19 drama Together. Apple TV+’s Slow Horses star Jack Lowden presented the award with Niamh Algar, hailing nominees for presenting shows with a “bold, creative vision.” Creator Dominic Savage thanked the “Marvelous” Winslet and Threapleton, along with crediting EP Krishnendu Majumdar, the Chair of BAFTA, who runs the show’s indie Me+You Productions. “I’d like to thank Channel 4 for supporting such creativity because it’s not easy to get behind but they have and they inspire me to make more of these films,” he added.
The BAFTA TV Awards are taking place through the late afternoon of Sunday 14 May at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Hosted by Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett, they are featuring the great and the good of the UK TV industry.
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