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Masterpiece wins two Primetime Emmys



The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honored Masterpiece with two Emmys for the 60th Annual (2008) Primetime Emmy Awards.

Eileen Atkins won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role as Miss Deborah Jenkyns in Cranford. The acclaimed miniseries also won an Emmy in the Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or Special category during the Creative Arts ceremony.

In total, MASTERPIECE received 10 of PBS' 33 Primetime Emmy nominations. The nominations included outstanding miniseries, writing, art direction, casting, costumes and hairstyling mentions for Cranford, and acting nods for Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins also in Cranford. Sense and Sensibility was recognized in outstanding cinematography and music composition categories.

Masterpiece's Cranford won an Emmy in the Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or Special category during the Creative Arts ceremony held in Los Angeles in Saturday, September 13, 2008. The rest of the Emmys will be announced in a televised ceremony on Sunday, September 21, 2008.

2008 PRIME-TIME EMMY NOMINATIONS FOR MASTERPIECE

Outstanding Miniseries
Cranford
Rebecca Eaton, Executive Producer; Kate Harwood, Executive Producer; Sue Birtwistle, Producer

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Cranford
Dame Judi Dench as Miss Matty Jenkyns

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie — Winner!
Cranford
Eileen Atkins as Miss Deborah Jenkyns

Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special
Cranford
Written by Heidi Thomas

Outstanding Art Direction For A Miniseries, Or Movie
Cranford
Donal Woods, Production Designer; Trisha Edwards, Set Decorator

Outstanding Casting For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
Cranford
Maggie Lunn, Casting Director

Outstanding Costumes For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
Cranford, Part One
Jenny Beavan, Costume Designer; Mark Ferguson, Costume Supervisor

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special — Winner!
Cranford
Alison Elliot, Department Head Hairstylist

Outstanding Cinematography For A Miniseries Or Movie
Sense and Sensibility, Part One
Sean Bobbit, Director of Photography

Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Sense and Sensibility
Martin Phipps, Composer

Coming to MASTERPIECE CLASSIC in 2009

  • Oliver Twist
    Acclaimed British television writer Sarah Phelps (EastEnders) brings a fresh take to the Charles Dickens classic in a gripping adaptation starring Rob Brydon, Timothy Spall (Harry Potter), Gregor Fisher (Nicholas Nickleby), Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) and Edward Fox (A Passage to India).

  • The Old Curiosity Shop
    Derek Jacobi (I, Claudius) stars as the grandfather in this new adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, The Old Curiosity Shop. Adapted by Martyn Hesford (Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde), and also starring Toby Jones (Infamous, The Way We Live Now) as Daniel Quilp, and young Sophie Vavasseur (Northanger Abbey) as Nell Trent.

Previously on MASTERPIECE CLASSIC

In its inaugural 2008 season, hosted by Gillian Anderson, Masterpiece classic presented ten programs.

January 13, 2008
Persuasion
January 20, 2008
Northanger Abbey
January 27, 2008
Mansfield Park
February 3, 2008
Miss Austen Regrets
February 10, 17 and 24, 2008
Pride and Prejudice*
March 23, 2008
Emma
March 30 and April 6, 2008
Sense and Sensibility
April 13, 2008
A Room With a View
April 20, 2008
My Boy Jack
May 4, 11 and 18, 2008
Cranford

*Pride and Prejudice is a production of BBC Television and BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. in association with A&E Networks. The Masterpiece Theatre broadcast of Pride and Prejudice is the first in the U.S. other than on A&E Television Networks.