Baftas snub controversial Ross.JONATHAN Ross missed out at the TV Baftas, but Sir David Attenborough Sir David Frederick Attenborough, OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS (born on May 8, 1926 in London, England) is one of the world's best known broadcasters and naturalists. Widely considered one of the pioneers of the nature documentary, his career as the respected face and voice of British won an award for the first time in ten years and nearly half a century after winning his first. The controversial chat show host was shortlisted in the entertainment performance category, which was won by Harry Hill for his TV Burp for the second year in a row. Ross, 48, was nominated for his Friday night show despite being taken off the air for 12 weeks last year for his part in the Andrew Sachs obscene phone calls scandal. The Bafta jury instead went for 44-year-old Hill's weekly madcap recap of TV highlights and lowlights. The X Factor won the entertainment programme Bafta. Sir David walked off with the specialist factual Bafta for Life in Cold Blood - the eighth time he and his wildlife programmes have been honoured at the awards.. CAPTION(S): Bafta winners Harry Enfield Harry Enfield (born 30 May, 1961 in Sussex, England) is an English comedian. Early life Enfield was educated at Worth School, Collyer's Sixth Form College and the University of York (where he was a member of Derwent College and read Politics). , left, and Paul Whitehouse, who tasted success for their BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. show, Harry and Paul. |
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