Andrew Scott tonight won
Best Supporting Actor at the 2012 BAFTA Television
Awards, beating out co-star Martin Freeman in the same category,
while Steven Moffat collected a Special
Award for his work in television writing.
An emotional Andrew Scott thanked the entire cast and crew
during his acceptance speech, while on collecting his award from
Benedict Cumberbatch and Matt Smith, a delighted Steven Moffat had
to laugh and remark: "That's Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who. Giving
me an award. That is Absolutely brilliant!" before going on to
thank "my brilliant friend, and most brilliant collaborator, and in
the words of Doyle himself, never better applied, the best and
wisest person I have ever known - Mark Gatiss. And in many ways the
least sung, but most deserving hero of Sherlock: The Woman, the
producer - Sue Vertue. The best, and wisest woman I have ever
married!"
Sadly, Benedict Cumberbatch lost out in the Best Actor category
to Dominic West for his chilling portrayal of serial killer Fred
West in the fact based drama 'Appropriate Adult', while Sherlock as
a whole lost out to light entertainment show 'Celebrity Juice',
despite a massive social media campaign by Sherlock fans across the
internet.
In total, Sherlock took away a total of five awards from the
2012 BAFTA ceremonies, following the BAFTA TV Craft Awards two
weeks ago that saw the series win for its Editing, Sound and
Writing (again for Steven Moffat).
It goes without saying, congratulations to the winners,
commiserations to the losers, and we'll hopefully see some new
nominations come the 2014 BAFTA Award ceremonies, when Sherlock
will once again be eligible after taking a year off for the
production of Series Three, beginning in January 2013!