en 2009 British Academy Scotland Awards

2009 British Academy Scotland Awards
2009 British Academy Scotland Awards
Date	8 November 2009
Site	Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow,; Scotland
Hosted by	Lorraine Kelly
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The 2009 British Academy Scotland Awards were held on 8 November 2009 at the Glasgow Science Centre, honouring the best Scottish film and television productions of 2009.^[1] Presented by BAFTA Scotland, accolades are handed out for the best in feature-length film that were screened at British cinemas during 2008. The Nominees were announced on 17 October 2009.^[2] The list caused some controversy for the lack of film actresses making the nominations.^[3] The ceremony was hosted by Lorraine Kelly.^[4]

Bill Forsyth, Jeremy Isaacs, David Jones and Patrick Doyle were honoured with Outstanding Contribution awards at this ceremony.^[5]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Feature Film	Best Director in Film/Television
Crying With Laughter Kurdi New Town Killers	Armando Iannucci – In the Loop Richard Jobson – New Town Killers Caroline Paterson & Stuart Davids – Wasted
Best Acting Performance (Film)	Best Short Film
*Peter Capaldi – In the Loop* as Malcolm Tucker** Stephen McCole – Crying With Laughter as Joey Frisk James Anthony Pearson – New Town Killers as Sean MacDonald	Life of a Pigeon – Billy Campbell The Bedfords – Henry Coombes Little Red Hooide – Joern Utkilen Peter in Radioland - Johanna Wagner
Best Actor (Television)	Best Actress (Television)
*Robert Carlyle – The Unloved* as Father** Bill Paterson – Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen as Niven David Tennant – Doctor Who as The Doctor	*Daniela Nardini – New Town* as Meredith McIlvanney** Lindsay Duncan – Margaret as Margaret Thatcher Stella Gonet – Holby City as Jayne Grayson
Best Writer Film/Television	Best Entertainment Programme
Armando Iannucci – In the Loop Annie Griffin – New Town Ed McCardie – Shameless Justin Molotnikov - Crying With Laughter	Rab C Nesbitt – (BBC Scotland), (The Comedy Unit) Cowards – (BBC Four) No Holds Bard – (BBC Scotland) Shrink Rap - (Channel 4)
Best Factual Series	Best Factual Programme
Terry Pratchett: Living With Alzheimer's – (BBC Two) Girls Behind Bars – (BBC Scotland)	Sighthill Stories – (BBC) Dave Kidney Superstar – (BBC Scotland) In Shackleton's Footsteps – (BBC)
Best Television Drama	Best Interactive
New Town – (BBC Scotland) Eadar-Chluich – (BBC Alba) Eilbheas – (BBC Alba) River City – (BBC Scotland)	Cybraphon – Found British Music Experience – ISO The Lost Book – Binary Fable
Best Current Affairs	Best Children's Programme
Panorama: Britain's Homecare Special – (BBC Scotland) BBC Scotland Investigates: Scotland's Brand New Bank – (BBC Scotland) Eorpa – (BBC Scotland)	KNTV - The Act of Sex – (Channel 4) Ooglies – (CBBC), (BBC Scotland)
Best Game	Best Animation
Flock – Proper Games Ltd Championship Manager 2010 – Dynamo Games Low Grav Racer – Cobra Mobile	The Happy Duckling – Gili Dolev Astronaut – Jamie Stone, Anders Jedenfors
Best Web
Blipfoto.com – Channel 4 BBC China Stories Website – (BBC Scotland) BBC Robert Burns Website – (BBC Scotland) The Big Plus - Work Skills Academy – (Screen Media)