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Monica Dolan, The First Actress This Decade To Be Nommed For Two TV BAFTAs In One Year, Says Industry Is “Plagued By Fear”
Monica Dolan has talked 'Mr Bates vs the Post Office', 'Sherwood', her two BAFTA TV nominations and the drama funding crisis.
Dolan stressed that the “fear is understandable in a climate where funding has shrunk because everyone is worried about losing money” but countered that in a risky business, TV gatekeepers have to “go for it, because that is where the biggest rewards are.” The rewards have certainly been flowing in for Mr Bates, in which Dolan played Jo Hamilton, a former subpostmaster and campaigner who was wrongly prosecuted for financial shortfalls caused by faulty Post Office software, which was the spark for one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British history. The last actress to have received a double TV nom was Keeley Hawes for Bodyguard and Mrs Wilson in 2019, and the feat has only been achieved four times since 2010, according to BAFTA.
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