As our campaign to have Jeremy Brett awarded a posthumous BAFTA for his contribution to film & television is now drawing to a close, we wanted to inform you - if you haven't already seen it on Facebook - that we shall be closing our online petition(s) at the end of September.  After the last week of that month, noone else shall be able to sign it.

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BAFTA 4 JB regrets to inform you that actor Edward Hardwicke passed away today at the age of 78.  Edward Hardwicke was one of our campaign’s most fervent supporters and is probably best known for his portrayal of Doctor Watson alongside Jeremy Brett in Granada Television’s “Sherlock Holmes” series (1984-1994).

As a mark of respect for Mr. ( Read more... )

From "Svengali" to "Sherlock Holmes", and then on to one last performance in "Moll Flanders", this video charts the outstanding performances of one of Britain's best-loved actors.

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A Small Note for our Russian supporters and potential signatories:

Please sign using Latin letters only, as our computer system does not read Cyrillics.  There is also no need for you to sign in both English and Russian. Any signatures which are written in Cyrillics and / or in English and Russian will be deleted.

We also request that you only sign ( Read more... )

Our sub-petition for the Acting Industry is open ONLY to the actors, directors, producers, etc. whom have been contacted by BAFTA 4 JB or whom are sufficiently well-known to hopefully exerce some eventual influence in BAFTA ‘s final decision.  If you sign this sub-petition and your name is unknown to us, it shall be transferred to the General ( Read more... )

Following a severe spamming episode on the "Give Jeremy Brett a Posthumous BAFTA Award Petition", large groups of signatures from one city or country which contain small or no comments, are, as a precaution, now considered suspect spam signatures.

In light of a recent accumulation of similar signatures from Serbia, no more signatures shall be ( Read more... )

Welcome to BAFTA 4 JB's LiveJournal page.  Although our campaign has an official website of its own, as well as highly maintained Facebook and Twitter pages, we are aware that some bloggers who regularly update their own interested followers, rely on their friends to update them as to the latest news.  As we are also aware that many of those ( Read more... )