T2 Trainspotting leads the way at BAFTA Scotland nominations

Three of the stars will compete for the Best Actor prize

Published 4th Oct 2017

The nominations for this year's BAFTA Scotland awards have been announced in Glasgow with the Trainspotting sequel leading the way with five nominations.

Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle and Ewen Bremner are all up for Best Actor, while Danny Boyle's been selected in the Director Fiction category, and also for Feature Film.

Two Doors Down and The Replacement are the standouts in the TV category but there's no room for Still Game.

Actress Film sees Kate Dickie (Prevenge), Freya Mavor (Modern Life is Rubbish) and Deirdre Mullins (The Dark Mile) competing for the award.

Actor Television will be contested by Mark Bonnar (Unforgotten), Martin Compston (In Plain Sight) and Douglas Henshall (In Plain Sight).

Morven Christie (The Replacement), Laura Fraser (The Missing) and Juliet Stevenson (One of Us) are nominated for the Actress Television title.

In a new category for 2017, Television Scripted, In Plain Sight, The Replacement and Two Doors Down are all nominated.

Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime, Glasgow 1967: The Lisbon Lions and Sighthill will compete in the Single Documentary category.

Darren Hercher (Sighthill), Louise Lockwood (Fair Isle: Living on the Edge) and John MacLaverty (Glasgow 1967: The Lisbon Lions) are shortlisted for Director Factual.

Danny Boyle (T2 Trainspotting), Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling) and Tom Vaughan (Victoria) for Director Fiction,

All Round to Mrs Brown’s, The Dog Ate My Homework, which was nominated for a British Academy Children’s Award in 2016, and Robot Wars complete this year’s category for Entertainment.

Jude MacLaverty, Director of BAFTA Scotland, said: “The wealth, quality and diversity of this year’s nominees is very exciting and we look forward to welcoming everyone for another fantastic evening on 5 November. We’re thrilled to have Edith back as this year’s host, she is hugely passionate about recognising and celebrating the phenomenal work produced in Scotland.