PeterG
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I watched the mini-series The Night Manager recently and while I found the first third to be so-so, it really kicked into gear after that. I've never been much of a Hugh Laurie fan, but I am now seeing him do a great job with the villain role here. Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman are top-notch, but I expected nothing less from either of them. Glad to see all three of them won Golden Globes for their performances. Just checking now to see if the writing and direction won some much deserved recognition... It got a Golden Globe nomination for "Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television". It won Emmy's for direction and music. Emmy nominations for the three lead actors mentioned as well as for limited series, writing, casting and five more nominations in technical categories. At the BAFTA's, it won for best supporting actor for Tom Hollander and two technical category wins. Four other technical BAFTA nominations...but none for the three lead performances. Weird. Glad Hollander got a win for his role, he was equal to the three bigger names in this. All the recognition this series got was deserved in my opinion, just seemed the writers were (undeservedly) left out of the loop. I would definitely rate The Night Manager as a "don't miss".