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100 BAFTA Moments - This Is England Wins the British Film Award

13 November 2014

87 days to go - This Is England wins the British Film award in 2008

Having been previously nominated for both Twenty Four Seven (1997) and Dead Man's Shoes (2004), Shane Meadows received his first BAFTA for the semi-autobiographical This Is England (2006). Featuring a stunning debut from Thomas Turgoose and outstanding performances from Stephen Graham and Jo Hartley, This is England is a visceral exploration of skinhead culture in the 1980s. 

You can watch their speech in full here.

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BAFTA/Charlie Gray