Countdown to the BAFTAs podcast

Countdown To The BAFTAs Podcast is your definitive guide to the very best in Film and TV from 2023.

Join host Alex Zane as he takes us through some of the nominated productions celebrated at the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards and 2024 BAFTA TV Awards with P&O Cruises.

In series one, delve into in-depth interviews with the producers behind the longlisted movies for 2024’s Best Film. Hear the challenges they faced, the decisions they made, and what it means to them to be up for such a prestigious award.

Alex is back for series two along with a top panel of stars, industry insiders and TV experts to find out what it takes to be a BAFTA-nominated TV production.

2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards

Anatomy Of A Fall

Alex Zane talks to producers Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion

Killers Of The Flower Moon

Alex Zane talks to producer Daniel Lupi

Poor Things

Alex Zane talks to producers Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney

Oppenheimer

Alex Zane talks to director, writer, and producer Christopher Nolan and producer Emma Thomas

The Holdovers

Alex Zane talks to producer Mark Jonhnson

All of Us Strangers

Alex Zane talks to producers Sarah Harvey and Graham Broadbent

Barbie

Alex Zane talks to producer and actor Margot Robbie

Maestro

Alex Zane talks to director, writer, producer, and actor Bradley Cooper

Past Lives

Alex Zane talks to producer Pamela Koffler

The Zone of Interest

Alex Zane talks to producer James Wilson

2024 BAFTA TV Awards with P&O Cruises

Reality, Soap, Daytime

In this episode, Alex Zane is joined by writer and 'Queen of Soaps' Sharon Marshall and TV Critic and broadcaster Scott Bryan to discuss the nominees for Soap, Reality and Daytime.

Live Event Coverage, Sports Coverage

In this episode, Alex Zane is joined by Entertainment Editor at Heat Magazine Boyd Hilton and CEO and Executive Producer at Nine Lives, Cat Lewis to discuss the nominees for Live Event Coverage and Sports Coverage.

Documentaries

In this episode, Alex Zane is joined by TV exec Faraz Osman and foreign affairs journalist, documentary filmmaker and author Ramita Navai to discuss the nominees for Documentaries.

Scripted Comedy

In this episode, Alex Zane is joined by guests TV critic Boyd Hilton and actress Susan Wokoma to talk all things scripted-comedy.

Entertainment

In this episode, Alex Zane is joined by entertainment exec Rina Dayalji and TV critic and broadcaster Scott Bryan to unpick the nominees across four categories from this year's BAFTA TV Awards with P&O Cruises.