Galactica old & new nominated for Cult TV Awards

[Ian_W359]

The nominations have been released for this years 'Cult TV' Awards - the winners to be announced during the 11th Cult TV Festival at Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset, UK (October 8-11 2004). Both generations of Battlestar Galactica feature in a few categories in the award line-up, nominated and voted for by the festival attendees :-

Awards for 2003/2004 (I've included the other nominees - some you will know, some you won't)

Best Television Special/Mini-Series
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Angels in America
The Booze Cruise
Hitler : The Rise Of Evil
Seven Wonders Of The Industrial World

DVD Presentation Of The Year
Battlestar Galactica - The Complete Series
Blake's 7 - Series One
Firefly - The Complete Series
The Sweeney - Series One
Survivors - Series One

The Cult TV Golden Moment
The return of 'Battlestar Galactica'
Cordelia returns to 'Angel'
UKTV Gold's 'Dr. Who at 40' weekend
BBC1 announcing the return of 'Dr. Who'
Ronnie Barker's BAFTA acceptance speech

Onto the 'Hall Of Fame' -

Hall Of Fame - Producer
Glen A. Larson (Battlestar Galactica)
Manny Coto (Odyssey 5 / Star Trek : Enterprise)
Gerard Glaister (Colditz / Secret Army)
Phillip Hinchcliffe (Dr. Who / Private Schulz)
Shaun O'Riordan (Thriller / Sapphire & Steel)

Hall Of Fame - Hero
Starbuck (Battlestar Galactica 1978)
Captain Archer (Star Trek : Enterprise)
Johnathan Creek
Emma Peel (The Avengers)
Buffy Summers (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)

Hall Of Fame - Special Effects
Richard Edlund (Battlestar Galactica)
Bruce Minkus (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
Ronald B. Moore (Star Trek : Enterprise)
Bernard Wilkie (Quatermass / 1984)
Loni Peristere (Angel)

Hall Of Fame - Costumes
Jean-Pierre Dorleac (Battlestar Galactica)
James Acheson (Dr. Who)
Ngila Dickson (Xena : Warrior Princess)
Karen Braverman-Ohrberg (Baywatch)
Patricia Hargreaves & Cynthia Ann Summers (Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda)

Now the 'Hall Of Shame' -

Hall Of Shame - Worst Line Of Dialogue
"Not a big enough dipstick for the job" - Starbuck (Battlestar Galactica 2003)
"Besides, all we're doing is plugging your ship into my battery" - Sam Carter (Stargate SG1 'Forsaken')
"What you need is a jolly good smacked bottom" - The Doctor (Dr. Who 'The Dalek Invasion Of Earth')
"No, not the Mind Probe!" - Castellan (Dr. Who 'The Five Doctors)
"All I'm saying is, you'll never own your own inflatable swimming pool if you're married to a copper" - Mrs Gully (Gideon's Way 'The Reluctant Witness')

The awards will be presented on Saturday October 9, during the festival - hopefully, if Galactica wins any of the gongs, I will post to let you know!

All the best,
Ian W359

[amberstar]

Wow! Thanks Ian!

This is really neat!

[Ian_W359]

Originally Posted by amberstar

Wow! Thanks Ian!

This is really neat!

Thanks for the compliment, Amber. I do enjoy the awards evening, one of the high points of the weekend - it gives everyone a chance to root for the shows they've voted for (Some getting a rapturous applause, others only one or two people cheering - funnily enough last year, Winrich Kolbe was nominated for Hall of Fame - Director, and when his name was announced... there was silence... I remember I started clapping, maybe one or two others, also Richard Hatch encouraged the crowd when Jean-Pierre Dorleac was nominated for Costumes!) Galactica has only won one other award - Hall of Fame - Special Effects 2002 won by John Dykstra.

Also during the evening, there's a tribute to all the actors and crew from the cult tv genres that have passed away during the year - a truly fitting gesture of respect.

All the best,
Ian W359


PS - There is a category for 'Best Guest Appearance' in a cult show, what are the chances of Richard Hatch winning in 2005 for his new BSG appearance as Tom Zarek?

[Ian_W359]

The votes have been counted, the results announced, and Battlestar Galactica was successful in two of the categories of the Cult TV awards, held on Saturday night.

Winner - Best Television Special / Mini-Series
Battlestar Galactica (2003)

Winner - Hall Of Fame - Producer
Glen A. Larson

How many awards has the mini-series won to date? Does anyone know?

Ian W359