A Royal Television Society Award this time for best male actor for his performance in the superb Criminal Justice. Trying to find out if he actually turned up at the ceremony or not as he doesn't strike me as the sort of actor who gets up and makes speeches at such do's.
Shame he beat Matthew Macfadyen who was also in his category, but I think Whishaw's was the more complex of the two performances: he had to be terrified and shell shocked while Macfadyen had to be nice.
This is what the judges said:
Actor (Male)
Ben Whishaw - Criminal Justice BBC Productions for BBC One
"…mesmeric, utterly compelling, and with a haunting fragility to his performance."
Nominees
Matthew Macfadyen - Little Dorrit BBC Productions/WGBH Boston
for BBC One
Rafe Spall - He Kills Coppers Ecosse Films for ITV1