I struggled with getting through the show in Clenshaw's last few years (I had a particular disdain for all the forced camp, what they did with Sonia, what they did with Linda, anything Panesar-related, and the whole Cindy and Knight setup), so I'm not in the same boat as many are in feeling a big decline in quality, but that doesn't mean the show's complete lack of momentum or direction is any less confounding. Clenshaw was better at making the show seem competent whereas Wadey just seems to have no real ability at present to put together episodes. The pacing is along the lines of radio soaps from the '30s or '40s.
I am not even sure what the changes would be if they did panic - my guess is something like Ben returning to reunite with Callum (which is likely happening anyway), Kat sleeping around, and Phil returning to being a cardboard gangster - but I do hope they find some ability to steer the show again. If Wadey can't, and the incompetent people above him like Kate Oates can't, then the BBC should make changes while they still can.
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Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or: The Square
Toronto Film Festival - People's Choice Award: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Gotham Independent Film Awards - Best Picture: Call Me By Your Name
National Board of Review - Best Film: The Post
NYFCC - Best Picture: Lady Bird
National Society of Film Critics Winners - Best Film: Lady Bird
Golden Globes - Best Picture Drama: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Golden Globes - Best Picture Musical or Comedy: Ladybird
Critics Choice Awards - Best Picture: The Shape of Water
Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture: The Shape of Water
Directors Guild Award - Feature Film: The Shape of Water
Writers Guild Award - Best Original Screenplay: Get Out
Writers Guild Award - Best Adapted Screenplay: Call Me by Your Name
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Satellite Awards - Best Film: God's Own Country / Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BAFTA - Best Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Independent Spirit Awards - Best Picture: Get Out
Academy Awards - Best Picture: The Shape of Water
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Cannes: Full List of Winners:
Palme d'Or: The Square (Ruben Östlund)
Grand Prix: 120 Beats per Minute (Robin Campillo)
Best Director: Sofia Coppola (The Beguiled)
Best Screenplay: Yorgos Lanthimos / Efthymis Filippou (The Killing of a Sacred Deer) & Lynne Ramsay ( You Were Never Really Here) (tie)
Best Actress: Diane Kruger ( In the Fade)
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix (You Were Never Really Here)
Jury Prize: Loveless (Andrey Zvyagintsev)
70th Anniversary Prize: Nicole Kidman
Honorary Palme d'Or: Jeffrey Katzenberg
TIFF - A full list of winners can be found here
Edited by Bright Eyes