Vote for your favourite older character for The Older People in the Media Awards

Gransnet is delighted to be supporting the Older People In The Media Awards. We had a thread in July for nominations for the special Gransnet Award - Best older person's character in a film, TV or radio drama.

GNHQ have now compiled a shortlist from your nominations, and gransnetters will now decide on the winner. Add your vote at the bottom of the page.

<drum roll> The nominees are....

• Derek Jacobi for Alan in Last Tango in Halifax
• Anne Reid for Celia in Last Tango in Halifax
• Ann Mitchell for Cora Cross in EastEnders
• Kevin Whately for Robbie Lewis in Lewis
• Stephanie Cole for Sylvia Goodwin in Coronation Street
• Sue Johnston for Gloria Price in Coronation Street
• Una Stubbs for Mrs Hudson in Sherlock Holmes
• Sunny Ormonde for Lilian in The Archers
• Alison Steadman for Rose in The Syndicate and Pauline Paradise in Love and Marriage
• Brendan O'Carroll for Mrs Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys.

The bit where you normally see a clip...

Derek Jacobi - Alan
Anne Reid - Celia

Last Tango in Halifax

Estranged childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia fall in love again 60 years later.  Last Tango in Halifax has been praised for its depiction of older people and was described by the Daily Telegraph as "a triumph against ageism".

Ann Mitchell - Cora Cross in EastEnders

Ann Mitchell plays hard-drinking, straight talking Cora, who is working to strengthen her relationship with her family, including the daughter she gave up for adoption.

Kevin Whately - Robbie Lewis in Lewis

Originally sidekick to Inspector Morse, Kevin Whately's Lewis went on to be promoted to Inspector himself and have his own series. Becoming a workaholic after the death of his wife, he then develops a relationship with a colleague. The series ends with Lewis, a soon-to-be grandfather, considering retirement.

Sunny Ormonde - Lilian in The Archers

Sunny Ormonde played outrageous Lilan Bellamy since 2000. She returned to Ambridge as a widow to give the village "a good shake-up" and with her tastes for smoking, drinking, partying, and men, she achieved her aim.
 

Stephanie Cole - Sylvia Goodwin
Sue Johnston - Gloria Price

Coronation Street

Stephanie Cole and Sue Johnston's Coronation Street characters are strong, opinionated women who know what they want and have no intention whatsoever of settling down to a quiet old age.

Una Stubbs - Mrs Hudson in Sherlock Holmes

In the modern-day version of the Sherlock Holmes books, Una Stubbs plays landlady Mrs Hudson as a mother figure to Holmes and Watson. She shows her strength when she withstands torture for Holmes's sake.

Alison Steadman - Rose in The Syndicate, Pauline Paradise in Love and Marriage

Alison Steadman plays both Rose, a widow on benefits who wins millions on the lottery, and Pauline, a matriarch who decides on retirement that there must be more to life than running a family and leaves home in order to find out.

Brendan O'Carroll - Mrs Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys

Brendan O'Carroll both created and plays Agnes Brown, the foul-mouthed Irish matriarch who always looks out for her family but loves nosing into other people's lives.