Oscar bait success of summer blockbusters like "Jaws" and "Star Wars" (both of which had also been nominated for Best Picture), independent filmmakers refined Carr's methods of exploiting the Oscars. Merchant Ivory, who produced lavish costume dramas, often based on novels by Henry James or E. M. Forster, began to time their releases to align with the awards season. Their 1985 adaptation of Forster's "A Room with a View" won three of the eight Oscars it was nominated for. By 1991 the modern film-release calendar, in which studios released the movies they had the highest Oscar hopes for in autumn and December,
Mrs. Brown's Boys Darren Boyd for his role in the Sky1 comedy series, "Spy". In September 2012, the show won best comedy at the TV Choice Awards. At the 2012 British Academy Scotland Awards, "Mrs Brown's Boys" won the award for Best Comedy Entertainment Programme. For three consecutive years, in 2013, 2014 and 2015, "Mrs. Brown's Boys" won the award for Best Comedy at the National Television Awards. In Spring 2014 the series was nominated for Best Comedy at the Scottish RTS awards but lost out to Limmy's Show Christmas Special. In 2015, Mrs Brown's Boys was nominated for the "BAFTA", best male