British Academy Television Awards 2004

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The 2004 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday April 18 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London. The ceremony was hosted by television presenter Davina McCall.

[edit] Winners

• Best Actor
  • Winner: Bill Nighy — State of Play (BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Jim Broadbent — The Young Visiters (BBC One); Christopher Eccleston — The Second Coming (ITV1); David Morrissey — State of Play (BBC One)
• Best Actress
  • Winner: Julie Walters — The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale (BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Gina McKee — The Lost Prince (BBC One); Helen Mirren — Prime Suspect (ITV1); Miranda Richardson — The Lost Prince (BBC One)
• Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
  • Winner: Little Britain (BBC / BBC Three)
  • Other nominees: Bo' Selecta! (talkbackTHAMES / Channel 4); Creature Comforts: Cats or Dogs? (Aardman Animations / ITV1); Doubletake (TV series)Doubletake (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC Two)
• Best Comedy Performance
  • Winner: Ricky Gervais — The Office Christmas Special (BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Martin Freeman — The Office Christmas Special (BBC One); Matt Lucas — Little Britain (BBC Three); David Walliams — Little Britain (BBC Three)
• Best Drama Serial
  • Winner: Charles II: The Power and The Passion (BBC / A&E Network / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Prime Suspect (Granada Television / ITV1); The Second Coming (Red Production Company / ITV1); State of Play (BBC / Endor Productions / BBC One)
• Best Drama Series
  • Winner: Buried (World Productions / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Clocking Off (Red Production Company / BBC One); Foyle's War (Greenlit Productions / ITV1); William and Mary (Meridian Broadcasting / ITV1)
• Best Single Drama
  • Winner: The Deal (Granada Television / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Danielle Cable: Eyewitness (Granada Television / ITV1); This Little Life (Common Features / BBC Two); The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale (BBC / Ziji Productions / BBC One)
• Best Continuing Drama
  • Winner: Coronation Street (Granada Television / ITV1)
  • Other nominees: The Bill (talkbackTHAMES / ITV1); Casualty (BBC / BBC One); Holby City (BBC / BBC One)
• Best Current Affairs
  • Winner: The Secret Policeman (BBC / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Breaking The Silence – Truth & Lies in the War on Terror – A Special Report by John Pilger (Carlton Television / ITV1); The Fall of Milosevic (Brook Lapping Productions / BBC2); Terror in Moscow (Mentorn Films / Channel 4)
• Best Entertainment Performance
  • Winner: Jonathan Ross — Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Stephen Fry — QI (BBC Four); Boris Johnson — Have I Got News For You (BBC One); Paul Merton — Have I Got News For You (BBC One)
• Best Factual Series or Strand
  • Winner: The National Trust (Oxford Film and Television / BBC Four)
  • Other nominees: Leonardo (BBC / BBC One); Operatunity (Diverse Productions / Channel 4); Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (BBC / BBC Two)
• Best Feature
  • Winner: Wife Swap (RDF Media / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Grand Designs (talkbackTHAMES / Channel 4); That'll Teach Them (Twenty Twenty Television / Channel 4); Top Gear (BBC / BBC Two)
• Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
  • Winner: One Life: Lager, Mum and Me (BBC / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: My Family and Autism (BBC / BBC Two); Pompeii – The Last Day (BBC / BBC One); Real Life: Being Terri (Anglia Television / ITV1)
• Lew Grade Entertainment Programme or Series
  • Winner: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (Open Mike Productions / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (Granada Television / ITV1); Have I Got News For You (Hat Trick Productions / BBC One); Pop Idol (talkbackTHAMES / 19TV / ITV1)
• News Coverage
  • Winner: Channel 4 News: The Fall of Saddam (ITN / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Newsnight (BBC / BBC Two); Sky News: Fall of Baghdad (Sky News); The Ten O'Clock News (BBC / BBC One)
• Situation Comedy Award
  • Winner: The Office Christmas Special (BBC / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Hardware (talkbackTHAMES / ITV1); Marion and Geoff (Baby Cow Productions / BBC Two); Peep Show (Objective Productions / Channel 4)
• Sport
  • Winner: Rugby World Cup Final (ITV1)
  • Other nominees: Cheltenham Gold Cup Day (Highflyer Productions / Channel 4); London Marathon (BBC / BBC One); Test Cricket (Sunset and Vine / Channel 4)
• The Dennis Potter Award
  • Paul Abbott
• The Alan Clarke Award
  • Beryl Vertue
• The Richard Dimbleby Award
  • Andrew Marr
• Special Awards
  • Adrian Wood

[edit] References

• Archive of winners on official BAFTA website (retrieved October 28 2005).
• British Academy Television Awards 2004 at the Internet Movie Database.

Preceded by: British Academy Television Awards 2003

British Academy Television Awards 2004

Succeeded by: British Academy Television Awards 2005