British Academy Television Awards 1999
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The 1999 British Academy Television Awards were held on May 9 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London.
[edit] Winners
- Best Actor
- Winner: Tom Courtenay — A Rather English Marriage (BBC2)
- Other nominees: Robert Carlyle — Looking After Jo Jo (BBC2); Albert Finney — A Rather English Marriage (BBC2); Timothy Spall — Our Mutual Friend (BBC2)
- Best Actress
- Winner: Thora Hird — Waiting for the Telegram (BBC2)
- Other nominees: Francesca Annis — Reckless (ITV); Natasha Little — Vanity Fair (BBC1); Joanna Lumley — A Rather English Marriage (BBC2)
- Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
- Winner: Father Ted (Hat Trick Productions / Channel 4)
- Other nominees: Dinnerladies (Pozzitive TV / Good Fun / BBC1); The Royle Family (Granada Television / BBC1); The Vicar of Dibley (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC1)
- Best Comedy Performance
- Winner: Dermot Morgan — Father Ted (Channel 4)
- Other nominees: Caroline Aherne — The Royle Family (BBC1); Ardal O'Hanlon — Father Ted (Channel 4); Julie Walters — Dinnerladies (BBC1)
- Best Drama Serial
- Winner: Our Mutual Friend (BBC / BBC1)
- Other nominees: Amongst Women (Parallel Film Productions Limited / BBC2); A Respectable Trade (BBC / BBC1); Vanity Fair (BBC / A&E Network / BBC1)
- Best Drama Series
- Winner: The Cops (World Productions / BBC2)
- Other nominees: Jonathan Creek (BBC / BBC1); Playing the Field (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC1); Undercover Heart (BBC / BBC1)
- Best Single Drama
- Winner: A Rather English Marriage (Wall to Wall Television / BBC1)
- Other nominees: A Life For A Life – The True Story Of Stefan Kiszko (Picture Palace Productions / ITV); Playing Sandwiches (Slow Motion Limited / BBC2); Waiting for the Telegram (Slow Motion Limited / BBC2)
- Best Soap Opera
- Winner: EastEnders (BBC / BBC1)
- Other nominees: Brookside (Mersey Television / Channel 4); Coronation Street (Granada Television / ITV); Hollyoaks (Mersey Television / Channel 4)
- Best News and Current Affairs Journalism
- Winner: Dispatches - Inside The Animal Liberation Front (Channel 4)
- Other nominees: Newsnight - Northern Ireland peace process (BBC / BBC2); ETA: Coming In From The Cold (BBC / BBC2); Omagh bombing (ITN / ITV)
- Best Light Entertainment Performance
- Winner: Michael Parkinson — Parkinson (BBC1)
- Other nominees: John Bird and John Fortune — Rory Bremner - Who Else? (Channel 4); Kathy Burke — Harry Enfield's Yule Log Chums (BBC1); Billy Connolly — 30 Years of Billy Connolly (BBC1)
- Best Factual Series
- Winner: The Human Body (BBC / BBC1)
- Other nominees: The Clintons - A Marriage of Power (Channel 4); Cold War (Jeremy Isaacs Television Limited / Channel 4); The Life of Birds (BBC / BBC1)
- Best Feature
- Winner: Back to the Floor (BBC / BBC2)
- Other nominees: Changing Rooms (Bazal / BBC2); House Doctor (TalkBack Productions / Channel 5); Time Team (Videotext Communications / Channel 4)
- Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
- Winner: After Lockerbie (BBC2)
- Other nominees: 42 Up (Granada Television / BBC1); Mir Mortals; Tongue Tied
- Huw Wheldon Award for the Best Arts Programme or Series
- Winner: Arena — The Brian Epstein Story (BBC / BBC2)
- Other nominees: Arena — The Noel Coward Trilogy (BBC / BBC2); The Secret Art of Government; Vile Bodies: Naked
- Best Light Entertainment Programme or Series
- Winner: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Celador / ITV)
- Other nominees: Big Train (TalkBack Productions / BBC2); Goodness Gracious Me (BBC / BBC2); Rory Bremner - Who Else? (Kudos Film & Television / Channel 4)
- Best Live Outside Broadcast Coverage
- Winner: Derby Day (Channel 4)
- Other nominees: The Eurovision Song Contest (BBC1); Football World Cup Final Programme (BBC1); World Cup ’98 – England v Argentina (ITV)
- Originality
- Winner: The Human Body (BBC1)
- Other nominees: Channel 5 News (Channel 5); The King of Chaos; Lemurs
- Best International Programme or Series
- Winner: The Larry Sanders Show
- Other nominees: Ally McBeal; The Simpsons; The X-Files
- The Lew Grade Award
- The Dennis Potter Award
- The Alan Clarke Award
- The Richard Dimbleby Award
- Special Award
[edit] References
- Archive of winners on official BAFTA website (retrieved February 22, 2006).
- British Academy Television Awards 1999 at the Internet Movie Database
| Preceded by British Academy Television Awards 1998 |
British Academy Television Awards 1999 |
Succeeded by British Academy Television Awards 2000 |
