British Academy Television Awards 2005
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The 2005 British Academy Television Awards
British Academy Television Awards
The British Academy Television Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts . They have been awarded annually since 1954, and are analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States.-Background:...

 were held on Sunday 17 April at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is a West End theatre in Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, a borough of London. The building faces Catherine Street and backs onto Drury Lane. The building standing today is the most recent in a line of four theatres at the same location dating back to 1663,...

 in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

. The ceremony was hosted by Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 comedian and television presenter Graham Norton
Graham Norton
Graham William Walker, known by his stage name Graham Norton , is an Irish actor, comedian, television presenter and columnist...

.

Winners

  • Best Actor
    • Winner: Rhys Ifans
      Rhys Ifans
      Rhys Ifans is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for his portrayal of characters such as Spike in Notting Hill and Jed Parry in Enduring Love and as a member of the Welsh rock groups Super Furry Animals and The Peth. Ifans also appeared as Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly...

       — Not Only But Always
      Not Only But Always
      Not Only But Always is a British TV movie, originally screened on the Channel 4 network in the UK on 30 December 2004. Written and directed by playwright Terry Johnson, the film tells the story of the working and personal relationship between the comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, a hugely...

       (Channel 4
      Channel 4
      Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

      )
    • Other nominees: Benedict Cumberbatch
      Benedict Cumberbatch
      Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English film, television, and theatre actor. His most acclaimed roles include Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama Hawking ; William Pitt in the historical film Amazing Grace ; the protagonist Stephen Ezard in the miniseries thriller The Last Enemy ; Paul...

       — Hawking
      Hawking (television)
      Hawking is a BBC television dramatisation of physicist Stephen Hawking's early career while at the University of Cambridge.The programme was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama in 2005...

       (BBC Two
      BBC Two
      BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...

      ); Michael Sheen
      Michael Sheen
      Michael Christopher Sheen, OBE , is a Welsh stage and screen actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England and made his professional debut opposite Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced at the Globe Theatre in 1991...

       — Dirty Filthy Love
      Dirty Filthy Love
      Dirty Filthy Love is a British single television drama starring Michael Sheen as an architect living with obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome....

       (ITV
      ITV
      ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

      ); Mark Strong
      Mark Strong
      Mark Strong is an English actor, with a body of work in both films and television. He has performed in films as varied as Body of Lies, Syriana, The Young Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, RocknRolla, Stardust, and Kick-Ass...

       — The Long Firm (BBC Two)
  • Best Actress
    • Winner: Anamaria Marinca
      Anamaria Marinca
      Anamaria Marinca is a Romanian actress. She made her debut with the Channel 4 film Sex Traffic, for which she won British Academy Television Award for Best Actress...

       — Sex Traffic
      Sex Traffic
      Sex Traffic is a British-Canadian two-part television drama directed by David Yates, written by Abi Morgan and produced by Veronica Castillo and Derek Wax...

       (Channel 4)
    • Other nominees: Brenda Blethyn
      Brenda Blethyn
      Brenda Anne Blethyn, OBE is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television and film. Blethyn has received two Academy Award nominations, two SAG Award nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...

       — Belonging (ITV); Anne-Marie Duff
      Anne-Marie Duff
      Anne-Marie Duff is an English actress best known for playing Fiona Gallagher in Shameless, and Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen.-Early life:...

       — Shameless (Channel 4); Lia Williams
      Lia Williams
      Lia Williams is an English actress and film director, notable for many stage, film, and television appearances. She is possibly best known for her role in the motion picture, Dirty Weekend...

       — May 33 (BBC One
      BBC One
      BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...

      )
  • Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
    • Winner: Little Britain
      Little Britain
      Little Britain is a British character-based comedy sketch show which was first broadcast on BBC radio and then turned into a television show. It was written by comic duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas...

       (BBC
      BBC
      The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

       / BBC Three
      BBC Three
      BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...

      )
    • Other nominees: The Catherine Tate Show
      The Catherine Tate Show
      The Catherine Tate Show is a British television sketch comedy written by Catherine Tate and Aschlin Ditta. Tate also stars in all but one of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of characters. The Catherine Tate Show airs on BBC Two and is shown worldwide through the BBC...

       (Tiger Aspect Productions
      Tiger Aspect Productions
      Tiger Aspect Productions is a British television production company, particularly noted for its situation comedies. Co-founded by producer Peter Bennett-Jones, its productions have included popular hits such as The Vicar of Dibley and Mr. Bean...

       / BBC Two); Harry Hill's TV Burp
      Harry Hill's TV Burp
      Harry Hill's TV Burp is a British television comedy programme produced by Avalon Television for ITV and hosted by comedian Harry Hill. The show presents a satirical look at the week's television, including extracts from TV shows with added sketches, observational voice-overs, and guest appearances...

       (Avalon Television / ITV); The Mark Steel Lectures
      The Mark Steel Lectures
      The Mark Steel Lectures are a series of radio and television programmes. Written and delivered by Mark Steel, each scripted lecture presents persuasive, yet witty, arguments for the importance of a historical figure....

       (BBC / BBC Four
      BBC Four
      BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....

      )
  • Best Comedy Performance
    • Winner: Matt Lucas
      Matt Lucas
      Matthew Richard "Matt" Lucas is an English comedian, screenwriter and actor best known for his acclaimed work with David Walliams in the television show Little Britain; as well as for his portrayals of the scorekeeping baby George Dawes in the comedy panel game Shooting Stars, Tweedledee and...

       and David Walliams
      David Walliams
      David Edward Walliams is an English comedian, writer and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show Little Britain and its predecessor Rock Profile...

       — Little Britain (BBC Three)
    • Other nominees: Rory Bremner
      Rory Bremner
      Roderick "Rory" Keith Ogilvy Bremner, FKC is a Scottish impressionist, playwright and comedian, noted for his work in political satire...

       — Bremner, Bird and Fortune
      Bremner, Bird and Fortune
      Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the longstanding satirical team of John Bird and John Fortune with the satirical impressionist Rory Bremner.The show started in 1999. The fourteenth series...

       (Channel 4); Julia Davis
      Julia Davis
      Julia Davis is an English comedy writer and performer, best known for writing and starring in the BBC Three comedy Nighty Night.-Background:...

       — Nighty Night
      Nighty Night
      Nighty Night is a British dark comedy sitcom written by and starring Julia Davis. It was first broadcast on 6 January 2004 on BBC Three before moving to BBC2....

       (BBC Three); Tamsin Greig
      Tamsin Greig
      Tamsin Greig is an English actress principally known for two Channel 4 television comedy parts: Fran Katzenjammer in Black Books and Dr. Caroline Todd in Green Wing...

       — Green Wing
      Green Wing
      Green Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....

       (Channel 4)
  • Best Drama Serial
    • Winner: Sex Traffic (Granada Productions
      Granada Productions
      Granada Productions was a British commercial television production and distribution company. The company took its name from the successful ITV franchise, Granada Television....

       / Channel 4)
    • Other nominees: Blackpool (BBC / BBC One); The Long Firm (BBC / BBC Two); Outlaws (World Productions
      World Productions
      World Productions is a British television production company, founded in the early 1990s by acclaimed producer Tony Garnett. The company's first major series was the police drama Between The Lines , and throughout the decade they went on to produce a succession of highly successful drama series...

       / BBC Three)
  • Best Drama Series
    British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series
    The British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards , the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry...

    • Winner: Shameless (Company Pictures
      Company Pictures
      Company Pictures is an independent British television production company which has produced drama programming for many broadcasters. Their productions have included:*drama series Wild at Heart for ITV1, written by Ashley Pharoah....

       / Channel 4)
    • Other nominees: Bodies
      Bodies (TV series)
      Bodies is a BAFTA-nominated British television medical drama produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. Created by Jed Mercurio, the series began in 2004 and is based on his book Bodies. The first series debuted on BBC Three as the channel at this time was trying to break out into hour-long...

       (Hat Trick Productions
      Hat Trick Productions
      Hat Trick Productions is a British independent production company that produces television programmes, mainly specialising in comedy.-History:...

       / BBC Three); Conviction (Red Production Company
      Red Production Company
      Red Production Company is a British independent television production company, formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, an experienced television producer who had worked on such prestige dramas as Our Friends in the North and Cracker...

       / BBC Three); Spooks
      Spooks
      Spooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 – 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a...

       (Kudos Film & Television
      Kudos (production company)
      Kudos Film and Television is a British independent film and television production company. It has produced television series for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and its productions include Spooks , Hustle, Life on Mars and its spin-off Ashes to Ashes, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard and M.I. High...

       / BBC One)
  • Best Single Drama
    • Winner: Omagh
      Omagh (film)
      Omagh was a film dramatising the events surrounding the Omagh bombing and its aftermath, co-produced by Irish state broadcaster RTÉ and UK network Channel 4, and directed by Pete Travis. It was first shown on television in both countries in June, 2004....

       (Tiger Aspect Productions / Channel 4)
    • Other nominees: Dirty Filthy Love (Granada Television
      Granada Television
      Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....

       / ITV); Hawking (BBC / BBC Two); Not Only But Always (Company Pictures / Channel 4)
  • Best Continuing Drama
    • Winner: Coronation Street
      Coronation Street
      Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

       (Granada Television / ITV)
    • Other nominees: The Bill
      The Bill
      The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...

       (Talkback Thames / ITV); Doctors
      Doctors (BBC Soap Opera)
      Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on...

       (BBC / BBC One); Holby City
      Holby City
      Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...

       (BBC / BBC One)
  • Best Current Affairs
    • Winner: Death in Gaza
      Death In Gaza
      Death In Gaza is an Emmy-award winning 2004 documentary film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, opening in the West Bank but then moving to Gaza and eventually settling in Rafah where the film spends most of its time...

       (Frostbite Films / HBO / Channel 4)
    • Other nominees: The Secret Agent
      The Secret Agent
      The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals largely with the life of Mr. Verloc and his job as a spy. The Secret Agent is also notable as it is one of Conrad's later political novels, which move away from his typical...

       (BBC / BBC One); Tonight with Trevor McDonald: Our Daughter Holly (SMG
      SMG
      The initials SMG may refer to:* Submachine gun* Boston University School of Management* Senior Management Group* Sequential manual gearbox, BMW's name for its version of an electrohydraulic manual transmission...

       / Psychology News / Granada Television / ITV); Nurseries Undercover: The Real Story (BBC / BBC One)
  • Best Entertainment Performance
    • Winner: Paul O'Grady
      Paul O'Grady
      Paul James Michael O'Grady MBE is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio DJ. He is best known for presenting the daytime chat television series, The Paul O'Grady Show and, more recently, Paul O'Grady Live, as well as his drag queen comedic alter ego, Lily Savage, as...

       — The Paul O'Grady Show
      The Paul O'Grady Show
      The Paul O'Grady Show was a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4...

       (ITV)
    • Other nominees: Ant and Dec — I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (ITV); Stephen Fry
      Stephen Fry
      Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also...

       — QI
      QI
      QI is a British comedy panel game television quiz show created and co-produced by John Lloyd, hosted by Stephen Fry, and featuring permanent panellist Alan Davies. Most of the questions are extremely obscure, making it unlikely that the correct answer will be given...

       (BBC Two); Paul Merton
      Paul Merton
      Paul Merton is a British comedian, writer, actor and television presenter. Known for his improvisation skill, his humour is rooted in deadpan, surreal and sometimes dark comedy...

       — Have I Got News For You
      Have I Got News for You
      Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been broadcast since 1990, currently the BBC's longest-ever running television panel show...

       (BBC One)
  • Best Factual Series or Strand
    • Winner: The Power of Nightmares
      The Power of Nightmares
      The Power of Nightmares, subtitled The Rise of the Politics of Fear, is a BBC documentary film series, written and produced by Adam Curtis. Its three one-hour parts consist mostly of a montage of archive footage with Curtis's narration...

       (BBC / BBC Two)
    • Other nominees: Brat Camp
      Brat Camp
      Brat Camp is a reality TV show.The first season, featuring RedCliff Ascent, won an International Emmy. Subsequent seasons saw declining viewership. The American version of Brat Camp was cancelled after its one-season run, but is being aired in Canada on Slice as of early 2007...

       (Twenty Twenty Television / Channel 4); Himalaya with Michael Palin (Prominent Television / BBC One); Who Do You Think You Are? (Wall to Wall / BBC Two)
  • Best Feature
    • Winner: Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
      Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
      Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is a television programme featuring British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning programme debuted on Channel 4 in 2004....

       (Optomen Television / Channel 4)
    • Other nominees: Holiday Showdown
      Holiday Showdown
      Holiday Showdown is a BAFTA-nominated and Royal Television Society award winning reality television programme, produced by Chris Kelly for the UK independent TV production company RDF Media. It first aired in 2003 on ITV in the United Kingdom....

       (RDF Media
      RDF Media
      Zodiak Media is a Anglo-American television production company. It was formed in 2010 when RDF Media Group was acquired by, and merged with Zodiak Entertainment...

       / ITV); Little Angels
      Little Angels (TV series)
      Little Angels is a Bafta-nominated British reality television show which ran for three series on BBC Three .The series, in the docu-soap genre, aimed to show parents how to overcome common behavioural problems in their children, using a team of experts who observed and gave advice...

       (BBC / BBC Three); Top Gear
      Top Gear (current format)
      Top Gear is a British television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars. It began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show. Over time, and especially since a relaunch in 2002, it has developed a quirky, humorous style...

       (BBC / BBC Two)
  • Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
    • Winner: The Orphans of Nkandla (True Vision / BBC Four)
    • Other nominees: The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off (Yipp Films / Channel 4); The Brighton Bomb (BBC / BBC One); The F***ing Fulfords (Optomen Television / Channel 4)
  • Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual
    • Winner: Dunkirk
      Dunkirk (TV series)
      Dunkirk is a 2004 BBC television docudrama about the Battle of Dunkirk and the Dunkirk evacuation in World War II.-Awards:*BAFTA Awards 2005**Won: Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual: Robert Warr & Alex Holmes...

       (BBC / BBC Two)
    • Other nominees: D-Day
      D-Day
      D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar...

       (Dangerous Films / BBC One); D-Day: The Ultimate Conflict (Windfall Films / Five); Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats (Tiger Aspect Productions / Channel 4)
  • Lew Grade Entertainment Programme or Series
    • Winner: I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (Granada Television / ITV)
    • Other nominees: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
      Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
      Friday Night with Jonathan Ross was a British comedy chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 2 November 2001. The programme featured Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band...

       (Open Mike Productions / BBC One); QI (Talkback Thames / Quite Interesting Productions / BBC Two); Strictly Come Dancing
      Strictly Come Dancing
      Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...

       (BBC / BBC One)
  • News Coverage
    • Winner: BBC Ten O'Clock News: Madrid Bombing
      BBC News
      BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...

       (BBC / BBC One)
    • Other nominees: BBC News 24 - Hutton (BBC / BBC News 24
      BBC News 24
      BBC News is the BBC's 24-hour rolling news television network in the United Kingdom. The channel launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 17:30 as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic television channels, becoming the first competitor to Sky News, which had been running since 1989...

      ); Sky News - The Tsunami Disaster (Sky News
      Sky News
      Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...

      ); Tsunami - Seven Days that Shook the World (ITN / ITV)
  • Situation Comedy Award
    • Winner: Black Books
      Black Books
      Black Books is a British sitcom television series created by Dylan Moran and Graham Linehan and produced by Nira Park, first broadcast on Channel 4 from 2000 to 2004...

       (Assembly Film & Television / Big Talk Productions
      Big Talk Productions
      Big Talk Productions Ltd. is an English film and television production company established in 1995 by Nira Park. The company, located in London, has produced films such as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz; it is also known for its British sitcoms such as Spaced and Free Agents...

       / Channel 4)
    • Other nominees: Green Wing (Talkback Thames / Channel 4); Nighty Night (Baby Cow Productions
      Baby Cow Productions
      Baby Cow Productions Ltd is a UK comedy television production company established in 1999 by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal based in London and Manchester. It has since diversified into radio, animation and film. In 2008, BBC Worldwide bought a 25% stake in the company...

       / BBC Three); The Vicar of Dibley Christmas Special
      The Vicar of Dibley
      The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom created by Richard Curtis and written for its lead actress, Dawn French, by Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, with contributions from Kit Hesketh-Harvey. It aired from 1994 to 2007...

       (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC One)
  • Sport
    • Winner: Olympics 2004
      2004 Summer Olympics
      The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

      : Matthew Pinsent
      Matthew Pinsent
      Sir Matthew Clive Pinsent CBE is an English rower and broadcaster. During his rowing career, he won 10 world championship gold medals and four consecutive Olympic gold medals, of which three were with Steve Redgrave...

      's gold medal (BBC / BBC One)
    • Other nominees: Euro 2004: France
      France national football team
      The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...

       v England
      England national football team
      The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

       (Granada Sport / ITV); Formula One
      Formula One
      Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...

      : Monaco Grand Prix
      Monaco Grand Prix
      The Monaco Grand Prix is a Formula One race held each year on the Circuit de Monaco. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world, alongside the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans...

       (North One Television
      North One Television
      North One Television is a television production company based in London and Birmingham, England, and Sydney, Australia. It was originally known as Chrysalis Television and is now part of All3Media....

       / ITV); Olympics 2004: Final night athletics (BBC / BBC One)
  • The Pioneer Award
    • Winner: Green Wing (Talkback Thames / Channel 4);
    • Other nominees: Shameless (Channel 4): This World: One Day of War
      This World (television programme)
      This World is a BBC television documentary strand, shown in the United Kingdom on BBC Two, and occasionally internationally on BBC World. The subject matter is mainly social issues and current affairs stories from around the world....

       (BBC / BBC 2): Who Do You Think You Are? (Wall to Wall / BBC Two)
  • The Dennis Potter
    Dennis Potter
    Dennis Christopher George Potter was an English dramatist, best known for The Singing Detective. His widely acclaimed television dramas mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. He was particularly fond of using themes and images from popular culture.-Biography:Dennis Potter was born...

     Award
    • Alan Plater
      Alan Plater
      Alan Frederick Plater, CBE, FRSL was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s.-Career:...

  • The Alan Clarke
    Alan Clarke
    Alan Clarke was a television and film director, producer and writer, born in Wallasey, Merseyside, England.Most of Clarke's output was for television rather than cinema, including work for the famous play strands The Wednesday Play and Play for Today...

     Award
    • Paul Greengrass
      Paul Greengrass
      Paul Greengrass is an English film director, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of real-life events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras.-Life and career:...

  • The Richard Dimbleby
    Richard Dimbleby
    Richard Dimbleby CBE was an English journalist and broadcaster widely acknowledged as one of the greatest figures in British broadcasting history.-Early life:...

     Award
    • Jon Snow
      Jon Snow
      Jon Snow is an English journalist and presenter, currently employed by ITN. He is best known for presenting Channel 4 News.He was Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University from 2001 to 2008.-Early life:...

  • Special Awards
    • Michael Palin
      Michael Palin
      Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries....

    • ITV
      ITV
      ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

      on its 50th anniversary
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