British Academy Television Awards 1999

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: '''' (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 ''

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 ''; '' Lemur s''

Best International Programme or Series

---Winner: '' The Larry Sanders Show ''

---Other nominees: '' Ally McBeal ''; '' The Simpsons ''; '' The X-Files ''

The Lew Grade Award

---'' Goodnight Mr Tom ''

The Dennis Potter Award

--- David Renwick

The Alan Clarke Award

--- Jimmy Mulville

--- Denise O'Donoghue

The Richard Dimbleby Award

--- Trevor McDonald

Special Award

--- Richard Curtis

REFERENCES

Archive of winners on official BAFTA website (retrieved February 22 2006 ).

British Academy Television Awards 1999 at the Internet Movie Database

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