British Academy Television Awards 1999

The 1999 British Academy Television Awards were held on 9 May at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London.

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
  • 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