1997 British Academy Television Awards
| 1997 British Academy Television Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 29 April 1997 |
| Site | Royal Albert Hall |
| Hosted by | Lenny Henry |
| Highlights | |
| Best Comedy Series | Only Fools and Horses |
| Best Drama | EastEnders |
| Best Actor | Nigel Hawthorne The Fragile Heart |
| Best Actress | Gina McKee Our Friends in the North |
| Best Comedy | |
The 1997 British Academy Television Awards were held on 29 April at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as a joint ceremony with the British Academy Film Awards. To date, it is the last occasion upon which the two sets awards have been given jointly at the same event; from 1998, the Film and Television Awards were given at separate ceremonies, for the first time since 1968.
Winners
- Best Actor
- Winner: Nigel Hawthorne — The Fragile Heart (Channel 4)
- Other nominees: Christopher Eccleston — Our Friends in the North (BBC2); Albert Finney — Karaoke / Cold Lazarus (BBC1 / Channel 4); Peter Vaughan — Our Friends in the North (BBC2)
- Best Actress
- Winner: Gina McKee — Our Friends in the North (BBC2)
- Other nominees: Alex Kingston — The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (ITV); Helen Mirren — Prime Suspect 5 (ITV); Pauline Quirke — The Sculptress (BBC1)
- Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
- Winner: Only Fools and Horses (BBC / BBC1)
- Other nominees: Absolutely Fabulous (BBC / BBC1); Father Ted (Hat Trick Productions / Channel 4); Game On (Hat Trick Productions / BBC2)
- Best Comedy Performance
- Winner: David Jason — Only Fools and Horses (BBC1)
- Other nominees: Martin Clunes — Men Behaving Badly (BBC1); Joanna Lumley — Absolutely Fabulous (BBC1); Nicholas Lyndhurst — Only Fools and Horses (BBC1)
- Best Drama Serial
- Winner: Our Friends in the North (BBC / BBC2)
- Other nominees: The Crow Road (BBC Scotland / Union Pictures Productions / BBC2); The Fragile Heart (Carnival Films / Channel 4); Gulliver's Travels (Jim Henson Productions / RHI Entertainment Inc / Channel 4)
- Best Drama Series
- Winner: EastEnders (BBC / BBC1)
- Other nominees: Ballykissangel (Ballykea / BBC Northern Ireland / World Productions / BBC1); Hamish Macbeth (BBC Scotland / Skyline Films / Zenith Entertainment Ltd / BBC1); This Life (World Productions / BBC2)
- Best Single Drama
- Winner: Hillsborough (Granada Television / ITV)
- Other nominees: Crossing the Floor (BBC / BBC2); The Precious Blood (BBC Northern Ireland / BBC2); Some Kind of Life (Granada Television / ITV)
- Best News Coverage
- Winner: Newsnight — BSE Coverage (BBC / BBC2)
- Other nominees: Newsnight — Dunblane Massacre (BBC / BBC2); News at Ten — Dunblane Massacre (ITN / ITV); Channel 4 News — Refugee Crisis in Zaire and Rwanda (ITN / Channel 4)
- Best Light Entertainment Performance
- Winner: John Bird & John Fortune — Rory Bremner - Who Else? / The Long Johns (Channel 4)
- Other nominees: Caroline Aherne — The Mrs Merton Christmas Show (BBC1); Rory Bremner — Rory Bremner - Who Else? (Channel 4); Paul Merton — Have I Got News for You (BBC2)
- Best Factual Series
- Winner: The House (BBC2)
- Other nominees: Cutting Edge (Channel 4); People's Century (BBC / WGBH / BBC2); The System (BBC / BBC2)
- Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
- Winner: Horizon — Fermat's Last Theorem (BBC / BBC2)
- Other nominees: Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras (Rocket Pictures / Carlton Television / ITV); Cutting Edge — The Home (Channel 4); Timewatch — Remember Aberfan (BBC / BBC2)
- Huw Wheldon Award for Arts Programme or Series
- Winner: Leaving Home (Channel 4)
- Other nominees: A History of British Art (BBC / BBC2); American Visions (BBC / Planet 24 Productions / Time / WNET / BBC2); Dancing in the Street: A Rock and Roll History (BBC Bristol / BBC2)
- Light Entertainment Programme or Series
- Winner: Shooting Stars (BBC / BBC2)
- Other nominees: The Fast Show (BBC / BBC2); Rory Bremner - Who Else? (Kudos Film & Television / Channel 4); Ruby Wax Meets (BBC / BBC1)
- Best Talk Show
- Winner: The Mrs Merton Christmas Show (Granada Television / BBC1)
- Other nominees: Esther (BBC / BBC2); Late Review (BBC / BBC2); Weekly Planet (Wall to Wall Television / Channel 4)
- Best Sports / Events Coverage in Real Time
- Winner: Euro 96 Coverage (BBC / BBC1)
- Other nominees: Formula One Grand Prix Racing (BBC / BBC2); Monday Night Football (Sky Sports); Remembrance Sunday — The Cenotaph (BBC / BBC1)
- Foreign Programme Award
- The Lew Grade Award
- The Dennis Potter Award
- The Alan Clarke Award
- The Richard Dimbleby Award
- Special Awards
References
- Archive of winners on official BAFTA website (retrieved March 26, 2006).
- British Academy Television Awards 1997 at the Internet Movie Database