1996 British Academy Television Awards
| 1996 British Academy Television Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 April 1996 |
| Site | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane followed by dinner in The Great Room, Grosvenor House Hotel |
| Highlights | |
| Best Comedy Series | Father Ted |
| Best Drama | Cracker |
| Best Actor | Robbie Coltrane Cracker |
| Best Actress | Jennifer Ehle Pride and Prejudice |
| Best Comedy | |
The 1996 British Academy Television Awards were held on 21 April 1996 at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, as a joint ceremony with the British Academy Film Awards.
Winners
- Best Actor
- Winner: Robbie Coltrane — Cracker (ITV)
- Other nominees: Robert Lindsay — Jake's Progress (Channel 4); Ian Richardson — The Final Cut (BBC); Colin Firth — Pride and Prejudice (BBC1); Benjamin Whitrow — Pride and Prejudice (BBC1)
- Best Actress
- Winner: Jennifer Ehle — Pride and Prejudice (BBC1)
- Other nominees: Juliet Stevenson — The Politician's Wife (Channel 4); Helen Mirren — Prime Suspect 4: The Lost Child (ITV); Geraldine James — Band of Gold (ITV)
- Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
- Winner: Father Ted (Hat Trick Productions / Channel 4)
- Other nominees: Absolutely Fabulous (BBC / BBC1); Men Behaving Badly (Hartswood Films / BBC1); One Foot in the Grave (BBC / BBC1)
- Best Comedy Performance
- Winner: Martin Clunes — Men Behaving Badly (BBC1)
- Other nominees: Joanna Lumley — Absolutely Fabulous (BBC1)
- Best Drama Serial
- Winner: The Politician's Wife (Channel 4)
- Other nominees: Pride and Prejudice (BBC1); Band of Gold (ITV); The Hanging Gale (BBC)
- Best Drama Series
- Winner: Cracker (ITV)
- Other nominees: All Quiet on the Preston Front (BBC); A Touch of Frost (ITV Productions / ITV); Prime Suspect 4: The Lost Child (ITV)
- Best Single Drama
- Winner: Persuasion (BBC / WGBH / BBC Films)
- Other nominees: Eleven Men Against Eleven (Hat Trick Productions / Channel 4); Go Now (BBC); The Last Englishman (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC)
- Best News Coverage
- Winner: Channel 4 News — Bosnian Genocide (ITN / Channel 4)
- Other nominees: Newsnight — Peter Horrocks (BBC / BBC2)
- Best Light Entertainment Performance
- Winner: Rory Bremner — Rory Bremner - Who Else? (Channel 4)
- Other nominees: Paul Merton — Have I Got News for You (BBC2)
- Best Factual Series
- Winner: Wise Up (Carlton Productions / Channel 4)
- Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
- Winner: The Betrayed — Russian Invasion of Chechnya (October Films / Channel 4)
- Other nominees: Anne Frank Remembered (Anne Frank House / Walt Disney Pictures / BBC); The Dying Rooms (Lauderdale Productions / Channel 4)
- Huw Wheldon Award for Arts Programme or Series
- Winner: Children of the Revolution (David Hinton / John Wyver)
- Other nominees: Arena (BBC / BBC2)
- Light Entertainment Programme or Series
- Winner: The Mrs Merton Show (Granada Television / BBC1)
- Other nominees: Have I Got News for You (Hat Trick Productions / BBC2); Rory Bremner - Who Else? (Kudos Film & Television / Channel 4); Shooting Stars (BBC2)
- Best Talk Show
- Winner: Panorama (BBC / BBC1)
- Other nominees: Clive Anderson Talks Back (Hat Trick Productions / Channel 4); Esther (BBC / BBC2); This Morning (Granada Television / ITV)
- Best Sports / Events Coverage in Real Time
- Winner: VE Day Coverage (??? / ???)
- Foreign Programme Award
- The Lew Grade Award
- The Dennis Potter Award
- The Alan Clarke Award
- The Richard Dimbleby Award
- Special Awards
- Camera Team, Survival
References
- Archive of winners on official BAFTA website (retrieved December 9, 2010).
- British Academy Television Awards 1996 at the Internet Movie Database