British Academy Television Awards 1998

The 1998 British Academy Television Awards were held on May 18 at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. The ceremony was broadcasted on ITV, hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and it was the first occasion since 1968 that the Television Awards had been held separately from the British Academy Film Awards, instead of as a joint ceremony.

Winners

*Best Actor
**Winner: Simon Russell Beale — "A Dance to the Music of Time" (Channel 4)
**Other nominees: Robert Carlyle — "Hamish Macbeth" (BBC1); Derek Jacobi — "Breaking the Code" (BBC2); Tom Wilkinson — "Cold Enough For Snow" (BBC1)
*Best Actress
**Winner: Daniela Nardini — "This Life" (BBC2)
**Other nominees: Francesca Annis — "Reckless" (ITV); Kathy Burke — "Tom Jones" (BBC1); Miranda Richardson — "A Dance to the Music of Time" (Channel 4)
*Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
**Winner: "I'm Alan Partridge" (TalkBack Productions / BBC2)
**Other nominees: "Men Behaving Badly" (Hartswood Films / BBC1); "One Foot in the Grave" (BBC / BBC1); "The Vicar of Dibley" (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC1)
*Best Comedy Performance
**Winner: Steve Coogan — "I'm Alan Partridge" (BBC2)
**Other nominees: Judi Dench — "As Time Goes By" (BBC1); Dawn French — "The Vicar of Dibley" (BBC1); Richard Wilson — "One Foot in the Grave" (BBC1)
*Best Drama Serial
**Winner: "Holding On" (BBC / BBC2)
**Other nominees: "The Lakes" (BBC / BBC1); "This Life" (World Productions / BBC2); "The Woman in White" (BBC / Carlton Television / WGBH / BBC1)
*Best Drama Series
**Winner: "Jonathan Creek" (BBC / BBC1)
**Other nominees: "Common as Muck" (BBC / BBC1); "Touching Evil" (Granada Television / ITV); "Wing and a Prayer" (Thames Television / Channel 5)
*Best Single Drama
**Winner: "No Child of Mine" (Meridian Broadcasting / ITV)
**Other nominees: "Breaking the Code" (BBC / The Drama House / WGBH / BBC2); "Bumping the Odds" (Halcyon Productions / Wall to Wall Television Ltd / BBC?); "Granton Star Cause" (Picture Palace North Limited / Umbrella Productions Limited / Channel 4)
*Best News and Current Affairs Journalism
**Winner: "Panorama - Valentina's Story" (BBC / BBC1)
**Other nominees: "BBC Election Night Programme" (BBC / BBC1); "Channel 4 coverage of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales" (ITN / Channel 4); "ITV coverage of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales" (ITN / ITV)
*Best Light Entertainment Performance
**Winner: Paul Whitehouse — "The Fast Show" (BBC2)
**Other nominees: Kathy Burke — "Harry Enfield and Chums" (BBC1); Harry Enfield — "Harry Enfield and Chums" (BBC1); Paul Merton — "Have I Got News For You"
*Best Factual Series
**Winner: "The Nazis - A Warning From History" (BBC / Gosteleradio / BBC2)
**Other nominees: "Breaking Point" (??? / ???); "Hotel" (??? / BBC1); "Royals and Reptiles" (??? / ???)
*Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
**Winner: "True Stories — The Grave" (??? / ???)
**Other nominees: "Inside Story — Nazi Gold" (??? / ???); "Network First — Out of the Shadows & We are the Treasury" (??? / ???); "Wildlife Special — Polar Bear" (??? / BBC?)
*Huw Wheldon Award for Arts Programme or Series
**Winner: "The South Bank Show — Gilbert and George" (London Weekend Television / ITV)
**Other nominees: "Dancing for Dollars" (??? / ???); "Omnibus — Jack Rosenthal: Jack the Lad" (BBC / BBC1); "Bookmark — Stevie Smith: Not Waving But Drowning" (??? / ???)
*Light Entertainment Programme or Series
**Winner: "The Fast Show" (BBC / BBC2)
**Other nominees: "Harry Enfield and Chums" (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC1); "Harry Hill" (Avalon Television / Channel 4); "Have I Got News For You" (Hat Trick Productions / BBC2)
*Best Live Outside Broadcast Coverage
**Winner: "Rugby Union" (Sky Sports)
**Other nominees: "The Final Moment" (BBC / BBC?); "Grand National" (BBC / BBC1); "ITV Formula One Coverage" (Mach1 / ITV)
*Foreign Programme Award
**"Friends"
*The Lew Grade Award
**"A Touch of Frost"
*The Dennis Potter Award
**Kay Mellor
*The Alan Clarke Award
**Ted Childs
*The Richard Dimbleby Award
**David Dimbleby
*Special Award
**Roger Cook

References

* [http://www.bafta.org/site/page230.html Archive of winners on official BAFTA website] (retrieved March 25 2006).
* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/BAFTA_Awards/1998#BAFTA_TV_Award British Academy Television Awards 1998] at the Internet Movie Database