The 1999 British Academy Television Awards were held on 9 May at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London. It was hosted solely by Michael Parkinson, who was due to share hosting duties with Jill Dando until her murder two weeks earlier.[1]
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below.[2][3]
Best Drama Series
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Best Drama Serial
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Best Actor
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Best Actress
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Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
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Best Comedy Performance
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Best Single Drama
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Best Factual Series
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- The Human Body (BBC / BBC One)
- The Clintons - A Marriage of Power (Channel 4)
- Cold War (Jeremy Isaacs Television Limited / Channel 4)
- The Life of Birds (BBC / BBC One)
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Best Feature
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Best Soap Opera
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Best Light Entertainment Performance
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Best Light Entertainment Programme or Series
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Best News and Current Affairs Journalism
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Best Live Outside Broadcast Coverage
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- Dispatches: - Inside The Animal Liberation Front (Channel 4)
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Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
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Huw Wheldon Award for Arts Programme or Series
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- After Lockerbie (BBC Two)
- 42 Up (Granada Television / BBC One)
- Mir Mortals
- Tongue Tied
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Originality
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Best International Programme or Series
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The Lew Grade Award
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The Dennis Potter Award
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The Alan Clarke Award
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The Richard Dimbleby Award
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Craft Awards
Best Costume Design
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Best Original Television Music
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Best Design
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Best Make-Up
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Best Photography - Factual
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Best Photography and Lighting - Fiction
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- 42 Up – George Jesse Turner
- Arena — The Brian Epstein Story – Luke Cardiff
- Born to Be Wild: Operation Lemur with John Cleese – Mike Eley, Warwick Sloss, Gavin Thurston
- The Human Body – Chris Hartley, David Barlow, Tim Shepherd, Rob Franklin
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Best Editing - Factual
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Best Editing - Fiction/Entertainment
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- Lockerbie: A Night Remembered – Brian Tagg
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Best Sound - Factual
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Best Sound - Fiction/Entertainment
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Best Graphic Design
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Special Awards
In Memoriam
References
External links
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