1959 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards

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Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards
Date1959
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Best Actor Donald Pleasence
Best Actress Gwen Watford
  •   1958
  • Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards
  • 1960  

The 1959 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards were the first giving under that name of the United Kingdom's premier television awards, having previously been known as the Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards before that organisation's merger with the British Film Academy. The awards later became known as the British Academy Television Awards, under which name they are still given.

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