1998 British Academy Television Awards

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1998 British Academy Television Awards
Date18 May 1998
Site Prince of Wales Theatre
Hosted by Bob Monkhouse
Highlights
Best Comedy SeriesI'm Alan Partridge
Best Drama Jonathan Creek
Best Actor Simon Russell Beale
A Dance to the Music of Time
Best Actress Daniela Nardini
This Life
Best Comedy Performance
Television coverage
Channel ITV

The 1998 British Academy Television Awards were held on 18 May at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. The ceremony was broadcast 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.

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below. [1] [2]

Best Actor award winner Simon Russell Beale. Simon Russell Beale.jpg
Best Actor award winner Simon Russell Beale.
Best Comedy Performance winner Steve Coogan. Steve Coogan 2017.jpg
Best Comedy Performance winner Steve Coogan.
Best Drama SeriesBest Drama Serial
Best ActorBest Actress
Best Comedy (Programme or Series)Best Comedy Performance
Best Single DramaBest Factual Series
  • No Child of Mine (Meridian Broadcasting / ITV)
    • Breaking the Code (BBC / The Drama House / WGBH / BBC Two)
    • Bumping the Odds (Halcyon Productions / Wall to Wall Television Ltd)
    • Granton Star Cause (Picture Palace North Limited / Umbrella Productions Limited / Channel 4)
Best Light Entertainment PerformanceBest Light Entertainment Programme or Series
Best News and Current Affairs JournalismBest Live Outside Broadcast Coverage
Flaherty Award for Single DocumentaryHuw Wheldon Award for Arts Programme or Series
  • True Stories – The Grave
The Lew Grade AwardThe Dennis Potter Award
The Alan Clarke AwardThe Richard Dimbleby Award
Foreign Programme Award

Craft Awards

Best Costume DesignBest Original Television Music
Best DesignBest Make-Up
Best Photography - FactualBest Photography and Lighting - Fiction
  • Wildlife (for "Polar Bear (Special)")Doug Allan, Martin Saunders
Best Editing - FactualBest Editing - Fiction/Entertainment
Best Sound - FactualBest Sound - Fiction/Entertainment
  • The Lakes Richard Manton, Paul Hamblin, Graham Headicar, Andy Kennedy
    • Tom Jones – Dennis Cartwright, Paul Hamblin, Catherine Hodgson, Graham Headicar
    • Touching Evil – Paul Davies, Tim Alban, Glenn Calder, Richard Flynn
    • Jonathan Creek – Terry Elms, Craig Irving, Laurie Taylor, Lee Chrichlow, Ben Norrington
Best Graphic Design

Special Award

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References

  1. "Television Craft - 1998". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  2. "Television - 1998". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 21 February 2021.