Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards 1955

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Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards
Date 1955
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Best Actor Paul Rogers
Best Actress Googie Withers

The 1955 Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards were presented at the "Television Ball", held at the Savoy Hotel in London. They were the first major television awards of their kind in the United Kingdom. Following the Guild's merger with the British Film Academy they later became known as the British Academy Television Awards, under which title they are still given.

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Paul Rogers (actor) British actor

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Googie Withers British actress and entertainer

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  2. ↑ "BAFTA Awards, Television Actress in 1955". awards.bafta.org. BAFTA. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "BAFTA Awards, Television Designer in 1955". awards.bafta.org. BAFTA. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "BAFTA Awards, Television Personality in 1955". awards.bafta.org. BAFTA. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "BAFTA Awards, Television Production in 1955". awards.bafta.org. BAFTA. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "BAFTA Awards, Television Writer in 1955". awards.bafta.org. BAFTA. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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