Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards 1961

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Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards
Date 1961
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Best Actor Lee Montague
Best Actress Billie Whitelaw


The 1961 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards, the United Kingdom's premier television awards ceremony. The awards later became known as the British Academy Television Awards, under which name they are still given.

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