1958 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards

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  •   1957
  • Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards
  • 1959  

The 1958 Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards were the fourth annual giving of the awards which later became known as the British Academy Television Awards. This year saw the expansion of the Awards from their initial four categories to seven. It was the final occasion upon which the Awards were given by the Guild, as the following year the organisation merged with the British Film Academy to form the Society of Film and Television Arts.

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