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1997 British Academy Television Awards

UK television awards ceremony

Field	Value
award	British Academy Television Awards
year	1997
date	29 April 1997
site	Royal Albert Hall
host	Lenny Henry
best_comedy_series	Only Fools and Horses
best_drama_series	EastEnders
best_actor	Nigel Hawthorne
best_actor_show	The Fragile Heart
best_actress	Gina McKee
best_actress_show	Our Friends in the North
best_comedy_perform1	David Jason
best_comedy_perform1_show	Only Fools and Horses
last_link	British Academy Television Awards 1996
last	1996
next_link	British Academy Television Awards 1998
next	1998

The 1997 British Academy Television Awards were held on 29 April at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as a joint ceremony with the British Academy Film Awards and was hosted by Lenny Henry. To date, it is the last occasion upon which the two sets of awards have been given jointly at the same event; from 1998, the Film and Television Awards were given at separate ceremonies for the first time since 1968.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below.

Best Drama Series	Best Drama Serial	Best Actor	Best Actress	Best Comedy (Programme or Series)	Best Comedy Performance	Best Single Drama	Best Factual Series	Best Light Entertainment Programme or Series	Best Light Entertainment Performance	Best News Coverage	Best Talk Show	Flaherty Award for Best Single Documentary	Huw Wheldon Award for Arts Programme or Series	Best Sports / Events Coverage in Real Time	Best Foreign Programme Award	The Lew Grade Award	The Dennis Potter Award	The Alan Clarke Award	The Richard Dimbleby Award

Craft Awards

Best Costume Design	Best Original Television Music	Best Design	Best Make-Up	Best Photography - Factual	Best Photography and Lighting - Fiction	Best Editing - Factual	Best Editing - Fiction/Entertainment	Best Sound - Factual	Best Sound - Fiction/Entertainment	Best Graphic Design

Special Awards

Charles F. Wheeler

References

(April 27, 2016). "Lenny Henry To Receive BAFTA Special Award".
"Television Craft - 1997". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
"Television - 1997". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

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