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1999 British Academy Television Awards

UK television awards ceremony

Field	Value
award	British Academy Television Awards
year	1999
date	9 May 1999
site	Grosvenor House Hotel
host	Michael Parkinson
best_comedy_series	Father Ted
best_drama_series	The Cops
best_actor	Tom Courtenay
best_actor_show	A Rather English Marriage
best_actress	Thora Hird
best_actress_show	Waiting for the Telegram
best_comedy_perform1	Dermot Morgan
best_comedy_perform1_show	Father Ted
channel	BBC One
ratings	8.84 million
last_link	1998 British Academy Television Awards
last	1998
next_link	2000 British Academy Television Awards
next	2000

The 1999 British Academy Television Awards were held on 9 May at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London. It was hosted solely by Michael Parkinson, who was due to share hosting duties with Jill Dando until her murder two weeks earlier.

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 Feature	Best Soap Opera	Best Light Entertainment Performance	Best Light Entertainment Programme or Series	Best News and Current Affairs Journalism	Best Live Outside Broadcast Coverage	Flaherty Award for Single Documentary	Huw Wheldon Award for Arts Programme or Series	Originality	Best International Programme or Series	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

Richard Curtis

In Memoriam

Ernie Wise
Robin Bailey
Patricia Hayes
Bryan Mosley
Ken Platt
Betty Marsden
Andrew Gardner
Richard Dunn
Johnny Morris
John Hanson
Rod Hull
Sid Green
Trevor Philpott
Mary Millar
Frank Gillard
Robin Ray
Johnny Speight
Robin Nedwell
Derek Nimmo
Bob Peck
Michael Samuelson
Lew Grade
Jill Dando

References

(10 May 1999). "TV stars honour Jill Dando". BBC.
"Television Craft - 1999". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
"Television - 1999". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

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