2005 British Academy Television Awards

Winners

• Best Actor
  • Winner: Rhys Ifans — Not Only But Always (Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Benedict Cumberbatch — Hawking (BBC Two); Michael Sheen — Dirty Filthy Love (ITV); Mark Strong — The Long Firm (BBC Two)
• Best Actress
  • Winner: Anamaria Marinca — Sex Traffic (Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Brenda Blethyn — Belonging (ITV); Anne-Marie Duff — Shameless (Channel 4); Lia Williams — May 33rd (BBC One)
• Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
  • Winner: Little Britain (BBC / BBC Three)
  • Other nominees: The Catherine Tate Show (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC Two); Harry Hill's TV Burp (Avalon Television / ITV); The Mark Steel Lectures (BBC / BBC Four)
• Best Comedy Performance
  • Winner: Matt Lucas and David Walliams — Little Britain (BBC Three)
  • Other nominees: Rory Bremner — Bremner, Bird and Fortune (Channel 4); Julia Davis — Nighty Night (BBC Three); Tamsin Greig — Green Wing (Channel 4)
• Best Drama Serial
  • Winner: Sex Traffic (Granada Productions / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Blackpool (BBC / BBC One); The Long Firm (BBC / BBC Two); Outlaws (World Productions / BBC Three)
• Best Drama Series
  • Winner: Shameless (Company Pictures / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Bodies (Hat Trick Productions / BBC Three); Conviction (Red Production Company / BBC Three); Spooks (Kudos Film & Television / BBC One)
• Best Single Drama
  • Winner: Omagh (Tiger Aspect Productions / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Dirty Filthy Love (Granada Television / ITV); Hawking (BBC / BBC Two); Not Only But Always (Company Pictures / Channel 4)
• Best Continuing Drama
  • Winner: Coronation Street (Granada Television / ITV)
  • Other nominees: The Bill (Talkback Thames / ITV); Doctors (BBC / BBC One); Holby City (BBC / BBC One)
• Best Current Affairs
  • Winner: Death in Gaza (Frostbite Films / HBO / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: The Secret Agent (BBC / BBC One); Tonight with Trevor McDonald: Our Daughter Holly (SMG / Psychology News / Granada Television / ITV); Nurseries Undercover: The Real Story (BBC / BBC One)
• Best Entertainment Performance
  • Winner: Paul O'Grady — The Paul O'Grady Show (ITV)
  • Other nominees: Ant and Dec — I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (ITV); Stephen Fry — QI (BBC Two); Paul Merton — Have I Got News For You (BBC One)
• Best Factual Series or Strand
  • Winner: The Power of Nightmares (BBC / BBC Two)
  • Other nominees: Brat Camp (Twenty Twenty Television / Channel 4); Himalaya with Michael Palin (Prominent Television / BBC One); Who Do You Think You Are? (Wall to Wall / BBC Two)
• Best Feature
  • Winner: Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (Optomen Television / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Holiday Showdown (RDF Media / ITV); Little Angels (BBC / BBC Three); Top Gear (BBC / BBC Two)
• Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
  • Winner: The Orphans of Nkandla (True Vision / BBC Four)
  • Other nominees: The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off (Yipp Films / Channel 4); The Brighton Bomb (BBC / BBC One); The F*ing Fulfords (Optomen Television / Channel 4)
• Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual
  • Winner: Dunkirk (BBC / BBC Two)
  • Other nominees: D-Day (Dangerous Films / BBC One); D-Day: The Ultimate Conflict (Windfall Films / Five); Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats (Tiger Aspect Productions / Channel 4)
• Lew Grade Entertainment Programme or Series
  • Winner: I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (Granada Television / ITV)
  • Other nominees: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (Open Mike Productions / BBC One); QI (Talkback Thames / Quite Interesting Productions / BBC Two); Strictly Come Dancing (BBC / BBC One)
• News Coverage
  • Winner: BBC Ten O'Clock News: Madrid Bombing (BBC / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: BBC News 24 - Hutton (BBC / BBC News 24); Sky News - The Tsunami Disaster (Sky News); Tsunami - Seven Days that Shook the World (ITN / ITV)
• Situation Comedy Award
  • Winner: Black Books (Assembly Film & Television / Big Talk Productions / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Green Wing (Talkback Thames / Channel 4); Nighty Night (Baby Cow Productions / BBC Three); The Vicar of Dibley Christmas Special (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC One)
• Sport
  • Winner: Olympics 2004: Matthew Pinsent's gold medal (BBC / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Euro 2004: France v England (Granada Sport / ITV); Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix (North One Television / ITV); Olympics 2004: Final night athletics (BBC / BBC One)
• The Pioneer Award
  • Winner: Green Wing (Talkback Thames / Channel 4);
  • Other nominees: Shameless (Channel 4): This World: One Day of War (BBC / BBC 2): Who Do You Think You Are? (Wall to Wall / BBC Two)
• The Dennis Potter Award
  • Alan Plater
• The Alan Clarke Award
  • Paul Greengrass
• The Richard Dimbleby Award
  • Jon Snow
• Special Awards
  • Michael Palin
  • ITV on its 50th anniversary

References

• Archive of winners on official BAFTA website (retrieved October 28, 2005).
• British Academy Television Awards 2005 at the Internet Movie Database.

References

1. "2005 Television Flaherty Documentary Award - BAFTA Awards".