1999 British Academy Television Awards


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 SeriesBest Drama Serial
The Cops
Our Mutual Friend
  • * Amongst Women
  • * A Respectable Trade
  • * Vanity Fair
    • Best ActorBest Actress
    Tom Courtenay — A Rather English Marriage
  • * Robert Carlyle — Looking After Jo Jo
  • * Albert Finney — A Rather English Marriage
  • * Timothy Spall — Our Mutual Friend
    		• Thora Hird — Waiting for the Telegram
  • * Francesca Annis — Reckless
  • * Natasha Little — Vanity Fair
  • * Joanna Lumley — A Rather English Marriage
    • Best Comedy Best Comedy Performance
    Father Ted
  • * Dinnerladies
  • * The Royle Family
  • * The Vicar of Dibley
    		• Dermot Morgan — Father Ted
  • * Caroline Aherne — The Royle Family
  • * Ardal O'Hanlon — Father Ted
  • * Julie Walters — Dinnerladies
    • Best Single DramaBest Factual Series
    A Rather English Marriage
  • * A Life For A Life – The True Story Of Stefan Kiszko
  • * Playing Sandwiches
  • * Waiting for the Telegram
    		• The Human Body
  • * The Clintons - A Marriage of Power
  • * Cold War
  • * The Life of Birds
    • Best FeatureBest Soap Opera
    Back to the Floor
  • * Changing Rooms
  • * House Doctor
  • * Time Team
    		• EastEnders
  • * Brookside
  • * Coronation Street
  • * Hollyoaks
    • Best Light Entertainment PerformanceBest Light Entertainment Programme or Series
    Michael Parkinson — Parkinson
  • * John Bird and John Fortune — Rory Bremner - Who Else?
  • * Kathy Burke — Harry Enfield's Yule Log Chums
  • * Billy Connolly — 30 Years of Billy Connolly
    		• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
  • * Big Train
  • * Goodness Gracious Me
  • * Rory Bremner - Who Else?
    • Best News and Current Affairs JournalismBest Live Outside Broadcast Coverage
    Dispatches: - Inside The Animal Liberation Front
  • * Newsnight - Northern Ireland peace process
  • * ETA: Coming In From The Cold
  • * Omagh bombing
    		• Derby Day
  • * The Eurovision Song Contest
  • * Football World Cup Final Programme
  • * World Cup '98 – England v Argentina
    • Flaherty Award for Single DocumentaryHuw Wheldon Award for Arts Programme or Series
    After Lockerbie
  • * 42 Up
  • * Mir Mortals
  • * Tongue Tied
    		• Arena — The Brian Epstein Story
  • * Arena – The Noël Coward Trilogy
  • * The Secret Art of Government
  • * Vile Bodies: Naked
    • OriginalityBest International Programme or Series
    The Human Body
  • * Channel 5 News
  • * The King of Chaos
  • * Lemurs
    		• The Larry Sanders Show
  • * Ally McBeal
  • * The Simpsons
  • * The X-Files
    • The Lew Grade AwardThe Dennis Potter Award
    Goodnight Mr TomDavid RenwickDenise O'Donoghue
    The Alan Clarke AwardThe Richard Dimbleby Award
    Jimmy MulvilleTrevor McDonald

    Special Awards

    In Memoriam