2004 British Academy Television Awards
The 2004 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 18 April at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London. The ceremony was hosted by Davina McCall and broadcast on ITV the following day.
Winners
- Best Actor
- *Winner: Bill Nighy — State of Play
- *Other nominees: Jim Broadbent — The Young Visiters ; Christopher Eccleston — The Second Coming ; David Morrissey — State of Play
- Best Actress
- *Winner: Julie Walters — The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale
- *Other nominees: Gina McKee — The Lost Prince ; Helen Mirren — Prime Suspect ; Miranda Richardson — The Lost Prince
- Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
- *Winner: Little Britain
- *Other nominees: Bo' Selecta! ; Creature Comforts: Cats or Dogs? ; Doubletake
- Best Comedy Performance
- *Winner: Ricky Gervais — The Office Christmas Special
- *Other nominees: Martin Freeman — The Office Christmas Special ; Matt Lucas — Little Britain ; David Walliams — Little Britain
- Best Drama Serial
- *Winner: Charles II: The Power and The Passion
- *Other nominees: Prime Suspect ; The Second Coming ; State of Play
- Best Drama Series
- *Winner: Buried
- *Other nominees: Clocking Off ; Foyle's War ; William and Mary
- Best Single Drama
- *Winner: The Deal
- *Other nominees: Danielle Cable: Eyewitness ; This Little Life ; The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale
- Best Continuing Drama
- *Winner: Coronation Street
- *Other nominees: The Bill ; Casualty ; Holby City
- Best Current Affairs
- *Winner: The Secret Policeman
- *Other nominees: John Pilger: Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror ; The Fall of Milosevic ; Terror in Moscow
- Best Entertainment Performance
- *Winner: Jonathan Ross — Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
- *Other nominees: Stephen Fry — QI ; Boris Johnson — Have I Got News For You ; Paul Merton — Have I Got News For You
- Best Factual Series or Strand
- *Winner: The National Trust
- *Other nominees: Leonardo ; Operatunity ; Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
- Best Feature
- *Winner: Wife Swap
- *Other nominees: Grand Designs ; That'll Teach Them ; Top Gear
- Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
- *Winner: One Life: Lager, Mum And Me
- *Other nominees: My Family and Autism ; Pompeii – The Last Day ; Real Life: Being Terri
- Lew Grade Entertainment Programme or Series
- *Winner: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
- *Other nominees: Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway ; Have I Got News For You ; Pop Idol
- News Coverage
- *Winner: Channel 4 News: The Fall of Saddam
- *Other nominees: Newsnight ; Sky News: Fall of Baghdad ; The Ten O'Clock News
- Situation Comedy Award
- *Winner: The Office Christmas Special
- *Other nominees: Hardware ; Marion and Geoff ; Peep Show
- Sport
- *Winner: Rugby World Cup Final
- *Other nominees: Cheltenham Gold Cup Day ; London Marathon ; Test Cricket
- The Dennis Potter Award
- *Paul Abbott
- The Alan Clarke Award
- *Beryl Vertue
- The Richard Dimbleby Award
- *Andrew Marr
- Special Awards
- *Adrian Wood