1997 British Academy Television Awards

1997 British Academy Television Awards
Date29 April 1997
SiteRoyal Albert Hall
Hosted byLenny Henry[1]
Highlights
Best Comedy SeriesOnly Fools and Horses
Best DramaEastEnders
Best ActorNigel Hawthorne
The Fragile Heart
Best ActressGina McKee
Our Friends in the North
Best Comedy Performance

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.[2][3]

Best Comedy Performance winner David Jason.
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
  • The SystemEdward Roberts And Editing Team
Best Sound - Factual Best Sound - Fiction/Entertainment
  • Blues and TwosBob Jackson, Chris Pancott, Steve Blincoe
    • True Stories: Crime of The Wolf – Leonid Gavrichenko, Alexander Grusdev
    • Great Railway Journeys – Team
    • Soho Stories – Chris Terrill, Keith Wilkinson, George Foulgham
Best Graphic Design
  • Channel 4 Stings For Children’s Channel 4Luis Cook, Helen Nabarro
    • Secret History Titles – John Kennedy
    • People's Century – Iain Macdonald, Alan Jeapes
    • Trail for National Poetry Day – Charlie Mawer, Ahmet Ahmet

Special Awards

References

  1. ^ "Lenny Henry To Receive BAFTA Special Award". www.bafta.org. 27 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Television Craft - 1997". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Television - 1997". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 22 February 2021.