British Academy Television Awards 1998

1998 British Academy Television Awards
Date	18 May 1998
Site	Prince of Wales Theatre
Hosted by	Bob Monkhouse
Highlights
Best Comedy	I'm Alan Partridge
Best Drama	Jonathan Creek
Best Actor	Simon Russell Beale A Dance to the Music of Time
Best Actress	Daniela Nardini This Life
Best Comedy Performance	Steve Coogan I'm Alan Partridge
Television coverage
Channel	ITV

The 1998 British Academy Television Awards were held on 18 May at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. The ceremony was broadcast on ITV, hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and it was the first occasion since 1968 that the Television Awards had been held separately from the British Academy Film Awards, instead of as a joint ceremony.

Winners

• Best Actor
  • Winner: Simon Russell Beale — A Dance to the Music of Time (Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Robert Carlyle — Hamish Macbeth (BBC One); Derek Jacobi — Breaking the Code (BBC Two); Tom Wilkinson — Cold Enough For Snow (BBC One)
• Best Actress
  • Winner: Daniela Nardini — This Life (BBC Two)
  • Other nominees: Francesca Annis — Reckless (ITV); Kathy Burke — Tom Jones (BBC One); Miranda Richardson — A Dance to the Music of Time (Channel 4)
• Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
  • Winner: I'm Alan Partridge (TalkBack Productions / BBC Two)
  • Other nominees: Men Behaving Badly (Hartswood Films / BBC One); One Foot in the Grave (BBC / BBC One); The Vicar of Dibley (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC One)
• Best Comedy Performance
  • Winner: Steve Coogan — I'm Alan Partridge (BBC Two)
  • Other nominees: Judi Dench — As Time Goes By (BBC One); Dawn French — The Vicar of Dibley (BBC One); Richard Wilson — One Foot in the Grave (BBC One)
• Best Drama Serial
  • Winner: Holding On (BBC / BBC Two)
  • Other nominees: The Lakes (BBC / BBC One); This Life (World Productions / BBC Two); The Woman in White (BBC / Carlton Television / WGBH / BBC One)
• Best Drama Series
  • Winner: Jonathan Creek (BBC / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Common As Muck (BBC / BBC One); Touching Evil (Granada Television / ITV); A Wing and a Prayer (Thames Television / Channel 5)
• Best Single Drama
  • Winner: No Child of Mine (Meridian Broadcasting / ITV)
  • Other nominees: Breaking the Code (BBC / The Drama House / WGBH / BBC Two); Bumping the Odds (Halcyon Productions / Wall to Wall Television Ltd / BBC?); Granton Star Cause (Picture Palace North Limited / Umbrella Productions Limited / Channel 4)
• Best News and Current Affairs Journalism
  • Winner: Panorama - Valentina's Story (BBC / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: BBC Election Night Programme (BBC / BBC One); Channel 4 coverage of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales (ITN / Channel 4); ITV coverage of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales (ITN / ITV)
• Best Light Entertainment Performance
  • Winner: Paul Whitehouse — The Fast Show (BBC Two)
  • Other nominees: Kathy Burke — Harry Enfield and Chums (BBC One); Harry Enfield — Harry Enfield and Chums (BBC One); Paul Merton — Have I Got News For You
• Best Factual Series
  • Winner: The Nazis: A Warning from History (BBC / Gosteleradio / BBC Two)
  • Other nominees: Breaking Point (??? / ???); Hotel (??? / BBC One); Royals and Reptiles (??? / ???)
• Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
  • Winner: True Stories — The Grave (??? / ???)
  • Other nominees: Inside Story – Nazi Gold (??? / ???); Network First — Out of the Shadows & We are the Treasury (??? / ???); Wildlife Special — Polar Bear (??? / BBC?)
• Huw Wheldon Award for Arts Programme or Series
  • Winner: The South Bank Show — Gilbert and George (London Weekend Television / ITV)
  • Other nominees: Dancing for Dollars (??? / ???); Omnibus — Jack Rosenthal: Jack the Lad (BBC / BBC One); Bookmark — Stevie Smith: Not Waving But Drowning (??? / ???)
• Light Entertainment Programme or Series
  • Winner: The Fast Show (BBC / BBC Two)
  • Other nominees: Harry Enfield and Chums (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC One); Harry Hill (Avalon Television / Channel 4); Have I Got News For You (Hat Trick Productions / BBC Two)
• Best Live Outside Broadcast Coverage
  • Winner: Rugby Union (Sky Sports)
  • Other nominees: The Final Moment (BBC / BBC?); Grand National (BBC / BBC One); ITV Formula One Coverage (Mach1 / ITV)
• Foreign Programme Award
  • Friends
• The Lew Grade Award
  • A Touch of Frost
• The Dennis Potter Award
  • Kay Mellor
• The Alan Clarke Award
  • Ted Childs
• The Richard Dimbleby Award
  • David Dimbleby
• Special Award
  • Roger Cook

References

• Archive of winners on official BAFTA website (retrieved March 25, 2006).
• British Academy Television Awards 1998 at the Internet Movie Database