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
- Best Actor
- *Winner: Tom Courtenay — A Rather English Marriage
- *Other nominees: Robert Carlyle — Looking After Jo Jo ; Albert Finney — A Rather English Marriage ; Timothy Spall — Our Mutual Friend
- Best Actress
- *Winner: Thora Hird — Waiting for the Telegram
- *Other nominees: Francesca Annis — Reckless ; Natasha Little — Vanity Fair ; Joanna Lumley — A Rather English Marriage
- Best Comedy
- *Winner: Father Ted
- *Other nominees: Dinnerladies ; The Royle Family ; The Vicar of Dibley
- Best Comedy Performance
- *Winner: Dermot Morgan — Father Ted
- *Other nominees: Caroline Aherne — The Royle Family ; Ardal O'Hanlon — Father Ted ; Julie Walters — Dinnerladies
- Best Drama Serial
- *Winner: Our Mutual Friend
- *Other nominees: Amongst Women ; A Respectable Trade ; Vanity Fair
- Best Drama Series
- *Winner: The Cops
- *Other nominees: Jonathan Creek ; Playing the Field ; Undercover Heart
- Best Single Drama
- *Winner: A Rather English Marriage
- *Other nominees: A Life For A Life – The True Story Of Stefan Kiszko ; Playing Sandwiches ; Waiting for the Telegram
- Best Soap Opera
- *Winner: EastEnders
- *Other nominees: Brookside ; Coronation Street ; Hollyoaks
- Best News and Current Affairs Journalism
- *Winner: Dispatches - Inside The Animal Liberation Front
- *Other nominees: Newsnight - Northern Ireland peace process ; ' ; Omagh bombing
- Best Light Entertainment Performance
- *Winner: Michael Parkinson — Parkinson
- *Other nominees: John Bird and John Fortune — Rory Bremner - Who Else? ; Kathy Burke — Harry Enfield's Yule Log Chums ; Billy Connolly — 30 Years of Billy Connolly
- Best Factual Series
- *Winner: The Human Body
- *Other nominees: The Clintons - A Marriage of Power ; Cold War ; The Life of Birds
- Best Feature
- *Winner: Back to the Floor
- *Other nominees: Changing Rooms ; House Doctor ; Time Team
- Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
- *Winner: After Lockerbie
- *Other nominees: 42 Up ; Mir Mortals; Tongue Tied
- Huw Wheldon Award for the Best Arts Programme or Series
- *Winner: Arena — The Brian Epstein Story
- *Other nominees: Arena — The Noël Coward Trilogy ; The Secret Art of Government; '
- Best Light Entertainment Programme or Series
- *Winner: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- *Other nominees: Big Train ; Goodness Gracious Me ; Rory Bremner - Who Else?
- Best Live Outside Broadcast Coverage
- *Winner: Derby Day
- *Other nominees: The Eurovision Song Contest ; Football World Cup Final Programme ; World Cup ’98 – England v Argentina
- Originality
- *Winner: The Human Body
- *Other nominees: Channel 5 News ; The King of Chaos; Lemurs
- Best International Programme or Series
- *Winner: The Larry Sanders Show
- *Other nominees: Ally McBeal; The Simpsons; The X-Files
- The Lew Grade Award
- *Goodnight Mr Tom
- The Dennis Potter Award
- *David Renwick
- The Alan Clarke Award
- *Jimmy Mulville
- *Denise O'Donoghue
- The Richard Dimbleby Award
- *Trevor McDonald
- Special Award
- *Richard Curtis
In Memoriam
- Ernie Wise
- Robin Bailey
- Patricia Hayes
- Bryan Mosley
- Ken Platt
- Betty Marsden
- Andrew Gardner
- Richard Dunn
- Johnny Morris
- John Hanson
- Rod Hull
- Sid Green
- Trevor Philpott
- Mary Millar
- Frank Gillard
- Robin Ray
- Johnny Speight
- Robin Nedwell
- Derek Nimmo
- Bob Peck
- Michael Samuelson
- Lew Grade
- Jill Dando
