1996 British Academy Television Awards

The 1996 British Academy Television Awards were held on 21 April 1996 at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane followed by dinner in The Great Room, Grosvenor House Hotel, as a joint ceremony with the British Academy Film Awards.

1996 British Academy Television Awards
Date21 April 1996
SiteTheatre Royal, Drury Lane
Highlights
Best Comedy SeriesFather Ted
Best DramaCracker
Best ActorRobbie Coltrane
Cracker
Best ActressJennifer Ehle
Pride and Prejudice
Best Comedy Performance

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below.[1][2]

Best Actor award winner Robbie Coltrane. This was his third consecutive victory in this category after winning in 1994 and 1995.
Best Actress winner Jennifer Ehle.
Best Comedy Performance winner Martin Clunes.
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 Performance Best Light Entertainment Programme or Series
Best News Coverage Best Talk Show
  • Channel 4 News Coverage Of War Crimes In Former Yugoslavia – Production Team
    • BBC1 News Coverage On Bosnia – Martin Bell
    • BBC2 Newsnight – Peter Horrocks
    • ITN Coverage Of The War In Chechnya – Production Team
Flaherty Award for Single Documentary Huw Wheldon Award for Arts Programme or Series
  • Children of the Revolution – John Wyver, David Hinton
    • Arena – Peter Lydon
    • The Homecoming – Archie Baron
    • A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies – Florence Dauman
Best Sports / Events Coverage in Real Time Foreign Programme Award
  • Peter Hylton Cleaver, Neil Eccles and Philip S. Gilbert and Team – VE Day Coverage (BBC)
    • Jane Garrod – Cheltenham Gold Cup
    • Andy Melvin, Tony Mills – Super Sunday - The Final Day Of The Premiership
    • Neil Eccles, Simon Betts, Philip S Gilbert – VJ-50 Live: The Final Tribute
Best Children's Programme - Factual Best Children's Programme - Fiction or Entertainment
  • Coping with Christmas – Sue Nott, Dan Zeff, Peter Corey
    • Byker Grove – Matthew Robinson, Tim Leandro, Brian B Thompson
    • Jackanory – Maggie Barbour
    • The Ward – Kieran Roberts, Beryl Richards
The Lew Grade Award The Dennis Potter Award
The Alan Clarke Award The Richard Dimbleby Award
Lloyds Bank People's Vote For The Most Popular Television Programme Originality

Craft Awards
Best Costume Design Best Original Television Music
Best Design Best Make-Up
Best Photography - Factual Best Photography and Lighting - Fiction
  • True Stories: The Betrayed – Jacek Petrycki
    • Wildlife: Great White Shark - The True Story Of Jaws (Special) – Paul Atkins, Peter, Scoones, Doug Allen
    • Secret Asia: The Dying Rooms – Peter Hugh, Brian Woods
    • The Homecoming – Jacek Petrycki
Best Editing - Factual Best Editing - Fiction/Entertainment
Best Sound - Factual Best Sound - Fiction/Entertainment
  • The Beatles Anthology – Howie Nicol, Richard King, Andy Matthews, Danny Longhurst
    • HMS Brilliant – Adrian Bell, Tony Anscombe, Trish Stephenson, Gary McIntyre
    • True Stories: The Betrayed – Patrick Bolland, Michael Narduzzo
    • The Private Life of Plants – Trevor Gosling, Lucy Rutherford, Martin Harries, Peter Hicks
  • Love Bites: Loved Up – John Taylor, Craig Irving, Tim Hudnott, Pete Collins, Chris Graver
    • Four Goes To Glyndebourne: Ermione – John Middleton, Andy Rose
    • The Choir – Derek Norman, Chris Graver, Keith Marriner
    • Prime Suspect – Nick Steer, John Rutherford, John Senior, John Whitworth
Best Graphic Design
  • BBC2 Christmas Animations – Iain Greenway, Jane Wyatt
    • BBC1 Winter Animations – Mark Chaudoir, Paula Williams
    • Have I Got News For You – Tim Searle
    • American Football: Blitz – Susan Young Limited

Special Awards

Footnotes

    References
    1. "Television Craft - 1996". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 21 February 2021.
    2. "Television - 1996". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 21 February 2021.
    3. "Television: Talk Show in 1996". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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