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The 2005 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 17 April at the
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Winners

* Best Actor **Winner:
Rhys Ifans Rhys Ifans (; born Rhys Owain Evans; 22 July 1967) is a Welsh actor and musician. He was the frontman of Welsh rock music bands the Peth and Super Furry Animals. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in ''Notting Hill'' (1999), ''Kevin & ...
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Not Only But Always ''Not Only But Always'' is a British TV movie, originally screened on the Channel 4 network in the UK on 30 December 2004. Description Written and directed by playwright Terry Johnson, the film tells the story of the working and personal relati ...
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) **Other nominees:
Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a British Academy Television Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Oli ...
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Hawking Hawking may refer to: People * Stephen Hawking (1942–2018), English theoretical physicist and cosmologist * Hawking (surname), a family name (including a list of other persons with the name) Film * ''Hawking'' (2004 film), about Stephen Ha ...
'' ( BBC Two);
Michael Sheen Michael Christopher Sheen OBE (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor, television producer and political activist. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage rol ...
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Dirty Filthy Love ''Dirty Filthy Love'' is a British single television drama starring Michael Sheen as an architect living with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette syndrome. Directed by Adrian Shergold, the film was first broadcast by ITV on 26 S ...
'' ( ITV);
Mark Strong Mark Strong (born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia; 5 August 1963), is a British actor, best known for his film roles such as Prince Septimus in ''Stardust'' (2007), Archibald in '' RocknRolla'' (2008), Lord Henry Blackwood in ''Sherlock Holmes'' (20 ...
— ''The Long Firm'' (BBC Two) *
Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...
**Winner:
Anamaria Marinca Anamaria Marinca (born 1 April 1978) is a Romanian actress. She made her screen debut with the Channel 4 film ''Sex Traffic'', for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Marinca is also known for her performance in ...
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Sex Traffic ''Sex Traffic'' is a two-part British-Canadian television thriller, written by Abi Morgan and directed by David Yates, that first broadcast on Channel 4 on 14 October 2004. The series, produced by Veronica Castillo and Derek Wax, stars John S ...
'' (Channel 4) **Other nominees: Brenda Blethyn — ''Belonging'' (ITV); Anne-Marie Duff — '' Shameless'' (Channel 4);
Lia Williams Lia Williams (born 26 November 1964) is an English actress and director, known for stage, film, and television appearances. She is noted for her role as Wallis Simpson in ''The Crown''. Theatre career Williams's breakthrough performance came ...
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May 33rd ''May 33rd'' is a 2004 British television film, produced by Endor Productions for BBC One. The film was directed by David Attwood, written by Guy Hibbert, and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. It stars Lia Williams as Ella Wilson, a woman whose ...
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BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
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The Catherine Tate Show ''The Catherine Tate Show'' is a British television sketch comedy written by Catherine Tate and Derren Litten. Tate also stars in all but one of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of characters. ''The Catherine Tate Show'' airs on ...
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Tiger Aspect Productions Tiger Aspect Productions (formerly known as Tiger Television from 1988 until 1993 and also known as Tiger Aspect Films for theatrical films) is a British television and film production company, particularly noted for its situation comedies. Fo ...
/ BBC Two); ''
Harry Hill's TV Burp ''Harry Hill's TV Burp'' (also known as just ''TV Burp'') is a British television comedy programme broadcast between 2001 and 2012 on ITV. The show was produced by Avalon Television and was written and hosted by comedian Harry Hill. Each ep ...
'' (Avalon Television / ITV); '' The Mark Steel Lectures'' (BBC / BBC Four) * Best Comedy Performance **Winner:
Matt Lucas Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He is best known for his work with David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series ''Little Britain'' (2003–2006, 2020) and '' Come Fl ...
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David Walliams David Edward Williams (born 20 August 1971), known professionally as David Walliams, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television personality. He is best known for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch comedy series ''Little Br ...
— ''Little Britain'' (BBC Three) **Other nominees:
Rory Bremner Roderick Keith Ogilvy "Rory" Bremner,"Rory Bremner". '' Who Do You Think You Are?''. Wall to Wall for BBC One. 2 February 2009. No. 1, series 6. (born 6 April 1961) is a Scottish impressionist and comedian, noted for his work in political sati ...
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Bremner, Bird and Fortune ''Bremner, Bird and Fortune'' is a satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the longstanding satirical team of John Bird and John Fortune ("the Two Johns") with the satirical impressionist Ro ...
'' (Channel 4);
Julia Davis Julia Charlotte L. Davis (born 25 August 1966) is an English actress, comedian, director and writer. She is known for writing and starring in the BBC Three comedy '' Nighty Night'' (2004–2005) and the comedies ''Hunderby'' (2012–2015) and ...
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Nighty Night ''Nighty Night'' is a BBC black comedy television sitcom starring Julia Davis. It was first broadcast on 6 January 2004 on BBC Three. Notorious for its dark humour, the show follows narcissistic sociopath Jill Tyrell (Julia Davis) alongside he ...
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Tamsin Greig Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig (; born 12 July 1966) is an English actress, narrator and comedian. She played Fran Katzenjammer in the Channel 4 sitcom '' Black Books'', Dr Caroline Todd in the Channel 4 sitcom '' Green Wing'', Beverly Lincoln in ...
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Green Wing ''Green Wing'' is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show '' Smack the Pony'' – Channel 4 commissioner Caroline Leddy and producer Victoria Pile – and stars Mark H ...
'' (Channel 4) * Best Drama Serial **Winner: ''
Sex Traffic ''Sex Traffic'' is a two-part British-Canadian television thriller, written by Abi Morgan and directed by David Yates, that first broadcast on Channel 4 on 14 October 2004. The series, produced by Veronica Castillo and Derek Wax, stars John S ...
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Granada Productions ITV Studios is a British multinational television production and distribution company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the ITV network and third-party broadca ...
/ Channel 4) **Other nominees: '' Blackpool'' (BBC / BBC One); ''
The Long Firm Jake Arnott (born 11 March 1961) is a British novelist and dramatist, author of ''The Long Firm'' (1999) and six other novels. Life Arnott was born in Buckinghamshire. Having left Aylesbury Grammar School at 17, he had various jobs includin ...
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World Productions World Productions is a British television production company, founded on 20 March 1990 by acclaimed producer Tony Garnett, and owned by ITV plc following a takeover in 2017. History The company's first major series was the police drama '' Betwe ...
/ BBC Three) * Best Drama Series **Winner: '' Shameless'' (
Company Pictures Company Pictures is an independent British television production company which has produced drama programming for many broadcasters. It was set up in 1998 by Charles Pattinson and George Faber, colleagues at BBC Films. Their first film was '' ...
/ Channel 4) **Other nominees: ''
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Hat Trick Productions Hat Trick Productions is an independent British production company that produces television and radio programmes, mainly specialising in comedy, based in London. History Hat Trick Productions was founded in 1986 by Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville ...
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/ BBC One) * Best Single Drama **Winner: ''
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'' (Tiger Aspect Productions / Channel 4) **Other nominees: ''Dirty Filthy Love'' ( Granada Television / ITV); ''Hawking'' (BBC / BBC Two); ''Not Only But Always'' (Company Pictures / Channel 4) * Best Continuing Drama **Winner: '' Coronation Street'' (Granada Television / ITV) **Other nominees: ''
The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused o ...
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Talkback Thames Talkback Thames (stylised as talkbackTHAMES) was a British television production company, a division of Fremantle (part of the RTL Group, which in turn is owned by Bertelsmann). It was formed by the merger of Talkback Productions and Thames ...
/ ITV); '' Doctors'' (BBC / BBC One); '' Holby City'' (BBC / BBC One) * Best Current Affairs **Winner: ''
Death in Gaza ''Death in Gaza'' is a 2004 documentary film about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, opening in the West Bank but then moving to Gaza and eventually settling in Rafah where the film spends most of its time. It concentrates on three children, Ahm ...
'' ( Frostbite Films / HBO / Channel 4) **Other nominees: ''
The Secret Agent ''The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale'' is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907.. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). ''The Secret Agent ...
'' (BBC / BBC One); ''
Tonight with Trevor McDonald ''Tonight'' (often referred to as ''The Tonight Programme'') is a British current affairs programme, produced by ITV Studios (formerly Granada Television) and ITN for the ITV network, replacing the long-running investigative series ''World ...
: Our Daughter Holly'' ( SMG / Psychology News / Granada Television / ITV); '' Nurseries Undercover: The Real Story'' (BBC / BBC One) * Best Entertainment Performance **Winner:
Paul O'Grady Paul James O'Grady MBE DL (born 14 June 1955) is an English comedian, broadcaster, actor, writer and former drag queen. He achieved notability in the London gay scene during the 1980s with his drag queen persona Lily Savage, very popular in ...
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The Paul O'Grady Show ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' is a British comedy chat show presented by comedian Paul O'Grady, first shown on 11 October 2004. The programme is a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, a ...
'' (ITV) **Other nominees:
Ant and Dec Ant & Dec are a British television presenting duo, consisting of Anthony McPartlin (born 18 November 1975) and Declan Donnelly (born 25 September 1975), from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Formed after their meeting as child actors on CBBC's dr ...
— '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'' (ITV);
Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring ...
— '' QI'' (BBC Two);
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— '' Have I Got News For You'' (BBC One) * Best Factual Series or Strand **Winner: '' The Power of Nightmares'' (BBC / BBC Two) **Other nominees: '' Brat Camp'' (Twenty Twenty Television / Channel 4); ''
Himalaya with Michael Palin ''Himalaya with Michael Palin'' is a 2004 BBC television series presented by comedian and travel presenter Michael Palin. It records his six-month trip around the Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, ...
'' ( Prominent Television / BBC One); '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' ( Wall to Wall / BBC Two) * Best Feature **Winner: ''
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares ''Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares'' is a television programme featuring British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay first broadcast on Channel 4 in 2004. In each episode, Ramsay visits a failing restaurant and acts as a troubleshooter to help improv ...
'' ( Optomen Television / Channel 4) **Other nominees: ''
Holiday Showdown ''Holiday Showdown'' is a BAFTA-nominated and Royal Television Society Award-winning reality television programme, produced by Chris Kelly for the United Kingdom independent TV production company RDF Media Banijay (formerly Banijay Enter ...
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'' (BBC / BBC Three); ''
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'' (BBC / BBC Two) * Flaherty Award for Single Documentary **Winner: '' The Orphans of Nkandla'' ( True Vision / BBC Four) **Other nominees: ''
The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off Jonny Kennedy (4 November 1966 – 26 September 2003) was a British man who had a rare inherited condition known as dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (EB or DEB). Kennedy ultimately died of skin cancer, a complication of EB. Biography Kennedy ...
'' ( Yipp Films / Channel 4); '' The Brighton Bomb'' (BBC / BBC One); ''
The F***ing Fulfords ''The F***ing Fulfords'' is a 2004 documentary-style reality television programme. It was shown in August 2004 and made the name of Francis Fulford and his family when it was aired as part of the United Kingdom's Channel 4 TV series '' Cutting ...
'' (Optomen Television / Channel 4) * Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual **Winner: '' Dunkirk'' (BBC / BBC Two) **Other nominees: '' D-Day'' ( Dangerous Films / BBC One); '' D-Day: The Ultimate Conflict'' (
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/ Five); Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats'' (Tiger Aspect Productions / Channel 4) * Lew Grade Entertainment Programme or Series **Winner: ''I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'' (Granada Television / ITV) **Other nominees: ''
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross and broadcast on BBC One between 2001 and 2010. The programme features Ross' take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews (usually three per show) ...
'' ( Open Mike Productions / BBC One); ''QI'' (Talkback Thames / Quite Interesting Productions / BBC Two); '' Strictly Come Dancing'' (BBC / BBC One) *
News Coverage News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. New ...
**Winner: '' BBC Ten O'Clock News: Madrid Bombing'' (BBC / BBC One) **Other nominees: '' BBC News 24 - Hutton'' (BBC /
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); '' Sky News - The Tsunami Disaster'' ( Sky News); ''
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'' ( ITN / ITV) * Situation Comedy Award **Winner: ''
Black Books ''Black Books'' is a British sitcom created by Dylan Moran and Graham Linehan, and written by Moran, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, Linehan and Arthur Mathews. It was broadcast on Channel 4, running for three series from 2000 to 2004. Starring Mo ...
'' ( Assembly Film & Television /
Big Talk Productions Big Talk Productions Limited is a British film and television production company founded by Nira Park in 1994. Big Talk was acquired by ITV Studios in 2013. Film Filmography Released Upcoming Critical reception Commercial performance ...
/ Channel 4) **Other nominees: ''Green Wing'' (Talkback Thames / Channel 4); ''Nighty Night'' (
Baby Cow Productions Baby Cow Productions Ltd is a British comedy television production company based in London and Manchester, founded by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal. Since its establishment it has diversified into radio, animation and film. According to their ...
/ BBC Three); '' The Vicar of Dibley Christmas Special'' (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC One) *
Sport Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...
**Winner: '' Olympics 2004'':
Matthew Pinsent Sir Matthew Clive Pinsent, (; born 10 October 1970) is an English rower and broadcaster. During his rowing career, he won 10 world championship gold medals and four consecutive Olympic gold medals. Since retiring, he has worked as a sports br ...
's gold medal (BBC / BBC One) **Other nominees: ''
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( Granada Sport / ITV); ''
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'': Monaco Grand Prix (
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/ ITV); ''Olympics 2004'': Final night athletics (BBC / BBC One) *The Pioneer Award **Winner: ''Green Wing'' (Talkback Thames / Channel 4); **Other nominees: ''Shameless'' (Channel 4): '' This World: One Day of War'' (BBC / BBC 2): ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' (Wall to Wall / BBC Two) *The
Dennis Potter Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for his BBC television serials '' Pennies from Heaven'' (1978), ''The Singing Detective'' (198 ...
Award **
Alan Plater Alan Frederick Plater (15 April 1935 – 25 June 2010) was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s. Career Plater was born in Jarrow, County Durham, although his family ...
*The Alan Clarke Award **
Paul Greengrass Paul Greengrass (born 13 August 1955) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film ' ...
*The
Richard Dimbleby Frederick Richard Dimbleby (25 May 1913 – 22 December 1965) was an English journalist and broadcaster, who became the BBC's first war correspondent, and then its leading TV news commentator. As host of the long-running current affairs ...
Award ** Jon Snow *Special Awards **
Michael Palin Sir Michael Edward Palin (; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, television presenter, and public speaker. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. Since 1980, he has made a number of travel documentaries. Palin w ...
** ITV on its 50th anniversary


References


Archive of winners on official BAFTA website
(retrieved October 28, 2005).
British Academy Television Awards 2005
at the
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