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The 2002 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 21 April 2002. The ceremony was hosted by the television presenter
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and broadcast on
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the following day.


Winners

* Best Actor **Winner: Michael Gambon – '' Perfect Strangers'' ( BBC Two) **Other nominees: Alan Bates – ''
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'' (BBC Two); David Suchet – ''
The Way We Live Now ''The Way We Live Now'' is a satirical novel by Anthony Trollope, published in London in 1875 after first appearing in serialised form. It is one of the last significant Victorian novels to have been published in monthly parts. The novel is ...
'' (BBC One) *
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**Winner:
Julie Walters Dame Julia Mary Walters (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a B ...
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Lindsay Duncan Lindsay Vere Duncan (born 7 November 1950) is a Scottish actress. On stage, she has won two Olivier Awards (for ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' and ''Private Lives'') and a Tony Award (for ''Private Lives''). She has starred in several plays by Ha ...
– ''Perfect Strangers'' (BBC Two); Sheila Hancock – ''The Russian Bride'' (ITV);
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– '' Bob & Rose'' (ITV) * Best Comedy (Programme or Series) **Winner: ''
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/ ITV) **Other nominees: '' BrassEye Special'' (
TalkBack Productions Talkback is a British television production company established in 1981 by comedy duo Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. History Talkback was sold to Pearson Television in 2000. The company merged with Thames Television in 2003 and the combined en ...
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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 ...
'' ( Vera Productions / Channel 4); '' The Kumars at No. 42'' (
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 ...
/ BBC Two) * Best Comedy Performance **Winner: Ricky Gervais – ''
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'' (BBC Two) **Other nominees:
Kathy Burke Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke (born 13 June 1964) is an English actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. She achieved fame with her appearances on sketch shows such as ''French and Saunders'' (1988–1999) and her recurring role as Mag ...
– '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'' (BBC Two); Robert Lindsay – ''
My Family ''My Family'' is a British sitcom created and initially co-written by Fred Barron, which was produced by DLT Entertainment and Rude Boy Productions, and broadcast by BBC One for eleven series between 2000 and 2011, with Christmas specials broadc ...
'' (BBC One);
Joanna Lumley Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer, and activist. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous'' (1992 ...
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Absolutely Fabulous ''Absolutely Fabulous'' (also known as ''Ab Fab'') is a British television sitcom based on the ''French and Saunders'' sketch, "Modern Mother and Daughter", created by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. The show was created and written by Saund ...
'' (BBC One) * Best Drama Serial **Winner: ''
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/ WGBH / Deep Indigo / BBC One) **Other nominees: ''Bob and Rose'' (
Red Production Company Red Production Company is a British independent television production company owned by StudioCanal. Background Red Production Company was formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, a television producer who had worked on ''Our Friends in the North'' ...
/ ITV); ''Perfect Strangers'' (TalkBack Productions / BBC Two); ''The Russian Bride'' ( Monogram Productions / ITV) * Best Drama Series **Winner: '' Cold Feet'' ( Granada Television / ITV) **Other nominees: ''
At Home with the Braithwaites ''At Home with the Braithwaites'' is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright (except for the final four episodes). The storyline follows a suburban family in Leeds, whose life is turned upside down whe ...
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Clocking Off ''Clocking Off'' is a British television drama series which was broadcast on BBC One for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company, and created by Paul Abbott. It was effectively an an ...
'' (Red Production Company / BBC One); ''
Tales from Pleasure Beach ''Tales from Pleasure Beach'' is a British television drama series first broadcast on BBC Two between 2 and 16 August 2001. Written by Welsh playwright Roger Williams, the three episodes each feature a self-contained story against the backdrop of ...
'' ( Blast Film Productions / BBC Two) * Best Single Drama **Winner: '' When I Was 12'' (BBC / BBC Two) **Other nominees: ''My Beautiful Son'' (Granada Television / ITV); '' The Navigators'' ( Parallex Films / Channel 4); '' Othello'' (
London Weekend Television London Weekend Television (LWT) (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 un ...
/ ITV) * Best Soap Opera **Winner: '' EastEnders'' (BBC / BBC One) **Other nominees: '' Coronation Street'' (Granada Television / ITV); ''
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'' (BBC / BBC One); ''
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/ Channel 4) * Best Current Affairs **Winner: '' Dispatches: Beneath the Veil'' (
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/ Channel 4) **Other nominees: '' Endgame in Ireland'' (
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/ BBC Two); '' Panorama - Jeffrey Archer: A Life of Lies'' (BBC / BBC One); '' One Day of Terror – New York Witnesses'' (BBC / BBC Two) * Best Entertainment Performance **Winner:
Graham Norton Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), better known by his stage name Graham Norton, is an Irish actor, author, comedian, commentator, and presenter. Well known for his work in the UK, he is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comed ...
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'' (Channel 4) **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 ...
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Pop Idol ''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and par ...
'' (ITV); John Bird and
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– ''Bremner, Bird and Fortune'' (Channel 4);
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– '' Have I Got News For You'' (Hat Trick Productions / BBC One) * Best Factual Series or Strand **Winner: '' Horizon'' (BBC / BBC Two) **Other nominees: ''
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'' (BBC / BBC One); '' Langan Behind the Lines'' (BBC / BBC Two); ''Welcome to Britain'' (BBC / BBC One) * Best Feature **Winner: '' Faking It'' (
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/ Channel 4) **Other nominees: ''
Farmer Wants a Wife ''Farmer Wants a Wife'' is a reality television series developed by Fremantle Media. The basic structure of the programme is that a number of farmers are presented with women from the city, from whom they choose one to be their spouse. The f ...
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/ ITV); '' What Not to Wear'' (BBC / BBC Two) * Flaherty Award for Single Documentary **Winner: '' Kelly and Her Sisters'' ( Carlton Television / ITV) **Other nominees: '' True Stories – Battlecentre'' ( Diverse Productions / Channel 4); ''
Ellen MacArthur Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur (born 8 July 1976) is a retired English sailor, from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, Isle of Wight. MacArthur is a successful solo long-distance yachtswoman. On 7 February 2005, ...
– Sailing Through Heaven and Hell'' ( BBC Wales / BBC One); '' When Louis Met The Hamiltons'' (BBC / BBC One) * Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual **Winner: ''
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– The Private Dirk Bogarde'' (Various / BBC Two) **Other nominees: ''
The 1940s House ''The 1940s House'' is a British historical reenactment reality television series made by Wall to Wall/Channel 4 in 2001 about a modern family that tries to live as a typical middle-class family in London during The Blitz of World War II.Cooper, ...
'' ( Wall to Wall / Channel 4); ''The Six Wives of Henry VIII'' (Granada Television / Channel 4); '' Walk On By: The Story of Popular Song'' (BBC / BBC Two) * Best Entertainment Programme or Series **Winner: ''
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'' (Thames Television / 19 TV / ITV) **Other nominees: ''Have I Got News For You'' (Hat Trick Productions / BBC One); '' Parkinson'' (BBC / BBC One); ''
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'' (Hat Trick Productions / BBC Two) *
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**Winner: '' September 11 – 12'' ( Sky News / Sky News) **Other nominees: ''Attack on America – 11 September'' ( ITN / Channel 4); ''Attack on America – 11 September'' (ITN / ITV); ''The BBC News Coverage of the Fall of Kabul – 12 November – 13 November'' (
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) * Situation Comedy Award **Winner: ''The Office'' (BBC / BBC One) **Other nominees: ''Gimme Gimme Gimme'' (Tiger Aspect Productions /
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'' (BBC / BBC Two); '' Spaced II'' (London Weekend Television / Channel 4) *
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**Winner: ''Channel 4 Cricket'' ( Sunset + Vine / Channel 4) **Other nominees: '' British Grand Prix, Silverstone 2001 – Farewell to
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'' ( Chrysalis Sport / Granada Sport / ITV); ''
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'' (BBC / BBC One) *Innovation Award **Winner: '' Doubletake'' (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC Two) **Other nominees: '' Banzai'' (RDF Media / E4 / Channel 4); ''The Blue Planet – The Deep'' (BBC / BBC One); ''BrassEye Special'' (TalkBack Productions / Channel 4) *Special Award **
BBC Natural History Unit The BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) is a department of BBC Studios that produces television, radio and online content with a natural history or wildlife theme. It is best known for its highly regarded nature documentaries, including '' ...
*The Alan Clarke Award **
Verity Lambert Verity Ann Lambert (27 November 1935 – 22 November 2007) was an English television and film producer. Lambert began working in television in the 1950s. She began her career as a producer at the BBC by becoming the founding producer of ...
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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 ** Stephen Poliakoff * Academy Fellowship ** Andrew Davies *Special Award for Contribution to Television **
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References


Archive of winners on official BAFTA website
(retrieved February 4, 2006).
British Academy Television Awards 2002
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