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Bafta TV Awards 2008: The winners

The 2008 British Academy Television Awards have taken place in London. Here is the full list of winners and nominees.

Best actor
Andrew Garfield - Boy A (Channel 4)
Also nominated:
Tom Hardy - Stuart: A Life Backwards (BBC Two)
Matthew Macfadyen - Secret Life (Channel 4)
Antony Sher - Primo (BBC Four)

Best actress
Eileen Atkins - Cranford (BBC One)
Also nominated:
Judi Dench - Cranford (BBC One)
Gina McKee - The Street (BBC One)
Kierston Wareing - It's A Free World (Channel 4)

Best entertainment performance
Harry Hill - Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV1)
Also nominated:
Simon Amstell - Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC Two)
Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins - The Friday Night Project (Channel 4)
Stephen Fry - QI (BBC Two)

Best comedy performance
James Corden - Gavin and Stacey (BBC Three)
Also nominated:
Peter Capaldi - The Thick of It (BBC Four)
Stephen Merchant - Extras Christmas special (BBC One)
David Mitchell - Peep Show (Channel 4)

Best single drama
The Mark Of Cain (Channel 4)
Also nominated:
Boy A (Channel 4)
Coming Down The Mountain (BBC One)
The Trial of Tony Blair (More 4)

Best drama serial
Britz (Channel 4)
Also nominated:
Cranford (BBC One)
Five Days (BBC One)
Murphy's Law (BBC One)

Best drama series
The Street (BBC One)
Also nominated:
Life on Mars (BBC One)
Rome (BBC Two)
Skins (E4)

Best continuing drama
Holby City (BBC One)
Also nominated:
The Bill (ITV1)
EastEnders (BBC One)
Emmerdale (ITV1)

Best factual series
The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities (BBC One)
Also nominated:
Meet The Natives (Channel 4)
Paul Merton in China (Five)
Tribe (BBC Two)

Best entertainment programme
Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV1)
Also nominated:
Britain's Got Talent (ITV1)
Have I Got News For You (BBC One)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

Best situation comedy
Peep Show (Channel 4)
Also nominated:
Benidorm (ITV1)
The IT Crowd (Channel 4)
The Thick of It (BBC Four)

Best comedy programme
Fonejacker (Channel 4)
Also nominated:
The Armstrong & Miller Show (BBC One)
Russell Brand's Ponderland (Channel 4)
Star Stories (Channel 4)

Audience award
Gavin & Stacey (BBC Three)
Also nominated:
The Apprentice (BBC Two)
Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (BBC Two)
Britain's Got Talent (ITV1)
Cranford (BBC One)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

Best single documentary
Lie of the Land (Channel 4)
Also nominated:
Beautiful Young Minds (BBC Two)
Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewell (ITV1)
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives (BBC Four)

Best feature
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (Channel 4)
Also nominated:
Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection (BBC Two)
The Secret Millionaire (Channel 4)
Top Gear (BBC Two)

Best international show
Heroes (BBC Two)
Also nominated:
Californication (Five)
Family Guy (BBC Three)
My Name Is Earl (Channel 4)

Best specialist factual
Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (BBC Two)
Also nominated:
Earth: The Power of the Planet (BBC Two)
The Genius of Photography (BBC Four)
The Relief of Belsen (Channel 4)

Best current affairs
China's Stolen Children - A Dispatches Special (Channel 4)
Also nominated:
Dispatches - Fighting The Taliban (Channel 4)
Honour Kills (BBC Three)
Panorama: Dog-Fighting Undercover (BBC One)

Best news coverage
Sky News - Glasgow Airport Attack (Sky News)
Also nominated:
BBC Ten O'Clock News: War in Afghanistan (BBC One)
Channel 4 News: Iraq - The Surge (Channel 4)
ITV Evening News: Zimbabwe - The Tyranny and the Tragedy (ITV1)

Best sport
ITV F1: Canadian Grand Prix Live (ITV1)
Also nominated:
Boat Race (ITV1)
Rugby World Cup 2007: England v France semi-final (ITV1)
Wimbledon - The Men's Final (BBC One)

Best interactivity
Spooks Interactive (BBC One)
Also nominated:
Big Art Mob (Channel 4)
Doctor Who Comic Maker (BBC One)
The X Factor (ITV1)

kelp

IMHO Spoilt by a very bad Presenter, who really thought he was funny....really!
A touch of Over Exposure maybe?
But quite apart from that, is it me or is it becoming a dumbed down BAFTA show? I mean who were half these people? Where were all the STARS, and the big names? Sorry, maybe its me being a little grumpy, but I recall BAFTA nights of years gone by, as something to rush home to watch.
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Best news coverage
Sky News - Glasgow Airport Attack (Sky News)

Did they let lose Kay “If you’re just joining us, the entire eastern seaboard of the United States has been decimated by a terrorist attack.” Burley on this one?


Simon

batman

I can't really comment on most the awards 'cos I have seen so few of the programmes .... but Harry Hill winning anything just baffles me.

"Boom boom a baby .... Banham Zoo .... Banana pants! Hahahaha"

DB7

It's certainly a sad indictment of tv when a clips show is the best entertainment, and phone wind-ups are the best comedy.

Marky B

I can't comment either,as I have not seen any of the winners,or indeed most of the shows.
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Marky B

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orpheum

Holby City i winning indicates a sense of humour if nothing more.Maybe the award was for best lip gloss or best scene of bonking in a linen cupboard.Shows the sad state of british tv!

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Steve Crook

I'm glad to see that Gavin and Stacey won a few. But saddened that Larkrise to Candleford was totally overlooked. I suppose they thought they had enough costume dramas with Cranford

Steve

scholes

Congratulations to good old Brucie.

batman

I'll second that!

"Boom boom a baby .... Banham Zoo .... Banana pants! Hahahaha"

Steve Crook

Why, did he win something?

Steve

scholes

The lifetime achievement award that's dished out every year. Dicky won it last year I think.

David Brent

I think he won the cuddly toy.

Dave.

Fellwanderer

I think all I've seen in the "entertainment" sections were Cranford and The Thick of It.

"Continuing Drama" - funny way to spell waste of time, space and money.

All the best
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Freddy

Every nation has the television it deserves.

(Apologies to Joseph De Maistre)

Freddy

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