2003 British Academy Television Awards

Winners

• Best Actor
• *Winner: Albert Finney — The Gathering Storm
• *Other nominees: Kenneth Branagh — Conspiracy ; Kenneth Branagh — Shackleton ; James Nesbitt — Bloody Sunday
• Best Actress
• *Winner: Julie Walters — Murder
• *Other nominees: Sheila Hancock — Bedtime ; Vanessa Redgrave — The Gathering Storm ; Jessica Stevenson — Tomorrow La Scala!
• Best Comedy
• *Winner: Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
• *Other nominees: Bremner, Bird and Fortune ; Look Around You ; Smack the Pony
• Best Comedy Performance
• *Winner: Ricky Gervais — The Office
• *Other nominees: John Bird & John Fortune — Bremner, Bird and Fortune ; Steve Coogan — I'm Alan Partridge ; Peter Kay — Phoenix Nights
• Best Drama Serial
• *Winner: Shackleton
• *Other nominees: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet ; Doctor Zhivago ; Murder
• Best Drama Series
• *Winner: Spooks
• *Other nominees: Clocking Off ; Cutting It ; Teachers
• Best Single Drama
• *Winner: Conspiracy
• *Other nominees: Bloody Sunday ; Flesh and Blood ; Tomorrow La Scala!
• Best Soap Opera
• *Winner: Coronation Street
• *Other nominees: Doctors ; EastEnders ; Hollyoaks
• Best Current Affairs
• *Winner: Young, Nazi and Proud
• *Other nominees: Panorama — Corruption of Racing ; Panorama — Licence to Murder ; Palestine is Still the Issue — A Special Report by John Pilger
• Best Entertainment Performance
• *Winner: Paul Merton — Have I Got News For You
• *Other nominees: Sanjeev Bhaskar — The Kumars at No. 42 ; Angus Deayton — Have I Got News For You ; Meera Syal — The Kumars at No. 42
• Best Factual Series or Strand
• *Winner: The Trust
• *Other nominees: A History of Britain by Simon Schama ; The Life of Mammals ; Revealed
• Best Feature
• *Winner: Faking It
• *Other nominees: Jamie's Kitchen ; Lads Army ; What Not to Wear
• Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
• *Winner: Feltham Sings
• *Other nominees: ' ; SAS Embassy Siege ; Thalidomide - Life at 40
• Entertainment Programme or Series
• *Winner: I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
• *Other nominees: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross ; The Kumars at No. 42 ; Test the Nation
• News Coverage
• *Winner: Soham - August 16/17
• *Other nominees: Collapse of the Paul Burrell Trial ; The Death of the Queen Mother ; Jenin and Bethlehem - What Chance of Peace?
• Situation Comedy Award
• *Winner: The Office
• *Other nominees: The Book Group ; My Family ; Phoenix Nights
• Sport
• *Winner: The Commonwealth Games
• *Other nominees: 2002 FIFA World Cup ; World Rally Championship ; World Cup: England v Argentina
• The Alan Clarke Award
• *Norma Percy
• *Brian Lapping
• Special Award'''
• *Carl Davis