2005 British Academy Television Awards
The 2005 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 17 April at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. The ceremony was hosted by Irish comedian and television presenter Graham Norton.
Winners
- Best Actor
- *Winner: Rhys Ifans — Not Only But Always
- *Other nominees: Benedict Cumberbatch — Hawking ; Michael Sheen — Dirty Filthy Love ; Mark Strong — The Long Firm
- Best Actress
- *Winner: Anamaria Marinca — Sex Traffic
- *Other nominees: Brenda Blethyn — Belonging ; Anne-Marie Duff — Shameless ; Lia Williams — May 33rd
- Best Comedy
- *Winner: Little Britain
- *Other nominees: The Catherine Tate Show ; Harry Hill's TV Burp ; The Mark Steel Lectures
- Best Comedy Performance
- *Winner: Matt Lucas and David Walliams — Little Britain
- *Other nominees: Rory Bremner — Bremner, Bird and Fortune ; Julia Davis — Nighty Night ; Tamsin Greig — Green Wing
- Best Drama Serial
- *Winner: Sex Traffic
- *Other nominees: Blackpool ; The Long Firm ; Outlaws
- Best Drama Series
- *Winner: Shameless
- *Other nominees: Bodies ; Conviction ; Spooks
- Best Single Drama
- *Winner: Omagh
- *Other nominees: Dirty Filthy Love ; Hawking ; Not Only But Always
- Best Continuing Drama
- *Winner: Coronation Street
- *Other nominees: The Bill ; Doctors ; Holby City
- Best Current Affairs
- *Winner: Death in Gaza
- *Other nominees: The Secret Agent ; Tonight with Trevor McDonald: Our Daughter Holly ; '
- Best Entertainment Performance
- *Winner: Paul O'Grady — The Paul O'Grady Show
- *Other nominees: Ant and Dec — I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! ; Stephen Fry — QI ; Paul Merton — Have I Got News For You
- Best Factual Series or Strand
- *Winner: The Power of Nightmares
- *Other nominees: Brat Camp ; Himalaya with Michael Palin ; Who Do You Think You Are?
- Best Feature
- *Winner: Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
- *Other nominees: Holiday Showdown ; Little Angels ; Top Gear
- Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
- *Winner: The Orphans of Nkandla
- *Other nominees: The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off ; The Brighton Bomb ; The F***ing Fulfords
- Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual
- *Winner: Dunkirk
- *Other nominees: D-Day ; ' ; Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats
- Lew Grade Entertainment Programme or Series
- *Winner: I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
- *Other nominees: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross ; QI ; Strictly Come Dancing
- News Coverage
- *Winner: BBC Ten O'Clock News: Madrid Bombing
- *Other nominees: BBC News 24 - Hutton ; Sky News - The Tsunami Disaster ; Tsunami - Seven Days that Shook the World
- Situation Comedy Award
- *Winner: Black Books
- *Other nominees: Green Wing ; Nighty Night ; The Vicar of Dibley Christmas Special
- Sport
- *Winner: Olympics 2004: Matthew Pinsent's gold medal
- *Other nominees: Euro 2004: France v England ; Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix ; Olympics 2004: Final night athletics
- The Pioneer Award
- *Winner: Green Wing ;
- *Other nominees: Shameless : This World: One Day of War : Who Do You Think You Are?''
- The Dennis Potter Award
- *Alan Plater
- The Alan Clarke Award
- *Paul Greengrass
- The Richard Dimbleby Award
- *Jon Snow
- Special Awards
- *Michael Palin
- *ITV on its 50th anniversary