Bafta TV awards: The winners

Winners: The Royle Family

Best Actress: Thora Hird - Lost For Words (ITV)

Also nominated:
Francesca Annis - Wives and Daughters (BBC)
Lindsay Duncan - Shooting the Past (BBC)
Maggie Smith - David Copperfield (BBC)

Best Actor: Michael Gambon - Wives & Daughters (BBC)

Also nominated:
Aidan Gillen - Queer As Folk (C4)
Pete Postlethwaite - Lost For Words (ITV)
Timothy Spall - Shooting the Past (BBC)

Best Entertainment Performance: Graham Norton - So Graham Norton (C4)

Also nominated:
John Bird and John Fortune - Bremner, Bird and Fortune (C4)
Sacha Baron Cohen - The 11 O'Clock Show (C4)
Michael Parkinson - Parkinson (BBC)

Best Comedy Performance: Caroline Aherne - The Royle Family (BBC)

Also nominated:
Dawn French - The Vicar Of Dibley (BBC)
Sue Johnston - The Royle Family (BBC)
Ricky Tomlinson - The Royle Family (BBC)

The Richard Dimbleby Award for the Best Presenter (Factual, Features and News): Jeremy Paxman - Newsnight (BBC)

Also nominated:
David Attenborough - Wildlife Special: Tiger (BBC)
Johnny Vaughan -The Big Breakfast (C4)
Kirsty Wark - Newsnight, Words On Wark (BBC)

Best Single Drama: The Murder Of Stephen Lawrence (Granada for ITV)

Also nominated:
Dockers (C4)
Lost For Words (Yorkshire Television for ITV)
Sex 'N' Death (BBC)

Drama Series: The Cops (BBC)

Also nominated:
Cold Feet (Granada for ITV)
Playing The Field (BBC)
Psychos (C4)

Lew Grade Award as voted for by readers of the Radio Times: A Touch Of Frost (ITV)

Also nominated:
Dinnerladies (BBC)
Ground Force (BBC)
The Vicar of Dibley (BBC)
Walking With Dinosaurs (BBC)

Best Soap:
EastEnders (BBC)

Also nominated:
Brookside (C4)
Coronation Street (Granada for ITV)
Emmerdale (Yorkshire Television for ITV)

Best Drama serial: Warriors (BBC)

Also nominated:
Births, Marriages and Deaths (BBC)
Kid In The Corner (C4)
Wives And Daughters (BBC)

Best Factual Series or Strand: The Mayfair Set (BBC)

Also nominated:
Manhunt - The Search For The Yorkshire Ripper (ITV)
The Second World War In Colour (TWI/Carlton for ITV)
Shanghai Vice - Phil Agland (C4)

Best Entertainment (Programme or Series): Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire (BBC)

Also nominated:
Have I Got News For You (BBC)
Robot Wars (BBC)
So Graham Norton (C4)

Best Comedy (Programme or Series):The League Of Gentlemen (BBC)

Also nominated:
The Best Of Ali G (C4)
People Like Us (BBC)
Smack The Pony (C4)

Best Situation Comedy: The Royle Family (BBC)

Also nominated:
Dinnerladies (BBC)
Spaced (C4)
The Vicar Of Dibley (BBC)

Best Feature: Blood On The Carpet (BBC)

Also nominated:
Giants With Nigel Marven (ITV)
Grand Designs (C4)
The Naked Chef (BBC)

The Huw Wheldon Award for the Best Arts Programme or Series: This Is Modern Art (C4)

Also nominated:
The Abba Story (ITV)
Hitchcock (Reputations) Alfred The Great/Alfred The Auteur (BBC)
The Hip Hop Years (C4)

Best Sports Coverage: Test Cricket (C4)

Also nominated:
Interactive Live Football (Sky Sports)
Extra Formula One 1999 (ITV)
The Open Golf Championship 1999 (BBC)

Best News and Current Affairs Journalism: Coverage of the Kosovo conflict (BBC News)

Also nominated:
Coverage of the Kosovo conflict (Sky News)
The Paddington Crash (ITN/Channel 4 News)
Tonight With Trevor MacDonald: Interview with the Lawrence suspects (Granada for ITV)

Innovation: Walking With Dinosaurs (BBC)

Also nominated:
1900 House (C4)
The League Of Gentlemen (BBC)
Tina Goes Shopping (C4)

The Flaherty Documentary Award: Divorce Iranian Style (C4)

Also nominated:
Gulag (BBC)
Kosovo: The Valley (True Stories) (C4)
Malcolm And Barbara - A Love Story (Granada for ITV)