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BAFTA AWARDS

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    BAFTA Film Award

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    Best Actor

    • John Hurt
      Winner
      • John Hurt
      • The Elephant Man
    • Roy Scheider in Jaws (1975)
      • Roy Scheider
      • All That Jazz
    • Peter Sellers
      • Peter Sellers
      • Being There
    • Dustin Hoffman
      • Dustin Hoffman
      • Kramer vs. Kramer

    Best Actress

    • Judy Davis in Page Eight (2011)
      Winner
      • Judy Davis
      • My Brilliant Career
    • Shirley MacLaine at an event for Dreamgirls (2006)
      • Shirley MacLaine
      • Being There
    • Meryl Streep
      • Meryl Streep
      • Kramer vs. Kramer
    • Bette Midler
      • Bette Midler
      • The Rose

    Best Animated Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Les 3 inventeurs

      7.2 (311)
      Michel Ocelot
    • [object Object]

      Bio Woman

      6.6 (25)
      Bob Godfrey

    • The Cube

      7.1 (353)
      Kamil Pixa
    • [object Object]

      Seaside Woman

      6.1 (109)
      Oscar Grillo

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      All That Jazz

      7.8 (39K)
      Giuseppe Rotunno
    • [object Object]

      The Black Stallion

      7.4 (15K)
      Caleb Deschanel
    • [object Object]

      The Elephant Man

      8.2 (276K)
      Freddie Francis
    • [object Object]

      Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior

      7.9 (40K)
      Takao Saitô
      Shôji Ueda

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior

      7.9 (40K)
    • [object Object]

      All That Jazz

      7.8 (39K)
      Albert Wolsky
    • [object Object]

      Don Giovanni

      7.5 (1.4K)
      Francis Savel
    • [object Object]

      Flash Gordon

      6.5 (65K)
      Danilo Donati

    Best Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior

      7.9 (40K)
      Akira Kurosawa
    • [object Object]

      The Elephant Man

      8.2 (276K)
      David Lynch
    • [object Object]

      Fame

      6.6 (26K)
      Alan Parker
    • [object Object]

      Kramer vs. Kramer

      7.8 (162K)
      Robert Benton

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      All That Jazz

      7.8 (39K)
      Alan Heim
    • [object Object]

      The Elephant Man

      8.2 (276K)
      Anne V. Coates
    • [object Object]

      Fame

      6.6 (26K)
      Gerry Hambling
    • [object Object]

      Kramer vs. Kramer

      7.8 (162K)
      Gerald B. Greenberg

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Elephant Man

      8.2 (276K)
      Jonathan Sanger
    • [object Object]

      Being There

      7.9 (81K)
      Andrew Braunsberg
    • [object Object]

      Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior

      7.9 (40K)
      Akira Kurosawa
      Tomoyuki Tanaka
    • [object Object]

      Kramer vs. Kramer

      7.8 (162K)
      Stanley R. Jaffe

    Best Production Design/Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Elephant Man

      8.2 (276K)
      Stuart Craig
    • [object Object]

      All That Jazz

      7.8 (39K)
      Philip Rosenberg
    • [object Object]

      Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

      8.7 (1.5M)
      Norman Reynolds
    • [object Object]

      Flash Gordon

      6.5 (65K)
      Danilo Donati

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Being There

      7.9 (81K)
      Jerzy Kosinski
    • [object Object]

      Airplane!

      7.7 (278K)
      Jim Abrahams
      David Zucker
      Jerry Zucker
    • [object Object]

      The Elephant Man

      8.2 (276K)
      Christopher De Vore
      Eric Bergren
      David Lynch
    • [object Object]

      Kramer vs. Kramer

      7.8 (162K)
      Robert Benton

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sredni Vashtar

      7.1 (102)
      Andrew Birkin
    • [object Object]

      Box On

      8.1 (8)
      Lindsey Clennell
    • [object Object]

      The Dollar Bottom

      6.8 (51)
      Roger Christian

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fame

      6.6 (26K)
      Christopher Newman
      Les Wiggins
      Michael J. Kohut
    • [object Object]

      All That Jazz

      7.8 (39K)
      Maurice Schell
      Christopher Newman
      Dick Vorisek
    • [object Object]

      Don Giovanni

      7.5 (1.4K)
      Jean-Louis Ducarme
      Jacques Maumont
    • [object Object]

      Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

      8.7 (1.5M)
      Peter Sutton
      Ben Burtt
      Bill Varney
    • [object Object]

      The Rose

      7.0 (9.7K)
      James E. Webb
      Chris McLaughlin
      Kay Rose
      Theodore Soderberg

    Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Brilliant Career

      7.1 (5.1K)
      Judy Davis
    • [object Object]

      Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

      6.9 (3.8K)
      Sonia Braga
    • [object Object]

      Gregory's Girl

      7.1 (9.8K)
      John Gordon Sinclair
    • [object Object]

      Urban Cowboy

      6.5 (18K)
      Debra Winger

    Academy Fellowship

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    Film

    • Abel Gance
      Winner
      • Abel Gance
    • Michael Powell
      Winner
      • Michael Powell
    • Emeric Pressburger
      Winner
      • Emeric Pressburger

    Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

      8.7 (1.5M)
      John Williams
    • [object Object]

      Breaking Glass

      6.8 (1.7K)
      Hazel O'Connor
    • [object Object]

      Flash Gordon

      6.5 (65K)
      John Deacon
      Brian May
      Freddie Mercury
      Roger Taylor
      Howard Blake
    • [object Object]

      Fame

      6.6 (26K)
      Michael Gore

    Flaherty Documentary Award

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    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      BAFTA TV Award

      Edit

      'Harlequin' (Documentary/Factual)

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Newsround

        6.3 (257)
      • [object Object]

        Blue Peter

        6.5 (669)
        Biddy Baxter
      • [object Object]

        The Book Tower

        7.7 (33)
        Anne Wood
        Douglas Wilcox
      • [object Object]

        Take Hart

        7.5 (131)
        Molly Cox
        Christopher Pilkington
      • [object Object]

        Why Don't You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead?

        6.5 (98)
        Molly Cox
        Hilary Murphy

      'Harlequin' (Drama/Light Entertainment)

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Jigsaw

        7.2 (44)
        Clive Doig
      • [object Object]

        The Amazing Adventures of Morph

        7.3 (345)
        Patrick Dowling
      • [object Object]

        End of Part One

        6.9 (37)
        Humphrey Barclay
        Geoffrey Sax
      • [object Object]

        Grange Hill

        7.2 (1.8K)
      • [object Object]

        Multi-Coloured Swap Shop

        6.8 (143)
        Rosemary Gill
      • [object Object]

        Our John Willie

        8.3 (14)
        Anna Home
        Marilyn Fox
      • [object Object]

        Tiswas

        7.7 (245)
        Chris Tarrant
      • [object Object]

        Worzel Gummidge

        7.3 (1.2K)
        James Hill

      Best Actor

      • Denholm Elliott
        Winner
        • Denholm Elliott
        • Blade on the Feather
        • BBC2 Playhouse
        • Tales of the Unexpected
      • Sam Waterston
        • Sam Waterston
        • Oppenheimer
      • Leo McKern in Travelling North (1987)
        • Leo McKern
        • Rumpole of the Bailey
        For episode "Rumpole's Return".
      • Trevor Howard
        • Trevor Howard
        • Staying On
        • ...And the Band Played On

      Best Actress

      • Peggy Ashcroft
        Winner
        • Peggy Ashcroft
        • Cream in My Coffee
        • BBC2 Playhouse
      • Pamela Stephenson
        • Pamela Stephenson
        • Not the Nine O'Clock News
      • Kate Nelligan
        • Kate Nelligan
        • Thérèse Raquin
        • Forgive Our Foolish Ways
      • Celia Johnson and Robert Newton in This Happy Breed (1944)
        • Celia Johnson
        • Staying On

      Best Comedy Series

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Yes Minister

        8.6 (18K)
        Sydney Lotterby
      • [object Object]

        Agony

        7.2 (160)
        John Reardon
      • [object Object]

        Butterflies

        6.9 (1.4K)
        Sydney Lotterby
        John B. Hobbs
      • [object Object]

        Shelley

        7.5 (340)
        Anthony Parker
      • [object Object]

        To the Manor Born

        7.4 (2.9K)
        Gareth Gwenlan

      Best Costume Design

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Thérèse Raquin

        7.0 (247)
        Reg Samuel
      • [object Object]

        Pride and Prejudice

        7.4 (2.6K)
        Joan Ellacott
      • [object Object]

        Worzel Gummidge

        7.3 (1.2K)
        Michael Baldwin
      • [object Object]

        Cream in My Coffee

        7.2 (194)
        Sue Formston

      Best Design

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Thérèse Raquin

        7.0 (247)
        David Myerscough-Jones
      • [object Object]

        Blade on the Feather

        7.2 (261)
        Andrew Drummond
      • [object Object]

        Cream in My Coffee

        7.2 (194)
        John Emery

      Best Documentary Programme

      • Rex Bloomstein at an event for Kz (2006)
        Winner
        • Rex Bloomstein
        For episode "Christmas".
      • [object Object]

        Great Railway Journeys of the World

        Episode: 

        Deccan

        8.3 (109)
        Gerry Troyna
      • [object Object]

        The South Bank Show

        7.1 (327)
        Tony Palmer
        For episode "A Time There Was... a Profile of Benjamin Britten".

      Best Drama Series/Serial

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Oppenheimer

        8.1 (772)
        Peter Goodchild
        Barry Davis
      • [object Object]

        Shoestring

        7.5 (516)
        Robert Banks Stewart
      • [object Object]

        Thérèse Raquin

        7.0 (247)
        Jonathan Powell
        Simon Langton
      • [object Object]

        To Serve Them All My Days

        8.5 (704)
        Ken Riddington

      Best Film Cameraman

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        BBC2 Playhouse

        6.7 (175)
        Tony Pierce-Roberts
        John Else
        For episode "Caught on a Train (#7.1)".
      • [object Object]

        Blade on the Feather

        7.2 (261)
        Peter Hannan
      • Staying On (1980)
        Jon Pertwee in Worzel Gummidge (1979)
        • Staying On
        • Worzel Gummidge
        Wolfgang Suschitzky

      Best Film Editor

      • Sam Waterston in Oppenheimer (1980)
        Mr & Mrs Edgehill (1985)
        Winners
        • Oppenheimer
        • BBC2 Playhouse
        Tariq Anwar
      • [object Object]

        Hollywood

        9.3 (902)
        Trevor Waite
      • [object Object]

        Blade on the Feather

        7.2 (261)
        Jon Costelloe

      Best Film Sound

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Brideshead Revisited

        8.5 (8.5K)
        Peter Elliott
      • Mr & Mrs Edgehill (1985)
        Sam Waterston in Oppenheimer (1980)
        Premiere (1977)
        • BBC2 Playhouse
        • Oppenheimer
        • The Silence of the Sea
        Peter Edwards
        For episode "Caught on a Train (#7.1)".
      • Hollywood (1980)
        Pierce Brosnan and Niall Toibin in Murphy's Stroke (1980)
        • Hollywood
        • Murphy's Stroke
        Freddie Slade

      Best Graphics

      • Melvyn Bragg in The South Bank Show (1978)
        Blade on the Feather (1980)
        Winners
        • The South Bank Show
        • Blade on the Feather
        Pat Gavin
      • [object Object]

        Hollywood

        9.3 (902)
        Barry O'Riordan
      • [object Object]

        The Merchant of Venice

        7.2 (322)
        Alan Jeapes

      Best Light Entertainment Performance

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Not the Nine O'Clock News

        7.9 (3K)
        Rowan Atkinson
      • [object Object]

        Agony

        7.2 (160)
        Maureen Lipman
      • [object Object]

        Not the Nine O'Clock News

        7.9 (3K)
        Pamela Stephenson
      • [object Object]

        An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

        7.8 (56)
        Barry Humphries

      Best Light Entertainment Programme

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Not the Nine O'Clock News

        7.9 (3K)
        John Lloyd
        Sean Hardie
        Bill Wilson
      • [object Object]

        The Kenny Everett Video Show

        7.7 (293)
        David Mallet
      • [object Object]

        The Two Ronnies

        7.8 (3.8K)
        Michael Hurll
        Paul Jackson
      • [object Object]

        An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

        7.8 (56)
        Alasdair Macmillan

      Best Original Television Music

      • Warren Mitchell in The Merchant of Venice (1980)
        Winners
        • The Merchant of Venice
        • Fair Stood the Wind for France
        • Hollywood
        • Oppenheimer
        Carl Davis
      • Shelley (1979)
        Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
        Flickers (1980)
        • Shelley
        • Tales of the Unexpected
        • Flickers
        Ron Grainer
      • Trevor Eve in Shoestring (1979)
        Bloody Kids (1980)
        Eamon Boland, Bernard Hill, Larry Lamb, Derrick O'Connor, Elizabeth Spriggs, Peter Vaughan, and Ray Winstone in Fox (1980)
        • Shoestring
        • Bloody Kids
        • Fox
        George Fenton

      Best Programme/Series Without Category

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Omnibus

        7.1 (337)
        Leslie Megahey
      • [object Object]

        Arena

        7.7 (350)
        Alan Yentob
      • [object Object]

        Mastermind

        6.3 (722)
        Bill Wright
      • [object Object]

        The South Bank Show

        7.1 (327)

      Best Single Play

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        BBC2 Playhouse

        6.7 (175)
        Peter Duffell
        For episode "Caught on a Train (#7.1)".
      • [object Object]

        Blade on the Feather

        7.2 (261)
        Richard Loncraine
      • [object Object]

        Cream in My Coffee

        7.2 (194)
        Gavin Millar
      • [object Object]

        Staying On

        7.0 (153)
        Silvio Narizzano

      Best Television Cameraman

      • Warren Mitchell in The Merchant of Venice (1980)
        Mr & Mrs Edgehill (1985)
        We, the Accused (1980)
        Winners
        • The Merchant of Venice
        • BBC2 Playhouse
        • We, the Accused
        Geoff Feld
      • Brian Cox and Kate Nelligan in Thérèse Raquin (1980)
        Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1980)
        • Thérèse Raquin
        • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
        Ron Green
      • John Duttine in To Serve Them All My Days (1980)
        Sam Waterston in Oppenheimer (1980)
        • To Serve Them All My Days
        • Oppenheimer
        Rodney Taylor

      Best Television Lighting

      • Brian Cox and Kate Nelligan in Thérèse Raquin (1980)
        Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1980)
        Winners
        • Thérèse Raquin
        • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
        Howard King
      • [object Object]

        Oppenheimer

        8.1 (772)
        Clive Thomas
      • Pride and Prejudice (1980)
        We, the Accused (1980)
        • Pride and Prejudice
        • We, the Accused
        Dave Sydenham
      • [object Object]

        The Merchant of Venice

        7.2 (322)
        Dennis Channon

      Richard Dimbleby Award

      • Barry Norman
        Winner
        • Barry Norman

      Best Factual Series

      • [object Object]

        Great Railway Journeys of the World

        8.3 (109)
        Roger Laughton
      • [object Object]

        Hollywood

        9.3 (902)
        Kevin Brownlow
        David Gill

      Best Make Up

      • [object Object]

        Thérèse Raquin

        7.0 (247)
        Jean Speak
      • [object Object]

        Worzel Gummidge

        7.3 (1.2K)
      • [object Object]

        Cream in My Coffee

        7.2 (194)
        Pauline Green

      Best VTR Editor

      • [object Object]

        The Kenny Everett Video Show

        7.7 (293)
        Fred Turner
        Dave Lewinton
      • [object Object]

        Not the Nine O'Clock News

        7.9 (3K)
        Matt Boney

      Michael Balcon Award

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      • Winner
        • Kevin Brownlow

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      • British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards
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      • Orange British Academy Film Awards

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