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1966 British Academy Television Awards

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1966 British Academy Television Awards

British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Programme

Michael Mills

Honored for : The World of Wooster, Comedy Playhouse
(Sam The Samaritan, 90 Years On - Churchill Birthday Programme)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Mills The World of Wooster","Comedy Playhouse","Ninety Years On
90 Years On - Churchill Birthday Programme
Dick Clement The Likely Lads","Comedy Playhouse
Barnaby Spoot And The Exploding Whoopee Cushion
David Croft Hugh and I","A Slight Case Of...","The Dick Emery Show
The Dick Emery Show (1)
Shaun O'Riordan The Worker","The Tigers Are Burning","Emergency \u2013 Ward 10","The Braden Beat","Front Page Story
The Worker (6)","Emergency Ward Ten (4)","The Braden Beat (6)","Front Page Story (1)
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Documentary

Charles Squires

Honored for : The Grafters, Paradise Street

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Squires The Grafters","Paradise Street
Peter Batty The Fall And Rise Of The House Of Krupp","The Road To Suez
Anthony de Lotbinière Eton: The Pacemakers
Eton: The Pacemakers (6)
Denis Mitchell Sharon","The Dream Machine","The Entertainers
Michael Tuchner A Little Madness","No Mean City","Pilgrims To Lourdes
No Mean City: Florence","No Mean City: Athens
British Academy Television Award for Best Factual

Jeremy Isaacs

Honored for : This Week
(Winner: Jeremy Isaacs And The Production Team)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jeremy Isaacs This Week
Nominee: Jeremy Isaacs And The Production Team
Cyril Bennett Division","This Week","Three After Six","Paradise Street
This Week (From July 1965)
Paul Fox General Election Coverage
Tim Slessor So You Think You Can Drive","Jungle Green","Glorious Sail
Glorious Sail (Compilation)
Presentation Of Olympic Material
Nominee: Sports Unit
British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actor

Alan Badel

Honored for : Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, Famous Gossips, Count of Monte Cristo, ITV Play of the Week
(A Couple of Dry Martinis)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Briers Thursday Theatre","Marriage Lines","Points of View","Present Laughter","Summer Comedy Hour
Simon and Laura","Excerpt from Present Laughter","Summer Comedy Hour: Charley's Aunt
Alan Badel ITV Play of the Week","Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life","Count of Monte Cristo","Famous Gossips
A Couple of Dry Martinis
Ian Carmichael Thursday Theatre","The World of Wooster
Simon and Laura
Patrick Wymark The Wednesday Play","ITV Play of the Week","The Plane Makers","Once A Jolly Swagman","Sherlock Holmes (1965)
Malatesta","Four Of Hearts - Tilt; Crime and Punishment; I Remember The Battle
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series or Serial

Philip Mackie

Honored for : ITV Play of the Week
(Changeling, The)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Graham Scott Drama 61-67","Redcap","The Campaign","Danger Man","The Troubleshooters (UK)
Memory Of October","(6)
Philip Mackie ITV Play of the Week
Changeling, The","Women Beware Women
Silvio Narizzano Story Parade","The Wednesday Thriller
Old Boys, The","Babysitter, The
Stella Richman The Hidden Truth
Missing Believe Killed","One Of The Hampshire Pargeters
Stella Richman Blackmail
A Nice Little Family Fiddle","Take Care Of Madam","Kill Me
Ralph Smart Danger Man
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series or Serial

Philip Mackie

Honored for : Paris 1900

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Graham Scott Drama 61-67","Redcap","The Campaign","Danger Man","The Troubleshooters (UK)
Memory Of October","(6)
Philip Mackie ITV Play of the Week
Changeling, The","Women Beware Women
Silvio Narizzano Story Parade","The Wednesday Thriller
Old Boys, The","Babysitter, The
Stella Richman The Hidden Truth
Missing Believe Killed","One Of The Hampshire Pargeters
Stella Richman Blackmail
A Nice Little Family Fiddle","Take Care Of Madam","Kill Me
Ralph Smart Danger Man
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series or Serial

Silvio Narizzano

Honored for : The Wednesday Thriller
(Babysitter, The)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Graham Scott Drama 61-67","Redcap","The Campaign","Danger Man","The Troubleshooters (UK)
Memory Of October","(6)
Philip Mackie ITV Play of the Week
Changeling, The","Women Beware Women
Silvio Narizzano Story Parade","The Wednesday Thriller
Old Boys, The","Babysitter, The
Stella Richman The Hidden Truth
Missing Believe Killed","One Of The Hampshire Pargeters
Stella Richman Blackmail
A Nice Little Family Fiddle","Take Care Of Madam","Kill Me
Ralph Smart Danger Man
British Academy Television Award for Best Foreign Television Programme

Robert Drew

Honored for : Living Camera
(Winner: Robert Drew Associates)
British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Programme

Peter Cook, Dudley Moore

Honored for : Not Only... But Also
(And Script)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph McGrath Not Only... But Also","The Big Noise
The Big Noise (Last 4)
Peter Cook Not Only... But Also
And Script
Dudley Moore Not Only... But Also
And Script
Ken Carter The Benny Hill Show","The Lance Percival Show
Terry Henebery Jazz Scene USA","Commonwealth Jazz Club","Jazz 625
(Jazz 625) Torme's Back In Town","(Jazz 625) Ella Fitzgerald
Dennis Main Wilson Scott On...","The Roy Castle Show","Comedy Playhouse
Here I Come Whoever I Am/Till Death Do Us Part (Comedy Playhouse)","Scott On Birds/Scott On Money/Scott On Food
British Academy Television Mullard Award

Philip Daly

Honored for : Fred Hoyle's Universe
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Production

Cyril Coke

Honored for : ITV Play of the Week
(The Rules Of The Game, Four Of Hearts - Tilt, Crime And Punishment)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cyril Coke ITV Play of the Week
The Rules Of The Game","Four Of Hearts - Tilt","Crime And Punishment
Peter Hammond Hereward the Wake","Armchair Theatre
3 Episodes To September 1965","I Took My World Away","Ambrose
Peter Hammond Contract to Kill","Count of Monte Cristo
Charles Jarrott The Tea Party
Charles Jarrott The Wednesday Play","Thursday Theatre
The Big Breaker","Captain Carvallo","The Young Elizabeth
The Wars of the Roses
Nominee: Production Team
British Academy Television Special Award

Joy Whitby

Honored for : Play School
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Production

Peter Hammond

Honored for : Hereward the Wake, Armchair Theatre
(3 Episodes To September 1965, I Took My World Away, Ambrose)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cyril Coke ITV Play of the Week
The Rules Of The Game","Four Of Hearts - Tilt","Crime And Punishment
Peter Hammond Hereward the Wake","Armchair Theatre
3 Episodes To September 1965","I Took My World Away","Ambrose
Peter Hammond Contract to Kill","Count of Monte Cristo
Charles Jarrott The Tea Party
Charles Jarrott The Wednesday Play","Thursday Theatre
The Big Breaker","Captain Carvallo","The Young Elizabeth
The Wars of the Roses
Nominee: Production Team
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Production

Peter Hammond

Honored for : Contract to Kill, Count of Monte Cristo

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cyril Coke ITV Play of the Week
The Rules Of The Game","Four Of Hearts - Tilt","Crime And Punishment
Peter Hammond Hereward the Wake","Armchair Theatre
3 Episodes To September 1965","I Took My World Away","Ambrose
Peter Hammond Contract to Kill","Count of Monte Cristo
Charles Jarrott The Tea Party
Charles Jarrott The Wednesday Play","Thursday Theatre
The Big Breaker","Captain Carvallo","The Young Elizabeth
The Wars of the Roses
Nominee: Production Team
British Academy Television Award for Best Specialised Programmes

Peter Watkins

Honored for : Culloden

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Watkins Culloden
Gerry Anderson Stingray
Ken Russell Monitor
Always on Sunday","The Debussy Film
Humphrey Burton Workshop
Workshop: Goetterdaemmerung/Eroica/Michael Tippett/Liverpool Conducting Competition/Our World Of Opera/Guitar Recital By Julian Bream/Music Forum: Stokowski/Tippett/Mann
British Academy Television Award for Best Writer

Michael Mills

Honored for : The World of Wooster

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Mills The World of Wooster
Richard Waring Marriage Lines
John Elliot Love Story","The Troubleshooters (UK)
Love Story (The Truth Game)
Harold Pinter The Tea Party
John Hopkins Z-Cars","Armchair Theatre","The Wednesday Play","Theatre 625","A Man Like Orpheus
Wednesday Play (Horror of Darkness)","Theatre 625 (Parade's End)","Wednesday Play (Fable)","Armchair Theatre (I Took My Little World Away)
British Academy Television Award for Best Writer

Richard Waring

Honored for : Marriage Lines

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Mills The World of Wooster
Richard Waring Marriage Lines
John Elliot Love Story","The Troubleshooters (UK)
Love Story (The Truth Game)
Harold Pinter The Tea Party
John Hopkins Z-Cars","Armchair Theatre","The Wednesday Play","Theatre 625","A Man Like Orpheus
Wednesday Play (Horror of Darkness)","Theatre 625 (Parade's End)","Wednesday Play (Fable)","Armchair Theatre (I Took My Little World Away)
British Academy Television Award for Best News Coverage

Peter Morley

Honored for : LSO - The Music Men, The State Funeral Of Sir Winston Churchill

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alan Chivers Men against the Matterhorn","Alan Chivers, Cup Final","Match of the Day","Dunkirk Anniversary
Alan Chivers Cup Winners Cup Final
West Ham V Munich","England V Scotland
Antony Craxton The Lying-In-State And The State Funeral Of Sir Winston Churchill","NATO Conference","Festival Of Remembrance At Cenotaph","Rugby Union - England V Scotland","Music 625","Other Symphony Concerts","First And Last Night At The Proms
Antony Craxton Music OBs
Including International Concert Hall Series
Glyn Jones Victory In Europe - 20 Years After","Half Time Britain","Science Special","Challenge","Tomorrow's World
Peter Morley The State Funeral Of Sir Winston Churchill","LSO - The Music Men
Walther Pluess Men against the Matterhorn","Dunkirk Anniversary","Match of the Day","Alan Chivers, Cup Final
Walther Pluess Cup Winners Cup Final
England V Scotland","West Ham V Munich
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series

Philip Mackie

Honored for : ITV Play of the Week
(Women Beware Women)
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series

Silvio Narizzano

Honored for : Story Parade
(Old Boys, The)
British Academy Television Award for Best Design

Eileen Diss

Honored for : Theatre 625, Thursday Theatre, The Wednesday Play
(Progress to the Park, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, The Tap On The Shoulder, Ashes To Ashes, Auto Stop)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eileen Diss Theatre 625","Thursday Theatre","The Wednesday Play
Progress to the Park","Summer of the Seventeenth Doll","The Tap On The Shoulder","Ashes To Ashes","Auto Stop
Eileen Diss The Tea Party
John Clements ITV Play of the Week
The Bachelors","Giants on Saturday","No Baby, No Baby at All","The Rules of the Game","We Thought You'd Like To Be Caesar","Beautiful Forever","The Winds of Green Monday
John Clements Blackmail
A Nice Little Family Fiddle
John Clements No Hiding Place
John Clements This Week
Assheton Gorton Armchair Theatre
The Incident","The Importance of Being Earnest","Hothouse","The Gaming Book
Assheton Gorton Armchair Mystery Theatre
The Hunter","Time and Mr Madingley
Richard Wilmot Theatre 625
No Trams To Lime Street","Seek Her Out","Parade's End #1: Some Do Not","Parade's End #2: No More Parades","Parade's End #3: A Man Could Stand Up
Richard Wilmot Thursday Theatre","Sherlock Holmes (1965)
The Kidders","Episode 1
Richard Wilmot The Wednesday Play
The Interior Decorator","The Navigator
British Academy Television Award for Best Design

Eileen Diss

Honored for : The Tea Party

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eileen Diss Theatre 625","Thursday Theatre","The Wednesday Play
Progress to the Park","Summer of the Seventeenth Doll","The Tap On The Shoulder","Ashes To Ashes","Auto Stop
Eileen Diss The Tea Party
John Clements ITV Play of the Week
The Bachelors","Giants on Saturday","No Baby, No Baby at All","The Rules of the Game","We Thought You'd Like To Be Caesar","Beautiful Forever","The Winds of Green Monday
John Clements Blackmail
A Nice Little Family Fiddle
John Clements No Hiding Place
John Clements This Week
Assheton Gorton Armchair Theatre
The Incident","The Importance of Being Earnest","Hothouse","The Gaming Book
Assheton Gorton Armchair Mystery Theatre
The Hunter","Time and Mr Madingley
Richard Wilmot Theatre 625
No Trams To Lime Street","Seek Her Out","Parade's End #1: Some Do Not","Parade's End #2: No More Parades","Parade's End #3: A Man Could Stand Up
Richard Wilmot Thursday Theatre","Sherlock Holmes (1965)
The Kidders","Episode 1
Richard Wilmot The Wednesday Play
The Interior Decorator","The Navigator
British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actress

Gwen Watford

Honored for : Blackmail, ITV Play of the Week, Love Story, Armchair Mystery Theatre, The Rise and Rise of Cesar Birotteau
(Take Care of Madam, The Rules Of The Game, End of Term, The Madam)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gwen Watford Blackmail","ITV Play of the Week","Love Story","Armchair Mystery Theatre","The Rise and Rise of Cesar Birotteau
Take Care of Madam","The Rules Of The Game","End of Term","The Madam
Peggy Ashcroft Theatre 625","The Wars of the Roses
Rosmersholm
June Barry ITV Play of the Week","Love Story","Theatre 625
Four of Hearts #1: Tilt","Twice Upon A Time","Progress To The Park","No Trams to Line Street
Vivien Merchant The Tea Party
Moira Redmond Thursday Theatre","Drama 61-67","Armchair Mystery Theatre","ITV Sunday Night Drama","R3
Anatol","The Late Edwina Black","Challenge","A Tall Stalwart Lancer
British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Programme

Joseph McGrath

Honored for : Not Only... But Also, The Big Noise
(The Big Noise (Last 4))

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph McGrath Not Only... But Also","The Big Noise
The Big Noise (Last 4)
Peter Cook Not Only... But Also
And Script
Dudley Moore Not Only... But Also
And Script
Ken Carter The Benny Hill Show","The Lance Percival Show
Terry Henebery Jazz Scene USA","Commonwealth Jazz Club","Jazz 625
(Jazz 625) Torme's Back In Town","(Jazz 625) Ella Fitzgerald
Dennis Main Wilson Scott On...","The Roy Castle Show","Comedy Playhouse
Here I Come Whoever I Am/Till Death Do Us Part (Comedy Playhouse)","Scott On Birds/Scott On Money/Scott On Food
British Academy Television Richard Dimbleby Award
British Academy Television Desmond Davis Award for Services to Television
British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance

John Bird

Honored for : Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Bird Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
Charlie Drake The Worker
Benny Hill The Benny Hill Show
(and script)
Terry Scott Scott On...","Hugh and I","Christmas Night with the Stars","Women Aren't Angels
Scott On Birds/Scott On Money/Scott On Food","Christmas Night with the Stars (Billy Cotton Band Show)
British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance

Charlie Drake

Honored for : The Worker

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Bird Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
Charlie Drake The Worker
Benny Hill The Benny Hill Show
(and script)
Terry Scott Scott On...","Hugh and I","Christmas Night with the Stars","Women Aren't Angels
Scott On Birds/Scott On Money/Scott On Food","Christmas Night with the Stars (Billy Cotton Band Show)
British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance

Benny Hill

Honored for : The Benny Hill Show
((and script))

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Bird Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
Charlie Drake The Worker
Benny Hill The Benny Hill Show
(and script)
Terry Scott Scott On...","Hugh and I","Christmas Night with the Stars","Women Aren't Angels
Scott On Birds/Scott On Money/Scott On Food","Christmas Night with the Stars (Billy Cotton Band Show)
British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance

Terry Scott

Honored for : Christmas Night with the Stars, Scott On..., Hugh and I, Women Aren't Angels
(Christmas Night with the Stars (Billy Cotton Band Show), Scott On Birds/Scott On Money/Scott On Food)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Bird Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
Charlie Drake The Worker
Benny Hill The Benny Hill Show
(and script)
Terry Scott Scott On...","Hugh and I","Christmas Night with the Stars","Women Aren't Angels
Scott On Birds/Scott On Money/Scott On Food","Christmas Night with the Stars (Billy Cotton Band Show)