Awards & Winners

1980 British Academy Television Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1980 British Academy Television Awards. Check awards winners of 1980 British Academy Film and Television Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1980 British Academy Film and Television Awards

British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actor

Alec Guinness

Honored for : Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alec Guinness Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Robert Hardy BBC2 Playhouse","All Creatures Great and Small
Episode: Speed King
Leo McKern Rumpole of the Bailey
Timothy West Churchill and the Generals","Henry VIII","Crime and Punishment","Timothy West As Beecham
British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actress

Cheryl Campbell

Honored for : Testament of Youth, Blue Peter Special Assignment, Malice Aforethought
(For the episode of Blue Peter Special Assignement: The Duke Of Wellington)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Cheryl Campbell Testament of Youth","Blue Peter Special Assignment","Malice Aforethought
For the episode of Blue Peter Special Assignement: The Duke Of Wellington
Judi Dench BBC2 Play of the Week","ITV Playhouse","Macbeth
Nominee for BBC2 Play of the Week, episode: On Giant's Shoulders","Nominee for ITV Playhouse, episode: A Village Wooing
Kate Nelligan Measure for Measure
Beryl Reid Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
British Academy Television Award for Best News Coverage

Ian Engelmann

Honored for : The Last Night of the Proms

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ian Engelmann The Last Night of the Proms
Peter Hall Cosi fan Tutte
John Vernon Cosi fan Tutte
Mike Lumley BBC News 24
Earl Mountbatten's Funeral
BBC News 24
Nominee: Production Team","Coverage of Fastnet Boat Race
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Documentary

Don Haworth

Honored for : Fred Dibnah: Steeplejack

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Nominee Nominated Work
Simon Trevor World About Us
Bloody Ivory
Bill Travers World About Us
Bloody Ivory
Don Haworth Fred Dibnah: Steeplejack
Peter Morley Kitty - Return to Auschwitz
David Munro Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia
British Academy Television Award for Best Design

Sally Hulke

Honored for : Testament of Youth

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tony Abbott Crime and Punishment
Sally Hulke Testament of Youth
Barry Newbery Prince Regent
Barrie Dobbins Prince Regent
Austen Spriggs Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
British Academy Television Fellowship Award
British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Programme

Alan J. W. Bell, Jim Franklin

Honored for : Ripping Yarns

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alan J. W. Bell Ripping Yarns
Jim Franklin Ripping Yarns
David Mallet Kenny Everett Video Show
Jim Henson The Muppet Show
Brian Penders The Two Ronnies
British Academy Television Award for Best Programme/Series without Category

Melvyn Bragg

Honored for : The South Bank Show

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Nominee Nominated Work
Melvyn Bragg The South Bank Show
Paul Smith It'll Be Alright on the Night
It'll Be Alright on the Night 2
Rodney Greenberg Jacqueline Du Pré Masterclass
Robin Lough Timothy West As Beecham
British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance

John Cleese

Honored for : Fawlty Towers

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Cleese Fawlty Towers
Ronnie Barker The Two Ronnies
Penelope Keith To the Manor Born
Andrew Sachs Fawlty Towers
British Academy Television Rediffusion Star Awards: Flame Of Knowledge

Anna Home, Roger Singleton-Turner

Honored for : Grange Hill

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Nominee Nominated Work
Anna Home Grange Hill
Roger Singleton-Turner Grange Hill
Simon Brett End of Part One
Geoffrey Sax End of Part One
Anna Home Graham's Gang
Marilyn Fox Graham's Gang
Clive Doig Jigsaw
Ken Riddington The Legend of King Arthur
Rodney Bennett The Legend of King Arthur
James Hill Worzel Gummidge
British Academy Television Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin

Anne Wood, Ian Bolt

Honored for : The Book Tower

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Nominee Nominated Work
Anne Wood The Book Tower
Ian Bolt The Book Tower
Biddy Baxter Blue Peter
Hugh David Blue Peter Special Assignment
Marie Antoinette at Versailles
Peter Webb Rainbow
Rainbow Moves House
Alan Russell Record Breakers
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series or Serial

Jonathan Powell, Moira Armstrong

Honored for : Testament of Youth

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jonathan Powell Testament of Youth
Moira Armstrong Testament of Youth
Jacqueline Davis Rumpole of the Bailey
Mark Shivas Telford's Change
Barry Davis Telford's Change
Jonathan Powell Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John Irvin Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
British Academy Television Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin - Drama/Light Entertainment

Richard Handford

Honored for : How We Used To Live

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Nominee Nominated Work
Roy Thompson Scene
Richard Handford How We Used To Live
Jack Smith Facts For Life: Family Matters
Len Brown Japan: The Crowded Islands
Francis Fuchs Leapfrog
Paul Martin Leapfrog
Felicity Kinross Scan
Edward Joffe Writers' Workshop
British Academy Television Award for Best Factual Series

Mark Anderson

Honored for : Circuit 11 Miami

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Sparks Life on Earth
Richard Brock Life on Earth
Patricia Foy The Magic of Dance
Anthony Isaacs World About Us
Michael Andrews World About Us
Mark Anderson Circuit 11 Miami
British Academy Television International Award

Brian Clark

Honored for : Telford's Change
British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy

Douglas Argent, Bob Spiers

Honored for : Fawlty Towers

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Nominee Nominated Work
Douglas Argent Fawlty Towers
Bob Spiers Fawlty Towers
Gareth Gwenlan The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Sydney Lotterby Last of the Summer Wine
Gareth Gwenlan To the Manor Born
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Play

Brian Gibson

Honored for : Play for Today
(For episode Blue Remembered Hills (#9.14).)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Brian Gibson Play for Today
For episode \"Blue Remembered Hills (#9.14)\".
Alan Gibson Churchill and the Generals
Bob Brooks The Knowledge
Michael Darlow Suez 1956
British Academy Television Special Award

Coronation Street

British Academy Television Richard Dimbleby Award
British Academy Television Desmond Davis Award for Services to Television
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series

Jonathan Powell, Moira Armstrong

Honored for : Testament of Youth

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jonathan Powell Testament of Youth
Moira Armstrong Testament of Youth
Jacqueline Davis Rumpole of the Bailey
Mark Shivas Telford's Change
Barry Davis Telford's Change
Jonathan Powell Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John Irvin Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy