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1988 - Results

Television Awards

1988 Results

  • Winner

    David Jason

    Porterhouse Blue
    Actor
    Nominee

    Kenneth Branagh

    Fortunes Of War/The Lady’s Not For Burning
    Actor
    Nominee

    Robbie Coltrane

    Tutti Frutti
    Actor
    Nominee

    Ray McAnally

    A Perfect Spy/Scout
    Actor
  • Winner

    Emma Thompson

    Fortunes Of War/Tutti Frutti
    Actress
    Nominee

    Jean Alexander

    Coronation Street
    Actress
    Nominee

    Joan Hickson

    Miss Marple: Nemesis
    Actress
    Nominee

    Miranda Richardson

    After Pilkington
    Actress
  • Winner

    The Really Wild Show

    Mike Beynon
    Children's Programme - Documentary - Educational
    Nominee

    How We Used To Live

    Ian Fell
    Children's Programme - Documentary - Educational
    Nominee

    Newsround

    John Craven
    Children's Programme - Documentary - Educational
    Nominee

    Storytime

    Moyra Gambleton
    Children's Programme - Documentary - Educational
  • Winner

    A Little Princess

    • Colin Shindler
    • Carol Wiseman
    Children's Programme - Entertainment/Drama
    Nominee

    Grange Hill

    Ron Smedley
    Children's Programme - Entertainment/Drama
    Nominee

    Aliens In The Family

    • Paul Stone
    • Christine Secombe
    Children's Programme - Entertainment/Drama
    Nominee

    The Gemini Factor

    • Sheila Kinany
    • Renny Rye
    Children's Programme - Entertainment/Drama
  • Winner

    Blackadder The Third

    • John Lloyd
    • Mandie Fletcher
    Comedy Series
    Nominee

    Allo 'Allo

    David Croft
    Comedy Series
    Nominee

    Bread

    Robin Nash
    Comedy Series
    Nominee

    Ever Decreasing Circles

    Harold Snoad
    Comedy Series
    Nominee

    Yes, Prime Minister

    Sydney Lotterby
    Comedy Series
  • Winner

    Julia Smith

    Julia Smith
    Desmond Davis Award
  • Winner

    Tutti Frutti

    • Andy Park
    • Tony Smith
    Drama Series
    Nominee

    Fortunes Of War

    • Betty Willingale
    • James Cellan Jones
    Drama Series
    Nominee

    A Perfect Spy

    • Colin Rogers
    • Peter Smith
    Drama Series
    Nominee

    Porterhouse Blue

    • Brian Eastman
    • Robert Knights
    Drama Series
  • Winner

    The Duty Men

    Paul Hamann
    Factual Series
    Nominee

    Arena

    • Nigel Finch
    • Anthony Wall
    Factual Series
    Nominee

    The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

    • Charles Chabot
    • Rosemary Wilton
    Factual Series
    Nominee

    Forty Minutes

    Edward Mirzoeff
    Factual Series
  • Winner

    Baka - People Of The Rain Forest

    Phil Agland
    Flaherty Documentary Award
    Winner

    Baka - People Of The Rain Forest

    Phil Agland
    Flaherty Documentary Award
    Nominee

    Man-Eating Tigers/Saving The Tiger

    Naresh Bedi
    Flaherty Documentary Award
    Nominee

    Fourteen Days In May

    Paul Hamann
    Flaherty Documentary Award
    Nominee

    Forty Minutes: Home From The Hill

    Molly Dineen
    Flaherty Documentary Award
    Nominee

    Forty Minutes: Home From The Hill

    Molly Dineen
    Flaherty Documentary Award
    Nominee

    Fourteen Days In May

    Paul Hamann
    Flaherty Documentary Award
    Nominee

    Man-Eating Tigers/Saving The Tiger

    Naresh Bedi
    Flaherty Documentary Award
  • Winner

    Lowest Of The Low (Ganz Unten)

    • Günter Walraff
    • Joerg Gfrörer
    Foreign Television Programme
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    LS Lowry: A Simple Man

    • Ian Squires
    • Gillian Lynne
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Arena: Dennis Potter

    Anthony Wall
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Omnibus: George Gershwin Remembered

    Peter Adam
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The South Bank Show: Maria Callas

    Tony Palmer
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
  • Winner

    Victoria Wood On TV Special

    Geoff Posner
    Light Entertainment
    Nominee

    Spitting Image

    Geoffrey Perkins
    Light Entertainment
    Nominee

    Alas Smith And Jones

    • John Kilby
    • Jamie Rix
    Light Entertainment
    Nominee

    The Dame Edna Experience

    • Richard Drewett
    • Judith Holder
    Light Entertainment
  • Winner

    Nigel Hawthorne

    Yes, Prime Minister
    Light Entertainment Performance
    Nominee

    Rowan Atkinson

    Blackadder The Third
    Light Entertainment Performance
    Nominee

    Paul Eddington

    Yes, Prime Minister
    Light Entertainment Performance
    Nominee

    Barry Humphries

    The Dame Edna Experience
    Light Entertainment Performance
  • Winner

    Special Edition Of Channel 4 News: Coverage Of The Zeebrugge Disaster

    Stewart Purvis
    News or Outside Broadcast Coverage
    Nominee

    BBC News Coverage Of The Zeebrugge Disaster

    Ron Neil
    News or Outside Broadcast Coverage
    Nominee

    Channel 4 News

    • Richard Tait
    • Stewart Purvis
    News or Outside Broadcast Coverage
    Nominee

    News At Ten

    Nick Pollard
    News or Outside Broadcast Coverage
  • Winner

    Porterhouse Blue

    • Christopher Gunning
    • Rick Lloyd
    Original Television Music
    Nominee

    The Beiderbecke Tapes

    Frank Ricotti
    Original Television Music
    Nominee

    Fortunes Of War

    Richard Holmes
    Original Television Music
    Nominee

    A Perfect Spy

    Michael Storey
    Original Television Music
  • Winner

    Esther Rantzen

    Esther Rantzen
    Richard Dimbleby Award
  • Winner

    The Reluctant Dragon

    Bridget Appleby
    Short Animation
    Nominee

    Fireman Sam

    • Ian Frampton
    • John Walker
    Short Animation
    Nominee

    The Shoe People

    • Tony Barnes
    • Clennell Rawson
    Short Animation
    Nominee

    The Wind In The Willows

    • Brian Cosgrove
    • Mark Hall
    Short Animation
  • Winner

    Lifestory

    Mick Jackson
    Single Drama
    Nominee

    After Pilkington

    • Christopher Morahan
    • Kenith Trodd
    Single Drama
    Nominee

    Blunt

    • John Glenister
    • Martin Thompson
    Single Drama
    Nominee

    East Of Ipswich

    • Tristram Powell
    • Innes Lloyd
    Single Drama
  • Winner

    • Antony Jay
    • Jonathan Lynn

    Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
    Writer

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