1979 - Results

Television Awards

1979 Results

  • Winner

    Edward Fox

    Edward And Mrs Simpson
    Actor
    Nominee

    Tom Bell

    Out
    Actor
    Nominee

    Ian Holm

    Night School/Flayed/Mirage/Lost Boys
    Actor
    Nominee

    Bob Hoskins

    Pennies From Heaven
    Actor
  • Winner

    Francesca Annis

    Lillie/The Comedy Of Errors
    Actress
    Nominee

    Peggy Ashcroft

    Edward And Mrs Simpson/Hullabaloo Over Georgie And Bonnie's Pictures
    Actress
    Nominee

    Cheryl Campbell

    Pennies From Heaven
    Actress
    Nominee

    Cynthia Harris

    Edward And Mrs Simpson
    Actress
  • Winner

    The Open Golf Championship

    AP Wilkinson
    Actuality Coverage
    Nominee

    Home From The Sea

    John Vernon
    Actuality Coverage
    Nominee

    ITV Coverage Of The World Cup

    Sports Production Team
    Actuality Coverage
    Nominee

    Wimbledon '78

    AP Wilkinson
    Actuality Coverage
  • Winner

    Edward And Mrs Simpson

    • Allan Cameron
    • Martyn Hebert
    Design
    Nominee

    Pennies From Heaven

    • Tim Harvey
    • Bruce Macadie
    Design
    Nominee

    The Voyage Of Charles Darwin

    Colin Shaw
    Design
    Nominee

    Lillie

    • Bryan Bagge
    • Richard Dunn
    • Roger Hall
    Design
  • Winner

    Christopher Ralling

    Christopher Ralling
    Desmond Davis Award
  • Winner

    Opium: The Warlords

    Adrian Cowell
    Documentary
    Nominee

    The Hong Kong Beat: The Bamboo Curtain

    John Purdie
    Documentary
    Nominee

    MacMillan's Mayerling

    Derek Bailey
    Documentary
    Nominee

    Whicker's World - India: He's A Stuck-Up Maharajah - I'm Not Going To Marry Him

    • Ian Mcfarlane
    • Nigel Turner
    Documentary
  • Winner

    Edward And Mrs Simpson

    • Andrew Brown
    • Waris Hussein
    Drama Series or Serial
    Nominee

    All Creatures Great And Small

    Bill Sellars
    Drama Series or Serial
    Nominee

    Lillie

    Jack Williams
    Drama Series or Serial
    Nominee

    Pennies From Heaven

    • Kenith Trodd
    • Piers Haggard
    Drama Series or Serial
  • Winner

    The Voyage Of Charles Darwin

    Christopher Ralling
    Factual Series
    Nominee

    The Body In Question (Episodes 1-7)

    Patrick Uden
    Factual Series
    Nominee

    The Hong Kong Beat

    John Purdie
    Factual Series
    Nominee

    Horizon

    Simon Campbell-Jones
    Factual Series
  • Winner

    Huw Wheldon

    Huw Wheldon
    Non Competitive
    Fellowship
    Winner

    Lew Grade

    Lew Grade
    Non Competitive
    Fellowship
  • Winner

    The Kenny Everett Video Show

    David Mallet
    Light Entertainment
    Nominee

    The Muppet Show

    Jim Henson
    Light Entertainment
    Nominee

    The Two Ronnies

    Peter Whitmore
    Light Entertainment
    Nominee

    The Good Life (Special)

    John Howard Davies
    Light Entertainment
  • Winner

    Ronnie Barker

    Going Straight/The Two Ronnies
    Light Entertainment Performance
    Nominee

    Leonard Rossiter

    The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin/The Losers/Rising Damp
    Light Entertainment Performance
    Nominee

    Donald Sinden

    Two's Company
    Light Entertainment Performance
    Nominee

    Elaine Stritch

    Two's Company/Song By Song
    Light Entertainment Performance
  • Winner

    Pennies From Heaven

    • Kenith Trodd
    • Piers Haggard
    Most Original Programme/Series
    Nominee

    The Body In Question

    Patrick Uden
    Most Original Programme/Series
    Nominee

    Glad Day - A Celebration For William Blake

    • John Michael Phillips
    • Lester Clark
    Most Original Programme/Series
    Nominee

    In The Looking Glass

    Ian Keill
    Most Original Programme/Series
    Nominee

    The Kenny Everett Video Show

    David Mallet
    Most Original Programme/Series
    Nominee

    World In Action: Inside Europe - The Summit

    • Brian Lapping
    • Norma Percy
    Most Original Programme/Series
  • Winner

    Music Time -The Nutcracker And the Mouse King

    Elizabeth Bennett
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Flame Of Knowledge
    Nominee

    How We Used To Live

    Richard Handford
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Flame Of Knowledge
    Nominee

    Leapfrog

    Paul Martin
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Flame Of Knowledge
    Nominee

    The Plough And The Stars

    Ronald Smedley
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Flame Of Knowledge
    Nominee

    Television Club

    Morton Surguy
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Flame Of Knowledge
    Nominee

    Writer's Workshop

    Edward Joffe
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Flame Of Knowledge
    Nominee

    The English Programme

    Alan Horrox
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Flame Of Knowledge
    Nominee

    French Studies

    Tony Davenall
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Flame Of Knowledge
  • Winner

    Think Of A Number

    Anne Reay
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin
    Nominee

    Young Explorers

    Brian Hawkins
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin
    Nominee

    Blue Peter

    Biddy Baxter
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin
    Nominee

    Extraordinary

    Joy Whitby
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin
    Nominee

    Fanfare For Young Musicians

    Helen West
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin
    Nominee

    Junior Police Five

    Shaw Taylor
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin
  • Winner

    Grange Hill

    • Anna Home
    • Colin Cant
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin - Drama/Light Entertainment
    Nominee

    Come Back, Lucy

    Shaun O'Riordan
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin - Drama/Light Entertainment
    Nominee

    Huntingtower

    Pharic McLaren
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin - Drama/Light Entertainment
    Nominee

    Multi-Coloured Swap Shop

    Rosemary Gill
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin - Drama/Light Entertainment
    Nominee

    Play School

    Anne Gobey
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin - Drama/Light Entertainment
    Nominee

    Runaround

    Greg Lanning
    Supported Talent
    Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin - Drama/Light Entertainment
  • Winner

    David Bellamy

    David Bellamy
    Richard Dimbleby Award
  • Winner

    Nuts And Bolts Of The Economy

    • Allan Segal
    • Michael Scott
    Supported Talent
    Shell International Award
  • Winner

    Licking Hitler

    David Hare
    Single Play
    Nominee

    Me, I'm Afraid Of Virginia Woolf

    Stephen Frears
    Single Play
    Nominee

    The One And Only Phyllis Dixey

    Michael Tuchner
    Single Play
    Nominee

    Thank You Comrades

    Jack Gold
    Single Play
  • Winner

    Going Straight

    Sydney Lotterby
    Situation Comedy
    Nominee

    The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin

    Gareth Gwenlan
    Situation Comedy
    Nominee

    Rising Damp

    Vernon Lawrence
    Situation Comedy
    Nominee

    Two's Company

    • Humphrey Barclay
    • John Reardon
    Situation Comedy
  • Winner

    Dennis Potter

    Dennis Potter
    Writer