2003 British Academy Television Awards

Date| 13 April 2003
Site| The Dorchester
Hosted by| Anne Robinson
Highlights
Best Comedy Series| Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
Best Drama| Spooks
Best Actor| Albert Finney
The Gathering Storm
Best Actress| Julie Walters
Murder
Best Comedy Performance|

* Ricky Gervais
The Office

Television coverage
Channel| BBC One
Ratings| 6.72 million

* ← 2002
* BAFTA Awards
* 2004 →

The 2003 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 13 April at The Dorchester in London. The ceremony was hosted by television presenter Anne Robinson.

## Winners

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* Best Actor
* Winner: Albert Finney — The Gathering Storm (BBC Two)
* Other nominees: Kenneth Branagh — Conspiracy (BBC Two); Kenneth Branagh — Shackleton (Channel 4); James Nesbitt — Bloody Sunday (ITV)
* Best Actress
* Winner: Julie Walters — Murder (BBC Two)
* Other nominees: Sheila Hancock — Bedtime (BBC One); Vanessa Redgrave — The Gathering Storm (BBC Two); Jessica Stevenson — Tomorrow La Scala! (BBC Two)
* Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
* Winner: Alistair McGowan's Big Impression (Vera / BBC One)
* Other nominees: Bremner, Bird and Fortune (Vera / Channel 4); Look Around You (TalkBack Productions / BBC Two); Smack the Pony (Talkback Productions / Channel 4)
* Best Comedy Performance
* Winner: Ricky Gervais — The Office (BBC Two)
* Other nominees: John Bird & John Fortune — Bremner, Bird and Fortune (Channel 4); Steve Coogan — I'm Alan Partridge (BBC Two); Peter Kay — Phoenix Nights (Channel 4)
* Best Drama Serial
* Winner: Shackleton (Firstsight Films / Channel 4)
* Other nominees: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (BBC / Ziji Productions / BBC One); Doctor Zhivago (Granada Television / ITV); Murder (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC Two)
* Best Drama Series
* Winner: Spooks (Kudos Film & Television / BBC One)
* Other nominees: Clocking Off (Red Production Company / BBC One); Cutting It (BBC / BBC One); Teachers (Tiger Aspect Productions / Channel 4)
* Best Single Drama
* Winner: Conspiracy (HBO / BBC Films / BBC Two)
* Other nominees: Bloody Sunday (Granada Film / Hell's Kitchen / ITV); Flesh and Blood (Red Production Company / BBC Two); Tomorrow La Scala! (BBC Films / UK Film Council / BBC Two)
* Best Soap Opera
* Winner: Coronation Street (Granada Television / ITV)
* Other nominees: Doctors (BBC / BBC One); EastEnders (BBC / BBC One); Hollyoaks (Mersey Television / Channel 4)
* Best Current Affairs
* Winner: Young, Nazi and Proud (Steve Boulton Productions / Channel 4)
* Other nominees: Panorama — Corruption of Racing (BBC / BBC One); Panorama – Licence to Murder (BBC / BBC One); Palestine is Still the Issue – A Special Report by John Pilger (Carlton Television / ITV)
* Best Entertainment Performance
* Winner: Paul Merton — Have I Got News For You (BBC One)
* Other nominees: Sanjeev Bhaskar — The Kumars at No. 42 (BBC Two); Angus Deayton — Have I Got News For You (BBC One); Meera Syal — The Kumars at No. 42 (BBC Two)
* Best Factual Series or Strand
* Winner: The Trust (Hart Ryan Productions / Channel 4)
* Other nominees: A History of Britain by Simon Schama (BBC / BBC Two); The Life of Mammals (BBC Natural History / BBC One); Revealed (Various / Five)
* Best Feature
* Winner: Faking It (RDF Media / Channel 4)
* Other nominees: Jamie's Kitchen (Talkback Productions / Fresh One / Channel 4); Lads Army (20/20 Television / ITV); What Not to Wear (BBC / BBC Two)
* Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
* Winner: Feltham Sings (Century Films / Channel 4)
* Other nominees: 9/11: The Tale of Two Towers (Michael Attwell Productions / Five); SAS Embassy Siege (BBC / BBC Two); Thalidomide - Life at 40 (BBC Scotland / BBC Two)
* Entertainment Programme or Series
* Winner: I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (London Weekend Television / ITV)
* Other nominees: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (Open Mike with Mike Bullard / BBC One); The Kumars at No. 42 (Hat Trick Productions / BBC Two); Test the Nation (Talent Television / BBC One)
* News Coverage
* Winner: Soham - August 16/17 (Sky News / Sky News)
* Other nominees: Collapse of the Paul Burrell Trial (BBC / BBC One / BBC News 24); The Death of the Queen Mother (ITN / ITV); Jenin and Bethlehem - What Chance of Peace? (ITN / Channel 4)
* Situation Comedy Award
* Winner: The Office (BBC / BBC Two)
* Other nominees: The Book Group (Pirate Productions / Channel 4); My Family (DLT Entertainment / Rude Boy Productions / BBC One); Phoenix Nights (Ovation Entertainment / Channel 4)
* Sport
* Winner: The Commonwealth Games (BBC / BBC One)
* Other nominees: 2002 FIFA World Cup (ISN / Carlton Television / ITV); World Rally Championship (Chrysalis Television / Channel 4); World Cup: England v Argentina (BBC / BBC One)
* The Alan Clarke Award
* Norma Percy
* Brian Lapping
* Special Award
* Carl Davis

## References

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* Archive of winners on official BAFTA website (Retrieved 26 January 2006).
* British Academy Television Awards 2003 Archived 31 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Movie Database.

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