2013 British Academy Television Awards

2013 British Academy Television Awards
Date	12 May 2013
Site	Royal Festival Hall, London
Host	Graham Norton
Producer	Zoe Cook
Highlights
Best Comedy	The Revolution Will Be Televised
Best Drama	Last Tango in Halifax
Best Actor	Ben Whishaw Richard II
Best Actress	Sheridan Smith Mrs Biggs
Best Comedy Performance	Steve Coogan Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life Olivia Colman Twenty Twelve
Most awards	Olivia Colman (2)
Television coverage
Channel	BBC One
Duration	2 hrs (TV Coverage)
Ratings	6.19 million

The 2013 British Academy Television Awards nominations were announced on 9 April 2013. The award ceremony was held at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 12 May 2013.

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first and emboldened.

Leading Actor

• Ben Whishaw – Richard II: "The Hollow Crown" (BBC Two)
  • Sean Bean – Accused: "Tracie's Story" (BBC One)
  • Derek Jacobi – Last Tango in Halifax (BBC One)
  • Toby Jones – The Girl (BBC Two)

Leading Actress

• Sheridan Smith – Mrs Biggs (ITV)
  • Rebecca Hall – Parade's End (BBC Two)
  • Sienna Miller – The Girl (BBC Two)
  • Anne Reid – Last Tango in Halifax (BBC One)

Supporting Actor

• Simon Russell Beale – Henry IV, Parts I & II: "The Hollow Crown" (BBC Two)
  • Peter Capaldi – The Hour (BBC Two)
  • Stephen Graham – Accused: "Tracie's Story" (BBC One)
  • Harry Lloyd – The Fear (Channel 4)

Supporting Actress

• Olivia Colman – Accused: "Mo's Story" (BBC One)
  • Anastasia Hille – The Fear (Channel 4)
  • Sarah Lancashire – Last Tango in Halifax (BBC One)
  • Imelda Staunton – The Girl (BBC Two)

Entertainment Performance

• Alan Carr – Alan Carr: Chatty Man (Channel 4)
  • Ant & Dec – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (ITV)
  • Sarah Millican – The Sarah Millican Television Programme (BBC Two)
  • Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)

Female Performance In A Comedy Programme

• Olivia Colman – Twenty Twelve (BBC Two)
  • Julia Davis – Hunderby (Sky Atlantic)
  • Miranda Hart – Miranda (BBC One)
  • Jessica Hynes – Twenty Twelve (BBC Two)

Male Performance In A Comedy Programme

• Steve Coogan – Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life (Sky Atlantic)
  • Hugh Bonneville – Twenty Twelve (BBC Two)
  • Peter Capaldi – The Thick of It (BBC Two)
  • Greg Davies – Cuckoo (BBC Three)

Single Drama

• Murder (BBC Two)
  • Everyday (Channel 4)
  • The Girl (BBC Two)
  • Richard II: "The Hollow Crown" (BBC Two)

Mini-Series

• Room at the Top (BBC Four)
  • Accused (BBC One)
  • Mrs Biggs (ITV)
  • Parade's End (BBC Two)

Drama Series

• Last Tango in Halifax (BBC One)
  • Ripper Street (BBC One)
  • Scott & Bailey (ITV)
  • Silk (BBC One)

Soap & Continuing Drama

• EastEnders (BBC One)
  • Coronation Street (ITV)
  • Emmerdale (ITV)
  • Shameless (Channel 4)

International

• Girls (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
  • The Bridge (SVT1/DR1/BBC Four)
  • Game of Thrones (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
  • Homeland (Showtime/Channel 4)

Factual Series

• Our War (BBC Three)
  • 24 Hours in A&E (Channel 4)
  • Great Ormond Street (BBC Two)
  • Make Bradford British (Channel 4)

Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual

• All In The Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry (Channel 4)
  • The Plane Crash (Channel 4)
  • The Plot to Bring Down Britain's Planes (Channel 4)
  • The Secret History of Our Streets (BBC Two)

Robert Flaherty Award for Single Documentary

• 7/7: One Day in London (BBC Two)
  • Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest (BBC Two)
  • Lucian Freud: Painted Life (BBC Two)
  • Nina Conti – A Ventriloquist's Story: Her Master's Voice (BBC Four)

Features

• The Great British Bake Off (BBC Two)
  • Bank of Dave (Channel 4)
  • Grand Designs (Channel 4)
  • Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs (ITV)

Reality and Constructed Factual

• Made in Chelsea (E4)
  • The Audience (Channel 4)
  • I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (ITV)
  • The Young Apprentice (BBC One)

Current Affairs

• This World: "The Shame of the Catholic Church" (BBC Two)
  • Panorama: "Britain's Hidden Housing Crisis" (BBC One)
  • Exposure: "The Other Side of Jimmy Savile" (ITV)
  • Al Jazeera Investigates: "What Killed Arafat?" (Al Jazeera English)

News Coverage

• Granada Reports: "Hillsborough – The Truth at Last" (ITV)
  • BBC News at Ten: "Syria" (BBC One)
  • Channel 4 News: "Battle for Homs" (Channel 4)

Sport & Live Event

• The London 2012 Paralympic Games (Channel 4)
  • The London 2012 Olympics: "Super Saturday" (BBC One)
  • The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony (BBC One)
  • Wimbledon 2012: "Men's Final" (BBC One)

Lew Grade Award for Entertainment Programme

• The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
  • Dynamo: Magician Impossible (Watch)
  • Have I Got News for You (BBC One)
  • A League of Their Own (Sky1)

Comedy Programme

• The Revolution Will Be Televised (BBC Three)
  • Cardinal Burns (E4)
  • Mr Stink (BBC One)
  • Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life (Sky Atlantic)

Situation Comedy

• Twenty Twelve (BBC Two)
  • Episodes (BBC Two)
  • Hunderby (Sky Atlantic)
  • The Thick of It (BBC Two)

Radio Times Audience Award

• Game of Thrones (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
  • Call the Midwife (BBC One)
  • The Great British Bake Off (BBC Two)
  • Homeland (Showtime/Channel 4)
  • The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony (BBC One)
  • Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

Special Award

• Clare Balding

Fellowship

• Michael Palin

BAFTA Tribute

• Doctor Who

Wins per broadcaster

Broadcaster	Wins
BBC	15
Channel 4	4
Sky	3
ITV	2

See also

• 2013 British Academy Television Craft Awards
• British Academy Television Awards
• BAFTA Scotland
• BAFTA Cymru

External links

• Official site at BAFTA.org