The 2006

British Academy Television Awards The BAFTA TV Awards, or British Academy Television Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the BAFTA. They have been awarded annually since 1955. Background The first-ever Awards, given in 1955, consisted of six categories. Until ...

were held on Sunday 7 May at the Grosvenor House Hotel in

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. The ceremony was hosted by television presenter Davina McCall and broadcast on ITV the following day. The nominees for the audience-voted Pioneer Award were announced on Tuesday 14 March; other nominees were revealed on Monday 27 March.

Winners

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**Winner:

Mark Rylance Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960) is a British actor, playwright and theatre director. He is known for his roles on stage and screen having received numerous awards including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Laurence ...

— ''

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'' (

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...

) **Nominees:

Bernard Hill Bernard Hill (born 17 December 1944) is an English actor. He is well recognized for playing King Théoden in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, Captain Edward Smith in '' Titanic'', and Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of San Quentin Prison in ...

— ''A Very Social Secretary'' ( More4);

Denis Lawson Denis Stamper Lawson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish actor and director. He is known for his roles as John Jarndyce in the BBC's adaptation of '' Bleak House'', as Gordon Urquhart in the film '' Local Hero'', as Retired DI Steve McAndr ...

— '' Bleak House'' (

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...

); Rufus Sewell — ''

The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunk ...

'' (BBC One) * Best Actress **Winner:

Anna Maxwell Martin Anna Maxwell Martin (born Anna Charlotte Martin; 27 May 1977),Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1984–2006 listed birth name as ''Anna Charlotte Martin''; Registration year 1977; Registration District Beverley, Yorkshire som ...

— ''Bleak House'' (BBC One) **Nominees: Gillian Anderson — ''Bleak House'' (BBC One); Lucy Cohu — '' The Queen's Sister'' (Channel 4);

Anne-Marie Duff Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an Irish actress and narrator. She is an accomplished theatre actress and has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. She has also received acclaim and awards for her television and film work. After ...

— '' Shameless'' (Channel 4) * Best Comedy (Programme or Series) **Winner: ''

Help Help is a word meaning to give aid or signal distress. Help may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Help'' (2010 film), a Bollywood horror film * ''Help'' (2021 theatrical film), a British psychological thriller film * '' ...

'' ( BBC / BBC Two) **Nominees: '' The Catherine Tate Show'' ( Tiger Aspect Productions /

BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream a ...

); '' Creature Comforts'' ( Aardman Animations / ITV); ''

Little Britain Little Britain may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little Britain'' (sketch show), a British radio and then TV show ** ''Little Britain USA'', an American spin-off * "Little Britain", a song by Dreadzone from the 1995 album ''Second Light'' * ...

'' (BBC / BBC One / BBC Three) * Best Comedy Performance **Winner: Chris Langham — '' The Thick of It'' (BBC Four); **Nominees: Peter Capaldi — ''The Thick of It'' (

BBC Four BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002

); Ashley Jensen — '' Extras'' (BBC Two); Catherine Tate — ''The Catherine Tate Show'' (BBC Two) * Best Drama Serial **Winner: ''Bleak House'' (BBC / Deep Indigo Productions /

WGBH WGBH may refer to: * WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States ** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation ** WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), ...

/ BBC One) **Nominees: '' Fingersmith'' (

Sally Head Productions Sally Head is a British television producer. She began as a television script editor, then worked as a producer, mainly for the BBC. Her credits as producer include ''First Born'' (1988) and ''The Life and Loves of a She-Devil'' (1986), and she was ...

/ BBC One); '' Funland'' (BBC / BBC Three); ''

To the Ends of the Earth ''To the Ends of the Earth'' is the title given to a trilogy of nautical, relational novels—''Rites of Passage'' (1980), ''Close Quarters'' (1987), and ''Fire Down Below'' (1989)—by British author William Golding. Set on a former British ...

'' (BBC / Power Productions /

Tightrope Pictures Tightrope Pictures is a British television production company, founded in late 2003 by writer Paul Abbott and producer Hilary Bevan-Jones, who had worked together that year on the successful BBC drama serial '' State of Play''. The company has bee ...

/ BBC Two) * Best Drama Series **Winner: ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the ...

'' (

BBC Wales BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcasting, public broadcaster in Wales. It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, ...

/ BBC One) **Nominees: ''

Bodies Bodies may refer to: * The plural of body * ''Bodies'' (2004 TV series), BBC television programme * Bodies (upcoming TV series), an upcoming British crime thriller limited series * "Bodies" (''Law & Order''), 2003 episode of ''Law & Order'' * B ...

'' ( Hat Trick Productions / BBC Three); ''Shameless'' (

Company Pictures Company Pictures is an independent British television production company which has produced drama programming for many broadcasters. It was set up in 1998 by Charles Pattinson and George Faber, colleagues at BBC Films. Their first film was ''Mo ...

/ Channel 4); '' Spooks'' ( Kudos Film & Television / BBC One) * Best Single Drama **Winner: ''The Government Inspector'' ( Mentorn Television / Stonehenge Films /

arte France Cinéma Arte (; (), sometimes stylized in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European public service channel dedicated to culture. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, p ...

/ Channel 4) **Nominees: '' Much Ado About Nothing'' (

BBC Northern Ireland BBC Northern Ireland ( ga, BBC Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: ''BBC Norlin Airlan'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Northern Ireland. It is widely available across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of I ...

/ BBC One); ''The Queen's Sister'' ( Touchpaper Television / Channel 4); '' Red Dust'' (BBC / Distant Horizon / Videovision Entertainment / Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa / BBC Films / BBC Two) * Best Continuing Drama **Winner: ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'' (BBC / BBC One) **Nominees: '' Casualty'' (BBC / BBC One); ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Orig ...

'' (

Granada Television ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire but only on weekdays as ABC Weekend Television was its ...

/ ITV); ''

Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' Casualty'', and ...

'' (BBC / BBC One) * Best Current Affairs **Winner: '' Dispatches - Beslan'' (??? / Channel 4) **Nominees: '' Panorama Special - Undercover Nurse'' (BBC / BBC One); ''Dispatches -

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: The Reckoning'' (??? / Channel 4); '' Storyville - A Company of Soldiers'' (??? / BBC Four) * Best Entertainment Performance **Winner:

Jonathan Ross Jonathan Stephen Ross (born 17 November 1960) is an English broadcaster, film critic, comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He presented the BBC One chat show ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' during the 2000s, hosted his own radio show on ...

— '' Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' (BBC One) **Nominees: Jeremy Clarkson — '' Top Gear'' (BBC Two); Jack Dee — '' Jack Dee Live at the Apollo'' (BBC One); Noel Edmonds — ''

Deal or No Deal ''Deal or No Deal'' is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which (launching the format) was the Dutch '' Miljoenenjacht'' (''Hunt/Chase for Millions''). The centerpiece of this format is the final round (a.k ...

'' (Channel 4) * Best Factual Series or Strand **Winner: ''

Jamie's School Dinners ''Jamie's School Dinners'' is a four-episode documentary series that was broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 23 February to 16 March 2005. The series was recorded from Spring to Winter of 2004 and featured British celebrity chef ...

'' (

Fresh One Productions Fresh One Productions is a television production company set up by Jamie Oliver in 2001 Notable series include: * Jamie's Kitchen First production, in 2001 * Jamie's School Dinners (won award for 'Best Factual Series or Strand' at the British ...

/ Channel 4) **Nominees: ''

49 Up The ''Up'' series of documentary films follows the lives of ten males and four females in England beginning in 1964, when they were seven years old. The first film was titled ''Seven Up!'', with later films adjusting the number in the title t ...

'' (Granada Television / ITV); ''

Cocaine Cocaine (from , from , ultimately from Quechua: ''kúka'') is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant mainly used recreationally for its euphoric effects. It is primarily obtained from the leaves of two Coca species native to South Am ...

'' (??? / Channel 4); ''

Coast The coast, also known as the coastline or seashore, is defined as the area where land meets the ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the coastline. The Earth has around of coastline. Coasts are important zones in n ...

'' ( BBC Birmingham / BBC Two) * Best Feature **Winner: ''

The Apprentice ''The Apprentice'' is a reality talent game show franchise originally aired in 2004 in the United States. Created by U.S.-based British producer Mark Burnett, the show depicts contestants from around the country with various professional backg ...

'' (

Talkback Thames Talkback Thames (stylised as talkbackTHAMES) was a British television production company, a division of Fremantle (part of the RTL Group, which in turn is owned by Bertelsmann). It was formed by the merger of Talkback Productions and Thames ...

/ BBC Two) **Nominees: '' Dragons' Den'' (BBC / BBC Two); '' Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares'' (??? / Channel 4); ''Top Gear'' (BBC / BBC Two) * Flaherty Award for Single Documentary **Winner: '' Make Me Normal'' ( Century Films / Channel 4) **Nominees: ''

Children of Beslan ''Children of Beslan'' is a 2005 documentary film about the Beslan school siege directed by Ewa Ewart and Leslie Woodhead for the BBC. In the United States the documentary aired on HBO. Tony Perry of the '' Los Angeles Times'' stated that the fil ...

'' (??? / BBC Two); '' The Real Sex Traffic'' (??? / Channel 4); '' Taxidermy: Stuff the World'' (Century Films / BBC Two) * Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual **Winner: '' Holocaust, a Memorial Film From Auschwitz'' (BBC / BBC Two) **Nominees: '' The Boy with the Incredible Brain'' ( Focus Productions /

Five 5 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 5, five or number 5 may also refer to: * AD 5, the fifth year of the AD era * 5 BC, the fifth year before the AD era Literature * ''5'' (visual novel), a 2008 visual novel by Ram * ''5'' (comics), an awa ...

); ''

Life in the Undergrowth ''Life in the Undergrowth'' is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 23 November 2005. A study of the evolution and habits of invertebrates, it was the fifth of Attenborough ...

'' ( BBC Natural History Unit / BBC One); '' No Direction Home'' (

Spitfire Pictures The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, from the Mk 1 to the Rolls-Royce G ...

/ BBC Two) * Lew Grade Entertainment Programme or Series **Winner: '' The X Factor'' (Talkback Thames /

SYCOtv Syco Entertainment is a British media entertainment company, headquartered in London, founded and owned by British entrepreneur and record executive Simon Cowell. The company focuses on TV production. The company was formed in 2005 through So ...

/ ITV) **Nominees: '' Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' ( Open Mike Productions / BBC One); '' Have I Got News For You'' (Hat Trick Productions / BBC One); ''

Strictly Come Dancing ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (informally known as ''Strictly'') is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly ballroom and Latin dance. Each couple is scored by a panel of usually 4 j ...

'' (BBC / BBC One) *

News Coverage News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. New ...

**Winner: ''

BBC Ten O'Clock News '' BBC News at Ten'' formerly known as the ''BBC Ten O'Clock News'' or the ''Ten O'Clock News'' is the flagship evening news programme for the BBC News channel and British television channel BBC One on weekdays and Sundays at 10:00pm. Huw Ed ...

- 7 July 2005, London Bombs'' (BBC / BBC One) **Nominees: '' Channel 4 News - The Attorney General Story'' ( ITN / Channel 4); '' ITV Evening News - The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes'' (ITN / ITV); '' Sky News - 7 July bombings'' (Sky News) * Situation Comedy Award **Winner: ''The Thick of It'' (BBC / BBC Four) **Nominees: ''Extras'' (BBC / HBO / BBC Two); '' Peep Show'' (

Objective Productions Objective Media Group (OMG), previously known as Objective Productions, is a media company that produces shows in comedy, comedy drama, entertainment, factual entertainment and Magic. It has produced shows including '' The Cube'', ''Breaking Ma ...

/ Channel 4); '' The Worst Week of My Life'' (Hat Trick Productions / BBC One) *

Sport Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...

**Winner: '' The Ashes - England v Australia'' ( Sunset + Vine / Channel 4) **Nominees: '' Champions League Final Live: AC Milan v Liverpool'' (Granada Sport / ITV); ''

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

United States Grand Prix The United States Grand Prix is a motor racing event that has been held on and off since 1908, when it was known as the American Grand Prize. The Grand Prix later became part of the Formula One World Championship. , the Grand Prix has been held ...

'' ( North One Television / Granada Sport / ITV); ''

The Open Championship The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later t ...

- Final Round of

Jack Nicklaus Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed The Golden Bear, is a retired American professional golfer and golf course designer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. He won 117 professional tou ...

'' (BBC / BBC Two) *Interactivity **Winner: ''Coast'' (BBC/BBC Two) **Nominees: ''Channel 4 News - Breaking the News'' ( Illumina Digital / ITN / Channel 4 / More 4); ''Not Forgotten'' / ''Lost Generation'' ( Wall To Wall / Darlow Smithson Productions /

); ''Shakespeare's Stories'' ( BBC Interactive Drama and Entertainment / BBC One) *The Pioneer Award **Winner: ''

'' (BBC One) **Nominees: ''

'' (BBC Two); '' Bleak House'' (BBC One); '' The Catherine Tate Show'' (BBC Two); ''

Desperate Housewives ''Desperate Housewives'' is an American comedy-drama soap opera television series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012, for a t ...

'' (Channel 4); ''

'' (BBC One); '' The X-Factor'' (ITV) *The

Dennis Potter Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for his BBC television serials '' Pennies from Heaven'' (1978), ''The Singing Detective'' (198 ...

Award ** Russell T Davies *The

Alan Clarke Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer. Life and career Clarke was born in Wallasey, Wirral, England. Most of Clarke's output was for television rather than cinema, ...

Award **

Adam Curtis Adam Curtis (born 26 May 1955) is an English documentary filmmaker. Curtis began his career as a conventional documentary producer for the BBC throughout the 1980s and into the early 1990s. The release of '' Pandora's Box'' (1992) marked t ...

*The

Richard Dimbleby Frederick Richard Dimbleby (25 May 1913 – 22 December 1965) was an English journalist and broadcaster, who became the BBC's first war correspondent, and then its leading TV news commentator. As host of the long-running current affairs ...

Award **

Jamie Oliver James Trevor Oliver MBE OSI (born 27 May 1975) is an English chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. He is known for his casual approach to cuisine, which has led him to front numerous television shows and open many restaurants. Oliver reach ...

Fellowship A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements. Within the context of higher educatio ...

** Ken Loach

References

Winners report
from

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.
List of BAFTA Television Award nominees
from the official BAFTA website (retrieved 28 March 2006).
List of BAFTA Television Craft Award nominees
from the official BAFTA website (retrieved 12 April 2006)
List of nominees
from

BBC News Online BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. It is one of the most popular news websites, with 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021, as well as being used by 60% of the ...

(retrieved 27 March 2006).

External links

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