The 2007

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were held on Sunday 20 May at the

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Theatre in

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. They were broadcast live on

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in the UK. The nominations were announced on 11 April 2007.

Winners and nominees

Winners in bold. *Best Actor **

Jim Broadbent James Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film '' Iris'' (2001), as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for ...

— ''

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) **

Andy Serkis Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation, and voice work for computer-generated characters such as Go ...

— ''Longford'' (Channel 4) **

Michael Sheen Michael Christopher Sheen OBE (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor, television producer and political activist. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage rol ...

— '' Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!'' (

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) ** John Simm — ''

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) *Best Actress **

Victoria Wood Victoria Wood (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over se ...

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'' ( ITV) **

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 ...

— '' The Virgin Queen'' (BBC One) **

Samantha Morton Samantha Jane Morton (born 13 May 1977) is an English actress and director. Known for her work in independent cinema, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two ...

— ''Longford'' (Channel 4) **

Ruth Wilson Ruth Wilson (born 13 January 1982) is an English actress. She is known for her performances as the eponymous protagonist in ''Jane Eyre'' (2006), as Alice Morgan in the BBC psychological crime drama ''Luther'' (2010–2013, 2019), as Alison L ...

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'' (BBC One) *Best Comedy Performance **

Ricky Gervais Ricky Dene Gervais ( ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. He co-created, co-wrote, and acted in the British television sitcoms ''The Office'' (2001–2003), '' Extras'' (2005–2007), and ''An Idiot Abroad'' ...

— '' Extras'' (

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) **

Dawn French Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, presenter and writer. French is known for writing and starring on the BBC comedy sketch show '' French and Saunders'' with her best friend and comedy partner, Jennifer Sau ...

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The Vicar of Dibley ''The Vicar of Dibley'' is a British sitcom which originally ran on BBC One from 10 November 1994 to 1 January 2007. It is set in a fictional small Oxfordshire village called Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes ...

'' (BBC One) **

Stephen Merchant Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) is an English comedian, actor, director, presenter and writer. Alongside Ricky Gervais, Merchant was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series ''The Office'' (2001–2003), and ...

— '' Extras'' (BBC Two) ** Liz Smith — '' The Royle Family: Queen of Sheba'' (BBC One) *Best Comedy Programme ** '' That Mitchell and Webb Look'' (BBC Two) ** ''

Little Miss Jocelyn ''Little Miss Jocelyn'' is a British TV sketch comedy written by and starring Jocelyn Jee Esien. The show is made up of studio sketches and hidden camera footage in which unsuspecting members of the public become part of a sketch. The series r ...

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) ** ''

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'' (BBC Two) ** '' Little Britain Abroad'' (BBC One) *Best Continuing Drama ** '' Casualty'' (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 ...

'' (ITV) ** ''

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'' (BBC One) ** ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...

'' (ITV) *Best Drama Serial ** '' See No Evil: The Moors Murders'' (ITV) ** '' Low Winter Sun'' (Channel 4) ** ''

Prime Suspect ''Prime Suspect'' is a British police procedural television drama series devised by Lynda La Plante. It stars Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the first female Detective Chief Inspectors in Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service, who ...

: The Final Act'' (ITV) ** ''The Virgin Queen'' (Channel 4) *Best Drama Series ** ''

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'' (BBC) ** ''Life on Mars'' (BBC One) ** '' Sugar Rush'' (Channel 4) ** '' Shameless'' (Channel 4) *Best Entertainment Performance **

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'' (BBC One) **

Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring ...

— '' QI'' (BBC Two) ** Anthony McPartlin &

Declan Donnelly Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly (born 25 September 1975) is a British television presenter, television producer, former singer, rapper, comedian and actor from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He is best known for working alongside Ant McPartlin a ...

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Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'' (referred to simply as ''Saturday Night Takeaway'' or ''SNT'') is a British television variety show, created and presented by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec), an ...

'' (ITV) **

Paul Merton Paul James Martin (born 9 July 1957), known under the stage name Paul Merton, is an English writer, actor, comedian and radio and television presenter. Known for his improvisation skill, Merton's humour is rooted in deadpan, surreal and somet ...

— '' Have I Got News for You'' (BBC One) *Best Entertainment Programme ** ''

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'' (ITV) ** ''

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'' (ITV) ** ''

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: The Heist'' (Channel 4) ** '' How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'' (BBC One) *Best Factual Series ** '' Ross Kemp on Gangs'' (

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) ** '' Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive'' (BBC Two) ** ''

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'' (BBC Two) ** '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' (BBC) *Best Features ** '' The Choir'' (BBC Two) ** ''

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'' (BBC) ** ''

Dragons' Den ''Dragons' Den'' is a reality television program format in which entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hope of securing investment finance from them. The program originated in 2001 in Japan, where it is k ...

'' (BBC Two) ** '' The F-Word'' (Channel 4) *Best News Coverage ** ''

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(ITV) ** ''

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'' — Terrorism plot at Heathrow ** ''

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'' — News from Iran ** '' ITV Evening News'' — the Israel/Lebanon crisis *Best Single Documentary ** ''Evicted'' (BBC One) ** '' Breaking Up with the Joneses'' (Channel 4) ** '' 9/11: The Falling Man'' (Channel 4) ** '' Rain in My Heart'' (BBC Two) *Best Single Drama ** ''

'' (ITV) ** '' Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!'' (BBC Four) ** ''Longford'' (Channel 4) ** '' The Road To Guantanamo'' (Channel 4) *Best Situation Comedy ** ''

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'' (BBC) ** ''

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'' (Channel 4) ** ''

The IT Crowd ''The IT Crowd'' is a British sitcom originally broadcast by Channel 4, written and directed by Graham Linehan, produced by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, and Matt Berry. Set in the offices of the f ...

'' (Channel 4) ** '' Pulling'' (BBC Three) *Best Specialist Factual ** '' Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand'' (Channel 4) ** ''

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'' (BBC) ** '' Munich: Mossad's Revenge'' (Channel 4) ** ''

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'' (BBC Two) *Best Sport ** '' F1:

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's First Win'' (ITV) ** ''

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'' (ITV) ** ''

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on Five'' (

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) ** ''

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'' (BBC Two) *Interactivity ** ''

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'' (Sky One) ** '' Dispatches - War Torn: Stories of Separation'' (Channel 4) ** '' Meltdown and the Big Climate Experiment'' (BBC Four) ** '' The Secret Policeman's Ball'' (Channel 4) *International ** ''

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'' (Channel 4) *Pioneer Audience Award ** ''Life on Mars'' (BBC One) ** ''The Royle Family: Queen of Sheba'' (BBC One) ** ''Dragons' Den'' (BBC Two) ** '' The Vicar of Dibley Christmas Special'' (BBC One) ** ''Planet Earth'' (BBC One) ** ''

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'' (Channel 4) *Special Award **Winner: Andy Harries *Fellowship Award **Winner:

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Controversy

When presenting

with the award for best comedy performance

Joan Rivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona—heavi ...

referred to her cousin as a "Jew with a

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". Gareth Davies, the

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of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) wrote to BAFTA to express his "serious disappointment" at the incident and said that "many people found the old-fashioned term "harelip" highly offensive and that "making the condition the subject of a cheap joke was simply hurtful" Rivers later said that she was extremely sorry for any offence caused and this had certainly not been her intention. Amanda Berry, BAFTA Chief Executive, stated that the Academy would "never set out to offend nor make fun of anyone". CLAPA said they were pleased to receive the apologies but is also aware that too many people are still ill-informed about what

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is and what it is not. They added that this ignorance can often feed into prejudice and the media and those in the public eye have a key role in helping the association to de-stigmatise the condition.

References

External links

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