The 2004 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday April 18 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London. The ceremony was hosted by television presenter Davina McCall. The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs or, to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards, are the most prestigious awards given in the British television industry, analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... The Grosvenor House Hotel is one of the largest and most famous luxury hotels in London. ... Park Lane could refer to: Park Lane, a road in London, England Park Lane, a mall in Halifax, Nova Scotia Mercury Park Lane, a car produced by the Ford Motor Company This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... Davina on the ITV show Dont Try This At Home Davina McCall (born October 16, 1967 in London) is a British television presenter. ...

Winners

• Best Actor
  • Winner: Bill Nighy — State of Play (BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Jim Broadbent — The Young Visiters (BBC One); Christopher Eccleston — The Second Coming (ITV1); David Morrissey — State of Play (BBC One)
• Best Actress
  • Winner: Julie Walters — The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale (BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Gina McKee — The Lost Prince (BBC One); Helen Mirren — Prime Suspect (ITV1); Miranda Richardson — The Lost Prince (BBC One)
• Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
  • Winner: Little Britain (BBC / BBC Three)
  • Other nominees: Bo' Selecta! (talkbackTHAMES / Channel 4); Creature Comforts: Cats or Dogs? (Aardman Animations / ITV1); Doubletake (TV series)Doubletake (Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC Two)
• Best Comedy Performance
  • Winner: Ricky Gervais — The Office Christmas Special (BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Martin Freeman — The Office Christmas Special (BBC One); Matt Lucas — Little Britain (BBC Three); David Walliams — Little Britain (BBC Three)
• Best Drama Serial
  • Winner: Charles II: The Power and The Passion (BBC / A&E Network / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Prime Suspect (Granada Television / ITV1); The Second Coming (Red Production Company / ITV1); State of Play (BBC / Endor Productions / BBC One)
• Best Drama Series
  • Winner: Buried (World Productions / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Clocking Off (Red Production Company / BBC One); Foyle's War (Greenlit Productions / ITV1); William and Mary (Meridian Broadcasting / ITV1)
• Best Single Drama
  • Winner: The Deal (Granada Television / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Danielle Cable: Eyewitness (Granada Television / ITV1); This Little Life (Common Features / BBC Two); The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale (BBC / Ziji Productions / BBC One)
• Best Continuing Drama
  • Winner: Coronation Street (Granada Television / ITV1)
  • Other nominees: The Bill (talkbackTHAMES / ITV1); Casualty (BBC / BBC One); Holby City (BBC / BBC One)
• Best Current Affairs
  • Winner: The Secret Policeman (BBC / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Breaking The Silence – Truth & Lies in the War on Terror – A Special Report by John Pilger (Carlton Television / ITV1); The Fall of Milosevic (Brook Lapping Productions / BBC2); Terror in Moscow (Mentorn Films / Channel 4)
• Best Entertainment Performance
  • Winner: Jonathan Ross — Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Stephen Fry — QI (BBC Four); Boris Johnson — Have I Got News For You (BBC One); Paul Merton — Have I Got News For You (BBC One)
• Best Factual Series or Strand
  • Winner: The National Trust (Oxford Film and Television / BBC Four)
  • Other nominees: Leonardo (BBC / BBC One); Operatunity (Diverse Productions / Channel 4); Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (BBC / BBC Two)
• Best Feature
  • Winner: Wife Swap (RDF Media / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Grand Designs (talkbackTHAMES / Channel 4); That'll Teach Them (Twenty Twenty Television / Channel 4); Top Gear (BBC / BBC Two)
• Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
  • Winner: One Life: Lager, Mum and Me (BBC / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: My Family and Autism (BBC / BBC Two); Pompeii – The Last Day (BBC / BBC One); Real Life: Being Terri (Anglia Television / ITV1)
• Lew Grade Entertainment Programme or Series
  • Winner: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (Open Mike Productions / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (Granada Television / ITV1); Have I Got News For You (Hat Trick Productions / BBC One); Pop Idol (talkbackTHAMES / 19TV / ITV1)
• News Coverage
  • Winner: Channel 4 News: The Fall of Saddam (ITN / Channel 4)
  • Other nominees: Newsnight (BBC / BBC Two); Sky News: Fall of Baghdad (Sky News); The Ten O'Clock News (BBC / BBC One)
• Situation Comedy Award
  • Winner: The Office Christmas Special (BBC / BBC One)
  • Other nominees: Hardware (talkbackTHAMES / ITV1); Marion and Geoff (Baby Cow Productions / BBC Two); Peep Show (Objective Productions / Channel 4)
• Sport
  • Winner: Rugby World Cup Final (ITV1)
  • Other nominees: Cheltenham Gold Cup Day (Highflyer Productions / Channel 4); London Marathon (BBC / BBC One); Test Cricket (Sunset and Vine / Channel 4)
• The Dennis Potter Award
  • Paul Abbott
• The Alan Clarke Award
  • Beryl Vertue
• The Richard Dimbleby Award
  • Andrew Marr
• Special Awards
  • Adrian Wood

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References

• Archive of winners on official BAFTA website (retrieved October 28 2005).
• British Academy Television Awards 2004 at the Internet Movie Database.