British Academy Television Awards 1996
Held April 21, 1996 · 14 categories · everything in 1996
Best Drama Series
- Winner Cracker
- Nominee A Touch of Frost
- Nominee All Quiet on the Preston Front
- Nominee Prime Suspect
Best Mini-Series
- Winner The Politician's Wife
- Nominee Band of Gold
- Nominee Pride and Prejudice
- Nominee The Hanging Gale
Best Single Drama
- Winner Persuasion
- Nominee Eleven Men Against Eleven
- Nominee Go Now
- Nominee Heroes and Villains
Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
- Winner Father Ted
- Nominee Absolutely Fabulous
- Nominee Men Behaving Badly
- Nominee One Foot in the Grave
Best Entertainment Programme
- Winner The Mrs Merton Show
- Nominee Have I Got News for You
- Nominee Rory Bremner - Who Else?
- Nominee Shooting Stars
Best Actor
- Winner Robbie Coltrane · Cracker
- Nominee Robert Lindsay · Jake's Progress
- Nominee Benjamin Whitrow · Pride and Prejudice
- Nominee Colin Firth · Pride and Prejudice
- Nominee Ian Richardson · The Final Cut
Best Actress
- Winner Jennifer Ehle · Pride and Prejudice
- Nominee Geraldine James · Band of Gold
- Nominee Helen Mirren · Prime Suspect
- Nominee Juliet Stevenson · The Politician's Wife
Best Comedy Performance
- Winner Martin Clunes · Men Behaving Badly
- Nominee Joanna Lumley · Absolutely Fabulous
- Nominee Judi Dench · As Time Goes By
- Nominee Richard Wilson · One Foot in the Grave
Best Entertainment Performance
- Winner Rory Bremner · Rory Bremner - Who Else?
- Nominee Peter Ustinov · An Evening with Sir Peter Ustinov
- Nominee Paul Merton · Have I Got News for You
- Nominee Caroline Aherne · The Mrs Merton Show
Best International Programme
- Winner ER
Best Factual Series or Strand
- Winner The Death of Yugoslavia
- Nominee Dispatches
- Nominee Network First
- Nominee The Private Life of Plants
Best Single Documentary
- Winner Russian Invasion of Chechnya
- Nominee Anne Frank Remembered
- Nominee The Dying Rooms
Best News Coverage
- Winner Channel 4 News
- Nominee BBC1 News Coverage On Bosnia
- Nominee BBC2 Newsnight
- Nominee ITN Coverage Of The War In Chechnya
Best Sport
- Winner VE Day Coverage
- Nominee Cheltenham Gold Cup
- Nominee Super Sunday - The Final Day Of The Premiership
- Nominee VJ-50 Live: The Final Tribute