British Academy Television Awards 1999
Held May 9, 1999 · 14 categories · everything in 1999
Best Drama Series
- Winner The Cops
- Nominee Jonathan Creek
- Nominee Playing the Field
- Nominee Undercover Heart
Best Mini-Series
- Winner Our Mutual Friend
- Nominee A Respectable Trade
- Nominee Amongst Women
- Nominee Vanity Fair
Best Single Drama
- Winner A Rather English Marriage
- Nominee A Life For A Life – The True Story Of Stefan Kiszko
- Nominee Playing Sandwiches
- Nominee Waiting for the Telegram
Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
- Winner Father Ted
- Nominee Dinnerladies
- Nominee The Royle Family
- Nominee The Vicar of Dibley
Best Entertainment Programme
- Winner Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Nominee Big Train
- Nominee Goodness Gracious Me
- Nominee Rory Bremner - Who Else?
Best Actor
- Winner Tom Courtenay · A Rather English Marriage
- Nominee Albert Finney · A Rather English Marriage
- Nominee Robert Carlyle · Looking After Jo Jo
- Nominee Timothy Spall · Our Mutual Friend
Best Actress
- Winner Thora Hird · Waiting for the Telegram
- Nominee Joanna Lumley · A Rather English Marriage
- Nominee Francesca Annis · Reckless
- Nominee Natasha Little · Vanity Fair
Best Comedy Performance
- Winner Dermot Morgan · Father Ted
- Nominee Julie Walters · Dinnerladies
- Nominee Ardal O'Hanlon · Father Ted
- Nominee Caroline Aherne · The Royle Family
Best Entertainment Performance
- Winner Michael Parkinson · Parkinson
- Nominee Billy Connolly · 30 Years of Billy Connolly
- Nominee Kathy Burke · Harry Enfield and Chums
- Nominee John Bird · Rory Bremner - Who Else?
Best Features
- Winner Back to the Floor
- Nominee Changing Rooms
- Nominee House Doctor
- Nominee Time Team
Best Factual Series or Strand
- Winner The Human Body
- Nominee Cold War
- Nominee The Clintons - A Marriage of Power
- Nominee The Life of Birds
Best Single Documentary
- Winner After Lockerbie
- Nominee Mir Mortals
- Nominee Tongue Tied
- Nominee Up
Best Current Affairs
- Winner Dispatches
- Nominee ETA: Coming In From The Cold
- Nominee Northern Ireland
- Nominee Omagh bombing
Best Live Event
- Winner Derby Day
- Nominee Football World Cup Final Programme
- Nominee The Eurovision Song Contest
- Nominee World Cup '98 – England v Argentina