2003 British Academy Television Awards
The 2003 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 13 April at The Dorchester in London. The ceremony was hosted by television presenter Anne Robinson.Winners
- Best Actor
- *Winner: Albert Finney — The Gathering Storm
- *Other nominees: Kenneth Branagh — Conspiracy ; Kenneth Branagh — Shackleton ; James Nesbitt — Bloody Sunday
- Best Actress
- *Winner: Julie Walters — Murder
- *Other nominees: Sheila Hancock — Bedtime ; Vanessa Redgrave — The Gathering Storm ; Jessica Stevenson — Tomorrow La Scala!
- Best Comedy
- *Winner: Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
- *Other nominees: Bremner, Bird and Fortune ; Look Around You ; Smack the Pony
- Best Comedy Performance
- *Winner: Ricky Gervais — The Office
- *Other nominees: John Bird & John Fortune — Bremner, Bird and Fortune ; Steve Coogan — I'm Alan Partridge ; Peter Kay — Phoenix Nights
- Best Drama Serial
- *Winner: Shackleton
- *Other nominees: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet ; Doctor Zhivago ; Murder
- Best Drama Series
- *Winner: Spooks
- *Other nominees: Clocking Off ; Cutting It ; Teachers
- Best Single Drama
- *Winner: Conspiracy
- *Other nominees: Bloody Sunday ; Flesh and Blood ; Tomorrow La Scala!
- Best Soap Opera
- *Winner: Coronation Street
- *Other nominees: Doctors ; EastEnders ; Hollyoaks
- Best Current Affairs
- *Winner: Young, Nazi and Proud
- *Other nominees: Panorama — Corruption of Racing ; Panorama — Licence to Murder ; Palestine is Still the Issue — A Special Report by John Pilger
- Best Entertainment Performance
- *Winner: Paul Merton — Have I Got News For You
- *Other nominees: Sanjeev Bhaskar — The Kumars at No. 42 ; Angus Deayton — Have I Got News For You ; Meera Syal — The Kumars at No. 42
- Best Factual Series or Strand
- *Winner: The Trust
- *Other nominees: A History of Britain by Simon Schama ; The Life of Mammals ; Revealed
- Best Feature
- *Winner: Faking It
- *Other nominees: Jamie's Kitchen ; Lads Army ; What Not to Wear
- Flaherty Award for Single Documentary
- *Winner: Feltham Sings
- *Other nominees: ' ; SAS Embassy Siege ; Thalidomide - Life at 40
- Entertainment Programme or Series
- *Winner: I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
- *Other nominees: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross ; The Kumars at No. 42 ; Test the Nation
- News Coverage
- *Winner: Soham - August 16/17
- *Other nominees: Collapse of the Paul Burrell Trial ; The Death of the Queen Mother ; Jenin and Bethlehem - What Chance of Peace?
- Situation Comedy Award
- *Winner: The Office
- *Other nominees: The Book Group ; My Family ; Phoenix Nights
- Sport
- *Winner: The Commonwealth Games
- *Other nominees: 2002 FIFA World Cup ; World Rally Championship ; World Cup: England v Argentina
- The Alan Clarke Award
- *Norma Percy
- *Brian Lapping
- Special Award'''
- *Carl Davis