# 2013 British Academy Television Awards

The 2013 British Academy Television Awards nominations were announced on 9 April 2013. The award ceremony was held at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 12 May 2013.

## Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first and emboldened.

### Leading Actor

* Ben Whishaw – Richard II: "The Hollow Crown" (BBC Two)
** Sean Bean – Accused: "Tracie's Story" (BBC One)
** Derek Jacobi – Last Tango in Halifax (BBC One)
** Toby Jones – The Girl (BBC Two)

### Leading Actress

* Sheridan Smith – Mrs Biggs (ITV)
** Rebecca Hall – Parade's End (BBC Two)
** Sienna Miller – The Girl (BBC Two)
** Anne Reid – Last Tango in Halifax (BBC One)

### Supporting Actor

* Simon Russell Beale – Henry IV, Parts I & II: "The Hollow Crown" (BBC Two)
** Peter Capaldi – The Hour (BBC Two)
** Stephen Graham – Accused: "Tracie's Story" (BBC One)
** Harry Lloyd – The Fear (Channel 4)

### Supporting Actress

* Olivia Colman – Accused: "Mo's Story" (BBC One)
** Anastasia Hille – The Fear (Channel 4)
** Sarah Lancashire – Last Tango in Halifax (BBC One)
** Imelda Staunton – The Girl (BBC Two)

### Entertainment Performance

* Alan Carr – Alan Carr: Chatty Man (Channel 4)
** Ant & Dec – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (ITV)
** Sarah Millican – The Sarah Millican Television Programme (BBC Two)
** Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)

### Female Performance In A Comedy Programme

* Olivia Colman – Twenty Twelve (BBC Two)
** Julia Davis – Hunderby (Sky Atlantic)
** Miranda Hart – Miranda (BBC One)
** Jessica Hynes – Twenty Twelve (BBC Two)

### Male Performance In A Comedy Programme

* Steve Coogan – Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life (Sky Atlantic)
** Hugh Bonneville – Twenty Twelve (BBC Two)
** Peter Capaldi – The Thick of It (BBC Two)
** Greg Davies – Cuckoo (BBC Three)

### Single Drama

* Murder (BBC Two)
** Everyday (Channel 4)
** The Girl (BBC Two)
** Richard II: "The Hollow Crown" (BBC Two)

### Mini-Series

* Room at the Top (BBC Four)
** Accused (BBC One)
** Mrs Biggs (ITV)
** Parade's End (BBC Two)

### Drama Series

* Last Tango in Halifax (BBC One)
** Ripper Street (BBC One)
** Scott & Bailey (ITV)
** Silk (BBC One)

### Soap & Continuing Drama

* EastEnders (BBC One)
** Coronation Street (ITV)
** Emmerdale (ITV)
** Shameless (Channel 4)

### International

* Girls (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
** The Bridge (SVT1/DR1/BBC Four)
** Game of Thrones (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
** Homeland (Showtime/Channel 4)

### Factual Series

* Our War (BBC Three)
** 24 Hours in A&E (Channel 4)
** Great Ormond Street (BBC Two)
** Make Bradford British (Channel 4)

### Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual

* All In The Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry (Channel 4)
** The Plane Crash (Channel 4)
** The Plot to Bring Down Britain's Planes (Channel 4)
** The Secret History of Our Streets (BBC Two)

### Robert Flaherty Award for Single Documentary

* 7/7: One Day in London (BBC Two)
** Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest (BBC Two)
** Lucian Freud: Painted Life (BBC Two)
** Nina Conti – A Ventriloquist's Story: Her Master's Voice (BBC Four)

### Features

* The Great British Bake Off (BBC Two)
** Bank of Dave (Channel 4)
** Grand Designs (Channel 4)
** Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs (ITV)

### Reality and Constructed Factual

* Made in Chelsea (E4)
** The Audience (Channel 4)
** I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (ITV)
** The Young Apprentice (BBC One)

### Current Affairs

* This World: "The Shame of the Catholic Church" (BBC Two)
** Panorama: "Britain's Hidden Housing Crisis" (BBC One)
** Exposure: "The Other Side of Jimmy Savile" (ITV)
** Al Jazeera Investigates: "What Killed Arafat?" (Al Jazeera English)

### News Coverage

* Granada Reports: "Hillsborough – The Truth at Last" (ITV)
** BBC News at Ten: "Syria" (BBC One)
** Channel 4 News: "Battle for Homs" (Channel 4)

### Sport & Live Event

* The London 2012 Paralympic Games (Channel 4)
** The London 2012 Olympics: "Super Saturday" (BBC One)
** The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony (BBC One)
** Wimbledon 2012: "Men's Final" (BBC One)

### Lew Grade Award for Entertainment Programme

* The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
** Dynamo: Magician Impossible (Watch)
** Have I Got News for You (BBC One)
** A League of Their Own (Sky1)

### Comedy Programme

* The Revolution Will Be Televised (BBC Three)
** Cardinal Burns (E4)
** Mr Stink (BBC One)
** Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life (Sky Atlantic)

### Situation Comedy

* Twenty Twelve (BBC Two)
** Episodes (BBC Two)
** Hunderby (Sky Atlantic)
** The Thick of It (BBC Two)

### Radio Times Audience Award

* Game of Thrones (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
** Call the Midwife (BBC One)
** The Great British Bake Off (BBC Two)
** Homeland (Showtime/Channel 4)
** The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony (BBC One)
** Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

### Special Award

* Clare Balding

### Fellowship

* Michael Palin

### BAFTA Tribute

* Doctor Who

### Wins per broadcaster

| Broadcaster | Wins |
| BBC | 15 |
| Channel 4 | 4 |
| Sky | 3 |
| ITV | 2 |

## In Memoriam

* Patrick Moore
* Kenneth Kendall
* John Ammonds
* Peter Gilmore
* Clive Dunn
* Mary Tamm
* Larry Hagman
* Michael Hurll
* Simon Ward
* Bill Tarmey
* James Grout
* Robert Kee
* Richard Griffiths
* Alastair Burnet
* Geoffrey Hughes
* Jack Klugman
* Frank Thornton
* Mike Morris
* Nick Milligan
* Gerry Anderson
* Victor Spinetti
* Sid Waddell
* Max Bygraves
* Denis Forman
* Tony Gubba
* Eric Sykes
* Angharad Rees
* Alasdair Milne
* Richard Briers