# 43rd Golden Bell Awards

The 43rd Golden Bell Awards (Mandarin:第43屆金鐘獎) was held on October 31, 2008 at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. The ceremony was broadcast live by Azio TV.

## Winners and nominees

Below is the list of winners and nominees for the main categories.
| Program/Award | Winner | Network |
| Television Broadcasting |||
| Programme Awards |||
| TV Series Award | Fated to Love You | SETTV; TTV |
| Mini-series/Movie award | PTV drama Life Exhibition: holiday | PTS |
| Traditional drama program award | Empress and Zhenfei | PTS |
| Educational and cultural program award | Moonlight ‧ under the sun | Hakka TV |
| Comprehensive program award | Seniors cooked years - Sun Yueh and his old friends | PTS |
| Entertainment Variety Show Award | Variety big winner | FTV |
| Singing variety show | Taiwan Spring Breeze | GTV |
| Individual Awards |||
| TV Series Actor Award | 雷洪 - "A Place Called Home" | FTV |
| TV Series Actress | Ariel Lin - "They Kiss Again | CTV |
| TV Series Supporting actor award | James Chan - "Big Love Theatre - Gold Line" | Big Love Satellite TV |
| TV Series supporting actress | Wang Juan - "generals Hsu Pang Hing" | Hakka TV |
| Mini-series/Movie actor | Wu Pong-fong - "PTV drama Life Exhibition: kapok mark" | PTS |
| Mini-series/Movie actress | Li Xuan - "PTV drama Life Exhibition: Crab" | PTS |
| Mini-series/Movie supporting actor award | Tang Chuan - "Mystery Train" | Hakka TV |
| Mini-series/Movie Supporting Actress | Wanfang - "PTV drama Life Exhibition: do not love Etude" | PTS |
| Best TV Series Director Award | Chen Wei-ling - "Big Love Theatre - Gold Line" | Big Love Satellite TV |
| Mini-series/Movie Director Award | Umin Boya - "Life Care Series - say good not cry" | GTV |
| Non-drama Director Award | 麥覺明 - "MIT Make In Taiwan" | CTV |
| TV Series Screenplay Award | 王小棣, Wen Yufang, Huangqiong Hui, Zhang Kexin, 曾莉婷, 柯雁心 - "Wayward Kenting" | PTS |
| Mini-series/movie Screenplay Award | Chen Wei-ling, YIN Xin - "PTV drama Life Exhibition: Talking With You Boyfriend's Ex-Girlfriend" | PTS |
| Comprehensive show host award | Jennifer Shen - "Shen Chunhua LIFE Show" | CTI |
| Entertainment variety show host award | Jacky Wu, Aya (Liu Han Ya) - "Guess (variety show)" | CTV |
| Singing variety show host award | Regine Lee - "Super Idol" | SETTV |
| Photography Awards | Pollock Jacob Harrison - "PTV drama Life Exhibition: do not love Etude" | PTS |
| Editing Award | Chen Weiling - "PTV drama Life Exhibition: Talking With You Boyfriend's Ex-Girlfriend" | PTS |
| Sound Award | Guo Lai Qi, Chen Qi - "PTV drama Life Exhibition: Hopscotch" | PTS |
| Lighting Award | Zhuangsheng Qin - "PTV drama Life Exhibition: orange sauce taste" | PTS |
| Art and Design Award | Lee Yu-Sheng, Xu Yu Ting, XU De Huan, Xu Deyu, Cai Junlang - "Liu Sanmei" | Hakka TV |
| Marketing Advertising Awards |||
| Program Marketing Award | Fated to Love You | SETTV |
| Channel Advertising Awards | Hope Love Series | Big Love Satellite TV |
| Research and Development Award | Jiang Guoliang, Zhao Zhiyuan, Xing Shao - "wireless broadband (WiMAX) news coverage handheld platform cum interactive television system research and development" | CTV |