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BAFTA Awards: 1980

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Manhattan (1979)
Other Nominees:
	Apocalypse Now (1979) China Syndrome, The (1979) Deer Hunter, The (1978)

Best Actor


Winner:
	China Syndrome, The (1979) - Jack Lemmon (I)
Other Nominees:
	Apocalypse Now (1979) - Martin Sheen Deer Hunter, The (1978) - Robert De Niro Manhattan (1979) - Woody Allen

Best Actress


Winner:
	China Syndrome, The (1979) - Jane Fonda
Other Nominees:
	California Suite (1978) - Maggie Smith (I) Deer Hunter, The (1978) - Meryl Streep Manhattan (1979) - Diane Keaton

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Apocalypse Now (1979) - Robert Duvall
Other Nominees:
	Alien (1979) - John Hurt Deer Hunter, The (1978) - Christopher Walken Saint Jack (1979) - Denholm Elliott

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Yanks (1979) - Rachel Roberts (I)
Other Nominees:
	Europeans, The (1979) - Lisa Eichhorn Manhattan (1979) - Mariel Hemingway Manhattan (1979) - Meryl Streep

Best Direction


Winner:
	Apocalypse Now (1979) - Francis Ford Coppola
Other Nominees:
	Deer Hunter, The (1978) - Michael Cimino (I) Manhattan (1979) - Woody Allen Yanks (1979) - John Schlesinger (I)

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Manhattan (1979) - Woody Allen; Marshall Brickman
Other Nominees:
	China Syndrome, The (1979) - Mike Gray (I); T.S. Cook; James Bridges (I) Deer Hunter, The (1978) - Deric Washburn Yanks (1979) - Colin Welland; Walter Bernstein

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Deer Hunter, The (1978) - Vilmos Zsigmond
Other Nominees:
	Apocalypse Now (1979) - Vittorio Storaro Manhattan (1979) - Gordon Willis (I) Yanks (1979) - Dick Bush

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Yanks (1979) - Shirley Russell
Other Nominees:
	Agatha (1979) - Shirley Russell Alien (1979) - John Mollo Europeans, The (1979) - Judy Moorcroft

Best Sound


Nominees:
	Manhattan (1979) - James Sabat; Dan Sable; Jack Higgins (III)

Best Sound Track


Winner:
	Alien (1979) - Derrick Leather; Jim Shields (I); Bill Rowe (I)
Other Nominees:
	Apocalypse Now (1979) - Nathan Boxer; Richard P. Cirincione; Walter Murch Deer Hunter, The (1978) - C. Darin Knight; James J. Klinger; Richard Portman

Best Editing


Winner:
	Deer Hunter, The (1978) - Peter Zinner
Other Nominees:
	Alien (1979) - Terry Rawlings Apocalypse Now (1979) - Richard Marks (I); Walter Murch; Gerald B. Greenberg; Lisa Fruchtman Manhattan (1979) - Susan E. Morse

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Butch Minds the Baby (1979) - Peter Webb (II)
Other Nominees:
	Dilemma (1979) - Clive Mitchell (I) Dream Doll (1979) - Bob Godfrey Mr. Pascal (1979) - Alison De Vere

Best Animated Film


Nominees:

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Role


Winners:
	Breaking Away (1979) - Dennis Christopher (I) Buddy Holly Story, The (1978) - Gary Busey
Other Nominees:
	Alien (1979) - Sigourney Weaver That Summer (1979) - Ray Winstone (I)

Best Production Design


Winner:
	Alien (1979) - Michael Seymour (I)
Other Nominees:
	Apocalypse Now (1979) - Dean Tavoularis Europeans, The (1979) - Jeremiah Rusconi Yanks (1979) - Brian Morris (I)

Michael Balcon Award


Awarded to:
	The Children's Film Foundation

Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music


Winner:
	Days of Heaven (1978) - Ennio Morricone
Other Nominees:
	Alien (1979) - Jerry Goldsmith Apocalypse Now (1979) - Carmine Coppola; Francis Ford Coppola Yanks (1979) - Richard Rodney Bennett

Flaherty Documentary Award


Winner:
	Albero degli zoccoli, L' (1978)

BAFTA TV Award

Best Film Cameraman


Winner:
	"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979) - Tony Pierce-Roberts
Other Nominees:
	"Life on Earth" (1979) - Maurice Fisher; "camera team" "Play for Today" (1970) {Blue Remembered Hills (#9.14)} - Nat Crosby - Also for "Play for Today" (1970) {Katie: The Year of a Child (#10.9)} and "Play for Today" (1970) {Long Distance Information (#10.1)}. "Testament of Youth" (1979) - John Tiley; Colin Munn

Best Film Editor


Nominees:
	"Life on Earth" (1979) - Ron Martin (VIII) Bloody Ivory (1978) - Ann Chegwidden - Also for "Survival" (1961), River of Sand (special).

Best Film Sound


Winner:
	"BBC2 Playhouse" (1974) - Colin March - For episode "Speed King".
Other Nominees:
	"Life on Earth" (1979) - Lyndon Bird "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979) - Malcolm Webberley

Best Actor


Winner:
	"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979) - Alec Guinness
Other Nominees:
	"All Creatures Great and Small" (1978) - Robert Hardy (I) - Also for "BBC2 Playhouse" (1974), episode "Speed King". "Crime and Punishment" (1979) - Timothy West - Also for Churchill and the Generals (1979) (TV), Henry VIII (1979) (TV) and Timothy West as Beecham (1979) (TV). "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1978) - Leo McKern

Best Actress


Winner:
	"Testament of Youth" (1979) - Cheryl Campbell (I) - Also for "Malice Aforethought" (1979) and Duke of Wellington, The (1979) (TV).
Other Nominees:
	"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979) - Beryl Reid Measure for Measure (1979) (TV) - Kate Nelligan Performance of Macbeth, A (1979) (TV) - Judi Dench - Also for "BBC2 Play of the Week" (1977) {On Giant's Shoulders (#2.12)} and Village Wooing, A (1979) (TV).

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	"Testament of Youth" (1979) - Prue Handley
Other Nominees:
	"Prince Regent" (1979) - Raymond Hughes "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979) - Joyce Mortlock

Best Sound Supervisor


Nominees:
	"Telford's Change" (1979) - Colin Dixon "Testament of Youth" (1979) - Brian Miles (I)

'Harlequin' (Documentary/Factual)


Winner:
	"Book Tower, The" (1979) - Anne Wood (II); Ian Bolt (II)
Other Nominees:
	"Blue Peter" (1958) - Biddy Baxter "Blue Peter" (1958) - Hugh David - For Blue Peter special assignment "Marie Antoinette at Versailles". "Rainbow" (1972) - Peter Webb (II) - For episode "Rainbow Moves House".

Best Documentary Programme


Winner:
	Fred Dibnah: Steeplejack (1979) (TV) - Don Haworth
Other Nominees:
	Bloody Ivory (1978) - Simon Trevor Kitty: Return to Auschwitz (1979) (TV) - Peter Morley (II) Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia (1979) - David Munro (I)

Best Programme/Series Without Category


Winner:
	"South Bank Show, The" (1978) - Melvyn Bragg
Other Nominees:
	It'll Be Alright on the Night 2 (1979) (TV) - Paul Smith (XXV)

Best Single Play


Winner:
	"Play for Today" (1970) {Blue Remembered Hills (#9.14)} - Brian Gibson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Churchill and the Generals (1979) (TV) - Alan Gibson (I) Knowledge, The (1979) (TV) - Bob Brooks (III) Suez 1956 (1979) (TV) - Michael Darlow

Best Design


Winner:
	"Testament of Youth" (1979) - Sally Hulke
Other Nominees:
	"Crime and Punishment" (1979) - Tony Abbott (I) "Prince Regent" (1979) - Barry Newbery; Barrie Dobbins "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979) - Austin Spriggs

Best Light Entertainment Programme/Series


Winner:
	"Ripping Yarns" (1976) - Alan J.W. Bell; Jim Franklin (III)
Other Nominees:
	"Kenny Everett Video Show, The" (1978) - David Mallet "Muppet Show, The" (1976) - Jim Henson (I) "Two Ronnies, The" (1971) - Brian Penders

'Flame of Knowledge'


Winner:
	"Grange Hill" (1978) - Anna Home; Colin Cant
Other Nominees:
	"End of Part One" (1979) - Simon Brett (I); Geoffrey Sax "Graham's Gang" (1977) - Anna Home; Marilyn Fox (II) "Jigsaw" (1979) - Clive Doig "Worzel Gummidge" (1979) - James Hill (I) Legend of King Arthur, The (1979) (TV) - Ken Riddington; Rodney Bennett (I)

Best Drama Series/Serial


Winner:
	"Testament of Youth" (1979) - Jonathan Powell (I); Moira Armstrong
Other Nominees:
	"Rumpole of the Bailey" (1978) - Jacqueline Davis (I) "Telford's Change" (1979) - Mark Shivas; Barry Davis (I) "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979) - Jonathan Powell (I); John Irvin

Film Editor


Nominees:
	"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979) - Chris Wimble; Clare Douglas

Best Situation Comedy


Winner:
	"Fawlty Towers" (1975) - Douglas Argent (II); Bob Spiers
Other Nominees:
	"Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The" (1976) - Gareth Gwenlan "Last of the Summer Wine" (1973) - Sydney Lotterby "To the Manor Born" (1979) - Gareth Gwenlan

Best Make Up


Winner:
	"Prince Regent" (1979) - Toni Chapman
Other Nominees:
	"Crime and Punishment" (1979) - Pam Meager - Also for Suez 1956 (1979) (TV). Churchill and the Generals (1979) (TV) - Eileen Mair

Best VTR Editor


Winner:
	"Crime and Punishment" (1979) - Sam Upton (II) - Also for Suez 1956 (1979) (TV).
Other Nominees:
	"Testament of Youth" (1979) - Stan Pow - Also for "BBC2 Playhouse" (1974), episode "The Brylcreem Boys". Churchill and the Generals (1979) (TV) - David Hiller (V)

'Harlequin' (Drama/Light Entertainment)


Winner:
	"How We Used to Live" (1968) - Richard Handford
Other Nominees:
	"Scene" (1968) - Roy Thompson

Best Light Entertainment Performance


Winner:
	"Fawlty Towers" (1975) - John Cleese
Other Nominees:
	"Fawlty Towers" (1975) - Andrew Sachs (II) "To the Manor Born" (1979) - Penelope Keith "Two Ronnies, The" (1971) - Ronnie Barker

Best Factual Series


Nominees:
	"Life on Earth" (1979) - Christopher Parsons (I); John Sparks (III); Richard Brock

Best Graphics


Winner:
	"Secret Army" (1977) - Alan Jeapes
Other Nominees:
	"Shoestring" (1979) - Sid Sutton "South Bank Show, The" (1978) - Pat Gavin "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979) - Douglas Burd

Best Television Lighting


Winner:
	"Testament of Youth" (1979) - Dave Sydenham - Also for Matilda's England (1979) (TV).
Other Nominees:
	"Crime and Punishment" (1979) - Howard King - Also for Suez 1956 (1979) (TV). "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1978) - Luigi Bottone - Also for Performance of Macbeth, A (1979) (TV). Churchill and the Generals (1979) (TV) - Nigel Wright (II)

Best Television Cameraman


Nominees:
	"Prince Regent" (1979) - Rodney Taylor (I) "Testament of Youth" (1979) - Geoff Feld - Also for Suez 1956 (1979) (TV). Performance of Macbeth, A (1979) (TV) - Peter Coombs

Shell International Award


Winner:
	"Telford's Change" (1979) - Brian Clark (I)