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( )  ...Best Sound
( )  ...Best Editing
( )  ...Best Special Effects
( )  ...Best Score
( )  ...Best Short Film
( )  ...Foreign Language Film
( )  ...Best Make Up Artist
( )  ...Best Production Design
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( )  BAFTA TV Award
( )  ...Best Film Cameraman
( )  ...Best Film Editor
( )  ...Best Film Sound
( )  ...Best Actor
( )  ...Best Actress
( )  ...Best Costume Design
( )  ...Best Sound Supervisor
( )  ...Short Animated Film
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( )  ...Best Design
( )  ...News or Outside...
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( )  ...Best Make Up
( )  ...Best VTR Editor
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( )  ...Best Factual Series
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BAFTA Awards: 1988

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film
  Winner:
 
  Other Nominees:
 
  • Cry Freedom (1987) - Richard Attenborough
  • Hope and Glory (1987) - John Boorman
  • Radio Days (1987) - Robert Greenhut (I); Woody Allen

  • Best Actor
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Jean de Florette (1986) - Gérard Depardieu
  • Jean de Florette (1986) - Yves Montand
  • Prick Up Your Ears (1987) - Gary Oldman

  • Best Actress
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hope and Glory (1987) - Sarah Miles (I)
  • Personal Services (1987) - Julie Walters (I)
  • Wish You Were Here (1987) - Emily Lloyd

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Cry Freedom (1987) - John Thaw
  • Hope and Glory (1987) - Ian Bannen
  • Untouchables, The (1987) - Sean Connery

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) - Judi Dench
  • Prick Up Your Ears (1987) - Vanessa Redgrave
  • Radio Days (1987) - Dianne Wiest

  • Best Direction
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Cry Freedom (1987) - Richard Attenborough
  • Hope and Glory (1987) - John Boorman
  • Jean de Florette (1986) - Claude Berri

  • Best Screenplay - Original
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hope and Glory (1987) - John Boorman
  • Personal Services (1987) - David Leland (I)
  • Radio Days (1987) - Woody Allen

  • Best Screenplay - Adapted
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) - Hugh Whitemore
  • Little Dorrit (1988) - Christine Edzard
  • Prick Up Your Ears (1987) - Alan Bennett (I)

  • Best Cinematography
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Cry Freedom (1987) - Ronnie Taylor (I)
  • Hope and Glory (1987) - Philippe Rousselot
  • Platoon (1986) - Robert Richardson (I)

  • Best Costume Design
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hope and Glory (1987) - Shirley Russell
  • Little Dorrit (1988) - Joyce Carter (I); Danielle Garderes; Claude Gastine; Judith Loom; Sally Neale; Jackie Smith (I); Barbara Sonnex
  • Untouchables, The (1987) - Marilyn Vance

  • Best Sound
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Nigel Galt; Edward Tise; Andy Nelson (I)
  • Hope and Glory (1987) - Ron Davis (I); Peter Handford; John Hayward (I)
  • Radio Days (1987) - Robert Hein (I); James Sabat; Lee Dichter

  • Best Editing
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Cry Freedom (1987) - Lesley Walker
  • Hope and Glory (1987) - Ian Crafford
  • Radio Days (1987) - Susan E. Morse

  • Best Special Effects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Fly, The (1986) - Chris Walas; Jon Berg (I); Louis Craig; Hoyt Yeatman
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987) - John Evans (III)
  • Little Shop of Horrors (1986) - Bran Ferren; Martin Gutteridge; Lyle Conway; Richard Conway (I)

  • Best Score
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Cry Freedom (1987) - George Fenton; Jonas Gwangwa
  • Hope and Glory (1987) - Peter Martin (I)
  • Wish You Were Here (1987) - Stanley Myers (I)

  • Best Short Film
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • D'après Maria (1987) - Jean-Claude Robert
  • Short & Curlies, The (1987) (TV) - Mike Leigh
  • Treacle (1987) - Peter Chelsom

  • Best Foreign Language Film
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Jean de Florette (1986) - Claude Berri
    - France.
  • Manon des sources (1986) - Claude Berri
    - France/Italy/Switzerland.
  • Mitt liv som hund (1985) - Waldemar Bergendahl; Lasse Hallström
    - Sweden.

  • Best Make Up Artist
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Fly, The (1986) - Chris Walas; Stephan Dupuis
  • Hope and Glory (1987) - Anna Dryhurst
  • Jean de Florette (1986) - Michèle Dernelle; Jean-Pierre Eychenne

  • Best Production Design
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hope and Glory (1987) - Anthony Pratt
  • Jean de Florette (1986) - Bernard Vézat
  • Untouchables, The (1987) - William A. Elliott

  • Michael Balcon Award

      Awarded to:
     
    • The Monty Python Team

    BAFTA TV Award

    Best Film Cameraman
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Porterhouse Blue (1987) (TV) - Dick Pope

  • Best Film Editor
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Fortunes of War" (1987) - Tariq Anwar
  • "Tutti Frutti" (1987) - John MacDonnell (I)
  • Porterhouse Blue (1987) (TV) - Barry Peters (I)

  • Best Film Sound
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Fortunes of War" (1987) - Terry Elms; Ken Hains; Judith Robson; Kim Houldin
  • "Perfect Spy, A" (1987) - Malcolm Webberley; Ken Hains; Tony Quinn (II); Graham Lawrence; John Hyde
  • "Tutti Frutti" (1987) - Peter Brill (I); Bronek Korda; Ian Frame; Andrew McClelland

  • Best Actor
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Fortunes of War" (1987) - Kenneth Branagh
    For episode "The Lady's Not for Burning".
  • "Perfect Spy, A" (1987) - Ray McAnally
  • "Tutti Frutti" (1987) - Robbie Coltrane

  • Best Actress
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Coronation Street" (1960) - Jean Alexander (I)
  • After Pilkington (1987) (TV) - Miranda Richardson (I)
  • Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) (TV) - Joan Hickson (I)

  • Best Costume Design
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Tutti Frutti" (1987) - Delphine Roche-Gordon
  • "Vanity Fair" (1987) - Joyce Hawkins
  • Porterhouse Blue (1987) (TV) - Lindy Hemming

  • Best Sound Supervisor
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Casualty" (1986) - Rod Lewis
  • "Dame Edna Experience, The" (1987) - Graham Hix
    - For episodes 1-3.

  • Best Short Animated Film
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Fireman Sam" (1987) - Ian Frampton; John Walker
  • "Shoe People, The" (1987) - Clennel Rawson; Tony Barnes (II)
  • "Wind in the Willows, The" (1984) - Mark Hall (III); Brian Cosgrove

  • Best Children's Programme (Documentary/Educational)
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "How We Used to Live" (1968) - Ian Fell
  • "Newsround" (1972) - John Craven (II)

  • Best Design
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Blackadder the Third" (1987) - Antony Thorpe
  • "Tutti Frutti" (1987) - Bob Smart (III)
  • "Vanity Fair" (1987) - Gavin Davies (I)
  • Porterhouse Blue (1987) (TV) - Eileen Diss

  • Best News or Outside Broadcast Coverage
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "News at Ten" (1967) - Nick Pollard

  • Best Video Cameraman
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Treasure Hunt" (1983) - Graham Berry
  • "Tutti Frutti" (1987) - Stan Bradley
  • "Vanity Fair" (1987) - Paul Woolston

  • Best Light Entertainment Programme
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Alas Smith & Jones" (1984) - John Kilby; Jamie Rix
  • "Dame Edna Experience, The" (1987) - Richard Drewitt; Judith Holder
  • "Spitting Image" (1984) - Geoffrey Perkins

  • Best Make Up
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Blackadder the Third" (1987) - Victoria Pocock
  • "Fortunes of War" (1987) - Elizabeth Rowell
  • Porterhouse Blue (1987) (TV) - Tommie Manderson

  • Best VTR Editor
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Tutti Frutti" (1987) - Gerry Law
    - For episode 3.
  • Paul Simon, Graceland: The African Concert (1987) (TV) - John Fortenberry; Ruth Foster (I)
  • Simple Man, A (1987) (TV) - George Tidmarsh

  • Huw Wheldon Award
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Arena" (1975) - Anthony Wall (I)
    - For episode "Dennis Potter".
  • "South Bank Show, The" (1978) - Tony Palmer (I)
    - For episode "Maria Callas".

  • Best Single Drama
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • After Pilkington (1987) (TV) - Christopher Morahan; Kenith Trodd
  • Blunt (1985) (TV) - John Glenister; Martin Thompson (II)
  • East of Ipswich (1987) (TV) - Tristram Powell; Innes Lloyd

  • Best Light Entertainment Performance
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Blackadder the Third" (1987) - Rowan Atkinson
  • "Dame Edna Experience, The" (1987) - Barry Humphries
  • "Yes, Prime Minister" (1986) - Paul Eddington

  • Best Factual Series
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Arena" (1975) - Nigel Finch; Anthony Wall (I)
  • "Forty Minutes" (1981) - Edward Mirzoeff
  • Hollywood The Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987) - Charles Chabot; Rosemary Wilton

  • Best Comedy Series
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "'Allo 'Allo!" (1982) - David Croft (I)
  • "Bread" (1986) - Robin Nash
  • "Ever Decreasing Circles" (1984) - Harold Snoad
  • "Yes, Prime Minister" (1986) - Sydney Lotterby

  • Best Video Lighting
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Tutti Frutti" (1987) - James Maiden
  • "Vanity Fair" (1987) - David Bushell (II)

  • Best Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama)
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Aliens in the Family" (1987) - Paul Stone (I); Christine Secombe
  • "Gemini Factor, The" (1987) - Sheila Kinany; Renny Rye
  • "Grange Hill" (1978) - Ronald Smedley

  • Best Drama Series
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Fortunes of War" (1987) - Betty Willingale; James Cellan Jones
  • "Perfect Spy, A" (1987) - Colin Rogers (I); Peter Smith (I)
  • Porterhouse Blue (1987) (TV) - Brian Eastman; Robert Knights

  • Best Graphics
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "South Bank Show, The" (1978) - Pat Gavin
  • Hollywood The Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987) - Pete Wane
  • Porterhouse Blue (1987) (TV) - Phil Austin (I); Derek W. Hayes

  • Best Original Television Music
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Beiderbecke Tapes, The" (1987) - Frank Ricotti
  • "Fortunes of War" (1987) - Richard Holmes (I)
  • "Perfect Spy, A" (1987) - Michael Storey (II)

  • Flaherty Documentary Award (TV)

      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Forty Minutes" (1981) - Molly Dineen
    - For episode "Home from the Hill".
  • Fourteen Days in May (1988) - Paul Hamann

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