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BAFTA Awards: 1970

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Other Nominees:
	Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) Women in Love (1969) Z (1969)

Best Actor


Winner:
	John and Mary (1969) - Dustin Hoffman - Also for Midnight Cowboy (1969).
Other Nominees:
	Inadmissible Evidence (1968) - Nicol Williamson The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968) - Walter Matthau Women in Love (1969) - Alan Bates (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) - Maggie Smith (I)
Other Nominees:
	Funny Girl (1968) - Barbra Streisand - Also for Hello, Dolly! (1969). John and Mary (1969) - Mia Farrow - Also for Rosemary's Baby (1968) and Secret Ceremony (1968). Women in Love (1969) - Glenda Jackson

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - Laurence Olivier
Other Nominees:
	Bullitt (1968) - Robert Vaughn (I) Easy Rider (1969) - Jack Nicholson Goodbye, Columbus (1969) - Jack Klugman

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) - Celia Johnson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - Mary Wimbush The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) - Pamela Franklin Three Into Two Won't Go (1969) - Peggy Ashcroft

Best Direction


Winner:
	Midnight Cowboy (1969) - John Schlesinger (I)
Other Nominees:
	Bullitt (1968) - Peter Yates (I) Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - Richard Attenborough Women in Love (1969) - Ken Russell (I)

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Waldo Salt
Other Nominees:
	Goodbye, Columbus (1969) - Arnold Schulman Women in Love (1969) - Larry Kramer (I) Z (1969) - Costa-Gavras (I); Jorge Sempr�n

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - Gerry Turpin
Other Nominees:
	Bullitt (1968) - William A. Fraker Funny Girl (1968) - Harry Stradling Sr. Hello, Dolly! (1969) - Harry Stradling Sr. The Magus (1968) - Billy Williams (III) Women in Love (1969) - Billy Williams (III)

Best Art Direction


Winner:
	Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - Donald M. Ashton
Other Nominees:
	Hello, Dolly! (1969) - John DeCuir Voyna i mir (1967) - Mikhail Bogdanov; Gennadi Myasnikov Women in Love (1969) - Luciana Arrighi

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - Anthony Mendleson
Other Nominees:
	Funny Girl (1968) - Irene Sharaff Isadora (1968) - Ruth Myers (I) Women in Love (1969) - Shirley Russell

Best Sound Track


Winner:
	Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - Don Challis; Simon Kaye
Other Nominees:
	Battle of Britain (1969) - Teddy Mason; Jim Shields (I) Bullitt (1968) - Ed Scheid Isadora (1968) - Terry Rawlings Women in Love (1969) - Terry Rawlings

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Hugh A. Robertson
Other Nominees:
	Bullitt (1968) - Frank P. Keller Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - Kevin Connor (II) Z (1969) - Fran�oise Bonnot

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Picture to Post (1969) - Sarah Erulkar
Other Nominees:
	A Test of Violence (1970) - Stuart Cooper (I) Barbican (1969) - Robin Cantelon Birthday (1969) - Franc Roddam

Best Specialised Film


Winner:
	Let There Be Light (1969) - Peter De Normanville
Other Nominees:
	Isotopes in Action (1967) - Kenneth McCready Mullardability (1969) - Ren� Basilico The Behaviour Game (1969) - Ronald Spencer

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles


Winner:
	Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Jon Voight
Other Nominees:
	Goodbye, Columbus (1969) - Ali MacGraw True Grit (1969) - Kim Darby (I) Women in Love (1969) - Jennie Linden

Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music


Winner:
	Z (1969) - Mikis Theodorakis
Other Nominees:
	Secret Ceremony (1968) - Richard Rodney Bennett The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) - Michel Legrand (I) Women in Love (1969) - Georges Delerue

Flaherty Documentary Award


Winner:
	Prologue (1970) - National Film Board of Canada

UN Award


Winner:
	Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Other Nominees:
	Midnight Cowboy (1969) Z (1969) Ådalen '31 (1969)

BAFTA TV Award

Best Actor


Winner:
	"Callan" (1967) - Edward Woodward
Other Nominees:
	"Dad's Army" (1968) - Arthur Lowe "Please Sir!" (1968) - John Alderton "The Wednesday Play" (1964) - Colin Blakely - For episode "The Son of Man". - Also for The Way We Live Now (1969) (TV).

Best Actress


Winner:
	"The First Churchills" (1969) - Margaret Tyzack
Other Nominees:
	"BBC Play of the Month" (1965) - Eileen Atkins - For episode "The Heiress". - Also for "W. Somerset Maugham" (1969), episode "The Letter" and "The Wednesday Play" (1964) and episode "Double Bill". "ITV Saturday Night Theatre" (1969) - Gwen Watford - For episode "A Walk Through the Forest". "Omnibus" (1967) - Sheila Allen (III) - For episode "The Confessions of Marian Evans".

Best Factual: Documentary


Nominees:
	"Lord Mountbatten: A Man for the Century" (1968) - Peter Morley (II) Royal Family (1969) - Richard Cawston

Best Specialised Programme


Winners:
	"Blue Peter" (1958) - Biddy Baxter; Edward Barnes (I); Rosemary Gill (I) "Omnibus" (1967) - Fred Burnley - For episodes "Dream Divided" and "Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go".
Other Nominees:
	"Civilisation" (1969) - Michael Gill (I); Peter Montagnon "Omnibus" (1967) - Norman Swallow "Omnibus" (1967) - Don Taylor (VIII) - For episodes "Woman from the Shadows" and "The Confessions of Marian Evans".

'Flame of Knowledge'


Winner:
	"Scene" (1968) - Ronald Smedley; Michael Simpson (I) - For episode "Terry".

Best Light Entertainment


Winner:
	"Please Sir!" (1968) - Mark Stuart (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Bobbie Gentry" (1968) - Stanley Dorfman "Dad's Army" (1968) - David Croft (I) "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) - John Howard Davies; Ian MacNaughton "Not in Front of the Children" (1967) - Graeme Muir "The World of Beachcomber" (1968) - Duncan Wood (I)

Best Script


Winner:
	"Lord Mountbatten: A Man for the Century" (1968) - John Terraine
Other Nominees:
	"Callan" (1967) - James Mitchell (VI) "Civilisation" (1969) - Kenneth Clark (V) "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) - "writing team" "The Wednesday Play" (1964) - Dennis Potter (I) - For episode "Son of Man".

Best Light Entertainment Personality


Winner:
	"The Morecambe & Wise Show" (1968) - Eric Morecambe; Ernie Wise
Other Nominees:
	"Curry & Chips" (1969) - Spike Milligan - Also for "Q5" (1969) and "The World of Beachcomber" (1968). "Hark at Barker" (1969) - Ronnie Barker "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) - John Cleese

Best Drama Plays


Winner:
	"W. Somerset Maugham" (1969) - Christopher Morahan - For episode "The Letter". - Also for "ITV Playhouse" (1967), episode "You've Made Your Bed Now Lie On It" and "ITV Saturday Night Theatre" (1969) and episode "Nora".
Other Nominees:
	A Voyage Round My Father (1969) (TV) - Claude Whatham

Best Factual: Current Affairs


Winner:
	"News at Ten" (1967) - "production team"
Other Nominees:
	"The Money Programme" (1966) - Michael Bunce

Best Design


Winner:
	"The Wednesday Play" (1964) - Tony Abbott (I) - For episode "The Vortex". - Also for "Otello" and "Rembrandt".
Other Nominees:
	"The Borderers" (1968) - Colin Shaw (I) "This Is Tom Jones" (1969) - Brian Bartholomew "W. Somerset Maugham" (1969) - Eileen Diss - For episode " Louise".

Best Drama Series


Winner:
	"W. Somerset Maugham" (1969) - Verity Lambert
Other Nominees:
	"Callan" (1967) - Reginald Collin "The Gold Robbers" (1969) - John Hawkesworth

Shell International Award


Winner:
	"The Money Programme" (1966) - Michael Bunce

Mullard Award


Winner:
	"Horizon" (1964) - Peter Goodchild - For episode "The Unborn Patient".

Special Award


Awarded to:
	"Civilisation" (1969) - Michael Gill (I); Peter Montagnon "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) - For the production, writing & performances. "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) - Terry Gilliam - For the graphics.