| Main Performers | Award Presenters:
Richard Harris (Best British Film (Alexander Korda Award),
Richard Wilson (Best Light Entertainment Performance and Best Drama Series),
Angus Daeyton (Best Single Drama),
Michael Palin (Best Comedy Programme or Series),
Gary Oldman (Best Supporting Actress in a Film),
Kate Winslet (Best Supporting Actor in a Film),
Linford Christie (Best TV Sports/Events coverage in real time),
Rory Bremner (Best Factual Series),
Stephen Fry (Best TV Comedy Performance),
Barbara Windsor (Best Light Entertainment Programme or Series),
Diana Ross (Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay),
Neil Pearson (Best Television Actress),
Alison Steadman (Best Television Actor),
Michael Parkinson (Lew Grade Award for Significant and Popular Programme),
Sir David Frost (Best News Coverage and The Flaherty Documentary Award),
Pete Postlethwaite (Best Short Animanted Film and Best Short Film (Live Action),
Desmond Lynam (Best Talk Show),
Josie D'Arby and Tim Vincent (Best Children's Programme),
Matt Le Blanc (Best Foreign Television Programme),
Ursula Andress (Best Film not in the English Language),
Trevor Eve (Best Drama Serial),
Eddie Izzard (Huw Wheldon Award for Best Arts Programme or Series),
Christopher Eccleston (The Dennis Potter Award (PF)),
William Hurt (Best Film Actress in a Leading Role),
Lauren Bacall (Best Film Actor in a Leading Role),
Clive James (Richard Dimbleby Award for most important contribution and David Lean Award for Best Achievement in Direction),
Michael Caine (Best Film),
Helena Bonham-Carter (The British Academy Fellowship Award) |
| Set List | Award Winners:
Best Film Actor in a Leading Role - Geoffrey Rush - Shine,
Best Film Actress in a Leading Role - Brenda Blethyn - Secrets and Lies,
Best Film - The English Patient,
Best British Film (Alexander Korda Award) - Secrets and Lies,
Best Film Not in the English Language - Ridicule - France,
Best Supporting Actor in a Film - Paul Scofield - The Crucible,
Best Supporting Actress - Juliette Binoche,
Best Costume Design - Richard III - Shuna Hardwood,
Best Editing - The English Patient - Walter Murch,
Best Cinematography - The English Patient - John Seale,
Best Production Design - Richard III - Tony Burrough,
Best Sound - Shine,
Best Adapted Screenplay - The English Patient - Anthony Minghella,
Best Original Screenplay - Secrets and Lies - Mike Leigh,
Best Supporting Actress in a Film - Juliette Binoche - The English Patient,
Best Visual Effects - Twister,
Best Director (David Lean Award) - Fargo - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen,
Best Makeup/Hair - The Nutty Professor - Rick Baker,
Best Score (Anthony Asquith Award) - The English Patient - Gabriel Yared |
| Performance Notes | The event was recorded and broadcast on BBC television.
The dress code for guests and staff at the events was black tie.
A red carpet was laid in the West Car Park for guest entrance via Door 6.
Guests attending the awards included; Brian Henson, Cindy Crawford (supermodel), Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Watson, Charles Dance, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Leslie Mitchell, Peter Cushing, Patrick Moore (astronomer, presenter), James Burke, Wilfred Bramble, Harry H Corbett, Mark Spitz, Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Leslie Grantham, Anita Dobson, Art Malik, Susan Wooldridge, Bernard Hill, Eric Idle, Derek Jacobi, Jennifer Saunders, Julia Sawahla, Jane Horrocks, Joanna Lumley, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Ruby Wax, Michael Jackson, Mark Thompson, Lily Savage, Marcus Plantin, John Willis, Tara Fitzgerald, Stephen Tompkinson, Antonia Banderas, Madonna, Kirsty Young, Kevin Kane, Helen McRory, Catherine Tregenna, Gavin Ashcroft, Richard Elfyn, Eirlys Britten, Kevin Whately, Stella Gonet, Rhian Morgan, Sean Blowers, Max Bygraves, Floella Benjamin, Danny Barnham, Patsy Byrne, Danielle Hawley, Angela Griffin, Matthew Wait, Jill James, Toshio Nakamura, Harry Manley, Jo Hodges, Greg Dyke, Tony Lindsay, Roy Williams, Margaret Ousby, Ewart Needham, Ian Parkinson, Simon Bowen, Nick Twyman, Mike Tully, Veronica France, Richard Pun, Sam Snape, Ruth Caleb, Andree Molyneaux, Christopher Masters, Peter Cregeen, Alan Yentob, Edward Mirzoeff, Prof. Anthony Mellows, Eve William-Jones, Jane English, Norman Wisdom, Virginia Bottomley, Jane Hamsher, Susan Wagner, Ian McDougall, Don Murphy, David Starke, John Houlton, Steven Bobek, Janie Kleiman, George Puckhaber, Tekla Morgan, Prof. Dr Helmut Thoma, Amanda Donohue, Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1997/25),
Transparencies (RAHE/3/18/5)
Photographs (RAHE/3/1997/4),
Video (RAHE/5/1997/9) |