| Category
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Winner[1][2]
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Also nominated[3]
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| Most Popular Actor
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John Thaw (Kavanagh QC)
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Stephen Tompkinson (Ballykissangel)
Alan Davies (Jonathan Creek)
Robson Green (Touching Evil)
Ross Kemp (EastEnders)
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| Most Popular Actress
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Amanda Burton (Silent Witness)
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Dervla Kirwan (Ballykissangel)
Pauline Quirke (Birds of a Feather)
Pam Ferris (Where the Heart Is)
Sarah Lancashire (Where the Heart Is)
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| Most Popular Drama Series
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Jonathan Creek (BBC One)
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Ballykissangel (BBC One)
Where the Heart Is (ITV)
Kavanagh QC (ITV)
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| Most Popular Serial Drama
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Coronation Street (ITV)
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Brookside (Channel 4)
EastEnders (BBC One)
Emmerdale (ITV)
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| Most Popular Entertainment Programme
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Stars in Their Eyes (ITV)
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It'll Be Alright on the Night (ITV)
Jim Davidson's Generation Game (BBC One)
Shooting Stars (BBC Two)
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| Most Popular Talk Show
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Parkinson (BBC One)
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Des O'Connor Tonight (ITV)
TFI Friday (Channel 4)
The Mrs Merton Show (BBC Two)
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| Most Popular Entertainment Presenter
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Michael Barrymore
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Bruce Forsyth
Jim Davidson
Lily Savage
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| Most Popular Daytime Programme
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This Morning (ITV)
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The Big Breakfast (Channel 4)
Countdown (Channel 4)
GMTV (ITV)
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| Most Popular Factual Entertainment Programme
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Changing Rooms (BBC Two)
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Animal Hospital (BBC One)
Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook (BBC Two)
Strange but True? (ITV)
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| Most Popular Documentary
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Full Circle with Michael Palin (BBC One)
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Children's Hospital (BBC One)
The Human Body (BBC One)
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| Most Popular Quiz Programme
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Have I Got News for You (BBC Two)
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A Question of Sport (BBC One)
Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich (ITV)
They Think It's All Over (BBC One)
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| Most Popular Comedy Programme
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The Vicar of Dibley (BBC One)
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Friends (Channel 4/NBC)
Last of the Summer Wine (BBC One)
Men Behaving Badly (BBC One)
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| Most Popular Comedy Performer
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Nicholas Lyndhurst (Goodnight Sweetheart)
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Dawn French (The Vicar of Dibley)
Caroline Quentin (Kiss Me Kate)
Judi Dench (As Time Goes By)
Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly)
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| Most Popular Newcomer
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Anna Brecon (Emmerdale)
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Claire Goose (Casualty)
Jane Danson (Coronation Street)
Adam Rickitt (Coronation Street)
Jason Durr (Heartbeat)
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| Most Popular Advert
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Diet Coke ("11.30 Appointment")
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Andrex ("Puppy Patrol")
Tesco ("Dotty and Jane")
W H Smith (Nicholas Lyndhurst)
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| Special Recognition Award
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John Thaw
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