Programme or Series !style="background:#BDB76B;" |Best Light Entertainment Performance |- |valign="top" | Shooting Stars (BBC / BBC2) The Fast Show (BBC / BBC2) Rory Bremner - Who Else? (Kudos Film & Television / Channel 4) Ruby Wax Meets (BBC / BBC1) |valign="top" | John Bird & John Fortune – Rory Bremner - Who Else? / The Long Johns (Channel 4) Caroline Aherne – The Mrs Merton Christmas Show (BBC1) Rory Bremner – Rory Bremner - Who Else? (Channel 4) Paul Merton – Have I Got News for You (BBC2) |- |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" |Best News Coverage !style="background:#BDB76B;" |Best Talk Show |- |valign="top" | Newsnight – BSE Coverage (BBC / BBC2) Newsnight – Dunblane Massacre (BBC / BBC2) News at Ten — Dunblane Massacre (ITN / ITV) Channel 4 News – Refugee Crisis in Zaire and Rwanda (ITN / Channel 4) |valign="top" | The Mrs Merton Christmas Show (Granada Television / BBC1) Esther (BBC / BBC2) Late Review (BBC / BBC2) Weekly Planet (Wall to Wall Television / Channel 4) |- |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" |Flaherty Award for Best Single Documentary !style="background:#BDB76B;" |Huw Wheldon Award for Arts Programme or Series |- |valign="top" | Horizon – Fermat's Last Theorem (BBC / BBC2) Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras (Rocket Pictures / Carlton Television / ITV) Cutting Edge — The Home (Channel 4) Timewatch – Remember Aberfan (BBC / BBC2) |valign="top" | Leaving Home (Channel 4) A History of British Art (BBC / BBC2) American Visions (BBC / Planet 24 Productions / Time / WNET / BBC2) Dancing in the Street: A Rock and Roll History (BBC Bristol / BBC2) |- |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" |Best Sports / Events Coverage in Real Time !style="background:#BDB76B;" |Best Foreign Programme Award |- |valign="top" | Euro 96 Coverage (BBC / BBC1) Formula One Grand Prix Racing (BBC / BBC2) Monday Night Football (Sky Sports) Remembrance Sunday — The Cenotaph (BBC / BBC1) |valign="top" | Murder One|- |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" |The Lew Grade Award !style="background:#BDB76B;" |The Dennis Potter Award |- |valign="top" | Coronation Street|valign="top" | Peter Flannery|- |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" |The Alan Clarke Award !style="background:#BDB76B;" |The Richard Dimbleby Award |- |valign="top" | Michael Wearing|valign="top" | Robert Hughes|- |- |} Craft Awards Special Awards Charles F. Wheeler''' References External links British Academy Craft Awards official website Television1997 British Academy Television Awards British Academy Television Awards British Academy Television Awards British Academy Television Awards British Academy Television Awards Events at the Royal Albert Hall