Kosminsky took the prize for his debut as a scriptwriter on The Government Inspector, the 'sensitive' dramatisation of the final months in the life of Dr David Kelly, the former UBN weapons inspector who was perceived to be the source of allegations that the government's Iraq dossier was 'sexed up'.
The award was one of five awards introduced this year, which also saw Brian Percival scoop the best director award for Much Ado About Nothing, beating Doctor Who, Bleak Houseand The Queen's Sister.
Newcomer Lee Phillips won the Breakthrough Talent award for writing, producing and directing the series How to Start Your Own Country, which had taken him 10 years to get commissioned. The programme also claimed the prize in the New Media Developer category, which recognises individual creative or technical achievement across any new media. Julian Pearson and Patrick Cameron won the gong for the series' complementary website, www.citizensrequired.com and its live interactive Citizen TV.
BBC1's hit period drama Bleak Housealso triumphed, scooping three gongs. Simon Elliott clinched a Bafta for Production Design with his reconstruction of Victorian England, whilst Paul Knight took home the award for Editing Fiction/Entertainment, and Andrea Galer won the Costume Design award.
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Red Vision, meanwhile, won the Visual Effects award for the second year running with Mike Tucker and Gareth Edwards' work on Hiroshima.
The full list of winners (winners in bold):
SPECIAL AWARD
Eileen Diss
INTERACTIVE INNOVATION
BREAK-THROUGH TALENT sponsored by HBO Films
COSTUME DESIGN
DIRECTOR sponsored by Sony Pictures Television International
EDITING FACTUAL
EDITING FICTION/ENTERTAINMENT
MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN
NEW MEDIA DEVELOPER
ORIGINAL TELEVISION MUSIC sponsored by Sebastian McLean International Ltd
PHOTOGRAPHY FACTUAL
PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING FICTION/ENTERTAINMENT
PRODUCTION DESIGN sponsored by Men From Mars
SOUND FACTUAL
SOUND FICTION/ENTERTAINMENT
TITLES
VISUAL EFFECTS
WRITER
ANDREW DAVIES - Bleak House (A BBC/WGBH Co-Production in association with Deep Indigo for BBC1)
RUSSELL T DAVIES - Doctor Who (BBC Wales Drama/BBC1)
RICKY GERVAIS, STEPHEN MERCHANT - Extras (BBC Comedy/BBC2)
PETER KOSMINSKY - The Government Inspector (Mentorn Productions/ Channel 4)
HIROSHIMA - Red Vision, Mike Tucker, Gareth Edwards (BBC Specialist Factual Science Department/BBC1)
ROME - Barrie Hemsley, James Madigan, Joe Pavlo (HBO/BBC2)
SUPERVOLCANO - Lola (BBC Specialist Factual Science Department/BBC1)
WALKING WITH MONSTERS - Framestore Team (BBC Specialist Factual Dept/BBC1/BBC3)
HUSTLE - Berger and Wyse (Kudos Film & Television/BBC1)
JAMIE'S SCHOOL DINNERS - Matt Utber (Fresh One Productions/Channel 4)
LIFE IN THE UNDERGROWTH - Mick Connaire (BBC Natural History Unit/BBC1)
ROME - Angus Wall (HBO/BBC2)
BLEAK HOUSE - Sound Team (A BBC/WGBH Co-Production in association with Deep Indigo for BBC1)
COLDITZ - Sound Team (Granada Drama & Comedy/ITV1)
SPOOKS - Sound Team (Kudos Film & Television/BBC1)
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Paul Hamblin, Rory Farnan, Craig Butters, Clive Derbyshire (BBC/Power Co-Production in association with Tightrope Pictures/ BBC2)
HOLOCAUST: A MUSIC MEMORIAL FILM FROM AUSCHWITZ - Ben Baird, Mike Hatch (BBC Classical Music/BBC2)
LIFE IN THE UNDERGROWTH - Sound Team (BBC Natural History Unit/BBC1)
THE GENIUS OF BEETHOVEN - Ben Baird, Andy Rose, Tony Meering (BBC Classical Music/BBC2)
TSUNAMI: 7 HOURS ON BOXING DAY - Ben Baird, Gregor Lyon, Brian Howell (Diverse Productions/BBC1)
BLEAK HOUSE - Simon Elliott (A BBC/WGBH Co-Production in association with Deep Indigo for BBC1)
ELIZABETH I - Eve Stewart (Company Pictures/Channel 4)
ROME - Joseph Bennett (HBO/BBC2)
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Donal Woods (BBC/Power Co-Production in association with Tightrope Pictures/BBC2)
BLEAK HOUSE - Kieran McGuigan (A BBC/WGBH Co-Production in association with Deep Indigo for BBC1)
THE GIRL IN THE CAFE - Chris Seager (Tightrope Pictures/BBC1)
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Ulf Brantas (BBC/Power Co-Production in association with Tightrope Pictures/BBC2)
TWENTY THOUSAND STREETS UNDER THE SKY - John Daly (BBC Drama Series & Serials/BBC4/BBC2)
A PICTURE OF BRITAIN - Fred Fabre (BBC/BBC1)
MICHAEL PALIN AND THE MYSTERY OF HAMMERSHOI - Neville Kidd (BBC Scotland/BBC1)
REAL FAMILIES: MY SKIN COULD KILL ME - Chris Holland (Granada Anglia/ITV1)
TSUNAMI: 7 HOURS ON BOXING DAY - Paul Otter (Diverse Productions/ BBC1)
CASANOVA - Murray Gold (Red/Power/Granada/BBC3)
ELIZABETH I - Rob Lane (Company Pictures/Channel 4)
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR - Jocelyn Pook (Mentorn Productions/Channel 4)
THE GIRL IN THE CAFE - Nicholas Hooper (Tightrope Pictures/BBC1)
MORGAN HOLT, GENEVIEVE DERSLEY, PASA MUSTAFA - All New Cosmetic Surgery Live - mobile streaming (Victoria Real part of Endemol UK/Five)
JO PEARCE, ANDREW WHITEHOUSE - Doctor Who - Attack of the Graske - interactive red button game/website (BBC Wales Drama/BBC1)
JANINE SMITH, MARK LIMB, TRACY BLACHER - Lost Untold - website (Hi-REs! London/www.channel4.com)
LEE PHILLIPS, JULIAN PEARSON, PATRICK CAMERON - How To Start Your Own Country/Citizen TV- website (Leafstorm/BBC2/BBCi/ www.citizensrequired.com)
BLEAK HOUSE - Daniel Phillips (A BBC/WGBH Co-Production in association with Deep Indigo for BBC1)
CASANOVA - Christine Allsopp (Red/Power/Granada/BBC3)
HELP - Vanessa White, Neill Gorton (BBC Comedy/BBC2)
ELIZABETH I - Fae Hammond (Company Pictures/Channel 4) sponsored by Pepper Post Production
BLEAK HOUSE - Paul Knight (A BBC/WGBH Co-Production in association with Deep Indigo for BBC1)
CASANOVA - Nick Arthurs (Red/Power/Granada/BBC3)
THE GHOST SQUAD - Adam Recht (Company Pictures/Channel 4)
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Philip Kloss (BBC/Power Co-Production in association with Tightrope Pictures/BBC2)
49 UP - Kim Horton (Granada Television/ITV1)
BORN IN THE USSR: 21 UP - Kim Horton (Granada Television/ITV1)
JAMIE'S SCHOOL DINNERS - Sunshine Jackson (Fresh One Productions/Channel 4)
THE YEAR LONDON BLEW UP: 1974 - Paul Binns (Blast! Films/Channel 4)
JUSTIN CHADWICK - Bleak House (A BBC/WGBH Co-Production in association with Deep Indigo for BBC1)
JOE AHEARNE - Doctor Who (BBC Wales Drama/BBC1)
BRIAN PERCIVAL - Much Ado About Nothing (BBC Drama Series & Serials/ BBC Drama Northern Ireland/BBC1)
SIMON CELLAN-JONES - The Queen's Sister (Touchpaper Productions/Channel 4)
BLEAK HOUSE - Andrea Galer (A BBC/WGBH Co-Production in association with Deep Indigo for BBC1)
ELIZABETH I - Mike O'Neill (Company Pictures/Channel 4)
THE QUEEN'S SISTER - James Keast (Touchpaper Productions/Channel 4)
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Rosalind Ebbutt (BBC/Power Co-Production in association with Tightrope Pictures/BBC2)
DAN EDGE - Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace (Brook Lapping Productions/BBC2)
MISHA MANSON-SMITH - High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman (Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC3)
LEE PHILLIPS - How To Start Your Own Country (Leafstorm/BBC2)
EDWARD THOMAS - Doctor Who (BBC Wales Drama/BBC1)
BBC OPEN EARTH ARCHIVE collected two Baftas; Ben Baird (who won last year for The Genius of Mozart) Gregor Lyon and Brian Howell took home the award for Sound Factual. The Factual Photography category was won by Paul Otter.
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