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| Dame Helen is small screen queen | Dame Helen is small screen queen |
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| Dame Helen Mirren has been crowned best actress - this time for her work on the small screen. | Dame Helen Mirren has been crowned best actress - this time for her work on the small screen. |
| The Oscar-winning performer won the award from the Royal Television Society for her role in ITV1's Prime Suspect. | |
| ITV's Coronation Street won best soap, beating rivals Emmerdale and The Bill. BBC's EastEnders was not nominated. | ITV's Coronation Street won best soap, beating rivals Emmerdale and The Bill. BBC's EastEnders was not nominated. |
| Michael Sheen was voted best actor for BBC4's Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! The BBC won 18 of the 28 awards at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. | |
| Prime Suspect lost out to Channel 4's Low Winter Sun in the best drama serial category. | |
| The BBC's haul included best comedy drama for The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba, while How do you Solve a Problem Like Maria? won the award for best entertainment. | |
| It also won best drama series for BBC1's The Street. | |
| The popular series Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole was chosen as 'best science and history'. | |
| Extras star Stephen Merchant won best comedy performance, beating comedienne Catherine Tate and Kevin Bishop from Channel 4's Star Stories. | |
| Meanwhile, actor Sacha Dhawan won the 'on screen' breakthrough award for his role in Channel 4's Bradford Riots, beating comedian Russell Brand and Joseph Mawle, from BBC Two's Soundproof. | |
| The best single documentary category was won by More 4's True Stories: Sisters in Law. |