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BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay

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BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay
Awarded forBest British Screenplay
LocationUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award1954 (presented 1955)
Final award1967 (presented 1968)
Websitehttp://www.bafta.org/

The BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay was a British Academy Film Award from 1954 to 1967. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media.

In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.

Since the death of Bryan Forbes in 2013, Frederic Raphael is the only surviving receipt of the award.

Winners and nominees

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1950s

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Year Film Screenwriter(s)
1954
(8th)
 The Young Lovers George Tabori and Robin Estridge
The Divided Heart Jack Whittingham
Doctor in the House Nicholas Phipps
Hobson's Choice David Lean, Norman Spencer and Wynyard Browne
The Maggie William Rose
Monsieur Ripois Hugh Mills and René Clément
The Purple Plain Eric Ambler
Romeo and Juliet Renato Castellani
1955
(9th)
 The Ladykillers William Rose
The Constant Husband Sidney Gilliat and Val Valentine
The Dam Busters R. C. Sherriff
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Rattigan
Doctor at Sea Nicholas Phipps and Jack Davies
The Night My Number Came Up R. C. Sherriff
The Prisoner Bridget Boland
Touch and Go William Rose
1956
(10th)
 The Man Who Never Was Nigel Balchin
The Battle of the River Plate Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
The Green Man Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder
Private's Progress Frank Harvey and John Boulting
Reach for the Sky Lewis Gilbert
Smiley Moore Raymond and Anthony Kimmins
Three Men in a Boat Hubert Gregg and Vernon Harris
A Town Like Alice W. P. Lipscomb and Richard Mason
Yield to the Night John Cresswell and Joan Henry
1957
(11th)
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 The Bridge on the River Kwai Pierre Boulle
Anastasia Arthur Laurents
The Birthday Present Jack Whittingham
Hell Drivers John Kruse and Cy Endfield
The Man in the Sky William Rose and John Eldridge
The Prince and the Showgirl Terence Rattigan
The Smallest Show on Earth William Rose and John Eldridge
The Story of Esther Costello Charles Kaufman
Windom's Way Jill Craigie
Woman in a Dressing Gown Ted Willis
1958
(12th)
[2]
 Orders to Kill Paul Dehn
Bonjour Tristesse Arthur Laurents
A Cry from the Streets Vernon Harris
Ice Cold in Alex T. J. Morrison
Indiscreet Norman Krasna
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Isobel Lennart
The Key Carl Foreman
The Man Upstairs Alun Falconer
A Night To Remember Eric Ambler
Violent Playground James Kennaway
1959
(13th)
[3]
 I'm All Right Jack Frank Harvey, John Boulting and Alan Hackney
Blind Date Ben Barzman and Millard Lampell
Expresso Bongo Wolf Mankowitz
The Horse's Mouth Alec Guinness
Look Back in Anger Nigel Kneale
No Trees in the Street Ted Willis
North West Frontier Robin Estridge
Sapphire Janet Green
Tiger Bay John Hawkesworth and Shelley Smith

1960s

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Year Film Screenwriter(s)
1960
(14th)
[4]
 The Angry Silence Bryan Forbes
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England Howard Clewes
The Entertainer John Osborne and Nigel Kneale
Hell Is a City Val Guest
The League of Gentlemen Bryan Forbes
The Millionairess Wolf Mankowitz
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Alan Sillitoe
A Touch of Larceny Roger MacDougall, Guy Hamilton and Ivan Foxwell
The Trials of Oscar Wilde Ken Hughes
Tunes of Glory James Kennaway
1961
(15th)
[5]
 The Day the Earth Caught Fire (TIE) Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest
A Taste of Honey (TIE) Shelagh Delaney and Tony Richardson
Flame in the Streets Ted Willis
The Guns of Navarone Carl Foreman
Victim Janet Green and John McCormick
Whistle Down the Wind Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
1962
(16th)
[6]
 Lawrence of Arabia Robert Bolt
Billy Budd Peter Ustinov and DeWitt Bodeen
A Kind of Loving Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse
Only Two Can Play Bryan Forbes
Tiara Tahiti Geoffrey Cotterell and Ivan Foxwell
Waltz of the Toreadors Wolf Mankowitz
1963
(17th)
[7]
 Tom Jones John Osborne
Billy Liar Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
The Servant Harold Pinter
This Sporting Life David Storey
1964
(18th)
[8]
 The Pumpkin Eater Harold Pinter
Becket Edward Anhalt
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Stanley Kubrick, Peter George and Terry Southern
Séance on a Wet Afternoon Bryan Forbes
1965
(19th)
[9]
 Darling Frederic Raphael
The Hill Ray Rigby
The Ipcress File Bill Canaway and James Doran
The Knack ...and How to Get It Charles Wood
1966
(20th)
[10]
 Morgan! David Mercer
Alfie Bill Naughton
It Happened Here Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo
The Quiller Memorandum Harold Pinter
1967
(21st)
[11]
 A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt
Accident Harold Pinter
The Deadly Affair Paul Dehn
Two for the Road Frederic Raphael

Multiple wins and nominations

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References

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  4. ^ "BAFTA | Film in 1961". bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2024-07-13. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  5. ^ "BAFTA | Film in 1962". bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  6. ^ "BAFTA | Film in 1963". bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  7. ^ "BAFTA | Film in 1964". bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2024-06-24. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  8. ^ "BAFTA | Film in 1965". bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  9. ^ "BAFTA | Film in 1966". bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  10. ^ "BAFTA | Film in 1967". bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  11. ^ "BAFTA | Film in 1968". bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
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