The 1957 Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards were the fourth annual giving of the awards which later became known as the British Academy Television Awards

British Academy Television Awards

The British Academy Television Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts . They have been awarded annually since 1954, and are analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States.-Background:...

. This year saw the expansion of the Awards from their initial four categories to seven. It was the final occasion upon which the Awards were given by the Guild, as the following year the organisation merged with the British Film Academy

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...

 to form the Society of Film and Television Arts.

Winners

• Drama
  • Rudolph Cartier
    Rudolph Cartier
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• Factual
  • Donald Baverstock
    Donald Baverstock
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     and the production team
    Production team
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     of Tonight (BBC
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    )

• Additional
  • The production team of Emergency Ward 10
    Emergency Ward 10
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    (ATV
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    )

• Light Entertainment (Production)
  • Brian Tesler

• Personality
  • Robin Day
    Robin Day
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• Actor
  • Michael Hordern
    Michael Hordern
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• Light Entertainment (Performance)
  • Tony Hancock
    Tony Hancock
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