14 March 1968 at the Dorchester Hotel, London
Best British Screenplay
Zita Plaque
Robert Bolt, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Merit Scroll
Harold Pinter, ACCIDENT
Best British Original Screenplay
Zita Plaque
Edward Boyd, Peter Edward Boyd, Peter Yates and George Markstein, ROBBERY
Merit Scroll
Frederic Raphael, TWO FOR THE ROAD
Best British Comedy Screenplay
Zita Plaque
Bill Naughton, THE FAMILY WAY
Merit Scroll
Frederic Raphael, TWO FOR THE ROAD
Best British Documentary or Short Script
Zita Plaque
Ronnie Whitehouse, DEAD SAFE
Merit Scroll
Anthony Short, GOOD AS GOLD
Best British Original Teleplay
Zita Plaque
David Mercer, IN TWO MINDS
Merit Scroll
Simon Gray, DEATH OF A TEDDYBEAR
Best British Light Entertainment
Zita Plaque
Team Award, accepted by John Law, FROST OVER ENGLAND
Merit Scroll
Team Award, accepted by Ken Hoare and Mike Sharland, THE STANLEY BAXTER SHOW
Best British Documentary Script
Zita Plaque
Ken Russell and Austin Frazer, DANTE’S INFERNO
Merit Scroll
Kevin Billington, ALL THE QUEEN’S MEN
Best British Dramatisation
Zita Plaque
Vincent Tilsley, Anthony Stevens, Constance Cox and Donald Wilson, THE FORSYTE SAGA
Merit Scroll
John Hawkesworth, CONAN DOYLE
Best British Comedy Script
Zita Plaque
Johnny Speight, TILL DEATH DO US PART
Merit Scroll
Richard Waring, NOT IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN
Best Writer of British Series
Zita Plaque
NJ Crisp , DIXON OF DOCK GREEN, DR FINLAY’S CASEBOOK, THE REVENUE MEN
Merit Scroll
Philip Levene, THE AVENGERS
Best British Radio Drama Script
Zita Plaque
Norman Smithson, THE THREE LODGERS
Merit Scroll
Team Award accepted by Alan Plater, THE NORTHERN DRIFT
Best British Radio Comedy or Serial or Series Script
Zita Plaque
Barry Took and Marty Feldman, ROUND THE HORN
Merit Scroll
Edward J Mason and Bruno Milna, THE ARCHERS
Best British Radio Features Script
Zita Plaque
Honor Tracy, THE SORROWS OF IRELAND
Merit Scroll
Frederick Bradnum, A LONELY PLACE IN A DARK WOOD
Guild Award for Distinguished Service to Writers
Zita Plaques to Carl Foreman and Gordon Wellesley