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A Man for All SeasonsRobert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons, Winner, The Deadly AffairPaul Dehn, The Deadly Affair, Nominee, Two for the RoadFrederic Raphael, Two for the Road, Nominee, AccidentHarold Pinter, Accident, Nominee, Morgan – A Suitable Case for TreatmentDavid Mercer, Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment, Winner, The Quiller MemorandumHarold Pinter, The Quiller Memorandum, Nominee, It Happened HereKevin Brownlow - Andrew Mollo, It Happened Here, Nominee, AlfieBill Naughton, Alfie, Nominee, DarlingFrederic Raphael, Darling, Winner, The Knack and How to Get ItCharles Wood, The Knack and How to Get It, Nominee, The HillRay Rigby, The Hill, Nominee, The Ipcress FileW H Canaway - James Doran, The Ipcress File, Nominee, The Pumpkin EaterHarold Pinter, The Pumpkin Eater, Winner, BecketEdward Anhalt, Becket, Nominee, Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombStanley Kubrick - Terry Southern - Peter George, Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Nominee, Séance on a Wet AfternoonBryan Forbes, Séance on a Wet Afternoon, Nominee, Tom JonesJohn Osborne, Tom Jones, Winner, This Sporting LifeDavid Storey, This Sporting Life, Nominee, The ServantHarold Pinter, The Servant, Nominee, Billy LiarKeith Waterhouse - Willis Hall, Billy Liar, Nominee

The BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay was a British Academy Film Award from 1954 to 1967.

Contents

1967

A Man for All Seasons – Robert Bolt

  • Accident – Harold Pinter
  • The Deadly Affair – Paul Dehn
  • Two for the Road – Frederic Raphael
  • 1966

    Morgan! – David Mercer

  • Alfie – Bill Naughton
  • It Happened Here – Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo
  • The Quiller Memorandum – Harold Pinter
  • 1965

    Darling – Frederic Raphael

  • The Hill – Ray Rigby
  • The Ipcress File – Bill Canaway and James Doran
  • The Knack ...and How to Get It – Charles Wood
  • 1964

    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
  • 1963

    Tom Jones – John Osborne

  • Billy Liar – Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
  • The Servant – Harold Pinter
  • This Sporting Life – David Storey
  • 1962

    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
  • 1961

    The Day the Earth Caught Fire – Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest (TIE)
    A Taste of Honey – Shelagh Delaney and Tony Richardson (TIE)

  • 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
  • 1960

    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
  • 1959

    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
  • 1958

    Orders to Kill – Paul Dehn

    1957

    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
  • 1956

    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
  • 1955

    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
  • 1954

    The Young Lovers – George Tabori, 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
  • References

    BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay Wikipedia