title: 1959 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards
text: The 1959 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards were the first giving under that name of the United Kingdom's premier television awards, having previously been known as the Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards before that organisation's merger with the British Film Academy. The awards later became known as the British Academy Television Awards, under which name they are still given.
  
  Winners
  Actor
  Donald Pleasence
  Actress
  Gwen Watford
  Designer
  Stephen Bundy
  Drama Production
  Silvio Narizzano
  Factual
  The production team of Tonight (BBC)
  Additional
  The production team of Monitor (BBC)
  Light Entertainment (Production)
  Joan Kemp-Welch
  Light Entertainment (Artist)
  Alan Melville
  Personality
  Cliff Michelmore
  Scriptwriter
  Colin Morris
  Special Award
  The production team of Monitor (TV series)
  Writers Award
  Colin Morris and Ken Hughes
  
  References
  Archive of winners on official BAFTA website (retrieved February 19, 2006).
  
  British Academy Film Awards
  Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards
  Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards
  Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards