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Nominees

• Cambodia - Year One

  • David Munro
• Great Railway Journeys Of The World: Deccan

  • Gerry Troyna
• The South Bank Show: A Time There Was… A Profile Of Benjamin Britten

  • Tony Palmer
• Strangeways: Christmas

  • Rex Bloomstein
• The World About Us: Osprey

  • Hugh Miles