Eileen Atkins wins BAFTA for 'Cranford'

April 20, 2008 It's the biggest night of the year for British television, and the stars of the small screen streamed up the red carpet to London's Palladium theater to celebrate winning shows that ran the gamut from classic costume drama to hard-hitting contemporary fiction. Depicting the harsh realities of war, the Iraq drama "The Mark of Cain" was awarded best single drama while Jimmy McGovern's poignant drama "The Street" took best drama series for the second year in a row. "The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities" was named best factual series, "The History of Modern Britain" was best specialist factual while "China's Lost Children" was named best current affairs program.

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