Series 2, Episodes 1 & 2, 1999
Tom Hooper cut his teeth directing dramas including this popular tale of tangled love lives, as well as the BBC teen drama Byker Grove and primetime soap EastEnders Photograph: Granada TV
2001
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh and Rosamund Pike starred in the BBC adaptation of the classic Nancy Mitford story Photograph: Joss Barratt/BBC
2002
This Andrew Davies adaptation of the George Eliot novel for the BBC made a star of Romola Garai Photograph: Ollie Upton/BBC
2003
This sixth ITV drama starring Helen Mirren as the uncompromising police detective Jane Tennison (here with Liam Cunningham) centred on atrocities committed in the Bosnian-Serb war Photograph: Granada TV
2004
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Hilary Swank starred in this story of politics, truth and reconciliation in the new South Africa based on the Gillian Slovo novel Photograph: BBC
2005
Tom Hooper teamed up with Helen Mirren again as she played the virgin queen in an HBO mini-series that won three Golden Globes and nine Primetime Emmys Photograph: Channel 4
2006
Jim Broadbent starred as penal reformer Lord Longford in a controversial Channel 4 drama which centred on the Moors murderers Ian Brady (played by Andy Serkis) and Myra Hindley (Samantha Morton) Photograph: Channel 4
2008
Paul Giamatti brought the United States' second president and founding father to life in this major series which won four Golden Globes, 13 Primetime Emmys and countless other awards and nominations Photograph: Rex Features
2009
David Peace's novel of football manager Brian Clough's brief 1974 reign at Leeds United added another British cultural icon to Michael Sheen's acting roster Photograph: Everett/Rex Features
2010
Tom Hooper won the best director Oscar, Colin Firth the best actor, and the film won best picture and best screenplay, as it told the story of King George VI's attempts to control his debilitating stammer. In a total of 82 awards worldwide, the film also picked up seven Baftas and a Golden Globe Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
2012
The West End's longest-running musical ever, based on the Victor Hugo novel of turmoil in France, comes to the silver screen. Its all-star cast is led by Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway, and the film is already busy picking up nominations Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
