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TV chef's double helping of awards
 TV chef Oliver won two BAFTAs. YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSLONDON, England -- TV chef Jamie Oliver's crusade to improve school meals brought him a double helping of honors at Britain's BAFTA television awards. "Jamie's School Dinners" brought Oliver an outstanding presenter award and his Channel 4 series won Best Factual Series. The BBC's adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Bleak House" won two prizes on Sunday at the British Academy Television Awards, British TV's equivalent of the Emmys. The series, which gave the sprawling 19th century story a modern twist, was named best drama serial at the annual ceremony in central London. English actress Anna Maxwell Martin, who played the kind-hearted orphan Esther Summerson, picked up the best actress award, beating her co-star Gillian Anderson. "Doctor Who," the revival of the classic BBC science fiction show, won the best drama series award. Channel 4's political drama "The Government Inspector" won two awards, best actor for Mark Rylance and best drama. It told the story of British weapons scientist David Kelly, found dead in 2003 after being named as the source of a BBC report which questioned the UK government's evidence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. BBC TV's "Ten O'Clock News" won the best news coverage award for its handling of the July 7, 2005, bombings on London's transport network, when four bombers killed 52 people. The current affairs award went to Channel 4 for its "Dispatches: Beslan" film which investigated the 2004 Russian school massacre. Other winners included chat show host Jonathan Ross (best entertainment performance for "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross"); and businessman Alan Sugar (features for "The Apprentice"). The British Academy of Film and Television Arts first presented its TV awards in 1956 "to recognize and reward excellence" on the small screen. Reuters contributed to this report. 
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