2008 British Academy Television Craft Awards

Last updated
9th British Academy Television Craft Awards
Date11 May 2008
Site The Dorchester, Mayfair, UK
Hosted by Claudia Winkleman

The British Academy Television Craft Awards of 2008 are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and were held on 11 May 2008 at The Dorchester, Mayfair, the ceremony was hosted by Claudia Winkleman.

Contents

Winners and nominees

Winners will be listed first and highlighted in boldface. [1] [2] [3]

Best Director - FictionBest Director - Factual
Best WriterBest Breakthrough Talent
  • Jezza Neumann – Dispatches (Episode: "China’s Stolen Children (Special)")
  • Mark O'Rowe Boy A
  • Patrick Reams – A Very British Sex Scandal
  • Writing Team – Skins
Best Original Television MusicBest Make-Up and Hair Design
Best Costume DesignBest Production Design
Best Photography and Lighting - Fiction/EntertainmentBest Photography - Factual
  • Tribe (Episode: "Nenets") – Wayne Derrick
  • Natural World (Episode: "Wye – Voices From The Valley") – Charlie Hamilton-James, James McPherson
  • Dispatches (Episode: "China’s Stolen Children (Special)") – Jezza Neumann
  • The Seven Sins of England – Mark Wolf
Best Editing - Fiction/EntertainmentBest Editing - Factual
Best Sound - Fiction/EntertainmentBest Sound - Factual
  • Cranford – Paul Hamblin, Graham Headicar, Andre Schmidt, Peter Brill
  • Spooks – Rudi Buckle, James Feltham, Darren Banks, Ben Norrington
  • Life On Mars – Dave Sansom, James Feltham, Darren Banks, Alex Sawyer
  • Doctor Who – Sound Team
Best Visual EffectsBest Titles
  • Skins – Tal Rosner
  • Primeval – Peter Anderson
  • Rugby Union – Adam Wells, Christopher Wilcock, Mark Hyde
  • Life On Mars – Why Not Associates
Best Interactive Innovation - ContentBest Interactive Innovation - Service/Platform
  • BBC iPlayer – Tony Ageh, Anthony Rose, Ian Hunter
  • Bebo Open Media Platform – Development Team
  • KateModern – Development Team
Best Interactive Creative Contribution
  • Skins – Chloe Moss, Holly Hughes, Max Gogarty
  • BBC Archives – Grant Bremner, Julie Rowbotham, Kate Wheeler
  • Doctor Who Comic Maker – Tom Collins
  • Big Art Mob – Alfie Dennen, Adam Gee, Clifford Singer

Special awards

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References

  1. "Television Craft - 2008". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  2. Deborah Goodman (29 April 2008). "Star-Studded Craft Line Up" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  3. Chris Tryhorn (12 May 2008). "Boy A craftier than Cranford". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 February 2021.