| British Academy Television Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 1999 |
| Currently held by | Joe Lycett vs Beckham: Got Your Back at Xmas (2023) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy Television Award for Best Features is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. According to the BAFTA website, the category "includes factual programmes, not included in any other categories including cookery and cookery competitions, travelogues, gardening, property, fashion and all other lifestyle programming and studio discussions." [1]
The category was first presented in 1999 under the name of Best Feature - Programme or Series although since 2000 the category has been presented just as Best Features.
Best Feature - Programme or Series
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Back to the Floor | Bill Grist, Robert Thirkell | BBC Two |
| House Doctor | Daisy Goodwin, Basi Akpabio | Channel 5 | |
| Changing Rooms | Linda Clifford, Casper Peacock, Ann Booth Clibborn | BBC Two | |
| Time Team | Phillip Clarke, Tim Taylor | Channel 4 | |
Best Features
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Blood on the Carpet | Robert Thirkell, Nick Mirsky | BBC Two |
| Giants with Nigel Marven | Rob MacIver, Nigel Marven, Bill Butt | ITV | |
| The Naked Chef | Patricia Llewellyn, Paul Ratcliffe, Jamie Oliver | BBC Two | |
| Grand Designs | Daisy Goodwin, John Silver | Channel 4 | |
| 2001 | The Naked Chef | Patricia Llewellyn, Paul Ratcliffe, Jamie Oliver | BBC Two |
| Faking It | Mike Warner, Stephen Lambert | Channel 4 | |
| House of Horrors | Sarah Caplin, Kate Middleton, Brad Manning | ITV | |
| What the Romans Did for Us | BBC Two | ||
| 2002 | Faking It | Channel 4 | |
| The Farmer Wants a Wife | Amanda Murray | ITV | |
| The Sound of Music Children: After They Were Famous | Judith Holder, Bridget Boseley, Southan Morris | ||
| What Not to Wear | Vicki Barrass, Tracy Jeune, Nick Bray | BBC Two | |
| 2003 | Faking It | Stephen Lambert | Channel 4 |
| Lads' Army | Claudia Milne, Peter Casely-Hayford, Tim Carter | ITV | |
| Jamie's Kitchen | Sandi Scott, Peter Moore | Channel 4 | |
| What Not to Wear | Jane GerberVicki Barrass, Tracy Jeune | BBC Two | |
| 2004 | Wife Swap | Channel 4 | |
| Grand Designs | John Silver, Daisy Goodwin, Kevin McCloud | Channel 4 | |
| That'll Teach 'Em | |||
| Top Gear | Andy Wilman, Gary Hunter, Jeremy Clarkson | BBC Two | |
| 2005 | Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares | Patricia Llewellyn, Christine Hall, Gordon Ramsay | Channel 4 |
| Holiday Showdown | Grant Mansfield, Nick Shearman, Dan Berbridge | ITV | |
| Little Angels | BBC Three | ||
| Top Gear | Andy Wilman, Jeremy Clarkson, Gary Broadhurst | BBC Two | |
| 2006 | The Apprentice | Dan Adamson, Tanya Shaw, Peter Moore | BBC Two |
| Dragons' Den | BBC Two | ||
| Top Gear | |||
| Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares | Channel 4 | ||
| 2007 | The Choir | Jamie Isaacs, Ludo Graham, Drew Hill, Sam Grace | BBC Two |
| The F Word | Channel 4 | ||
| The Apprentice | Dan Adamson, Sanjay Singhal, Martyn Smith, Alan Sugar | BBC Two | |
| Dragons' Den | Helen Bullough, Dominic Bird, Paul Mackay | ||
| 2008 | Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares | Channel 4 | |
| Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection | BBC Two | ||
| Top Gear | |||
| The Secret Millionaire | Channel 4 | ||
| 2009 | The Choir: Boys Don't Sing | BBC Two | |
| The Apprentice | Alan Sugar, Michele Kurland, Kelly Webb-Lamb, Andy Devonshire | BBC One | |
| Celebrity Masterchef | Karen Ross, Mark Leslie, Bec Smith, Theo Goble | ||
| Top Gear | Andy Wilman, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May | BBC Two | |
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Masterchef: The Professionals | Karen Ross, Carla-Maria Lawson, Antonia Lloyd, David Ambler | BBC Two |
| Heston's Feasts | Channel 4 | ||
| The Choir: Unsung Town | BBC Two | ||
| James May's Toy Stories | Will Daws, Stuart Cabb, James May, Ian Holt | ||
| 2011 | Hugh's Fish Fight | Andrew Palmer, Will Anderson, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Frankie Fathers | Channel 4 |
| Mary Queen of Shops | BBC Two | ||
| Come Dine with Me | Channel 4 | ||
| Pineapple Dance Studios | Jonathan Stadien, Pat Doyle, Hannah Springham | Sky1 | |
| 2012 | The Great British Bake Off | Anna Beattie, Andy Devonshire, Simon Evans, Richard McKerrow | BBC Two |
| DIY SOS: The Big Build | Susan Aartse-Tuyn, Hannah Corneck, Simon Knight, Ben Rowland | BBC One | |
| Hairy Bikers' Meals on Wheels | Tom Clarke, Lisa Edwards, Nicola Moody, Paul Ratcliffe | BBC Two | |
| Timothy Spall: Back at Sea | Paul Crompton, Matt David, Anton Short, Philip Shotton | BBC Four | |
| 2013 | The Great British Bake Off | Anna Beattie, Kieran Smith, Amanda Westwood, Scott Tankard | BBC Two |
| Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs | Paul O'Grady, Jill Worsley, Mark Scantlebury, Kate Jackson | ITV | |
| Bank of Dave | Channel 4 | ||
| Grand Designs | |||
| 2014 | Long Lost Family | Duncan Coates, Kate Scholefield, Sally Benton, Leanne Klein | ITV |
| Grand Designs | Kevin McCloud, Fiona Caldwell, Rob Gill, John Lonsdale | Channel 4 | |
| The Great British Bake Off | Anna Beattie, Amanda Westwood, Samantha Beddoes, Simon Evans | BBC Two | |
| The Choir: Sing While You Work | Gareth Malone, Tim Carter, Rachel Morgan, Stuart Froude | ||
| 2015 | Grand Designs | Channel 4 | |
| The Great British Bake Off | Anna Beattie, Samantha Beddoes, Andy Devonshire, Simon Evans | BBC One | |
| George Clarke's Amazing Spaces | Will Daws, Jamie Wightman, Stuart Cabb | Channel 4 | |
| Long Lost Family | Sally Benton, Clare Bradbury, Colette Flight, Kate Scholefield | ITV | |
| 2016 | The Great British Bake Off | BBC One | |
| Back in Time for Dinner | Emily Shields, Leanne Klein, Kim Maddever | BBC Two | |
| Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild | Channel 4 | ||
| Travel Man | Adam Humphries, Leo McCrea, Graham Smiles, Chris Richards | ||
| 2017 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Colette Flight, Sarah Feltes, Anna Kirkwood, Helen Nixon | BBC One |
| The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs | Dominique Walker, Emeka Onono, Christopher van Tulleken, Jack Rampling | BBC Two | |
| The Great British Bake Off | Richard McKerrow, Sarah Thomson-Woolley, Simon Evans, Chloe Avery | BBC One | |
| Travel Man: 48 Hours In … | Chris Richards, Nicola Silk, Leo McCrea, Richard Ayoade | Channel 4 | |
| 2018 | Cruising with Jane McDonald | Channel 5 | |
| Antiques Roadshow | Simon Shaw, Julia Foot, Robert Murphy, Sophie Wogden | BBC One | |
| No More Boys And Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free? | Javid Abdelmoneim, Helen Veale, Jeremy Daldry, Samuel Palmer | BBC Two | |
| The Secret Life of the Zoo | Channel 4 | ||
| 2019 [2] | Who Do You Think You Are? | Colette Flight, Sarah Feltes, Anna Kirkwood, David Vincent | BBC One |
| Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip | ITV | ||
| The Great British Bake Off | Channel 4 | ||
| Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing | BBC Two | ||
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 [8] | Celebrity Race Across the World | BBC One | |
| The Dog House | Channel 4 | ||
| Endurance: Race to the Pole | Alexis Girardet, Mike Warner, Adam Bullmore, Martin Long | Channel 5 | |
| Portrait Artist of the Year | Sky Arts | ||
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