British Academy Television Award for Best International Programme

British Academy Television Award
British Academy Television Award
Awarded for	Award for best non-British programme
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award	2007
Currently held by	Shōgun (2025)
Website	http://www.bafta.org/

Last updated October 28, 2025

The British Academy Television Award for Best International Programme, or BAFTA TV Award for Best International, is an award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, according to BAFTA the category is for "a single programme or series of any genre acquired from the international marketplace".^[1]

Winners and nominees

1960s

Year	Title	Recipient(s)
1964	L'Aiguille Du Midi	Alexandre Tarta
1965	President Kennedy's Funeral
1966	Living Camera	Robert Drew Associates
1967	Not awarded
1968	The Anderson Platoon	Pierre Schoendoerffer
1969	Czechoslovak Television Service

1970s

Year	Title	Recipient(s)
1970	The First Television Pictures From The Moon	Neil Armstrong and Everyone Associated
1971	Not awarded
1972	The Sorrow and the Pity	Marcel Ophuls
1973	Deutsche Olympische Zentrum (Munich Olympic Games)
1974	Not awarded
1975	Not awarded
1976	The Magic Flute	Ingmar Bergman
1977	Edvard Munch	Peter Watkins

1980s

Year	Title	Recipient(s)
1983	Sweden: The Miracle of Life	Lennart Nilsson
1984	Not awarded
1985	Das Boot
1986	Not awarded
1987	Heimat	Edgar Reitz
1988	Lowest of the Low (Ganz Unten)	Günter Walraff, Joerg Gfrörer
1989	Tanner	Robert Altman

1990s

Year	Title	Recipient(s)
1990	Hotel Terminus
1991	The Ten Commandments	Krzysztof Kieślowski
1992	The Civil War	Ken Burns, Hugh Purcell
1993	Tosca	Andrea Andermann, Brian Large
1994	The Oprah Winfrey Show
1995	NYPD Blue
1996	ER
1997	Murder One
1998	Friends
1999	The Larry Sanders Show	Garry Shandling, Dennis Klein
	Ally McBeal	David E. Kelley
	The Simpsons	Matt Groening
	The X-Files	Chris Carter

2000s

Year	Series	Producers	Broadcaster
2007	Entourage	Doug Ellin, Mark Wahlberg, Steve Levinson	ITV2
	House	David Shore	Five
	Lost	J. J. Abrams, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Jack Bender	Channel 4
	My Name Is Earl	Greg Garcia, Marc Buckland, Bobby Bowman	Channel 4
2008	Heroes	Tim Kring, Joe Pokaski, Paul Edwards, Dennis Hammer	BBC Two
	Californication	Tom Kapinos, David Duchovny, Scott Winant	Five
	Family Guy	Seth MacFarlane, David A Goodman, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith	BBC Three
	My Name Is Earl	Greg Garcia, Bobby Bowman, Henry Lange Jr, Marc Buckland	E4
2009	Mad Men	Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher	BBC Four
	The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Chuck O'Neil, Rich Blomquist, Scott Jacobson, Jon Stewart	More4
	Dexter	John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Clyde Philips, Robert Lloyd Lewis	ITV1
	The Wire	David Simon, Ed Burns, Nina K. Noble, Joe Chappelle	BBC Two

2010s

Year	Series	Producers	Broadcaster
2010	Mad Men	Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher	BBC Four
	Family Guy	Seth MacFarlane	BBC Three
	Nurse Jackie	Evan Dunsky, Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem, Richie Jackson	BBC2
	True Blood	Alan Ball, Brian Buckner	FXUK
2011	The Killing	Søren Sveistrup, Piv Bernth, Birger Larsen, Sofie Gråbøl	BBC Four
	Boardwalk Empire	Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter, Tim Van Patten, Howard Korder	Sky Atlantic
	Glee	Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk	E4
	Mad Men	Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher, Jennifer Getzinger	BBC Four
2012	Borgen	Jeppe Gjervig Gram, Camilla Hammerich, Tobias Lindholm, Adam Price	BBC Four
	The Killing	Piv Bernth, Sofie Grabol, Kristoffer Nyholm, Soren Sveistrup	BBC Four
	Modern Family	Steve Levitan, Christopher Lloyd	Sky One
	The Slap	Tony Ayres, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon	BBC Four
2013	Girls	Lena Dunham, Jenni Konner, Judd Apatow	Sky Atlantic
	The Bridge	Hans Rosenfeldt, Charlotte Sieling, Anders Landstrom, Bo Ehrhardt	BBC Four
	Game of Thrones	David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger	Sky Atlantic
	Homeland	Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Michael Cuesta, Gideon Raff	Channel 4
2014	Breaking Bad	Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, George Mastras, Sam Catlin	Netflix
	House of Cards	Beau Willimon, David Fincher, Joshua Donen, Kevin Spacey	Netflix
	Borgen	Adam Price, Tobias Lindholm, Jannik Johansen, Camilla Hammerich	BBC Four
	The Returned	Caroline Benjo, Fabrice Gobert, Monica Levy, Jimmy Desmarais	Channel 4
2015	True Detective	Nic Pizzolatto, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Scott Stephens, Steve Golin	Sky Atlantic
	House of Cards	Beau Willimon, David Fincher, Joshua Donen, Kevin Spacey	Netflix
	Orange is the New Black	Jenji Kohan, Lisa I. Vinnecour, Sara Hess, Sian Heder	Netflix
	The Good Wife	Michelle King, Robert King	More4
2016	Transparent	Jill Soloway, Andrea Sperling, Victor Hsu, Bridget Bedard	Amazon Prime Video
	Spiral	Vassili Clert, Anne Landois	BBC Four
	Narcos	José Padilha, Eric Newman, Chris Brancato	Netflix
	The Good Wife	Michelle King, Robert King	More4
2017	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story	Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson	BBC Two
	The Night Of	Steven Zaillian, Richard Price, Jane Tranter	Sky Atlantic
	Stranger Things	Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen	Netflix
	Transparent	Jill Soloway, Andrea Sperling, Victor Hsu, Bridget Bedard	Amazon Prime Video
2018	The Handmaid's Tale	Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Kari Skogland	Channel 4
	Big Little Lies	Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Bruna Papandrea, Per Saari	Sky Atlantic
	Feud: Bette and Joan	Ryan Murphy, Dede Gardner, Tim Minear, Alexis Martin Woodall	BBC Two
	The Vietnam War	Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Geoffrey C. Ward, Sarah Botstein	BBC Four
2019 ^[2]	Succession	Jesse Armstrong, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay	Sky Atlantic
	54 Hours : The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis	Regina Ziegler, Kilian Riedhof, Holger Karsten Schmidt	BBC Four
	The Handmaid's Tale	Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss, Mike Barker	Channel 4
	Storyville : "Reporting Trump's First Year: The Fourth Estate"	Liz Garbus, Jenny Carchman, Justin Wilkes, Dan Cogan	BBC Two

2020s

Year	Series	Producers	Broadcaster
2020 ^[3]	When They See Us	Ava DuVernay, Jonathan King, Jane Rosenthal, Berry Welsh	Netflix
	Euphoria	Sam Levinson, Ravi Nandan, Kevin Turen, Drake	Sky Atlantic
	Succession	Jesse Armstrong, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay	Sky Atlantic
	Unbelievable	Susannah Grant, Sarah Timberman, Lisa Cholodenko	Netflix
2021 ^[4]	Storyville : "Welcome to Chechnya: The Gay Purge"	David France, Alice Henty, Askold Kurov, Joy A. Tomchin	BBC Four
	Little America	Lee Eisenberg, Alan Yang, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon	Apple TV+
	Lovecraft Country		Sky Atlantic
	Unorthodox	Anna Winger, Alexa Karolinski, Maria Schrader	Netflix
2022 ^[5]	The Underground Railroad	Barry Jenkins, Colson Whitehead, Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner	Amazon Prime
	Succession		HBO/Sky Atlantic
	Mare of Easttown		HBO/Sky Atlantic
	Call My Agent!	Harold Valentin, Aurélien Larger, Dominique Besnehard, Michel Feller	Netflix
	Lupin
	Squid Game	Hwang Dong-hyuk, Kim Ji-Yeon
2023 ^[6]^[7]	Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story		Netflix
	The Bear	Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Hiro Murai	Disney+
	Oussekine	Anthony Lancret, Pierre Laugier, Juliette Lassalle, Antoine Chevrollier, Pauline Dauvin, Kevin Deysson	Disney+
	Wednesday		Netflix
	Pachinko	Soo Hugh, Michael Ellenberg, Lindsey Springer, Theresa Kang, Richard Middleton, Kogonada	Apple TV+
	The White Lotus	Mike White, David Bernad, Mark Kamine, John Valerio, Heather Persons	Sky Atlantic
2024 ^[8]^[9]	Class Act	Bruno Nahon, Tristan Séguela, Olivier Demangel, Laurent Lafitte	Netflix
	The Bear	Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Matty Matheson, Tyson Bidner	Disney+
	Beef	Lee Sung Jin, Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Jake Schreier, Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich	Netflix
	The Last of Us		HBO / Sky Atlantic
	Succession		HBO / Sky Atlantic
	Love & Death		ITVX
2025 ^[10]	Shōgun	Justin Marks, Rachel Kondo, Michaela Clavell, Jonathan van Tulleken, Eriko Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Sanada	Disney+
	Colin from Accounts		BBC Two
	Say Nothing	Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Joshua Zetumer, Patrick Keefe, Monica Levinson, Michael Lennox	Disney+
	After the Party	Helen Bowden, Dianne Taylor, Robyn Malcolm, Peter Salmon, Liz DiFiore, Jason Stephens	Channel 4
	True Detective: Night Country		Sky Atlantic
	You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolfpack	Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, Katie Bryer, Samuel R. Santana	Netflix

Programmes with multiple wins and nominations

Multiple Awards

2 awards

Mad Men

Multiple Nominations

4 nominations

Succession

3 nominations

Mad Men

2 nominations

References

↑ "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
↑ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
↑ Kanter, Jake (2020-07-31). "BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Night Of Surprises, As 'Chernobyl' & 'The End Of The F***ing World' Take Two Prizes Each". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
↑ "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
↑ "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian . 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
↑ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
↑ "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
↑ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 24, 2024.
↑ "Bafta TV awards 2024: the full list of winners". The Guardian . May 12, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
↑ Richardson, Hollie (27 March 2025). "Bafta TV awards 2025 nominations: full list". The Guardian . Retrieved 27 March 2025.

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[baftarules-1] "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-03-03.

[2] "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-03.

[3] Kanter, Jake (2020-07-31). "BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Night Of Surprises, As 'Chernobyl' & 'The End Of The F***ing World' Take Two Prizes Each". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-03.

[4] "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.

[5] "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian . 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[6] Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

[7] "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

[8] Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 24, 2024.

[9] "Bafta TV awards 2024: the full list of winners". The Guardian . May 12, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.

[10] Richardson, Hollie (27 March 2025). "Bafta TV awards 2025 nominations: full list". The Guardian . Retrieved 27 March 2025.

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v t e British Academy Television Awards
Current awards	Comedy Situation Comedy / Scripted Comedy Daytime Drama Series Single Drama Soap and Continuing Drama Mini-Series Entertainment Programme International Reality and Constructed Factual Factual Series or Strand Specialist Factual Sport Live Current Affairs News Coverage Single Documentary Features Short Form P&O Cruises Must-See Moment Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Female Comedy Performance Male Comedy Performance Entertainment Performance
Special awards	Fellowship Special Award
Retired awards	Audience Award Comedy Performance
Ceremonies	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e BAFTA TV Award for Best International Programme
1960s	L'Aiguille Du Midi (1964) President Kennedy's Funeral (1965) Living Camera (1966) No Award (1967) The Anderson Platoon (1968) Czechoslovak Television Service (1969)
1970s	The First Television Pictures From The Moon (1970) No Award (1971) The Sorrow and the Pity (1972) Deutsche Olympische Zentrum (Munich Olympic Games) (1973) No Award (1974) No Award (1975) The Magic Flute (1976) Edvard Munch (1977) No Award (1978) No Award (1979)
1980s	No Award (1980) No Award (1981) No Award (1982) The Miracle of Life (1983) No Award (1984) Das Boot (1985) No Award (1986) Heimat (1987) Lowest Of The Low (Ganz Unten) (1988) Tanner (1989)
1990s	Hotel Terminus (1990) The Ten Commandments (1991) The Civil War (1992) Tosca (1993) The Oprah Winfrey Show (1994) NYPD Blue (1995) ER (1996) Murder One (1997) Friends (1998) The Larry Sanders Show (1999)
2000s	No Award (2000) No Award (2001) No Award (2002) No Award (2003) No Award (2004) No Award (2005) No Award (2006) Entourage (2007) Heroes (2008) Mad Men (2009)
2010s	Mad Men (2010) The Killing (2011) Borgen (2012) Girls (2013) Breaking Bad (2014) True Detective (2015) Transparent (2016) The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2017) The Handmaid's Tale (2018) Succession (2019)
2020s	When They See Us (2020) Storyville : Welcome to Chechnya: The Gay Purge (2021) The Underground Railroad (2022) Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2023) Class Act (2024) Shōgun (2025)