| British Academy Television Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 1964 |
| Currently held by | Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (2024) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy Television Award for Best Live Event 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 is for "the television coverage of a live event." [1]
The category has gone through several changes:
a Since 2016, the category is presented as a stand-alone category, separate from the Best Sport category.
Best Outside Broadcasts
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Antony Craxton | |
| 1965 | Dennis Monger | |
| 1966 | The State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill LSO - The Music Men | Peter Morley |
| Men Against the Matterhorn Cup Winners Cup Final : "West Ham v Munich" England v Scotland | Alan Chivers, Walther Pluess | |
| The Lying-in-State and The State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill NATO Conference Festival of Remembrance at Cenotaph | Antony Craxton | |
| Victory in Europe - 20 Years After Half Time Britain Science Special Challenge Tomorrow's World | Glyn Jones | |
| 1967 | Grandstand : "World Cup" | |
| 1968 | Alan Chivers, Christopher Brasher | |
Best Outside Broadcasts
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1976 FA Cup final | |
| Match of the Day | ||
| St Nicholas Cantata | Margery Baker | |
| The State Opening of Parliament | ||
| Wimbledon 1976 | ||
Best Sports/Events Coverage in Real Time
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Grand National | Keith MacKenzie, Martin Hopkins |
| Arnhem 50th Anniversary: Out of Ammunition | Michael Begg | |
| D-Day Remembered: Beaches of Normandy and the Bayeux Service of Remembrance | Neil Eccles, Stephen Morris | |
| UEFA Cup : "Aston Villa v Inter Milan" | Mike Inman, John Watts | |
| 1996 | VE Day Coverage | Peter Hylton Cleaver, Neil Eccles, Philip S. Gilbert and Team |
| Cheltenham Gold Cup | Jane Garrod | |
| Super Sunday : "The Final Day of the Premiership" | Andy Melvin, Tony Mills | |
| VJ-50 Live: The Final Tribute | Neil Eccles, Simon Betts, Philip S Gilbert | |
| 1997 | BBC1 Euro '96 Coverage | Niall Sloane, Vivien Kent |
| Formula 1 Grand Prix Racing | Jim Reside, Keith MacKenzie | |
| Monday Night Football | Andy Melvin, Tony Mills | |
| Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph | Peter Cleaver | |
Best Live Outside Broadcast Coverage
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Sky Rugby Union | Martin Turner |
| The Grand National | Malcolm Kemp, Martin Hopkins, Dave Gordon | |
| Hong Kong Handover: The Final Moment | Philip Gilbert, Neil Eccles, Geoff Wilson and the BBC Events Production Team | |
| ITV Coverage of the Grand Prix | Neil Duncanson, Keith McKenzie | |
| 1999 | Channel 4 Racing : "Derby Day" | Andrew Franklin, Denise Large |
| The Eurovision Song Contest | Guy Freeman, Geoff Posner | |
| The Football World Cup Final Programme | Paul McNamara, Niall Sloane | |
| World Cup '98 : "England v Argentina" | Jeff Farmer, Rick Waumsley, John Watts | |
Best Sport and Live Event
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Royal Wedding | BBC One | |
| Frankenstein's Wedding: Live in Leeds | Meredith Chambers, Pat Connor, Richard Fell, Eleanor Moran | BBC Three | |
| Rugby World Cup Final | Phil Heslop, Paul McNamara, Tony Pastor, Roger Pearce | ITV | |
| Tour de France 2011 | Steve Docherty, Gary Imlach, James Venner, Carolyn Viccari | ITV4 | |
| 2013 | The London 2012 Paralympic Games | Channel 4 | |
| The London 2012 Olympics : "Super Saturday" | BBC One | ||
| The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isle of Wonder | |||
| Wimbledon 2012 : "Men's Final" | |||
| 2014 | The Ashes 2013 : "1st Test, Day 5" | Sky Sports | |
| Wimbledon Men's Final | BBC One/BBC Sport | ||
| Glastonbury 2013 | BBC | ||
| Bollywood Carmen Live | BBC Three | ||
| 2015 | WW1 Remembered – From the Battlefield & Westminster Abbey | BBC Two | |
| 2014 FA Cup Semi Final: Hull City v Sheffield United | BT Sport 1 | ||
| Monty Python (Mostly) Live: One Down, Five to Go | Gold | ||
| Tour de France, 2014, Stage 1 | Steve Docherty, Carolyn Viccari, James Venner, Gary Imlach | ITV | |
Best Live Event
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Big Blue Live | BBC One | |
| The Sound of Music Live! | ITV | ||
| Stargazing Live : "Brit in Space, Tim Peake Special" | BBC Two | ||
| The Vote | David Clews, James Graham, Tony Grech-Smith, Josie Rourke | More4 | |
| 2017 | The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration | ITV | |
| The Centenary of the Battle of the Somme: Thiepval | BBC One | ||
| Shakespeare Live! from the RSC | BBC Two | ||
| Stand Up to Cancer | Channel 4 | ||
| 2018 | World War One Remembered: Passchendaele | BBC Two | |
| ITV News Election 2017: The Results | ITV | ||
| One Love Manchester | BBC One | ||
| Wild Alaska Live | |||
| 2019 [2] | The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance | BBC One | |
| Open Heart Surgery: Live | Channel 5 | ||
| The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle | Channel 4 | ||
| Stand Up to Cancer | Suzi Aplin, Andrew Charles Smith, Murray James, Gabe Turner | ||
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [3] | Blue Planet Live | BBC One | |
| Election 2019 Live: The Results | ITV | ||
| Glastonbury 2019 | BBC Two | ||
| Operation Live | Channel 5 | ||
| 2021 [4] | Springwatch 2020 | BBC Two | |
| Life Drawing Live! | Emyr Afan, Sally Dixon, Josie d'Arby, Lachlan Goudie, Diana Ali, Nicky Philipps | BBC Four | |
| The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance | BBC One | ||
| The Third Day: Autumn | Sky Arts | ||
| 2022 [5] | The Earthshot Prize 2021 | BBC One | |
| The Brit Awards 2021 | ITV | ||
| The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance | BBC One | ||
| Springwatch 2021 | BBC Two | ||
| 2023 [6] [7] | Platinum Jubilee: Party at the Palace | BBC One | |
| Concert for Ukraine | Guy Freeman, Richard Valentine, Anouk Fontaine, Tom Cuckson, Laura Djanogly, Jen Bollom | ITV | |
| The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II | BBC One | ||
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 [8] | Eurovision Song Contest 2023 | BBC One | |
| The Coronation Concert | BBC One | ||
| Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance | |||
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The British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy is awarded annually as part of the British Academy Television Awards. Until 2015, the category was named the British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy. According to British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the category "covers both situational comedies and scripted comedy sketch shows".
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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".
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The British Academy Television Award for Best Mini-Series is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. The category is described by the BAFTA website as being for "a drama series, between two and 19 episodes, that tells a complete story and is not intended to return". The category has been awarded since 2012, prior to that a similar category was awarded named Best Drama Serial, which was presented with the Best Drama Series category under the name Best Drama Series or Serial from 1970 to 1991 and as a separate category from 1992 to 2011.
The British Academy Television Award for Best Reality and Constructed Factual 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 is for "programmes where participants are put into an environment or format and then observed interacting in situations devised by the producer."
The British Academy Television Award for Best Short Form Programme 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 is for "single shorts, short form series and shorts from a strand of any genre that have been commissioned and transmitted on a broadcast channel and/or online platform."
The British Academy Television Award for Best Specialist Factual Programme 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 is "specifically for arts, religion, history, natural history and science programmes or series and can include both factual and performance programmes."
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."
The British Academy Television Award for Best Single Documentary 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 is "for one-off documentaries only. Includes individual episodes of documentary strands."
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The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Photography: Factual is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories. According to the BAFTA website, for this category the "eligibility is limited to the director of photography."
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The British Academy Television Award for Best Daytime is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. The category was introduced in 2021.