| British Academy Television Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 2012 |
| Currently held by | Mood (2023) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
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". [1] 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.
Best Drama Serial
Best Drama Serial
Best Drama Serial
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Occupation | Peter Bowker, Derek Wax, Nick Murphy, Laurie Borg | BBC One |
| Red Riding | Channel 4 | ||
| Small Island | Paula Milne, Alison Owen, Vicky Licorish, John Alexander | BBC One | |
| Unforgiven | Sally Wainwright, Nicola Schindler, Karen Lewis, David Lewis | ITV | |
| 2011 | Any Human Heart | Lynn Horsford, Lee Morris, Sally Woodward Gentle, Michael Samuels | Channel 4 |
| Mad Dogs | Cris Cole, Andy Harries, Suzanne Mackie, Adrian Shergold | Sky1 | |
| The Sinking of the Laconia | Alan Bleasdale, Jonathan Young, Uwe Janson, Hilary Norrish | BBC Two | |
| The Promise | Peter Kosminsky, David Aukin, Hal Vogel | Channel 4 | |
Best Mini-Series
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [3] | Chernobyl | Sky Atlantic | |
| A Confession | Jeff Pope, Paul Andrew Williams, Tom Dunbar, Johnny Capps | ITV | |
| The Victim | Rob Williams, Niall MacCormick, Sarah Brown, Jenny Frayn | BBC One | |
| The Virtues | Shane Meadows, Jack Thorne, Mark Herbert, Nickie Sault | Channel 4 | |
| 2021 [4] | I May Destroy You | BBC One | |
| Adult Material | Lucy Kirkwood, Dawn Shadforth, Sara Hamill, Patrick Spence | Channel 4 | |
| Small Axe | Steve McQueen, Tracey Scoffield, David Tanner, Michael Elliott, Anita Overland | BBC One | |
| Normal People | Lenny Abrahamson, Sally Rooney, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, Catherine Magee | BBC Three | |
| 2022 [5] | Time | BBC One | |
| It's a Sin | Russell T Davies, Nicola Shindler, Peter Hoar, Phil Collinson | Channel 4 | |
| Landscapers | Will Sharpe, Ed Sinclair, Katie Carpenter, Olivia Colman, Jane Featherstone, Chris Fry | Sky Atlantic | |
| Stephen | Mark Redhead, Madonna Baptiste, Alrick Riley, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Joe Cottrell Boyce, Jessica Sharkey | ITV | |
| 2023 [6] [7] | Mood | Nicôle Lecky, Margery Bone, Lisa Walters, Dawn Shadforth, Stroma Cairns | BBC Three |
| A Spy Among Friends | Alexander Cary, Nick Murphy, Chrissy Skinns, Patrick Spence, Damian Lewis | ITVX | |
| This Is Going to Hurt | Adam Kay, Jane Featherstone, Naomi de Pear, James Farrell, Holly Pullinger, Lucy Forbes | BBC One | |
| The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe | David Nath, Richard Laxton, Chris Lang, Alison Sterling | ITV | |
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 [8] | Best Interests | Toby Bentley, Jenny Frayn, Sophie Gardiner, Michael Keillor, Jack Thorne | BBC One |
| The Sixth Commandment | Derek Wax, Brian Woods, Sarah Phelps, Saul Dibb, Frances du Pille | ||
| Black Mirror : "Demon 79" | Charlie Brooker, Richard Webb, Jessica Rhoades, Bisha K. Ali, Annabel Jones, Toby Haynes | Netflix | |
| The Last Shadow | George Kay, Lewis Arnold, Matt Sandford, Sarah Lewis, Sacha Szwarc, Willow Grylls | ITV1 | |
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".
The British Academy Television Award for Best Factual Series or Strand 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 on the official BAFTA website as "more than one factual programme linked through a unified approach, narrative or the thematic development of a subject matter."
The British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama 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 "a single, self-contained drama.", this "includes single films which form part of an anthology series, where each episode has a self-contained story. The same characters cannot appear in a later episode." It was awarded as Best Single Play from 1973 to 1983. Prior to that, there was a sole category for Drama Production.
The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Drama 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.
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."
The British Academy Television Award for Best Current Affairs 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 films, or films from a strand that are primarily concerned with unfolding current affairs"
The British Academy Television Award for Best Sport 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 sporting event."
The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Comedy 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.
The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Director: Fiction 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.
The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Special, Visual & Graphic Effects 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, this category is "for special, visual and graphic effects and recognises achievement in all of these crafts."
The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Sound: Fiction 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.
The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Sound: 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.
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."
The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Editing: 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.
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.
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."