British Academy Television Award for Best Short Form

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British Academy Television Award
Country United Kingdom
Presented by British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded2018
Currently held byHow to Be a Person (2023)
Website http://www.bafta.org/

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." [1]

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Winners and nominees

2010s

YearTitleRecipient(s)Broadcaster
2018 Morgana Robinson's Summer Sky Arts
Britain's Forgotten Men BBC Three
Eating with My Ex
Pls Like
2019
[2]
Missed CallReal Stories
Bovril Pam (Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives) BBC Four
The Mind of Herbert ClunkerdunkSpencer Jones, Jon Riche, David Simpson BBC iPlayer
WonderdateLydia Hampson, Tim Key, Jonathan van Tulleken

2020s

YearTitleRecipient(s)Broadcaster
2020
[3]
Brain in Gear Gbemisola Ikumelo, Fergal Costello, Inez Gordon BBC iPlayer
Anywhere But WestminsterJohn Domokos, John Harris The Guardian
Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle Roy Williams, Tinge Krishnan, Carol Harding BBC Four
Toni_With_An_IMarco Alessi, Ksenia Harwood, Mary Antony
2021
[4]
They Saw the Sun FirstStefan Hunt, Jess Lowe, Adam Gee Red Bull TV
Criptales Mat Fraser, Amit Sharma, Ewan Marshall, Jenny Sealey, Debbie Christie BBC Four
Disabled Not Defeated: The Rock Band with Learning DisabilitiesRosie Baldwin, Holly Stimson, Dan Knight Noisey
The Main PartRosie Westhoff, Jen Wakefield, Sara Huxley, Tom Payne, Jody Smith BBC iPlayer
2022
[5]
Our LandAlexandra Genova, Alfred Thirolle Together TV
Hollyoaks Saved My Life (Hollyoaks IRL)Rachel Hardy, Alan Toner, Graham Gallery YouTube
People You May KnowJuliet Riddell, James Graham, Tom Hannen, Franklin Dow Financial Times
Please HelpLucy Pearman, Ben Mallaby, David Simpson BBC Three
2023
[6] [7]
How to Be a PersonAnna Hashmi, Sindha Agha, Samira Mian, Anne Perrie, Tobi Kyeremateng E4
Always, AsifaShiva Raichandani, Alex Balcombe Together TV
BiscuitlandJess Thom, Matthew Pountney, Christine Robertson, Jon Rolph All 4
Kingpin Cribs Channel 4
2024
[8]
MobilityJack Carroll, Thomas Gregory, Akaash Meeda, David Simpson, Sam Ward BBC Three
Where It EndsJack Robertson, Fergal Costello, Sam Ward, David Simpson
The Sekwer: Three Twisted Year BBC iPlayer
Stealing Ukraine's Children: Inside Russia's Camps Vice News

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References

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