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 award2018
Currently held byQuiet Life (2025)
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.

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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]

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 BBC Three
The Sekwer: Three Twisted Year BBC iPlayer
Stealing Ukraine's Children: Inside Russia's Camps Vice News
2025
[9] 		Quiet Life BBC Three
Brown BritJay Stephen, Ralph Briscoe Channel 4
PeakedJohn Addis, Ada Player, Bron Waugh
Spud Siobhán McSweeney, Pippa Brown, Leah Draws BBC Three

References

  1. ↑ "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  2. ↑ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  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 2021-03-07.
  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. ↑ Richardson, Hollie (27 March 2025). "Bafta TV awards 2025 nominations: full list". The Guardian . Retrieved 27 March 2025.
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