| British Academy Television Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 2018 |
| Currently held by | Mobility (2024) |
| 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]
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Morgana Robinson's Summer | Sky Arts | |
| Britain's Forgotten Men | BBC Three | ||
| Eating with My Ex | |||
| Pls Like | |||
| 2019 [2] | Missed Call | Real Stories | |
| Bovril Pam (Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives) | BBC Four | ||
| The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk | Spencer Jones, Jon Riche, David Simpson | BBC iPlayer | |
| Wonderdate | Lydia Hampson, Tim Key, Jonathan van Tulleken | ||
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [3] | Brain in Gear | Gbemisola Ikumelo, Fergal Costello, Inez Gordon | BBC iPlayer |
| Anywhere But Westminster | John Domokos, John Harris | The Guardian | |
| Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle | Roy Williams, Tinge Krishnan, Carol Harding | BBC Four | |
| Toni_With_An_I | Marco Alessi, Ksenia Harwood, Mary Antony | ||
| 2021 [4] | They Saw the Sun First | Stefan 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 Disabilities | Rosie Baldwin, Holly Stimson, Dan Knight | Noisey | |
| The Main Part | Rosie Westhoff, Jen Wakefield, Sara Huxley, Tom Payne, Jody Smith | BBC iPlayer | |
| 2022 [5] | Our Land | Alexandra Genova, Alfred Thirolle | Together TV |
| Hollyoaks Saved My Life (Hollyoaks IRL) | Rachel Hardy, Alan Toner, Graham Gallery | YouTube | |
| People You May Know | Juliet Riddell, James Graham, Tom Hannen, Franklin Dow | Financial Times | |
| Please Help | Lucy Pearman, Ben Mallaby, David Simpson | BBC Three | |
| 2023 [6] [7] | How to Be a Person | Anna Hashmi, Sindha Agha, Samira Mian, Anne Perrie, Tobi Kyeremateng | E4 |
| Always, Asifa | Shiva Raichandani, Alex Balcombe | Together TV | |
| Biscuitland | Jess Thom, Matthew Pountney, Christine Robertson, Jon Rolph | All 4 | |
| Kingpin Cribs | Channel 4 | ||
| 2024 [8] | Mobility | Jack Carroll, Thomas Gregory, Akaash Meeda, David Simpson, Sam Ward | BBC Three |
| Where It Ends | Jack 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 | ||
The British Academy Television Award for Best Drama 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 on the official BAFTA website as being open a drama series "of between two and 19 episodes, that is intended to return."
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 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".
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 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 Entertainment 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 "includes quizzes, game shows, talent shows, music specials and all general entertainment programmes."
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 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 News Coverage 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 "an individual news programme"
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 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: 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."