| British Academy Television Craft Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 1992 |
| Currently held by | Seina MacArthur for This Is Going to Hurt (2023) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Editing: 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.
Before splitting into two categories for editing in 1992, Best Editing: Fiction and Best Editing: Factual (presented from 1992 to 1994 as Best Film or Video Editor – Fiction and Best Film or Video Editor – Factual respectively), two categories were presented to recognize editing in television programming:
Best VTR Editor
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Geoff Higgs | Macbeth |
| John Hawkins, Tim Waddell | The Muppet Show | |
| Charles Huff | The Warrior's Return | |
| Steve Murray | The Ambassadors | |
| Neil Pittaway | Mike Yarwood in Persons | |
| Tim Whiffin | Love for Lydia/Hi Summer | |
| Yorkshire TV Team | Raffles | |
| 1979 | John Hawkins | The Muppet Show |
| Geoff Beames, Graham Roberts | Lillie | |
| Charles Huff | The Lost Boys | |
| STV VTR Section | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
Best Film Editor
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | David Naden | The Christians |
| Howard Billingham | The World About Us Cuba Sports and Revolution | |
| Ron De Matteos | Open University: James Bond | |
| Tony Ham | Blind Love | |
| Stan Hawkes | Whicker's World: Palm Beach | |
| Dave King | Omnibus: Tilford | |
| Tudor Lloyd | Goodbye Longfellow Road | |
| Larry Loft | Wings | |
| Chris Lovett | A Hymn from Jim | |
| Reginald Mills | Jesus of Nazareth | |
| Des Murphy | Open University: Mass Communications and Society - ABC in Kansas City | |
| Jesse Palmer | In The Making | |
| Ken Pearce | The Three Hostages | |
| Tim Ritson | Chink In The Wall Prime Minister On Prime Ministers | |
| Raoul Sobell | The Treasure of Porto Santo Chronicle: The Acquisitors | |
| Tony Woollard | Eustace and Hilda | |
| 1978 | Ralph Sheldon | Out |
| John Costello | Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf | |
| David Martin | Pennies from Heaven Brighter Than The Sun | |
| Jeremy McCracken | The One and Only Phyllis Dixey |
Best VTR Editor
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Sam Upton | Crime and Punishment Suez 1956 |
| David Hillier | Churchill and the Generals | |
| Dave Lewington, Fred Turner | The Will Kenny Everett Make It To 1980? Show | |
| Stan Pow | Testament of Youth The Brylcreem Boys | |
| Graham Roberts | Gloo Joo Stanley Baxter on Television | |
| 1981 | Jan Langford | The South Bank Show: The Passion The Worst Of It'll Be Alright On The Night |
| Matt Boney | Not the Nine O'Clock News | |
| John Hawkins | The Muppet Show | |
| Fred Turner, Dave Lewinton | The Kenny Everett Video Show | |
| 1982 | Ian Williams | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| Clayton Parker, Graham Roberts | The Stanley Baxter Series | |
| Stan Pow | The Journal of Bridget Hitler | |
| Graham Taylor | The Cherry Orchard | |
| 1983 | Mike Bloore | Boys from the Blackstuff |
| Terry Bennell | Nicholas Nickleby Outside Edge | |
| Dennis Collett | Another Flip for Dominick Nancy Astor | |
| Graham Roberts | The Stanley Baxter Hour A Fine Romance | |
| 1984 | Dennis Collett | Reith The Last Day The Hot Shoe Show |
| Stan Pow | Mansfield Park Macbeth | |
| Peter Reason | The Comedy of Errors Two Gentleman of Verona Video Stars | |
| Ed Wooden | Three of a Kind | |
| 1985 | Stephen Newnham | The Box of Delights |
| Ian Collins | Bird of Prey II | |
| Graham Sissons | The Trial of Richard III | |
| Kevin Waters | Shroud for a Nightingale | |
| 1986 | Graham Taylor | Blott on the Landscape |
| Malcolm Banthorpe | The Detective | |
| David Lewinton | L'Enfance Du Christ | |
| Michael Taylor | John Lennon: A Journey in the Life | |
| 1987 | Malcolm J Banthorpe, Dave Jervis | The Life and Loves of a She-Devil |
| John Baldwin | Spitting Image | |
| Clayton Parker | Fire and Ice | |
| Stan Pow | Bluebell | |
| John Sillitto | Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual | |
| Graham Sissons | The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald | |
| 1988 | Peter Hayes | Tutti Frutti (for "Episode 4") |
| John Fortenberry, Ruth Foster | Graceland: The African Concert | |
| Gerry Law | Tutti Frutti (for "Episode 3") | |
| George Tidmarsh | LS Lowry: A Simple Man | |
| 1989 | Editing Team | The Clothes Show |
| John Baldwin | Spitting Image | |
| Roger Martin | Entertainment USA | |
| Mykola Pawluk | French and Saunders |
Best Film Editor
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Ron Martin | Life on Earth |
| Paul Carter | Public School | |
| Ann Chegwidden | The World About Us: Bloody Ivory (Special) Survival: River Of Sand (Special) | |
| Chris Wimble, Clare Douglas | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | |
| 1981 | Tariq Anwar | Oppenheimer Caught on a Train |
| Jon Costelloe | Blade on the Feather | |
| Roger James | Death of a Princess The Gamekeeper | |
| Trevor Waite and Editing Team | Hollywood | |
| 1982 | Anthony Ham | Brideshead Revisited |
| Tony Heaven, Dave Lee | Fighter Pilot | |
| Ralph Sheldon, Ann Chegwidden | The Flame Trees of Thika | |
| Leslie Walker | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | |
| Alan Coddington | The South Bank Show: Music for a City – Venice | |
| 1983 | Oscar Webb | A Voyage Round My Father |
| Peter Heeley | The Flight of the Condor | |
| Greg Miller | Boys from the Blackstuff | |
| Chris Wimble, Clare Douglas | Smiley's People | |
| 1984 | Ralph Sheldon, Edward Marnier | Reilly, Ace of Spies |
| Derek Bain | Baryshnikov, The Dancer and the Dance Cowboy Art Agnes De Mille | |
| Ken Pearce | An Englishman Abroad | |
| Ralph Sheldon, Andrew Nelson | Kennedy | |
| 1985 | Jim Latham | Threads |
| Ann Chegwidden | The Heart of the Dragon | |
| Edward Mansell | The Jewel in the Crown | |
| Peter Rose | The River Journeys: Congo | |
| 1986 | Ardan Fisher, Dan Rae | Edge of Darkness |
| Howard Billingham | Omnibus: Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story | |
| Ian Callaway | Marilyn Monroe: Say Goodbye to the President | |
| Martin Elsbury | Kingdom of the Ice Bear | |
| 1987 | Dick Allen | Hotel Du Lac |
| Tariq Anwar, Julian Miller, John Stothart | The Monocled Mutineer | |
| Ken Pearce | The Insurance Man | |
| John Shirley, Barry Peters | Paradise Postponed | |
| Frank Webb, Jon Costelloe | London's Burning | |
| Bill Wright, Sue Wyatt | The Singing Detective | |
| 1988 | Andrew Willsmore | The Duty Men |
| Tariq Anwar | Fortunes of War | |
| John MacDonnell | Tutti Frutti | |
| Barry Peters | Porterhouse Blue | |
| 1989 | Don Fairservice | A Very British Coup |
| Jack Dardis | Game, Set and Match (for "Episodes 5,6,9,11 & 13") | |
| Chris Gill | Game, Set and Match (for "Episodes 1,2,3,4,7,8,10 & 12") | |
| Ken Pearce | Tumbledown |
Best VTR Editor
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | John Baldwin | Spitting Image | ITV |
| Nigel Cattle | Casualty (for "Episode 2") | BBC One | |
| Editing Team | The Clothes Show | ||
| Stan Pow | The Ginger Tree | ||
| 1991 | Malcolm Banthorpe | Casualty (for "Episodes 1 & 6") | BBC One |
| John Beech, Ray Ball, Laurie Bunce | The Bill | ITV | |
| Mykola Pawluk | Drop the Dead Donkey | Channel 4 | |
| David Yardley, Jonathan Hills | Una Stravaganza Dei Medici |
Best Film Editor
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Howard Billingham | Around the World in 80 Days (for "Part 5") | BBC One |
| Tariq Anwar | Summer's Lease | BBC Two | |
| Jon Gregory, Neil Thompson, Andrew McClelland | Traffik | Channel 4 | |
| Ray Wingrove | Mother Love | BBC One | |
| 1991 | Dick Allen | Portrait of a Marriage | BBC Two |
| Masahiro Hirakubo | The Green Man | BBC One | |
| Chris Wade | The Trials of Life (for "Episodes 2,3 & 11") | ||
| Chris Orrell | The Trials of Life (for "Episodes 5 & 10") |
Best Film or Video Editor – Fiction
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Edward Mansell | Prime Suspect | ITV |
| Alan Dixon | Casualty (for "Episodes 2,8 & 12") | BBC One | |
| Anthony Ham, Oral Norrie Ottey | G.B.H. | Channel 4 | |
| Bill Wright | Clarissa | BBC | |
| 1993 | Frances Parker | Unnatural Pursuits | BBC |
| Mark Day | Memento Mori | BBC Two | |
| Edward Mansell | Prime Suspect 2 | ITV | |
| Kevin Lester | Inspector Morse | ||
| 1994 | Mick Audsley | The Snapper | BBC |
| Edward Mansell | Prime Suspect 3 | ITV | |
| Oral Norrie Ottey, Trevor Waite, Chris Gill | Cracker | ||
| Dave King | To Play the King | BBC |
Best Editing: Fiction
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Takin' Over the Asylum | Ian Farr | BBC Two |
| Cardiac Arrest | Peter Hayes | BBC One | |
| Cracker | Edward Mansell | ITV | |
| Middlemarch | Paul Tothill, Jerry Leon | BBC Two | |
| 1996 | Love Bites: Go Now | Trevor Waite | BBC |
| The Politician's Wife | Alan Jones | Channel 4 | |
| Cracker | Edward Mansell | ITV | |
| The Buccaneers | Greg Miller | ||
| 1997 | Hillsborough | Barry Vince | ITV |
| Gulliver’s Travels | Peter Coulson | Channel 4 | |
| The Fragile Heart | Neil Thomson | ||
| The Crow Road | Angus Newton | BBC Scotland | |
| 1998 | The Lakes | Roy Sharman | BBC One |
| Holding On | John Stothart | BBC Two | |
| Tom Jones | Paul Tothill, Annie Kocur | BBC One | |
| Trial & Retribution | Terry Warwick | ITV | |
| 1999 | A Rather English Marriage | Dave King | BBC Two |
| Hornblower: The Even Chance | Keith Palmer | ITV | |
| Vanity Fair | Bill Diver | BBC One | |
| Our Mutual Friend | Frances Parker | BBC Two |
| Year | Title | Episode | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [4] [5] | Chernobyl | Simon Smith, Jinx Godfrey | Sky Atlantic | |
| Killing Eve | "Desperate Times" | Dan Crinnion | BBC One | |
| Giri/Haji | Elen Pierce Lewis | BBC Two | ||
| Fleabag | Gary Dollner | BBC Three | ||
| 2021 [6] | I May Destroy You | Editing Team | BBC One | |
| Normal People | "Episode 5" | Nathan Nugent | BBC Three | |
| Quiz | Pia Di Ciaula | ITV | ||
| Small Axe | Chris Dickens and Steve McQueen | BBC One | ||
| 2022 [7] [8] | It's a Sin | Sarah Brewerton | Channel 4 | |
| Line of Duty | Andrew John McLelland | BBC One | ||
| A Very British Scandal | Dominic Strevens | |||
| Landscapers | Elen Pierce Lewis | Sky Atlantic | ||
| 2023 [9] [10] | This Is Going to Hurt | Selina MacArthur | BBC One | |
| The Crown | Celia Haining | Netflix | ||
| Andor | "Announcement" | Frances Parker | Disney+ | |
| Slow Horses | "Failure's Contagious" | Katie Weiland | Apple TV+ | |
| 2024 [11] | Time | Alex Mackie | BBC One | |
| Happy Valley | "Episode 6" | Joe Carey | ||
| Slow Horses | "Last Stop" | Sam Williams | Apple TV+ | |
| "Old Scores" | Zsófia Tálas | |||
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