| British Academy Television Craft Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 2001 |
| Currently held by | Charlie Melville for John & Joe Bishop: Life After Deaf (2023) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Emerging Talent: 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, the category is "designed to recognise potential, awarding those who have begun to capture the attention of their peers through demonstrating exceptional talent and ambition within their craft for the first time in factual programming." [1]
Several categories have existed to recognize breakthrough talent and new faces in the British television industry:
In 2020 it was announced that the category would be split once again for the 2021 ceremony, creating Best Emerging Talent: Factual and Best Emerging Talent: Fiction . [2]
Best New Writer
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ed McCardie | Tinsel Town | BBC Two |
| David Nicholls | Cold Feet | ITV | |
| Damian Wayling | The Bill (for "A Girl's Best Friend") | ||
| Martin McCardie | Tinsel Town | BBC Two | |
| 2002 | Rob Dawber | The Navigators | Channel 4 |
| Daniel Brocklehurst | Clocking Off | BBC One | |
| Richard Cottan | Men Only | Channel 4 | |
| Rowan Joffé | Gas Attack | ||
| 2003 | Anna Maloney | Falling Apart | Channel 4 |
| Matt Greenhalgh | Clocking Off | BBC One | |
| Charlie Martin | Teachers | Channel 4 | |
| Ed Roe | |||
| 2004 | Rosemary Kay | This Little Life | BBC One |
| Helen Blakeman | Pleasureland | Channel 4 | |
| Terry Cafolla | Holy Cross | BBC One | |
| Jack Lothian | Teachers | Channel 4 | |
| 2005 | Brian Dooley | The Smoking Room | BBC Three |
| Brian Hill | Bella and the Boys | BBC One | |
| Kwame Kwei-Armah | Elmina's Kitchen | BBC Four | |
| Derren Litten, Catherine Tate | The Catherine Tate Show | BBC Two | |
Best New Director: Factual
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Sarah MacDonald | Newsnight : "A Family Affair" (Special) | BBC Two |
| Lucy Carter | Britain at War in Colour | ITV | |
| Jonah Weston | Anatomy of Disgust | Channel 4 | |
| Frances Byrnes | Picture This: The Pavlov Ballet | BBC Two | |
| 2002 | Donovan Wylie | Witness: The Train | Channel 4 |
| Marc Issacs | Alt TV: Lift | Channel 4 | |
| Penny Jagessar | Me and My Dad | ||
| Carol Morley | The Alcohol Years | ||
| 2003 | Alice Yglesias | Death | Channel 4 |
| Giles Llewellyn-Thomas | The Mystery of the Three Kings | BBC Two | |
| Mark Elliott | Barbarians: Secrets of the Dark Ages | Channel 4 | |
| Jamie O'Leary | Teenage Dwarf | ||
| 2004 | Oli Barry | The Nine Lives of Alice Martineau | BBC Three |
| Will Anderson | Surviving Extremes: The Swamp | Channel 4 | |
| Paul Berczeller | Alt TV: This is a True Story | ||
| Jamie Jay Johnson | Alt TV: Holidays Around My Bedroom | ||
| 2005 | Patrick Collerton | The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off | Channel 4 |
| James Brabazon | This World : "Holidays in the Danger Zone: Violent Coast" | BBC Two | |
| Julia Black | My Foetus | Channel 4 | |
| Krishnendu Majumdar | Who You Callin' a Nigger? | ||
Best New Director: Fiction
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Dominic Savage | Nice Girl | BBC Two |
| Chris Morris | Jam | Channel 4 | |
| Caroline Aherne | The Royle Family | BBC One | |
| Jon Jones | Cold Feet | ITV | |
| 2002 | Edmund Coulthard | Tales from Pleasure Beach | BBC Two |
| Richard Dale | Teachers | Channel 4 | |
| Brian Kirk | Hearts and Bones | BBC One | |
| David Morrissey | Sweet Revenge | ||
| 2003 | Brian Hill | Falling Apart | Channel 4 |
| Giacamo Campiotti | Dr Zhivago | ITV | |
| Mark Nunneley | 15 Storeys High | BBC Three | |
| Minkie Spiro | HOLBY CI+Y | BBC One | |
| 2004 | Sarah Gavron | This Little Life | BBC One |
| Andrew Lincoln | Teachers | Channel 4 | |
| Tim Supple | Twelfth Night | ||
| Gabriel Range | The Day Britain Stopped | BBC Two | |
| 2005 | Daniel Percival | Dirty War | BBC One |
| Angus Jackson | Elmina's Kitchen | BBC Four | |
| Paul King | The Mighty Boosh | BBC Three | |
| Sarah Lancashire | The Afternoon Play: Viva Las Blackpool | BBC One | |
Anthony Asquith Award for New Composer
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Jane Antonia Cornish | Five Children and It | Jim Henson Company |
| David Gray | A Way of Life | Tantrum Films | |
| Andrew Hewitt | Garth Marenghi's Darkplace | Channel 4 | |
| Paul Leonard | Fallen | ITV | |
Best Breakthrough Talent
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Lee Phillips | How to Start Your Own Country | BBC Two |
| Edward Thomas | Doctor Who | BBC One | |
| Dan Edge | Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace | BBC Two | |
| Misha Manson-Smith | High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman | BBC Three | |
| 2007 | Sharon Foster | Shoot the Messenger | BBC Two |
| Neil Biswas | Bradford Riots | Channel 4 | |
| Brian Fillis | Fear of Fanny | BBC Four | |
| Nick Holt | Guys and Dolls | BBC One | |
| 2008 | Jezza Neumann | Dispatches : "China's Stolen Children (Special)" | Channel 4 |
| Writing Team | Skins | E4 | |
| Mark O’Rowe | Boy A | Channel 4 | |
| Patrick Reams | A Very British Sex Scandal | ||
| 2009 | Daniel Vernon | Wonderland: The Man Who Eats Badgers | BBC Two |
| Charlie Brooker | Dead Set | E4 | |
| Alison Millar | The Father, The Son and The Housekeeper | BBC Four | |
| Tony Saint | Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley | ||
Best Breakthrough Talent
Best Breakthrough Talent
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [6] [7] | Aisling Bea (Writer) | This Way Up | Channel 4 |
| Aneil Karia (Director) | Pure (for "Episode 3") | Netflix | |
| Laurie Nunn (Writer) | Sex Education | ||
| Sean Buckley (Writer) | Responsible Child | BBC Two | |
Best Emerging Talent: Fiction
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 [8] | Marian Mohamed (director) | Defending Digga D | BBC Three |
| Ashley Francis-Roy (shooting producer/director) | Damilola: The Boy Next Door & The Real Eastenders | Channel 4 | |
| Jessica Kelly (director) | The Schools that Chain Boys | BBC Two | |
| Kandise Abiola (producer) | Terms & Conditions: A UK Drill Story | YouTube | |
| 2022 [9] [10] | Adam Brown (Director) | Into the Storm: Surfing to Survive ( Storyville ) | BBC Four |
| Hugh Davies (Producer) | Football's Darkest Secret: The End of Silence | BBC One | |
| Poppy Begum (Director) | Queens of Rap | Channel 4 | |
| Sophie Cunningham (Director/Producer) | Look Away | Sky Documentaries | |
| 2023 [11] [12] | Charlie Melville (Producer/Director) | John & Joe Bishop: Life After Deaf | ITV |
| Helen Hobin (Photography) | Frozen Planet II | BBC One | |
| Joy Ash (Series Producer) | Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life | Channel 4 | |
| Jason Osborne (Director) | Our Jubilee | ITV | |
| 2024 [13] | Ben Cheetham (Director) | Pete Doherty, Who Killed My Son? | Channel 4 |
| Fred Scott (Director) | London Bridge: Facing Terror | ||
| Fola Evans-Akingbola, Jordan Pitt (Directors) | Untold Stories: Hair on Set | Sky Documentaries | |
| Ted Evans (Director) | Rose Ayling-Ellis: Sings for Change | BBC One | |
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 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 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 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: 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 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 Director: Multi-Camera 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 Original Music 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. It was first awarded in 1981, according to the BAFTA website, a programme will be eligible to this category if "more than 50% of its music is original composition created specifically for it."
The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Titles & Graphic Identity 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 "to recognise originality and excellence within the title sequence and graphic identity of a programme.", also stating that "the same title sequence may not be entered more than once. The same programme may be entered in consecutive years, but only if it has new titles."
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 Photography & Lighting: 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. 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: 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 Craft Award for Best Emerging Talent: 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. According to the BAFTA website, the category is "designed to recognise potential, awarding those who have begun to capture the attention of their peers through demonstrating exceptional talent and ambition within their craft for the first time in scripted programming."