British Academy Television Craft Awards

The British Academy Television Craft Awards is an accolade presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), a charitable organisation established in 1947, which: "supports, promotes and develops the art forms of the moving image – film, television and video games – by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public."^[2]

British Academy Television Craft Awards
Current: 2024 British Academy Television Craft Awards
Awarded for	"to recognise, honour and reward individuals for outstanding achievement in television craft."[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
First award	20 April 2000; 25 years ago (2000-04-20) (for productions of 1999)
Website	www.bafta.org

Having previously been handed out with the British Academy Television Awards, the awards were established in 2000 as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the production categories.^[3]

Rules

To be eligible for nomination, programmes must be: broadcast in the UK between the eligibility period, on terrestrial, cable, satellite or digital channels; both a financial and creative contribution in the case of an international programme, and have its first broadcast in the UK; an entry for the television awards first (not previously entered for the film or children's awards).^[4] The top six programmes and/or individuals in each category are chosen by television voting members and Chapter members in three rounds, to make up the jury shortlist. The shortlist then goes forward to a jury, who decides the top four final nominees and the winners.^[5]

Ceremonies

In the following table, the years correspond to the year the ceremony took place, and are held for achievements of the previous year (e.g. the 2000 awards are celebrated for television productions of 1999).

Year	Date	Venue	Location	Host	Ref(s)
2000	30 April	195 Piccadilly	Westminster	Gabby Logan	[6]
2001	22 April	Sadler's Wells Theatre	Islington	Liza Tarbuck	[7][8]
2002	12 May	Savoy Hotel	Westminster	Harry Enfield	[9]
2003	11 May	The Dorchester	Mayfair	Alistair McGowan	[10][11]
2004	16 May				[12][13]
2005	8 May			Jon Culshaw	[14][15]
2006	19 May				[16]
2007	22 April			Jon Snow	[17]
2008	11 May			Claudia Winkleman	[18]
2009	17 May	Hilton Hotel, London		Alexander Armstrong	[19][20]
2010	23 May			Christine Bleakley	[21]
2011	8 May	The Brewery	City of London	Stephen Mangan	[22][23]
2012	13 May			Alan Davies	[24]
2013	28 April			Stephen Mangan	[25]
2014	24 April				[26]
2015	26 April				[27]
2016	24 April				[28]
2017	23 April				[29]
2018	22 April				[30]
2019	28 April				[31]
2020	17 July	Virtual			[32]
2021	24 May			Gbemisola Ikumelo	[33]
2022	24 April	The Brewery	City of London	Mel Giedroyc	[34]
2023	23 April				[35]
2024	28 April			Stacey Dooley	[36]

Categories

Current awards

As of 2021, the awards include twenty-one competitive categories:^[37]

• Costume Design
• Director: Factual
• Director: Fiction
• Director: Multi-Camera
• Editing: Factual
• Editing: Fiction
• Emerging Talent: Factual
• Emerging Talent: Fiction
• Entertainment Craft Team
• Make-Up & Hair Design
• Original Music
• Photography: Factual
• Photography & Lighting: Fiction
• Production Design
• Scripted Casting
• Sound: Factual
• Sound: Fiction
• Special, Visual & Graphic Effects
• Titles & Graphic Identity
• Writer: Comedy
• Writer: Drama

A Special Award is also presented, at the discretion of the Television Committee, which "honour[s] an individual or a team of craftspeople for outstanding creative contribution in the craft sector."^[37]

Discontinued awards

• Originality (from 1986 to 1999)
• Innovation (from 2000 to 2002)
• New Media Developer (from 2006 to 2007)
• Interactive Innovation (from 2006 to 2010)
• Digital Creativity (from 2011 to 2017)