Winners of the British Academy Television Craft Awards were revealed at a ceremony on Sunday, recognising and celebrating the very best in technical achievements in British television.

Mini-series Landscapers by South of the River Pictures/Sky Atlantic topped three categories including Photography and Lighting. Musical comedy We Are Lady Parts also took home three awards. The team behind fantasy drama The Witcher was honoured the Special, Visual & Graphic Effects award, and Sarah Brewerton of Peter Hoar’s drama It’s a Sin took home the award for Editing: Fiction.

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This year’s ceremony also praised first-time BAFTA winners including Paul Dugdale for the Director: Multi-Camera category for his work on Glastonbury Festival: Live at Worthy Farm. Other notable craft wins included James Incledon for the Photography Factual award for Liverpool Narcos; and Co-editors Danny Collins and Mark Hammill, who took home the Editing Factual award for their documentary 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room.

The award for Sound: Factual was won by the team behind 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything, while the award for Sound: Fiction was awarded to the team behind A Very British Scandal.

Winners and Nominations

Emerging Talent: Fiction

  • Winner - Adjani Salmon (Writer) Dreaming Whilst Black – Big Deal Films/BBC Three
  • Nathan Bryon (Writer) Bloods – Roughcut TV, Sky Studios/Sky One
  • Nida Manzoor (Writer/Director) We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television/Channel 4
  • Runyararo Mapfumo (Director) Sex Education – Eleven Film/Netflix

Emerging Talent: Factual

  • Winner - Adam Brown (Director) Into the Storm: Surfing to Survive (Storyville) – Raw TV/BBC Four
  • Hugh Davies (Producer) Football’s Darkest Secret: The End Of Silence - Insight Twi, Passion Pictures, Very Much So, Ventureland/BBC One
  • Poppy Begum (Director) Queens Of Rap – ACME Films/Channel 4
  • Sophie Cunningham (Director/Producer) Look Away – Top Hat Productions/Sky Documentaries

Costume Design

  • Adam Howe, Rachel Walsh The Serpent (Episode 1) – Mammoth Screen/BBC One
  • Ian Fulcher A Very British Scandal – Blueprint Television/Bbc One
  • Winner - PC Williams We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television/Channel 4
  • Sinéad Kidao The Pursuit of Love – Moonage Pictures, Open Book Productions, Amazon Studios/BBC One

Director: Factual

  • Arthur Cary Surviving 9/11- Top Hat Productions/BBC Two
  • James W Newton Baby Surgeons: Delivering Miracles – Wonderhood Studios/Channel 4
  • Winner - James Newton Grenfell: The Untold Story – BBC Studios/Channel 4
  • Jamie Roberts Four Hours At The Capitol – Amos Pictures Ltd/BBC Two

 

Director: Fiction

  • Lewis Arnold Time – BBC Studios/BBC One
  • Marc Munden Help - The Forge Entertainment, One Shoe Films/Channel 4
  • Winner - Peter Hoar It’s A Sin - Red Production Company/Channel 4
  • Will Sharpe Landscapers - Sister, South Of The River Pictures/Sky Atlantic

Director: Multi-Camera

  • Matthew Griffiths Six Nations Rugby: Wales V England – BBC Sport/BBC One
  • Nikki Parsons Strictly Come Dancing – BBC Studios/BBC One
  • Winner - Paul Dugdale Glastonbury Festival: Live At Worthy Farm – BBC Studios, Driift Live/BBC Two
  • Paul Mcnamara ITV Racing: The Grand National – ITV Sport/ITV

Editing: Factual

  • Anna Price, Justin Badger, Simon Sykes Pandemic 2020 – Keo Films/BBC Two
  • Winner - Danny Collins, Mark Hammill 9/11: Inside The President’s War Room – Wish/Art Films, BBC One/Apple TV+
  • Doug Bryson Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing – Owl Power/BBC Two
  • Emma Lysaght Grenfell: The Untold Story – BBC Studios/Channel 4

Editing: Fiction

  • Andrew John Mcclelland Line Of Duty – World Productions/BBC One
  • Dominic Strevens A Very British Scandal – Blueprint Television/BBC One
  • Elen Pierce Lewis Landscapers – Sister, South Of The River Pictures/Sky Atlantic
  • Winner - Sarah Brewerton It’s A Sin – Red Production Company/Channel 4

Entertainment Craft Team

  • Chris Power, Mark Busk-Cowley, Andy Milligan, Shereen Shimmin, Catherine Land, Gurdip Mahal Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – Lifted Entertainment, Mitre Studios/ITV
  • Dave Davey, Elizabeth Honan, Benn Wyldeck, Casey Antwis The Masked Singer – Bandicoot Scotland/ITV
  • David Bishop, Patrick Doherty, David Newton, Catherine Land, Richard Sillitto, Tom Young Strictly Come Dancing – BBC Studios/BBC One
  • Winner - Nigel Catmur, Andy Deacon, Patrick Doherty, Kevin Duff, Simon Haw, Andrew Stokes The Royal British Legion Festival Of Remembrance – BBC Studios/BBC One

Make Up & Hair Design

  • Catherine Scoble A Very British Scandal – Blueprint Television/BBC One
  • Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener The Nevers – Mutant Enemy, HBO/Sky Atlantic
  • Winner - Barrie Gower, Sarah Gower The Witcher – Cinesite, Hivemind, Platige Image, Pioneer Stillking Images/Netflix
  • Lin Davie, Laura Flynn It’s A Sin – Red Production Company/Channel 4

Original Music

  • Winner - Arthur Sharpe Landscapers – Sister, South Of The River Pictures/Sky Atlantic
  • Carly Paradis Line Of Duty – World Productions/BBC One
  • Jonathan ‘Elevated’Olorunfemi The Outsiders? – AFL Films/Youtube
  • Natalie Holt Loki – Marvel Studios/Disney+

Photography: Factual

  • Doug Anderson, Alex Vail Tiny World (Reef)- Plimsoll Productions/Apple TV+
  • Winner - James Incledon Liverpool Narcos – Blast! Films/Sky Documentaries
  • John Shier, Dawson Dunning Earth At Night In Colour – Offspring Films/Apple TV+
  • Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi My Childhood, My Country - 20 Years In Afghanistan – Seventh Art Productions/ITV

Photography & Lighting: Fiction

  • Winner - Erik Wilson Landscapers - Sister, South Of The River Pictures/Sky Atlantic
  • James Friend Your Honor – Moonshot Entertainment, King Size Productions, Cbs Studios/Sky Atlantic
  • Mark Wolf Time - BBC Studios/BBC One
  • Oli Russell Sex Education – Eleven Film/Netflix

Production Design

  • Winner - Cristina Casali, Robert Wischhusen-Hayes, Fabrice Spelta Landscapers - Sister, South Of The River Pictures/Sky Atlantic
  • Cristina Casali The Pursuit Of Love - Open Book Productions, Moonage Pictures, Amazon Studios/BBC One
  • François-Renaud Labarthe The Serpent – Mammoth Screen/BBC One
  • Tom Sayer Vigil – World Productions/BBC One

Scripted Casting

  • Winner - Aisha Bywaters We Are Lady Parts - Working Title Television/Channel 4
  • Andy Pryor It’s A Sin – Red Production Company/Channel 4
  • Beverley Keogh, David Martin Time – BBC Studios/BBC One
  • Lauren Evans Sex Education – Eleven Film/Netflix

Sound: Factual

  • Conrad Fletcher, Julian Gough, Andy James, Andy Payne The Funeral Of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh – BBC Studios/BBC One
  • Doug Dreger, Andrew Yarme, Nick Fry, Steve Speed, Hugh Dwan, James Evans Formula 1: Drive To Survive – Box To Box Films/Netflix
  • Kate Hopkins, Jonny Crew, Paul Ackerman, Graham Wild, Alan Sallabank Earth At Night In Colour – Offspring Films/Apple TV+
  • Winner - Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Nas Parkash, Dan Johnson, Tae Hak Kim, Claire Ellis 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything – Mercury Studios, On The Corner Films/Apple TV+

Sound: Fiction

  • Howard Bargroff, Judi Lee-Headman, Harry Barnes, Oliver Brierley, Adam Armitage, Jamie Caple Intergalactic – Motion Content Group, Moonage Pictures, Tiger Aspect Productions/Sky One
  • James Bain, Robert Farr, Matthew Collinge, Matt Davies, Alyn Sclosa, Rob Prynne The Witcher (Episode 1) - Cinesite, Hivemind, Platige Image, Pioneer Stillking Images/Netflix
  • Winner - Sound Team A Very British Scandal - Blueprint Television/BBC One
  • Ronan Hill, Paul Maynes, Ian Wilkinson, Pietro Dalmasso Line Of Duty – World Productions/BBC One

Special, Visual & Graphic Effects

  • Adam Inglis, Tom Payne, Sam Livingstone, Silja Momsen-Livingstone Earth At Night In Colour - Offspring Films/Apple TV+
  • Winner - Dadi Einarsson, Gavin Round, Aleksandar Pejic, Oliver Cubbage, Stefano Pepin, Jet Omoshebi The Witcher (Episode 1) - Cinesite, Hivemind, Platige Image, Pioneer Stillking Images/Netflix
  • Jean-Claude Deguara, Milk VFX, Egg VFX, Gareth Spensley, Real SFX Intergalactic - Motion Content Group, Moonage Pictures, Tiger Aspect Productions/Sky One
  • Rob Harvey, Rasik Gorecha, Sam Reed, Alex Marlow, John Kennedy, Katherine Jamieson Black Holes: Heart Of Darkness – BBC Studios Science Unit/BBC Two

Titles & Graphic Identity

  • Ceri Sampson, Adam Wells, Steve Waugh Lions Series: South Africa 2021- Sky Creative, Gotgotneed, Coffee & TV/Sky Sports Action
  • Ben Marshall, Edward Dalton, Gary Redford All Creatures Great And Small – Playground Television UK /Channel 5
  • Paul Mcdonnell, Hugo Moss, Ben Hanbury, Tamsin Mcgee Around The World In 80 Days – Slim Film + Television, Federation Entertainment/BBC One
  • Winner - Tim Jones, James Cross, Fantasista Utamaro, Ron Chakraborty, Kenji Kawai, Factory Fifteen Tokyo 2020 – BBC Sport, Nexus Studios/BBC One

Writer: Comedy

  • Nathan Bryon, Paul Doolan Bloods – Roughcut TV, Sky Studios/Sky One
  • Winner - Nida Manzoor We Are Lady Parts - Working Title Television/Channel 4
  • Stephen Merchant, Emma Jane Unsworth The Outlaws – Big Talk Productions, Four Eyes Entertainment/BBC One
  • Sophie Willan Alma’s Not Normal – Expectation/BBC Two

Writer: Drama

  • Jack Thorne Help – The Forge Entertainment, One Shoe Films/Channel 4
  • Jesse Armstrong Succession – Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, HBO/Sky Atlantic
  • Winner - Kayleigh Llewellyn In My Skin – Expectation/BBC Three
  • Russell T Davies It’s A Sin - Red Production Company/Channel 4

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