British Academy Television Craft Award
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded1966
Currently held byBecky Sloan, Joe Pelling for Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2023)
Websitehttp://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Production Design 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 a programme to be eligible to this category it "should contain a significant amount of original design."[1]

The category was gone through some name changes:

Winners and nominees

1950s

Best Designer

Year Recipient(s) Title
1955 Michael Yates
1956 Bruce Angrave
1957 Reece Pemberton
1958 Stephen Taylor
1959 Stephen Bundy

1960s

Best Designer

Year Recipient(s) Title
1960 Clifford Hatts
1961 Frederick Pusey
1962 Voytek
1963 Eileen Diss
1964 Richard Henry
1965 Richard Wilmot

Best Design

Year Title Recipient(s)
1966 The Tea Party
Progress To The Park
Summer Of The 17th Doll
The Tap On The Shoulder
Ashes To Ashes
Auto Stop		 Eileen Diss
The Bachelors
Giants on Saturday
No Baby, No Baby At All
The Rules of the Game		 John Clements
The Incident
The Importance of Being Earnest
Hothouse
The Gaming Book
The Hunter
Time and Mr Maddingly		 Assheton Gorton
Parade's End (Trilogy)
Sherlock Holmes (1 Episode)
The Navigators
No Trams to Lime Street
The Kidders		 Richard Wilmot
1967 Tony Abbott
1968 Julia Trevelyan Oman
1969 The Portrait of a Lady Roy Oxley

1970s

Year Title Recipient(s)
1970 Otello
Rembrandt
The Vortex		 Tony Abbott
The Borderers Colin Shaw
Louise
Better Dead
Charley's Aunt
The Marquise		 Eileen Diss
This Is Tom Jones Brian Bartholomew
1971 The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
Biography: Beethoven
Biography: I Measured The Skies - Kepler
Put Out More Flags		 Peter Seddon
Germinal Don Homfray
The Roads to Freedom Spencer Chapman
Uncle Vanya Eileen Diss
1972 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Design Team
Die Fledermaus
Cider With Rosie		 Eileen Diss
The Onedin Line Oliver Bayldon
Tartuffe Fanny Taylor
1973 War and Peace Don Homfray
The Onedin Line Oliver Bayldon and the Design Team
Upstairs, Downstairs John Clements
1974 An Afternoon At The Festival
Now She Lies There
Pygmalion
Alice Through The Looking Glass
Trouble In Tahiti		 Eileen Diss
The Bröntes of Haworth Alan Pickford
Country Matters Design Team
Vienna 1900 Don Homfray
1975 The Stanley Baxter Big Picture Show Bill McPherson
Jennie Frederick Pusey, Mike Hall
Jane Robinson, Jill Silverside
The Pallisers Raymond Cusick, Tim Harvey
1976 Edward VII Henry Graveney, Anthony Waller
Days of Hope Martin Johnson
The Stanley Baxter Moving Picture Show Part III Bill McPherson
Upstairs, Downstairs Sheila Jackson
1977 I, Claudius Tim Harvey
The Duchess of Duke Street Raymond Cusick, Paul Joel
Rock Follies Rod Stratford, Alex Clarke
When the Boat Comes In Richard Morris, Bernard Lloyd-Jones, Sue Spence, Oliver Bayldon, Peter Brachacki
1978 Hard Times Roy Stonehouse
The Duchess of Duke Street Raymond Cusick, Victor Meredith, Tony Thorpe
Love for Lydia John Clements, Frank Nerini
The Muppet Show David Chandler, Bryan Holgate
1979 Edward & Mrs. Simpson Allan Cameron, Martyn Hebert
Lillie Bryan Bagge, Richard Dunn, Roger Hall
Pennies from Heaven Tim Harvey, Bruce Macadie
The Voyage of Charles Darwin Colin Shaw

1980s

Year Title Recipient(s)
1980 Testament of Youth Sally Hulke
Crime and Punishment Tony Abbott
Prince Regent Barry Newbury, Barrie Dobbins
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Austen Spriggs
1981 Thérèse Raquin David Myerscough-Jones
Blade on the Feather Andrew Drummond
Cream in My Coffee John Emery
Love in a Cold Climate David Marshall, Robert Ide
1982 Brideshead Revisited Peter Phillips
Pygmalion
Miss Morison’s Ghosts
The Potting Shed		 Eileen Diss
The Borgias Tim Harvey
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years Roger Murray-Leach
1983 Barchester Chronicles
The Bell		 Chris Pemsel
The Red Signal
The Agatha Christie Hour: The Girl in the Train
A Voyage Round My Father		 David Marshall
Nicholas Nickleby John Napier
Smiley's People Austen Spriggs
1984 An Englishman Abroad Stuart Walker
Reilly, Ace of Spies Roger Hall
Saigon: Year of the Cat David Marshall, Robin Parker
Waters of the Moon
The Blue Dress
Farmers Arms		 Geoff Powell
1985 Threads Christopher Robilliard
The Far Pavilions Robert Laing
Tenko Ken Ledsham
The Jewel in the Crown Alan Pickford, Vic Symonds
Doctor Fischer Of Geneva Austen Spriggs
1986 Bleak House Tim Harvey
Tender is the Night Derek Dodd
Silas Marner Gerry Scott
Edge of Darkness Graeme Thomson
1987 The Insurance Man Geoff Powell
The Singing Detective Jim Clay
Hotel Du Lac Barbara Gosnold
The Monocled Mutineer Christopher Robilliard
Lost Empires Roy Stonehouse, David Buxton
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Tim Wilding
1988 Fortunes of War Tim Harvey
Vanity Fair Gavin Davies
Porterhouse Blue Eileen Diss
Tutti Frutti Bob Smart
Blackadder the Third Antony Thorpe
1989 Christabel Jim Clay
Talking Heads Tony Burrough
A Very British Coup Grant Hicks
Tumbledown Geoff Powell

1990s

Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster
1990 Traffik Martyn Herbert, Hans Zillman Channel 4
The Ginger Tree Michael Young BBC One
The Woman in Black Jon Bunker ITV
Agatha Christie's Poirot (for "Episodes 1,2,5,8 & 10") Rob Harris
The Chronicles of Narnia Alan Spalding BBC
1991 Portrait of a Marriage Stuart Walker BBC Two
House of Cards Ken Ledsham BBC One
Jeeves and Wooster Eileen Diss ITV
The Chronicles of Narnia Alan Spalding BBC
1992 Jeeves and Wooster Eileen Diss ITV
Jim Henson's Greek Myths John Beard Channel 4
Clarissa Gerry Scott BBC
Prime Suspect Roy Stonehouse ITV
1993 Screen Two: Memento Mori Oliver Bayldon BBC Two
Hostages Stephen Fineren ITV
The Borrowers Sophie Becher BBC Two
The Vampyr: A Soap Opera Jim Grant
1994 The Buddha of Suburbia Roger Cann BBC Two
Prime Suspect 3 Chris Truelove ITV
The Borrowers Sophie Becher BBC Two
Scarlet and Black Stuart Walker BBC One
1995 Dandelion Dead Voytek ITV
Seaforth Chris Edwards BBC One
A Dark-Adapted Eye Paul Munting
1996 Persuasion William Dudley, Brian Sykes BBC Two
The Buccaneers Tony Burrough ITV
The Hanging Gale Tim Hutchinson BBC One
Cold Comfort Farm Malcolm Thornton BBC
1997 Gulliver's Travels Roger Hall Channel 4
Rhodes Maurice Cain BBC One
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Sarah Greenwood
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders Stephen Fineren ITV
1998 The Woman in White Alice Normington BBC One
A Dance to the Music of Time Eileen Diss Channel 4
Jonathan Creek John Asbridge, Jonathan Taylor BBC One
Tom Jones Roger Cann
1999 Our Mutual Friend Malcolm Thornton BBC Two
Hornblower: The Even Chance Andrew Mollo ITV
Far from the Madding Crowd Adrian Smith BBC Two
Alice Through the Looking Glass Anne Tilby Channel 4

2000s

Best Design

Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster
2000 Wives and Daughters Gerry Scott BBC One
Hornblower Rob Harris ITV
Great Expectations Alice Normington BBC Two
Warriors Phil Roberson BBC One

Best Production Design

Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster
2001 Longitude Eileen Diss, Chris Lowe Channel 4
The Scarlet Pimpernel Maurice Cain BBC One
Anna Karenina Rob Harris Channel 4
Gormenghast Christopher Hobbs BBC Two
2002 The Way We Live Now Gerry Scott BBC One
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby James Merifield Channel 4
Love in a Cold Climate Gerry Scott BBC One
Othello Malcolm Thornton ITV
2003 The Gathering Storm Luciana Arrighi BBC Two
Foyle’s War Claire Kenny, Maurice Cain ITV
Shackleton Michael Howells Channel 4
White Teeth Alice Normington
2004 The Lost Prince John-Paul Kelly BBC One
The Forsyte Saga Stephen Fineren ITV
Charles II: The Power and the Passion Sarah Greenwood BBC One
Cambridge Spies Mike Gunn BBC Two
2005 Sex Traffic Candida Otton Channel 4
North and South Simon Elliott BBC One
Spooks Stevie Herbert, Robert Foster
Blackpool Grenville Horner
2006 Bleak House Simon Elliott BBC One
Rome Joseph Bennett BBC Two
To the Ends of the Earth Donal Woods
Elizabeth I Eve Stewart Channel 4
2007 An Audience with Take That... Live! Bill Laslett ITV
Longford Michael Pickwoad Channel 4
Jane Eyre Grenville Horner BBC One
Life on Mars Brian Sykes
2008 Cranford Donal Woods BBC One
My Boy Jack Dave Arrowsmith ITV
Life on Mars Matthew Gant BBC One
Britz Pat Campbell Channel 4
2009 Wallander Jacqueline Abrahams BBC One
The Curse of Steptoe Patrick Bill BBC Four
The Devil's Whore Rob Harris Channel 4
Little Dorrit James Merifield BBC One

2010s

Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster
2010 Gracie! Claire Kenny BBC Four
Wallander Jacqueline Abrahams BBC One
Red Riding 1974 Christina Casali Channel 4
An Englishman in New York Beth Mickle ITV
2011 Misfits Tom Bowyer E4
Sherlock: A Study in Pink Arwel Wyn Jones BBC One
Eric and Ernie Pat Campbell BBC Two
Downton Abbey Donal Woods ITV
2012 Great Expectations David Roger BBC One
Appropriate Adult Pat Campbell ITV
Downton Abbey Judy Farr, Donal Woods
Black Mirror: 15 Million Merits Joel Collins, Daniel May Channel 4
2013 The Girl Darryl Hammer BBC Two
Downton Abbey Donal Woods ITV
The Hour Eve Stewart BBC Two
Parade's End Martin Childs
2014 Ripper Street Mark Geraghty BBC One
Broadchurch Catrin Meredydd ITV
Burton and Taylor John Stevenson BBC Four
Peaky Blinders Grant Montgomery BBC Two
2015 Penny Dreadful Jonathan Mckinstry, Philip Murphy Sky Atlantic
Peaky Blinders Grant Montgomery BBC Two
That Day We Sang Tom Burton
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This Candida Otton ITV
2016 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell David Roger BBC One
Fortitude Gemma Jackson Sky Atlantic
This Is England '90 Janey Levick Channel 4
Dickensian Michael Ralph BBC One
2017
[2]		 War & Peace Chris Roope BBC One
The Crown Martin Childs Netflix
Rillington Place Pat Campbell BBC One
The Night Manager Tom Burton, Barbara H. Skelding
2018
[3]		 Game of Thrones Deborah Riley, Rob Cameron HBO
USS Callister (Black Mirror) Joel Collins, Phil Sims Netflix
The Crown Martin Childs, Alison Harvey
The State Pat Campbell Channel 4
2019
[4]		 Patrick Melrose Tom Burton Sky Atlantic
A Very English Scandal Helen Scott BBC One
Killing Eve Kristian Milsted
The Little Drummer Girl Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald

2020s

Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster
2020
[5][6]		 Chernobyl Luke Hull, Claire Levinson-Gendler Sky Atlantic
Killing Eve Laurence Dorman, Linda Wilson BBC One
The Crown Martin Childs, Alison Harvey Netflix
Sex Education Samantha Harley, Miri Katz
2021
[7]		 Small Axe Helen Scott BBC One
Gangs of London Matt Gant and Megan Bosaw Sky Atlantic
Sex Education Samantha Harley and Alexandra Slade Netflix
His Dark Materials Joel Collins BBC One
2022
[8][9]		 Landscapers Cristina Casali Sky Atlantic
Vigil Tom Sayer BBC One
The Pursuit of Love Cristina Casali
The Serpent François-Renaud Labarthe
2023
[10][11]		 Don't Hug Me I'm Scared Becky Sloan, Joe Pelling Channel 4
The Essex Serpent Alice Normington Apple TV+
The English Chris Roope BBC Two
Pistol Kave Quinn, Tim Blake, Stella Fox, Penny Crawfold, Emily Norris Disney+

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  2. ^ "BAFTA TV Craft Award Winners Include 'The Crown', 'The Night Manager', 'National Treasure' — Full List". Deadline. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Nominations Announced for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2018". Bafta. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  5. ^ "Bafta TV Awards: Richard Ayoade to host socially-distanced delayed ceremony". bbc. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. ^ "'Chernobyl' Leads 2020 BAFTA TV Craft Awards". bbc. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  7. ^ "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  8. ^ Ritman, Alex (30 March 2022). "BAFTA TV Awards: Russell T. Davies' 'It's a Sin' Dominates Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  9. ^ Ritman, Alex (April 24, 2022). "BAFTA TV Craft Awards: 'Landscapers,' 'We Are Lady Parts' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  10. ^ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  11. ^ Ravindran, Manori (23 April 2023). "'House of the Dragon,' 'This Is Going to Hurt' Lead Winners at BAFTA TV Craft Awards". Variety. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

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