This is Going to Hurt and The House of the Dragon both took home three awards at last night’s BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2023, held at a ceremony in The Brewery in the City of London.

Introducing the awards, BAFTA chair Krishnendu Majumdar called for the industry to maintain the momentum towards better levels of health and wellbeing on productions and aiming for crew to reflect the diversity in society. With pressures on budgets and Covid becoming a more distant memory. “We must not go backwards,” he said.

House of the Dragon, the prequel to Game of Thrones, was successful in three categories: Amanda Knight, Barrie Gower and Rosalia Culora for Make-Up & Hair Design; Alastair Sirkett, Doug Cooper, Martin Seeley, Paula Fairfield, Tim Hands and Adele Fletcher for Sound: Fiction; and Angus Bickerton, Nikeah Forde, Asa Shoul, Mike Dawson, MPC and Pixomodo for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects.

This is Going to Hurt won in three categories: Adam Kay won a BAFTA for Writer: Drama, for the series based upon his memoir as a junior doctor; Selina MacArthur won for Editing Fiction; and Nina Gold and Martin Ware won for Scripted Casting.

The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II won in two categories: Peter Bridges, Matthew Charles, Conrad Fletcher, Julian Gough, Andy James and Andy Payne for Sound: Factual; and Directing Team for Director: Multi-Camera.

The Emerging Talent: Fiction award went to writer Pete Jackson for Somewhere Boy, and Emerging Talent: Factual saw producer/director Charlie Melville win for John & Joe Bishop: Life After Deaf.

Other first-time BAFTA winners were: Felicity Morris, Director: Factual for The Tindler Swindler; William Stefan Smith, Director: Fiction for Top Boy; Lisa McGee, Writer: Comedy for Derry Girls; Jane Petrie, Costume Design for The Essex Serpent; Jessica Jones, Original Music: Factual for Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story; Nicôle Lecky, Bryan Senti, Kwame ‘KZ’ Kwei-Armah JR, Original Music: Fiction for Mood; Chas Appeti, Photography & Lighting: Fiction for Jungle; and Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling, Production Design for Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared.

Editing: Factual was won by Rupert Houseman for Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes; Entertainment Craft Team was won by Catherine Land, David Bishop, Patrick Doherty, Richard Sillitto, David Newton and Joe Phillips for Strictly Come Dancing; Photography: Factual was won by Marcel Mettelsiefen and Jordan Bryon for Children of the Taliban and Peter Anderson Studio won Titles and Graphic Identity for Bad Sisters.

The Television Craft Special Award was presented by Adrian Lester to Alison Barnett in recognition of her pioneering role as one of the very first female Heads of Production in the UK television industry. Alison Barnett is the first Head of Production to receive a BAFTA honorary award.

The BAFTA Television Craft Awards is supported by its official partners Mad Dog 2020 Casting, 3 Mills Studios, Hotcam, Microsoft, Sara Putt Associates, ScreenSkills High-end Television Skills Fund and Spotlight.

The BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises, hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, will take place on Sunday 14 May and will be broadcast at 7pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2023 – Winners and Nominations 

Supported by official TV Craft partner Mad Dog 2020 Casting 

COSTUME DESIGN sponsored by ScreenSkills High-end Television Skills Fund

AMY ROBERTS The Crown – Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television / Netflix

BECKY SLOAN, JOE PELLING Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared – Blink Industries / All 4

PHOEBE DE GAYE The English – Drama Republic, Eight Rooks / BBC Two

Winner: JANE PETRIE The Essex Serpent – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+

DIRECTOR: FACTUAL

EMMA COOPER The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes – Empress Films, Library Films / Netflix

Winner: FELICITY MORRIS The Tinder Swindler – Netflix, Gaspin Media, AGC Studios, VG / Netflix
JAMES JONES Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – Top Hat / Sky Documentaries
SOPHIE ROBINSON My Dead Body – 141 Productions / Channel 4

DIRECTOR: FICTION sponsored by 3 Mills Studios

DEARBHLA WALSH Bad Sisters – Merman, ABC Signature/ Apple TV+
HUGO BLICK The English – Drama Republic, Eight Rooks / BBC Two
LUCY FORBES This Is Going to Hurt – SISTER, Terrible Productions / BBC One
Winner: WILLIAM STEFAN SMITH Top Boy – Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / Netflix

DIRECTOR: MULTI-CAMERA

Winner: DIRECTING TEAM The State Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II – BBC Studios / BBC One

JANET FRASER CROOK Glastonbury 2022 – BBC Studios / BBC Two
JULIA KNOWLES Platinum Jubilee: Party At The Palace – BBC Studios / BBC One
NIKKI PARSONS Strictly Come Dancing – BBC Studios / BBC One

EDITING: FACTUAL

BEN BROWN Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story – 72 Films / Netflix
DOUG BRYSON Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing – Owl Power / BBC Two
MARK SUMMERS Afghanistan – No Country for Women (Exposure) – Quicksilver Media /

Winner: ITV1 RUPERT HOUSEMAN Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – Top Hat / Sky Documentaries

EDITING: FICTION

CELIA HAINING The Crown – Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television / Netflix FRANCES PARKER Andor (Episode 7) – Lucasfilm / Disney+
KATIE WEILAND Slow Horses (Series 1, Episode 1) – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+ Winner: SELINA MACARTHUR This Is Going to Hurt – SISTER, Terrible Productions / BBC One

EMERGING TALENT: FACTUAL

Winner: CHARLIE MELVILLE (Producer/Director) John & Joe Bishop: Life After Deaf – South Shore Productions, Lola / ITV1
HELEN HOBIN (Photography) Frozen Planet II – BBC Studios Natural History Unit, BBC America, France Televisions, ZDF, The Open University / BBC One JASON OSBORNE (Director) Our Jubilee – Multistory Media / ITV1
JOY ASH (Series Producer) Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life – Wonderhood Studios / Channel 4

EMERGING TALENT: FICTION sponsored by Sara Putt Associates

JACK ROOKE (Writer) Big Boys – Roughcut TV / Channel 4
LYNETTE LINTON (Director) My Name is Leon – Douglas Road Productions, Tiger Aspect, Ringside Studios, Vicarious Productions / BBC Two
NICÔLE LECKY (Writer) Mood – Bonafide Films / BBC Three
Winner: PETE JACKSON (Writer) Somewhere Boy – Clerkenwell Films / Channel 4

ENTERTAINMENT CRAFT TEAM sponsored by Hotcam
ANDY DEVONSHIRE, JAMES DILLON, DRU MASTERS, REBECCA BOWKER Taskmaster – Avalon / Channel 4

Winners: CATHERINE LAND, DAVID BISHOP, PATRICK DOHERTY, RICHARD SILITTO, DAVID NEWTON, JOE PHILLIPS Strictly Come Dancing – BBC Studios / BBC One
JEN BOLLOM, GARETH ILES, TIM ROUTLEDGE, STEVE SIDWELL, RICHARD VALENTINE, CHRIS VAUGHAN Concert For Ukraine – Livewire Pictures / ITV1
TOM BAIRSTOW, NIGEL CATMUR, ANDY DEACON, KEVIN DUFF, SIMON HAW, STEVE SIDWELL Platinum Jubilee: Party At The Palace – BBC Studios / BBC One

MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN

Winners: AMANDA KNIGHT, BARRIE GOWER, ROSALIA CULORA House of the Dragon – HBO, 1:26 Pictures, Bastard Sword, GRRM Productions / Sky Atlantic
DANIEL PARKER, DEBORAH KENTON, CLAUDIA STOLZE, JOVANA JOVANOVIC, WAYNE FITZSIMMONS, JANA RADILOVÁ Dangerous Liaisons – Playground, Flame Ventures, Lionsgate Television / Lionsgate+

HELEN SPEYER Gangs of London – Pulse Films, SISTER / Sky Atlantic

TARA MCDONALD Wednesday – MGM Television / Netflix

ORIGINAL MUSIC: FACTUAL

ANDREW PHILLIPS House of Maxwell – Expectation / BBC Two

Winner: JESSICA JONES Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story –72 Films / Netflix

JESSICA JONES The Tinder Swindler – Raw TV / Netflix

MAX DE WARDENER The Elon Musk Show – 72 Films / BBC Two

ORIGINAL MUSIC: FICTION

DANIEL PEMBERTON, MICK JAGGER Slow Horses – See-Saw Films/ Apple TV+
FEDERICO JUSID The English – Drama Republic, Eight Rooks / BBC Two
MATTHEW HERBERT The Responder – Dancing Ledge / BBC One
Winners: NICOLE LECKY, BRYAN SENTI, KWAME KZ KWEI-ARMAH JR Mood – Bonafide Films / BBC Three

PHOTOGRAPHY: FACTUAL

Winners: MARCEL METTELSIEFEN, JORDAN BRYON Children of the Taliban – Moondogs Films / Channel 4
STEVE JAMISON Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive – Archer’s Mark / Netflix
SUE GIBSON, ROBIN COX, FLORIAN SCHULZ, WILL NICHOLLS Predators – Always True to Nature / Sky Nature TIM SHEPHERD, OLIVER MUELLER, TODD KEWLEY, JESSICA MITCHELL, SAM LEWIS Green Planet (Tropical Worlds) – BBC Studios Natural History Unit, PBS, bilibili, ZDF, China Media Group CCTV9, France Télévisions, The Open University / BBC One

PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION

ANTHONY DOD MANTLE Pistol – FX, wiip / Disney+
BEN WHEELER The Tourist – Two Brothers Pictures, HBO Max / BBC One
Winner: CHAS APPETI Jungle – Nothing Lost Productions / Amazon Prime Video
RACHEL CLARK I Am Ruth – Me+You Productions, Juggle Productions / Channel 4

PRODUCTION DESIGN sponsored by Microsoft

ALICE NORMINGTON The Essex Serpent – See-Saw Productions/ Apple TV+
Winners: BECKY SLOAN, JOE PELLING Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared – Blink Industries / All 4
CHRIS ROOPE The English – Drama Republic, Eight Rooks / BBC Two
KAVE QUINN, TIM BLAKE, STELLA FOX, PENNY CRAWFORD, EMILY NORRIS Pistol – FX, wiip / Disney+

SCRIPTED CASTING sponsored by Spotlight

DES HAMILTON, ELAN JONES Top Boy – Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / Netflix
JULIE HARKIN Am I Being Unreasonable? – Boffola Pictures, Lookout Point / BBC One
NINA GOLD, LUCY AMOS Bad Sisters – Merman, ABC Signature/ Apple TV+
Winners: NINA GOLD, MARTIN WARE This Is Going to Hurt – SISTER, Terrible Productions / BBC One

SOUND: FACTUAL

DOUG DREGER, ANDREW YARME, NICK FRY, STEVE SPEED, JAMES EVANS, HUGH DWAN Formula 1: Drive to Survive – Box to Box Films / Netflix
KATE HOPKINS, TIM OWENS, GRAHAM WILD Frozen Planet II (Frozen Worlds)- BBC Studios Natural History Unit, BBC America, France Televisions, ZDF, The Open University / BBC One

Winners: PETER BRIDGES, MATTHEW CHARLES, CONRAD FLETCHER, JULIAN GOUGH, ANDY JAMES, ANDY PAYNE The State Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II – BBC Studios / BBC One
TUDOR DAVIES Later…with Jools Holland – BBC Studios / BBC Two

SOUND: FICTION

Winners: ALASTAIR SIRKETT, DOUG COOPER, MARTIN SEELEY, PAULA FAIRFIELD, TIM HANDS, ADELE FLETCHER House of the Dragon – HBO, 1:26 Pictures, Bastard Sword, GRRM Productions / Sky Atlantic
JUDI LEE HEADMAN, NIGEL SQUIBBS, TONY GIBSON, DARREN MCQUADE SAS Rogue Heroes – Kudos, Nebulastar / BBC One MARTIN JENSEN, JOE BEAL, DUNCAN PRICE, CRAIG BUTTERS, SARAH ELIAS, ANDREW SISSONS Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
SOUND TEAM The Crown – Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television / Netflix

SPECIAL, VISUAL & GRAPHIC EFFECTS

Winners: ANGUS BICKERTON, NIKEAH FORDE, ASA SHOUL, MIKE DAWSON, MPC, PIXOMONDO House of the Dragon – HBO, 1:26 Pictures, Bastard Sword, GRRM Productions / Sky Atlantic
INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC The Sandman – Netflix Original Series, Warner Bros. Television / Netflix
MOHEN LEO, TJ FALLS, RICHARD VAN DEN BERGH, JEAN-CLÉMENT SORET, INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC Andor – Lucasfilm / Disney+ RUSSELL DODGSON, BRYONY DUNCAN, SAM CHYNOWETH, DAMIEN STUMPF, DANNY HARGREAVES, ELIOT GIBBINS His Dark Materials – Bad Wolf / BBC One

TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY

BALÁZS SIMON, BBC CREATIVE, GAS MUSIC Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – BBC Sport, Blink Ink, Gas Music / BBC Two
Winner: PETER ANDERSON STUDIO Bad Sisters – Merman, ABC Signature/ Apple TV+
TOM HINGSTON, MARKUS LEHTONEN, SAM NORRIS Life After Life – House Productions / BBC One YU+CO The Essex Serpent – See-Saw Productions/ Apple TV+

WRITER: COMEDY

JACK ROOKE Big Boys – Roughcut TV / Channel 4
Winner: LISA MCGEE Derry Girls – Hat Trick Productions / Channel 4
NANCY HARRIS The Dry – Element Pictures / Britbox
SHARON HORGAN, BARUNKA O’SHAUGHNESSY, HELEN SERAFINOWICZ, HOLLY WALSH Motherland – Merman Television, Two Four / BBC One

WRITER: DRAMA

Winner: ADAM KAY This Is Going to Hurt – SISTER, Terrible Productions / BBC One

ALICE OSEMAN Heartstopper – See-Saw Films / Netflix
PETE JACKSON Somewhere Boy – Clerkenwell Films / Channel 4
TONY SCHUMACHER The Responder – Dancing Ledge / BBC One

 

Pippa Considine

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