The Royal Television Society has revealed the nominations for the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2025.
Across the 29 competitive categories, the BBC leads the way with a total of 25 nominations. The BBC takes all three nods for the Costume Design – Scripted category, with What It Feels Like for a Girl, Wolf Hall – The Mirror and the Light, and Mr. Loverman, as well as all three for the Director – Multicamera category, with EastEnders, Glastonbury 2025, and Strictly Come Dancing.
Disney+ follows with 16 nominations, garnering two of three nods in the Design – Titles category for A Thousand Blows and Eyes of Wakanda. Next up is Netflix with 13 nominations, earning two of three nominations in the Casting Award category for Adolescence and Black Doves.
Produced by Hera Pictures for the BBC, What It Feels Like for a Girl scored the most nominations for a series and is up for six awards across the following categories: Casting Award; Costume Design – Scripted; Director – Scripted; Editing – Scripted; Photography – Scripted; and Production Design – Scripted. Netflix’s limited series Adolescence, produced by Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B Entertainment, follows closely with five nominations.
Emma Gormley, Chair of the RTS Craft & Design Awards, said: “The nominations selected for this year’s Awards reflect the strength of the UK’s creative sector and its ability to connect with audiences across the world. Returning to Chair the Awards for the second time, I have once again been lucky enough to witness the true range of extraordinary skills that our UK talent is renowned. I look forward to celebrating these achievements at our ceremony in December.”
The ceremony will take place on Monday 8 December 2025 at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
The full list of nominations:
Casting Award
- Nathan Toth What It Feels Like for a Girl Hera Pictures for BBC Three
- Robert Sterne & Toby Spigel Black Doves SISTER and Noisy Bear for Netflix
- Shaheen Baig Adolescence Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B Entertainment for Netflix
Costume Design – Scripted
- Joanna Eatwell Wolf Hall – The Mirror and the Light A Playground and Company Pictures production for BBC One
- Jodie-Simone Howe Mr. Loverman Fable Pictures and Sony for BBC One
- Nirage Mirage What It Feels Like for a Girl Hera Pictures for BBC Three
Design – Programme Content Sequences
- Framestore Team Doctor Who Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for Disney Branded Television and BBC One
- Huge Designs Code of Silence Mammoth Screen for ITV1
- Production Team Underdogs Maximum Effort and Wildstar Films for National Geographic and Disney+
Design – Titles
- Marcus Armitage, Nikki Kefford, Justine Waldie & Michael Schlingmann Eyes of WakandaStudio AKA, Marvel Studios for Disney+
- Light Creative A Thousand Blows The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions and Water & Power Productions for Disney+
- Sky Creative Sky Sports Lions Series 2025 Sky Creative, Konstantina, Coffee & TV, Molecular Sound and Absolute for Sky Sports
Director – Multicamera
- Janet Fraser Crook Glastonbury 2025 BBC Studios for BBC
- Lance Kneeshaw EastEnders BBC Studios for BBC One
- Nikki Parsons Strictly Come Dancing BBC Studios for BBC One
Director – Non-scripted
- Charlie Hamilton James Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story Silverback Films for National Geographic and Disney+
- Luke Sewell Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action Minnow Films for Netflix
- Luned Tonderai & Sophie Oliver Operation Dark Phone: Murder By Text The Garden for Channel 4
Director – Scripted
- Brian Welsh What It Feels Like for a Girl Hera Pictures for BBC Three
- Julia Ford Until I Kill You World Productions for ITV1
- Nathaniel Martello-White Just Act Normal The Forge Entertainment for BBC Three
Editing – Sport
- Harry Cambage, Gabriel Clarke & Matt Wylie Dave Watson ITV Sport for ITV1
- Philip Hughes, Nicholas Perry & Lucy Adams ‘This Time It’s Ours’ – Liverpool’s Premier League Title 24/25 Creative Film BBC Sport for BBC One
- Steve Wakeford The Late Cut Everyfield Films for Sky Sports
Editing – Entertainment and Comedy
- Andy Kinnear Here We Go (Series 3) BBC Studios Comedy Productions for BBC One
- Gareth McEwen Big Boys (Series 3) Roughcut TV for Channel 4
- Nikki McChristie Ludwig Big Talk Studios in association with That Mitchell & Webb Company for BBC One
Editing – Non-scripted
- Andre Prunetti Boybands Forever Mindhouse Productions for BBC Two
- Nigel Buck, James Taggart & Sam Rogers Underdogs Maximum Effort and Wildstar Films for National Geographic and Disney+
- Samuel R Santana Grenfell: Uncovered Rogan Productions for Netflix
Editing – Scripted
- Ben Yeates Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes Etta Pictures, a part of ITV Studios and KDJ Productions for Disney+
- Sam White What It Feels Like for a Girl Hera Pictures for BBC Three
- Simon Brasse Black Doves SISTER and Noisy Bear for Netflix
Effects – SFX
- Luke Murphy Andor (Season 2) Lucasfilm for Disney+
- Neal Champion Lockerbie: A Search for Truth Carnival Films (which is part of Universal International Studios) and Sky Studios for Sky Atlantic
- Stefano Pepin & Richard Stanbury Silo (Season 2) AMC Studios in association with Apple for Apple TV
Effects – VFX
- Daniel Rauchwerger, Raphael Hamm, Ian Fellows & Paul Bongiovanni Silo (Season 2) AMC Studios in association with Apple for Apple TV
- Mohen Leo & TJ Falls Andor (Season 2) Lucasfilm for Disney+
- Stephen Coren, Mark Wellband, Fiona Stuart-Clark & Christian Stoica The Rig (Series 2) Wild Mercury Productions for Amazon Studios
Lighting for Multicamera
- David Bishop, Darren Lovell, Tom Young & Matt Lee Strictly Come Dancing BBC Studios for BBC One
- Nigel Catmur, Oliver Lifely, Martin Higgins & Matt Lee Gladiators (Series 2) Hungry Bear Media and MGM Alternative UK for BBC One
- Tim Routledge, Morgan Evans & James Scott Eurovision Song Contest 2025 SRG for EBU and BBC
Make Up Design – Scripted
- Barrie Gower The Last of Us (Season 2) HBO in association with Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Dog for Sky Atlantic
- Emily Bilverstone I Fought The Law Hera Pictures for ITV1
- Vanessa White & Jane Burstow Brian and Maggie Baby Cow Productions for Channel 4
Multicamera Work
- Camera and Editorial Team The Jury: Murder Trial (Series 2) ScreenDog Productions for Channel 4
- Camera Team Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins (Series 6) Minnow Films for Channel 4
- Vince Spooner & Camera Team BBC Proms 2024 Livewire Pictures for BBC
Multicamera Work – Sport
- Jamie Oakford Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid, UEFA Champions League Quarter Final 1st Leg on Prime Sunset + Vine for Prime
- Laurence Cawsey & Sky Sports Football Camera Team Super Sunday – Liverpool v TottenhamSky Sports
- Will Sawrey-Cookson England v India Test Series, Final Day EMG for Sky Sports
Music Original Score – Non-scripted
- Erland Cooper Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story Silverback Films for National Geographic and Disney+
- Leo Geyer & Jonathan Gibson The Lost Music of Auschwitz Windfall Films for Sky Arts
- Nick Foster The Twister: Caught in the Storm RAW for Netflix
Music Original Score – Scripted
- David Ridley & Aaron May Adolescence Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B Entertainment for Netflix
- Martin Phipps & Dan Jeffries Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes Etta Pictures, a part of ITV Studios and KDJ Productions for Disney+
- Mykaell Riley and selected students of Music Production & Performance at University of Westminster, 2024 Boarders (Series 2) Studio Lambert for BBC Three
Photography – Non-scripted
- Andy Pritchard Marw Gyda Kris / Death with Kris Twm Twm for S4C
- Charlie Hamilton James, Johnny Rolt & Bertie Gregory Billy & Molly: An Otter Love StorySilverback Films for National Geographic and Disney+
- Marcel Mettelsiefen State of Rage Duskwater for Channel 4
Photography – Scripted
- Balazs Bolygo Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes Etta Pictures, a part of ITV Studios and KDJ Productions for Disney+
- Sam Thomas Until I Kill You World Productions for ITV1
- Si Bell BSC What It Feels Like for a Girl Hera Pictures for BBC Three
Picture Enhancement
- Aidan Farrell Flight 149: Hostage of War Drum Studios for Sky
- Daniel Gill & James Beynon Our Oceans Wild Space Productions for Netflix
- Gelato Visual Effects Liberation: D-Day to Berlin Impossible Factual for Paramount (Paramount+) and National Geographic (Disney+)
Production Design – Non-scripted
- Design Department Sort Your Life Out Optomen Television for BBC
- Stephen Bryce Tempting Fortune (Series 2) Voltage TV Productions for Channel 4
- Mathieu Weekes / Bizibot Productions The Traitors Studio Lambert for BBC One
Production Design – Scripted
- Adam Tomlinson, Paul Tormey, Ian Tomlinson & Jordan McHale Adolescence Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B Entertainment for Netflix
- Gem Randall & Miri Katz What It Feels Like for a Girl Hera Pictures for BBC Three
- Tom Burton & The Production Design Team A Thousand Blows The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions and Water & Power Productions for Disney+
Production Management Award
- Caroline Cox, Mandy Knight, Natalie Cross & Emily Ash Beneath the Waves/Asia A BBC Studios Natural History Unit Production co-produced with BBC America, ZDF and France Télévisions for BBC One
- Production Team Adolescence Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B Entertainment for Netflix
- Production Team Go Back to Where You Came From Minnow Films for Channel 4
Sound – Non-scripted
- Gary Kelly, Michal Maletz & Daniel Nolan Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy Grain Media for Netflix
- Gerrit Swanepoel, Jay Price, Tom Foster, Maggy Apodaca & Sound Team Surviving Black Hawk Down Ridley Scott Associates for Netflix
- Kate Hopkins, Graham Wild, Renzo Spiteri, Paul Ackerman & Ellie Bowler Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story Silverback Films for National Geographic and Disney+
Sound – Scripted
- Sound Team Adolescence Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B Entertainment for Netflix
- Sound Team Lockerbie: A Search for Truth Carnival Films (which is part of Universal International Studios) and Sky Studios for Sky Atlantic
- Sound Team Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes Etta Pictures, a part of ITV Studios and KDJ Productions for Disney+
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