‘Adolescence,’ ‘The Celebrity Traitors’ Lead BAFTA Television Craft Awards
by K.J. Yossman · Variety“Adolescence” and “The Celebrity Traitors” led the BAFTA Television Craft Awards with two wins each.
Netflix’s hard-hitting teenage drama won a fiction director award for helmer Philip Barantini while the sound team also won in the fiction category.
Meanwhile “The Celebrity Traitors” brought home two wins in the entertainment craft team category as well as factual sound.
Disney+ series “A Thousand Blows” saw costume designer Maja Meschede take home an award alongside the hair and make-up team for Sky’s classical music drama “Amadeus.”
Jessica Dannheisser also won a BAFTA for factual original music for “The Last Musician Of Auschwitz” while Tom Rowlands won in the fiction original music category for “Mussolini: Son Of The Century.”
“Slow Horses” scribe Will Smith also took home his first BAFTA for drama writing for the hit Gary Oldman show from Apple TV.
The awards took place on Sunday 26 April at The Brewery in London, hosted by Maisie Adam. The BAFTA Television Awards, which honor the shows and on-screen talent, will take place on May 10. Greg Davies will host.
Check out all the winners of the BAFTA TV Craft Awards below:
Children’s Craft Team
Ben Bocquelet, Joe Sparrow, Luke Allen, James Lancett, Adrian Cathie, Andy Goodman “The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumball”
Lucy Izzard, Andrew Mitchell, Fernando Lechuga, Jean-Marc Petsas, Owen Peters, Bronwen Slater “The Very Small Creatures” — WINNER
Samantha Cutler, Jeroen Jaspaert, Steven Bloomer, Terry Davies, Adrian Rhodes, Shannan Taylor “The Scarecrows’ Wedding”
Simon Partington, Andy Farago, Simon Couzens, Sandy Nuttgens, Alex Copley, Andy Brittain “Boosnoo!”
Costume Design
Emma O’Loughlin “Trespasses”
Maja Meschede “A Thousand Blows” — WINNER
Michael Wilkinson “Andor”
Rhona Russell “Lockerbie: A Search For Truth”
Director: Factual
Benedict Sanderson “See No Evil”
Karim Shah “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack”
Olaide Sadiq “Grenfell: Uncovered”
Rob Coldstream “Vietnam: The War That Changed America” — WINNER
Director: Fiction
Dawn Shadforth “Trespasses”
Janus Metz “Andor”
Philip Barantini “Adolescence” — WINNER
Sam Donovan “Severance”
Director: Multi-camera
Ben Archard, Eddie Lewis, Marieke Barker-benfield “The Celebrity Traitors”
Ben Hardy “Last One Laughing”
Diccon Ramsay “Ve Day 80: A Celebration To Remember”
Laurence Cawsey “Super Sunday – Liverpool V Tottenham Hotspur” — WINNER
Editing: Factual
Jennifer Asheitu Hampson “Attack On London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers”
Mel Quigley, Andy Kemp “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack” — WINNER
Paul Hammacott “Louis Theroux: The Settlers”
Samuel R. Santana “Grenfell: Uncovered”
Editing: Fiction
Fiona Brands “Slow Horses (Episode 6)”
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle “Prisoner 951” — WINNER
Simon Smith “The Last Of Us”
Yan Miles “Andor”
Emerging Talent: Factual
Alexandra Lacey (Writer/Director) “The Twister: Caught In The Storm”
Elle Mower (Director) “Convicting My Ex”
Olaide Sadiq (Director) “Grenfell: Uncovered” — WINNER
Emerging Talent: Fiction
Chloe English (Director) “G’wed”
Emily Mcdonald (Director) “Am I Being Unreasonable?”
Eros V (Director) “Juice”
Janice Okoh (Writer) “Just Act Normal” — WINNER
Entertainment Craft Team
Ben Archard, Siggi Rosen-Rawlings, James Tinsley, Stuart Frossell, Martin Adams, Nathan Lindley “The Celebrity Traitors” — WINNER
Diccon Ramsay, Rikki Finlay, Mat Weekes, Ben Norman, James Tinsley, Robert Mansfield “Squid Game: The Challenge”
Graham Proud, Toby Wilkinson, Sam Turner, Alex Weeks, Jennifer Ford “Rob & Romesh Vs…”
Philip Barantini, Nyk Allen, Jacob Smith, Joe Blodgett, Frank Larson, Brendan Poutier “One Shot: With Ed Sheeran”
Make Up & Hair Design
Lucy Sibbick, Victoria Money “Slow Horses”
Sjaan Gillings “Lockerbie: A Search For Truth”
Sian Wilson, Caroline Greenough, Clare Ramsey, Cheryl Garvey, Madlen Mierzwiak “A Thousand Blows”
Vickie Lang, Nik Williams, Barrie Gower “Amadeus” — WINNER
Original Music: Factual
Anne Nikitin “Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey”
Jessica Dannheisser “The Last Musician Of Auschwitz” — WINNER
Louis Dodd, Matthew Sanchez “The Sycamore Gap Mystery”
Sophy Purnell “Moon: Nature’s Secret Force”
Original Music: Fiction
Ariel Marx “Hotel Reverie (Black Mirror)”
Federico Jusid “A Thousand Blows”
Nick Cave, Warren Ellis “The Death Of Bunny Munro”
Tom Rowlands “Mussolini: Son Of The Century” — WINNER
Photography: Factual
Camera Team “Secrets Of The Penguins”
Jordan Bryon “Our Land: Israel’s Other War” — WINNER
Marcel Mettelsiefen “State Of War: Fighting The Narcos (Exposure)”
Stefano Ferrari, Tim Cragg “Surviving Black Hawk Down”
Photography & Lighting: Fiction
Catherine Goldschmidt “The Last Of Us”
Matthew Lewis “Adolescence”
Ryan Kernaghan “Trespasses” — WINNER
Suzie Lavelle “Severance”
Production Design
Gillian Devenney “Trespasses”
Luke Hull, Rebecca Alleway, Toby Britton “Andor”
Philippa Mumford “Juice” — WINNER
Tom Burton, Grant Bailey, Barbara Herman-skelding “A Thousand Blows”
Scripted Casting
Nathan Toth “What It Feels Like For A Girl”
Nathan Toth, Julie Harkin “Reunion” — WINNER
Shaheen Baig “Adolescence”
Shaheen Baig “Get Millie Black”
Sound: Factual
Andy Deacon, Kevin Duff, Will Thomas Jonathan Gibson “The Lost Music Of Auschwitz”
Sound Team “The Celebrity Traitors” — WINNER
Sound Team “Formula 1: Drive To Survive”
Tristan Powell, Will Chapman “The Last Musician Of Auschwitz”
Sound: Fiction
Andrew Sissons, Martin Jensen, Ben Tisdall, Joe Beal, Duncan Price, Conor Thompson “Slow Horses”
Danny Hambrook, David Acord, Margit Pfeiffer, James Spencer, Josh Gold, John Finklea “Andor”
James Drake, Jules Woods, Rob Entwistle, Kiff Mcmanus, Kyle Pickford, Adam Méndez “Adolescence” — WINNER
Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Saoirse Christopherson, Andy Kennedy, Lee Crichlow, Chris Campion “Lockerbie: A Search For Truth”
Special, Visual & Graphic Effects
James Maclachlan, Josie Henwood, Union Vfx, Stargate Studios Malta, Magic Lab Studios, Sam Chynoweth “Uss Callister: Into Infinity” – “Black Mirror”
Luke Murphy, Mohen Leo, Neal Scanlan, Jean-Clément Soret “Andor” — WINNER
Russell Dodgson, Framestore, Andy Jones, Simon Bland, François Dumoulin, Gavin Mckenzie “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age”
Sara Bennett, Richard Reed, David Stephens, Jet Omoshebi, Caimin Bourne, Scanline “The Witcher”
Titles & Graphic Identity
Huge Designs “Code Of Silence”
Isabella Eklöf, Luke Dunkley, Mike Holliday, Tony Kearns, Dean Wares “The Death Of Bunny Munro”
Light Creative “A Thousand Blows”
Nicos Livesey, Bart Yates, Rebecca Little, Aron Sidhu, Steven Lownes “Uefa Women’s Euro 2025” — WINNER
Writer: Comedy
Daisy May Cooper, Selin Hizli “Am I Being Unreasonable?”
Jack Rooke “Big Boys” — WINNER
Kat Sadler “Such Brave Girls”
Steve Coogan, Rob Gibbons, Neil Gibbons “How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge)”
Writer: Drama
Ailbhe Keogan “Trespasses”
Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham “Adolescence”
Paris Lees “What It Feels Like For A Girl”
Will Smith “Slow Horses” — WINNER