2017 British Academy Television Craft Awards

The 18th Annual British Academy Television Craft Awards were presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) on 23 April 2017. For the fifth consecutive year, Stephen Mangan was the ceremony's host. The awards were held at The Brewery, City of London, and given in recognition of technical achievements in British television of 2016. Planet Earth II led the nominations with nine. The Crown, Planet Earth II, National Treasure and The Night Manager won two awards each.

18th British Academy Television Craft Awards
Date	23 April 2017
Site	The Brewery, London
Hosted by	Stephen Mangan
Highlights
Most awards	The Crown, Planet Earth II, National Treasure, The Night Manager (2)
Most nominations	Planet Earth II (9)
Television coverage
Network	BBC One

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Special Award

• Bobby Warans

Best Breakthrough Talent	Best Director - Fiction
Mahalia Belo (director) – Ellen Sarah Quintrell (writer) – Ellen Phoebe Waller-Bridge (writer and creator) – Crashing and Fleabag Vinay Patel (writer) – Murdered by My Father	Marc Munden – National Treasure Euros Lyn – Damilola, Our Loved Boy Stephen Daldry – The Crown Susanne Bier – The Night Manager
Best Director - Factual	Best Director - Multi-Camera
James Bluemel – Exodus: Our Journey to Europe Anna Hall – Behind Closed Doors Daniel Gordon – Hillsborough Peter Beard – Gender Clinic: Kids on the Edge	Chris Power – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Nikki Parsons – Strictly Come Dancing Nikki Parsons – The Centenary of the Battle of the Somme Pete Andrews – Wimbledon 2016
Best Writer - Comedy	Best Writer - Drama
Stefan Golaszewski – Mum Julia Davis – Camping Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons – Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle	Sally Wainwright – Happy Valley Levi David Addai – Damilola, Our Loved Boy Peter Morgan – The Crown Simon Nye – The Durrells
Best Make Up and Hair Design	Best Production Design
San Junipero (Black Mirror) – Tanya Lodge Victoria – Nic Collins Tracey Ullman's Show – Vanessa White, Floris Schuller, Neill Gorton War & Peace – Jacqueline Fowler	War & Peace – Chris Roope The Crown – Martin Childs Rillington Place – Pat Campbell The Night Manager – Tom Burton, Barbara H. Skelding
Best Special, Graphic and Visual Design	Best Costume Design
The Crown – One of Us, Molinare Playtest (Black Mirror) – Justin Hutchinson-Chatburn, Framestore, Glassworks, Baseblack Sherlock: The Abominable Bride – Real SFX, Milk VFX, Kevin Horsewood The Last Dragonslayer – Milk VFX, Chris Reynolds, Adam McInnes War & Peace – Bluebolt, Jens Doeldissen, Simone Grattarola The Night Manager – Bluebolt, Pau Costa Moeller	The Crown – Michele Clapton The Durrells – Charlotte Holdich The Hollow Crown – Nigel Egerton San Junipero (Black Mirror) – Susie Coulthard
Best Photography – Factual	Best Photography and Lighting – Fiction
Planet Earth II (for "Cities") – John Aitchison, Rob Whitworth, Mark MacEwen Planet Earth II (for "Deserts") – John Shier, Jonathan Jones, Barrie Britton Planet Earth II (for "Mountains") – John Shier, Mateo Willis, Barrie Britton Planet Earth II (for "Jungles") – Tom Crowley, Mark MacEwen, John Brown	Rillington Place – James Friend The Crown – Adriano Goldman National Treasure – Ole Birkeland Nosedive (Black Mirror) – Seamus McGarvey
Best Editing – Factual	Best Editing – Fiction
Hillsborough – Andy Worboys Planet Earth II (for "Deserts") – Dave Pearce Planet Earth II (for "Islands") – Matt Meech Exodus: Our Journey to Europe – Simon Sykes, Nick Fenton, Sunshine Jackson	The Night Manager – Ben Lester Fleabag – Gary Dollner National Treasure – Luke Dunkley Sherlock: The Abominable Bride – Andrew John McClelland
Best Digital Creativity	Best Entertainment Craft Team
David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef Dive – Alchemy VR Attenborough's Story of Life App – Matt Walker, Ben Gonshaw, Ewa Headley, Tristan Leaver HUM∀NS – Production team 2016 Summer Paralympics – Sunset + Vine, Deltatre, Live Wire, Golden Egg Innovation	Bernie Davis, David Cole, Kevin Duff, Patrick Doherty – Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2016 Kevin Duff, Howard Nock, Tony Freeman, Nick Collier – The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration Karen Bruce, Patrick Doherty, Mark Kenyon, Mark Busk-Cowley – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway David Newton, Mark Kenyon, Jason Gilkison, Vicky Gill – Strictly Come Dancing
Best Sound – Factual	Best Sound – Fiction
Planet Earth II (for "Cities") – Graham Wild, Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens Forces of Nature with Brian Cox – John Rogerson, Jay Price, Laurie Goode, Andy Paddon Planet Earth II (for "Jungles") – Kate Hopkins, Graham Wild Olympic Opening Ceremony 2016 – Sound Team	The Night Manager – Aitor Berenguer, Howard Bargroff, Alex Sawyer, Adam Armitage Sherlock: The Abominable Bride – John Mooney, Douglas Sinclair, Howard Bargroff, Jon Salmon-Joyce The Missing – Sound Team War & Peace – Chris Ashworth, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Jeff Richardson
Best Original Television Music	Best Titles and Graphic Identity
National Treasure – Cristobal Tapia de Veer Poldark – Anne Dudley Planet Earth II – Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, Jasha Klebe War & Peace – Martin Phipps	Paralympics 2016 – Richard Norley, Lee Jacobs, Callum O'Reilly The Durrells – Alex Maclean The Night Manager – Patrick Clair, Raoul Marks The Crown – Patrick Clair, Raoul Marks

See also

• 2017 British Academy Television Awards

External links

• British Academy Craft Awards official website