British Academy Television Award for Best Features

British Academy Television Award
British Academy Television Award
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded	1999
Currently held by	Joe Lycett vs Beckham: Got Your Back at Xmas (2023)
Website	http://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Award for Best Features is one of the major categories of the

British television industry. According to the BAFTA website, the category "includes factual programmes, not included in any other categories including cookery and cookery competitions, travelogues, gardening, property, fashion and all other lifestyle programming and studio discussions."^[1]

The category was first presented in 1999 under the name of Best Feature - Programme or Series although since 2000 the category has been presented just as Best Features.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Best Feature - Programme or Series

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
1999	Back to the Floor	Bill Grist, Robert Thirkell	BBC Two
	House Doctor	Daisy Goodwin, Basi Akpabio	Channel 5
	Changing Rooms	Linda Clifford, Casper Peacock, Ann Booth Clibborn	BBC Two
	Time Team	Phillip Clarke, Tim Taylor	Channel 4

2000s

Best Features

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2000	Blood on the Carpet	Robert Thirkell, Nick Mirsky	BBC Two
	Giants with Nigel Marven	Rob MacIver, Nigel Marven, Bill Butt	ITV
	The Naked Chef	Patricia Llewellyn, Paul Ratcliffe, Jamie Oliver	BBC Two
	Grand Designs	Daisy Goodwin, John Silver	Channel 4
2001	The Naked Chef	Patricia Llewellyn, Paul Ratcliffe, Jamie Oliver	BBC Two
	Faking It	Mike Warner, Stephen Lambert	Channel 4
	House of Horrors	Sarah Caplin, Kate Middleton, Brad Manning	ITV
	What the Romans Did for Us		BBC Two
2002	Faking It		Channel 4
	The Farmer Wants a Wife	Amanda Murray	ITV
	The Sound of Music Children: After They Were Famous	Judith Holder, Bridget Boseley, Southan Morris	ITV
	What Not to Wear	Vicki Barrass, Tracy Jeune, Nick Bray	BBC Two
2003	Faking It	Stephen Lambert	Channel 4
	Lads' Army	Claudia Milne, Peter Casely-Hayford, Tim Carter	ITV
	Jamie's Kitchen	Sandi Scott, Peter Moore	Channel 4
	What Not to Wear	Jane GerberVicki Barrass, Tracy Jeune	BBC Two
2004	Wife Swap		Channel 4
	Grand Designs	John Silver, Daisy Goodwin, Kevin McCloud	Channel 4
	That'll Teach 'Em		Channel 4
	Top Gear	Andy Wilman, Gary Hunter, Jeremy Clarkson	BBC Two
2005	Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares	Patricia Llewellyn, Christine Hall, Gordon Ramsay	Channel 4
	Holiday Showdown	Grant Mansfield, Nick Shearman, Dan Berbridge	ITV
	Little Angels		BBC Three
	Top Gear	Andy Wilman, Jeremy Clarkson, Gary Broadhurst	BBC Two
2006	The Apprentice	Dan Adamson, Tanya Shaw, Peter Moore	BBC Two
	Dragons' Den		BBC Two
	Top Gear		BBC Two
	Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares		Channel 4
2007	The Choir	Jamie Isaacs, Ludo Graham, Drew Hill, Sam Grace	BBC Two
	The F Word		Channel 4
	The Apprentice	Dan Adamson, Sanjay Singhal, Martyn Smith, Alan Sugar	BBC Two
	Dragons' Den	Helen Bullough, Dominic Bird, Paul Mackay	BBC Two
2008	Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares		Channel 4
	Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection		BBC Two
	Top Gear
	The Secret Millionaire		Channel 4
2009	The Choir: Boys Don't Sing		BBC Two
	The Apprentice	Alan Sugar, Michele Kurland, Kelly Webb-Lamb, Andy Devonshire	BBC One
	Celebrity Masterchef	Karen Ross, Mark Leslie, Bec Smith, Theo Goble	BBC One
	Top Gear	Andy Wilman, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May	BBC Two

2010s

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2010	Masterchef: The Professionals	Karen Ross, Carla-Maria Lawson, Antonia Lloyd, David Ambler	BBC Two
	Heston's Feasts		Channel 4
	The Choir: Unsung Town		BBC Two
	James May's Toy Stories	Will Daws, Stuart Cabb, James May, Ian Holt	BBC Two
2011	Hugh's Fish Fight	Andrew Palmer, Will Anderson, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Frankie Fathers	Channel 4
	Mary Queen of Shops		BBC Two
	Come Dine with Me		Channel 4
	Pineapple Dance Studios	Jonathan Stadien, Pat Doyle, Hannah Springham	Sky1
2012	The Great British Bake Off	Anna Beattie, Andy Devonshire, Simon Evans, Richard McKerrow	BBC Two
	DIY SOS: The Big Build	Susan Aartse-Tuyn, Hannah Corneck, Simon Knight, Ben Rowland	BBC One
	Hairy Bikers' Meals on Wheels	Tom Clarke, Lisa Edwards, Nicola Moody, Paul Ratcliffe	BBC Two
	Timothy Spall: Back at Sea	Paul Crompton, Matt David, Anton Short, Philip Shotton	BBC Four
2013	The Great British Bake Off	Anna Beattie, Kieran Smith, Amanda Westwood, Scott Tankard	BBC Two
	Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs	Paul O'Grady, Jill Worsley, Mark Scantlebury, Kate Jackson	ITV
	Bank of Dave		Channel 4
	Grand Designs		Channel 4
2014	Long Lost Family	Duncan Coates, Kate Scholefield, Sally Benton, Leanne Klein	ITV
	Grand Designs	Kevin McCloud, Fiona Caldwell, Rob Gill, John Lonsdale	Channel 4
	The Great British Bake Off	Anna Beattie, Amanda Westwood, Samantha Beddoes, Simon Evans	BBC Two
	The Choir: Sing While You Work	Gareth Malone, Tim Carter, Rachel Morgan, Stuart Froude	BBC Two
2015	Grand Designs		Channel 4
	The Great British Bake Off	Anna Beattie, Samantha Beddoes, Andy Devonshire, Simon Evans	BBC One
	George Clarke's Amazing Spaces	Will Daws, Jamie Wightman, Stuart Cabb	Channel 4
	Long Lost Family	Sally Benton, Clare Bradbury, Colette Flight, Kate Scholefield	ITV
2016	The Great British Bake Off		BBC One
	Back in Time for Dinner	Emily Shields, Leanne Klein, Kim Maddever	BBC Two
	Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild		Channel 4
	Travel Man	Adam Humphries, Leo McCrea, Graham Smiles, Chris Richards	Channel 4
2017	Who Do You Think You Are?	Colette Flight, Sarah Feltes, Anna Kirkwood, Helen Nixon	BBC One
	The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs	Dominique Walker, Emeka Onono, Christopher van Tulleken, Jack Rampling	BBC Two
	The Great British Bake Off	Richard McKerrow, Sarah Thomson-Woolley, Simon Evans, Chloe Avery	BBC One
	Travel Man: 48 Hours In …	Chris Richards, Nicola Silk, Leo McCrea, Richard Ayoade	Channel 4
2018	Cruising with Jane McDonald		Channel 5
	Antiques Roadshow	Simon Shaw, Julia Foot, Robert Murphy, Sophie Wogden	BBC One
	No More Boys And Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?	Javid Abdelmoneim, Helen Veale, Jeremy Daldry, Samuel Palmer	BBC Two
	The Secret Life of the Zoo		Channel 4
2019 ^[2]	Who Do You Think You Are?	Colette Flight, Sarah Feltes, Anna Kirkwood, David Vincent	BBC One
	Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip		ITV
	The Great British Bake Off		Channel 4
	Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing		BBC Two

2020s

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2020 ^[3]	The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan	Emily Hudd, Morgan Roberts, Christopher Cottam, Romesh Ranganathan	BBC Two
	Joe Lycett's Got Your Back		Channel 4
	Snackmasters		Channel 4
	Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing	Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse, Lisa Clark, Will Yapp	BBC Two
2021 ^[4]	Long Lost Family: Born without Trace	Sally Benton, Rosie Schellenberg, Alice Goodyear, Paddy Lynas	ITV
	Big Zuu's Big Eats		Dave
	Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing	Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse, Lisa Clark, Rob Gill, Stephanie Fyfe, Doug Bryson	BBC Two
	The Repair Shop		BBC One
2022 ^[5]	Big Zuu's Big Eats	Sam Grace, Alex Gilman, Chris Faith, Lucy Blatch, Big Zuu, Rohan Minhas	Dave
	Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing	Paul Whitehouse, Bob Mortimer, Lisa Clark, Stephanie Fyfe, Rob Gill	BBC Two
	Sort Your Life Out	Charlotte Brookes, Kurt Seywald, James Callum, Lucy Blatch, Michael Hyland, Demi Doyle	BBC One
	The Great British Sewing Bee		BBC One
2023 ^[6]^[7]	Joe Lycett vs Beckham: Got Your Back at Xmas		Channel 4
	Big Zuu's Big Eats	Alex Gilman, Sam Grace, Chris Faith, Zuhair Hassan, Errol Ettienne, Rohan Minhas	Dave
	The Martin Lewis Money Show	Martin Lewis, Mike Blair, Clare Miller, Jaime Corby, Richard Jack, Ravinder Dehele	ITV
	The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan		BBC Two

Best Factual Entertainment

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2024 ^[8]	Celebrity Race Across the World		BBC One
	The Dog House		Channel 4
	Endurance: Race to the Pole	Alexis Girardet, Mike Warner, Adam Bullmore, Martin Long	Channel 5
	Portrait Artist of the Year		Sky Arts

Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.

References

^ "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
^ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ Kanter, Jake (2020-07-31). "BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Night Of Surprises, As 'Chernobyl' & 'The End Of The F***ing World' Take Two Prizes Each". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ "Bafta TV awards 2021: the full list of winners". www.theguardian.com. 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
^ "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
^ "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
^ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.

External links

List of winners at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts

[baftarules-1] "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-03-06.

[2] "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[3] Kanter, Jake (2020-07-31). "BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Night Of Surprises, As 'Chernobyl' & 'The End Of The F***ing World' Take Two Prizes Each". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[4] "Bafta TV awards 2021: the full list of winners". www.theguardian.com. 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2021-06-17.

[5] "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[6] Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

[7] "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

[8] Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.

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