British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Drama
British Academy Television Craft Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 2013 |
| Currently held by | Adam Kay for This Is Going to Hurt (2023) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Drama is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories.[1]
An award for the writers of a television program was existed since the creation of the BAFTA Television Awards with categories named Best Script, Best Scriptwriter and Writer being presented from the 50s to the 70s. In 2006 the category Best Writer was created, this category was awarded until 2013 when it was split into two separate categories (Writer: Comedy and Writer: Drama) to recognise the differences in writing for comedy and drama programmes on television.[2]
Winners and nominees
1950s
Writers Award
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Iain McCormack | |
Best Scriptwriter
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Colin Morris | |
| 1957 | Spike Milligan | |
| 1958 | Colin Morris | |
| 1959 | Colin Morris | |
1960s
Best Scriptwriter
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Galton and Simpson | |
| 1961 | Alun Owen | |
Best Script
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Giles Cooper | |
| 1963 | Troy Kennedy Martin | |
| 1964 | Harold Pinter | |
| 1965 | Ken Taylor | |
| 1966 | Michael Mills and Richard Waring | The World of Wooster Marriage Lines |
| John Elliott | Mogul The Truth Game | |
| John Hopkins | Horror of Darkness Parade's End A Man Like Orpheus Fable I Took My Little World Away Z-Cars | |
| Harold Pinter | The Tea Party | |
| 1967 | Dennis Potter | |
| 1968 | John Hopkins | |
| 1969 | Marty Feldman and Barry Took | Marty |
1970s
Best Script
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten | John Terraine |
| Bird's Eye View ("Beside The Seaside", "An Englishman's Home") | John Betjeman | |
| Callan | James Mitchell | |
| Civilisation | Kenneth Clark | |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | Writing Team | |
| The Son of Man | Dennis Potter | |
| 1971 | Slattery's Mounted Foot Say Goodnight To Your Grandma The Hallelujah Handshake Roll On 4 O'Clock |
Colin Welland |
| On Trial: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial | Stuart Hood | |
| The Roads to Freedom | David Turner | |
| The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Catherine of Aragon | Rosemary Anne Sisson | |
| 1972 | The Benny Hill Show | Benny Hill |
| Act of Betrayal Cider with Rosie |
Hugh Whitemore | |
| Casanova Paper Roses/Traitor |
Dennis Potter | |
| Edna, The Inebriate Woman | Jeremy Sandford |
2000s
2010s
Best Writer
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Guy Hibbert | Five Minutes of Heaven | BBC Two |
| Peter Bowker | Occupation | BBC One | |
| Heidi Thomas | Cranford | ||
| Writing Team | The Thick of It | BBC Two | |
| 2011 | Peter Bowker | Eric and Ernie | BBC Two |
| Jo Brand, Joanna Scanlan, Vicki Pepperdine | Getting On | BBC Four | |
| Stephen Butchard | Five Daughters | BBC One | |
| Iain Morris, Damon Beesley | The Inbetweeners | E4 | |
| 2012 | Steven Moffat | Sherlock (for "A Scandal in Belgravia") | BBC One |
| Neil McKay | Appropriate Adult | ITV | |
| Abi Morgan | Birdsong | BBC One | |
Jack Thorne |
The Fades | BBC Three |
Best Writer: Drama
2020s
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [5] |
Jesse Armstrong | Succession | Sky Atlantic |
| Charlie Covell | The End of the F***ing World | Channel 4 | |
Jack Thorne |
The Virtues
| ||
| Craig Mazin | Chernobyl | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2021 [6] |
Michaela Coel | I May Destroy You | BBC One |
| Lucy Kirkwood | Adult Material | Channel 4 | |
Alastair Siddons and Steve McQueen |
Small Axe | BBC One | |
| Lucy Prebble | I Hate Suzie | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2022 [7][8] |
Kayleigh Llewellyn | In My Skin | BBC Three |
| Jack Thorne | Help |
Channel 4 | |
| Russell T Davies | It's a Sin | ||
| Jesse Armstrong | Succession | HBO/Sky Atlantic | |
| 2023 [9][10] |
Adam Kay | This Is Going to Hurt | BBC One |
| Alice Oseman | Heartstopper | Netflix | |
| Tony Schumacher | The Responder | BBC One | |
| Pete Jackson | Somewhere Boy | Channel 4 | |
| 2024 [11] |
Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali | Black Mirror: "Demon 79" | Netflix |
| Jesse Armstrong | Succession | HBO / Sky Atlantic | |
| Sally Wainwright | Happy Valley | BBC One | |
| Sarah Phelps | The Sixth Commandment |
See also
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
References
- ^ "Craft Awards: Ten Years of Talent". www.bafta.org. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- ^ "British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2013: Winners Announced". www.bafta.org. 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- ^ "Nominations Announced for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2018". Bafta. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ "Bafta TV Awards: Richard Ayoade to host socially-distanced delayed ceremony". bbc. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (30 March 2022). "BAFTA TV Awards: Russell T. Davies' 'It's a Sin' Dominates Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (April 24, 2022). "BAFTA TV Craft Awards: 'Landscapers,' 'We Are Lady Parts' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ Ravindran, Manori (23 April 2023). "'House of the Dragon,' 'This Is Going to Hurt' Lead Winners at BAFTA TV Craft Awards". Variety. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.