2015 British Academy Television Craft Awards


The 16th Annual British Academy Television Craft Awards were presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 26 April 2015. Stephen Mangan hosted the event for the third consecutive year. The awards ceremony was held at The Brewery, City of London, recognizing technical achievements in British television of 2014.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below.
Best Breakthrough TalentBest Director - Fiction/Entertainment
Marc WilliamsonThe Last Chance School
Julian FarinoMarvellous
  • * Euros LynHappy Valley
  • * Hugo BlickThe Honourable Woman
  • * Paul Andrew WilliamsMurdered by My Boyfriend
  • Best Director - FactualBest Director - Multi-Camera
    Dan ReedThe Paedophile Hunter
  • * Alisa Pomeroy – 24 Hours in Police Custody
  • * Neil Crombie – Grayson Perry: Who Are You?
  • * Ben Anthony – Life and Death Row
  • Paul McNamara2014 FA Cup Final
  • * Chris Power – Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
  • * Directing Team – D-Day 70: The Heroes Return
  • * Ben Kellett – Mrs. Brown's Boys
  • Best Writer - ComedyBest Writer - Drama
    DetectoristsMackenzie Crook
  • * Inside No. 9Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton
  • * Toast of LondonArthur Mathews, Matt Berry
  • * The Wrong MansMathew Baynton, James Corden
  • Sally WainwrightHappy Valley
  • * Jed MercurioLine of Duty
  • * Peter BowkerMarvellous
  • * Dennis KellyUtopia
  • Best Make Up and Hair DesignBest Production Design
    Penny DreadfulEnzo Mastrantonio, Nick Dudman, Stefano Ceccarelli
  • * Da Vinci's Demons – Jacqueline Fowler
  • * Peaky Blinders – Loz Schiavo
  • * Strictly Come DancingLisa Armstrong, Neale Pirie
  • Penny DreadfulJonathan Mckinstry, Philip Murphy
  • * Peaky Blinders – Grant Montgomery
  • * That Day We Sang – Tom Burton
  • * Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This – Candida Otton
  • Best Original Television MusicBest Costume Design
    Penny DreadfulAbel Korzeniowski
  • * Downton AbbeyJohn Lunn
  • * The Honourable WomanMartin Phipps
  • * Life and Death Row – Richard Spiller
  • The MusketeersPhoebe de Gaye
  • * Cilla – Amy Roberts
  • * Penny Dreadful – Gabriella Pescucci
  • * Strictly Come Dancing – Vicky Gill
  • Best Photography – FactualBest Photography and Lighting – Fiction
    Dispatches Marcel Mettelsiefen
  • * Life and Death Row – Ben Anthony, Luke Menges
  • * Life Story – Camera Team
  • * Photographing AfricaRichard Jones, Max Hug Williams, Harry Hook
  • The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies – Mike Eley
  • * Da Vinci's DemonsOwen McPolin
  • * The Honourable Woman – Zac Nicholson, George Steel
  • * Peaky Blinders – Simon Dennis
  • Best Editing – FactualBest Editing – Fiction
    Grayson Perry: Who Are You? – Jake Martin
  • * 24 Hours in Police CustodyBen Brown
  • * Life and Death Row – Rupert Houseman
  • * Tsunami: Survivors' StoriesBen Stark
  • Sherlock – Yan Miles
  • * The Fall – Steve Singleton
  • * The Honourable Woman – Jason Krasucki
  • * The MissingÚna Ní Dhonghaíle
  • Best Digital CreativityBest Entertainment Craft Team
    Live from Space: Online – Production Team
  • * Reverse the Odds: Stand Up To Cancer – Production Team
  • * The Singer Takes It All – Production Team
  • * War of Words VR – John Durrant, Seb Barfield, Paul Greer, Jack Norris
  • The X Factor – Dave Davey, Robert Edwards, Falk Rosenthal
  • * The Apprentice –Tom Thurston-Mathews, James Clarke, Robin Trump, Mark Owen
  • * The Voice – Jonnie Blackburn, Kevin Duff, Gurdip Mahal, David Tench
  • * Strictly Come Dancing – Lisa Armstrong, Patrick Doherty, Vicky Gill, Tony Revell
  • Best Sound – FactualBest Sound – Fiction
    Messiah at the Foundling Hospital – Mike Hatch, Kuz Randhawa, Matt Skilton
  • * The Choir: New Military Wives – Daniel Jones, Paul Taylor, Sarah Hunt, Pete Lee
  • * Hidden Kingdoms – Max Bygrave, Tim Owens, Kate Hopkins, Ben Peace
  • * That Musical We Made – Roger Lucas, Oliver Rotchell, Stuart Hilliker, Alex Ellerington
  • SherlockJohn Mooney, Douglas Sinclair, Howard Bargroff, Paul McFadden
  • * Cilla – Grant Bridgeman, Richard Davey, Simon Gershon, Keith Marriner
  • * The Missing – Sound Team
  • * That Day We Sang – Chris Ashworth, Emma Pegram, Stuart Hilliker, Alex Ellerington
  • Best TitlesBest Special, Visual and Graphic Effects
    Winter Olympics 2014 – Mark Roalfe, Tomek Baginski, Ron Chakraborty
  • * Da Vinci's Demons – Paul McDonnell, Hugo Moss, Nathan Mckenna
  • * Penny Dreadful – Erik Friedman, Rudy Jaimes, Ray Burris
  • * Ripper Street – Nic Benns, Miki Kato, Jim Fisher
  • Doctor WhoMilk VFX, Real SFX, BBC Wales VFX
  • * Atlantis – Vine FX, Colin Gorry
  • * David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 3D – Colossus Productions, Vision3, Zoo VFX
  • * Ripper Street – Screen Scene
  • Special Award

    • '''Hilary Briegel'''