2024 British Academy Television Awards
The 2024 British Academy Television Awards ceremony was held on 12 May 2024 at the Royal Festival Hall in London, to recognise the excellence in British television of 2023. The ceremony was hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan for the second time in a row, and was broadcast on BBC One.
The nominations were announced on 20 March 2024 alongside the nominations for the 2024 British Academy Television Craft Awards. The nominees for the P&O Cruises Memorable Moment were announced on 14 March 2024. Happy Valley and Succession led the nominations with five each, followed by The Sixth Commandment and The Crown, both with four. Lorraine Kelly was presented with the Special Award. The BAFTA Fellowship, the organization's highest honour, was presented to Floella Benjamin.
Background
Category changes and updates
The academy announced several category changes and updates for the 2024 edition:- In order to be eligible for the Daytime category, episodes must be transmitted between 09:00 and 18:00.
- For the Best Entertainment Programme, two people will be considered as a pair if they have equal billing on their entered program and are entered together. Previously, pairs were required to be recognised as a presenting duo to be eligible.
- The categories for Best Mini-Series and Best Single Drama will be merged into a category named Limited Drama, to recognise "scripted one-off programmes or series that tell a complete story over 1-19 episodes".
- The categories for Best Sport and Best Live Event will be merged again into a category named Best Sport & Live Event Coverage. The categories will be split in case there are 12 sports and 12 live events entered.
- Three category names have been updated and renamed:
- * Best Soap and Continuing Drama into Best Soap
- * Best Reality and Constructed Factual into Best Reality
- * Best Features into '''Best Factual Entertainment'''
Fellowship
On 24 April, it was announced that Floella Benjamin would receive the BAFTA Fellowship award for her services to television. Of the honour, BAFTA chair Sarah Putt stated "We are honoured to present Baroness Benjamin the BAFTA Fellowship for her tireless support of children and young people, her impact on television broadcasting, and for her unwavering championing of diversity. She is an unstoppable force for good with a determination to create opportunities and positive role models for future generations that has seen her effect a tremendous amount of positive change over fifty years and counting. She is deservedly a national treasure and we can’t wait to celebrate the impact of her work to date on 12th May at the BAFTA Television Awards." In a statement alongside the announcement, Benjamin expressed "My heart is full of joy and happiness. I feel as if I'm standing on the summit of life's mountain, looking down at the wonderful experiences I have had in my career in the television industry of over 50 years. It's been an adventurous journey, with many challenges and adversities, but here I am, receiving the highest accolade BAFTA can bestow. I am delighted that my work, which has predominantly been for children, is being recognised and celebrated in this way."Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on 20 March 2024.In Memoriam
- Michael Parkinson
- John Savident
- Ray Stevenson
- Annie Nightingale
- Robin Windsor
- Emily Morgan
- Angela Thorne
- Dean Sullivan
- John Nettleton
- Doreen Mantle
- Brian McCardie
- Ewen MacIntosh
- Steve Halliwell
- Meg Johnson
- Michael Jayston
- Ian Lavender
- Chance Perdomo
- Benjamin Zephaniah
- Debbie Young
- Hannah Hawkins
- Eleanor Scoones
- Henry Sandon
- Tony Green
- Dean Jones
- Paul Fox
- John Whitney
- Bernard Hill
- George Alagiah
- Kay Benbow
- Diana Edwards-Jones
- Ruth McCance
- Norman Lear
- Bill Kenwright
- David Attwood
- Haydn Gwynne
- Mike Yarwood
- Jonnie Irwin
- Annabel Giles
- Nick Sheridan
- David Soul
- Dave Myers
- Marcus Plantin
- John Pilger
- Paul Watson
- Jean Boht
- Carl Davis
- Roy Battersby
- Matthew Perry