British Academy Television Award for Best Live Event
The British Academy Television Award for Best Live Event is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards, the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. According to the BAFTA website, the category is for "the television coverage of a live event."
The category has gone through several changes:
- An individual award named Best Outside Broadcasts was presented from 1964 to 1968 and in 1977.
- From 1986 to 1991, the category was merged with the Best News Coverage category, being presented as Best News or Outside Broadcast Coverage.
- From 1995 to 1997 it was presented as Best Sports/Events Coverage in Real Time.
- In 1998 and 1999 it was awarded as Best Live Outside Broadcast Coverage.
- From 2012 to 2015, the category for sport evens was merged with the Best Sport category being awarded under the name Best Sport and Live Event.
- Since 2016, the category is presented as a stand-alone category, separate from the Best Sport category.
Winners and nominees
1960s
'''Best Outside Broadcasts'''1970s
'''Best Outside Broadcasts'''1990s
Best Sports/Events Coverage in Real Time| Year | Title | Recipient |
| 1995 | The Grand National | Keith MacKenzie, Martin Hopkins |
| 1995 | Arnhem 50th Anniversary: Out of Ammunition | Michael Begg |
| 1995 | D-Day Remembered: Beaches of Normandy and the Bayeux Service of Remembrance | Neil Eccles, Stephen Morris |
| 1995 | UEFA Cup: "Aston Villa v Inter Milan" | Mike Inman, John Watts |
| 1996 | VE Day Coverage | Peter Hylton Cleaver, Neil Eccles, Philip S. Gilbert and Team |
| 1996 | Cheltenham Gold Cup | Jane Garrod |
| 1996 | Super Sunday: "The Final Day of the Premiership" | Andy Melvin, Tony Mills |
| 1996 | VJ-50 Live: The Final Tribute | Neil Eccles, Simon Betts, Philip S Gilbert |
| 1997 | BBC1 Euro '96 Coverage | Niall Sloane, Vivien Kent |
| 1997 | Formula 1 Grand Prix Racing | Jim Reside, Keith MacKenzie |
| 1997 | Monday Night Football | Andy Melvin, Tony Mills |
| 1997 | Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph | Peter Cleaver |
Best Live Outside Broadcast Coverage
| Year | Title | Recipient |
| 1998 | Sky Rugby Union | Martin Turner |
| 1998 | The Grand National | Malcolm Kemp, Martin Hopkins, Dave Gordon |
| 1998 | Hong Kong Handover: The Final Moment | Philip Gilbert, Neil Eccles, Geoff Wilson and the BBC Events Production Team |
| 1998 | ITV Coverage of the Grand Prix | Neil Duncanson, Keith McKenzie |
| 1999 | Channel 4 Racing: "Derby Day" | Andrew Franklin, Denise Large |
| 1999 | The Eurovision Song Contest | Guy Freeman, Geoff Posner |
| 1999 | The Football World Cup Final Programme | Paul McNamara, Niall Sloane |
| 1999 | World Cup '98: "England v Argentina" | Jeff Farmer, Rick Waumsley, John Watts |
2010s
Best Sport and Live Event'''Best Live Event'''
2020s
;Best Live Event Coverage- Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.