2017 BAFTA TV Craft Winners Announced

The 2017 BAFTA TV Craft winners include Netflix’s The Crown and AMC’s The Night Manager. The main categories will be announced May 14.

The 2017 BAFTA TV Craft Awards were announced today. Four series tied with two wins each: The Crown, The Night Manager, National Treasure, and Planet Earth II. Winners in the above-the-line categories will be announced in a May 14 ceremony.

In the 2017 BAFTA TV Craft Awards, the race between The Crown and The Night Manager felt more competitive. The Night Manager received 6 nominations going into today’s announcement while The Crown received 7 mentions. The Night Manager took home awards for editing and sound. Despite its sumptuous period decor, The Crown took home bids for costumes and special effects, losing production design to War & Peace.

In addition, The Crown lost direction and writing – two categories in which it remains competitive for Emmy consideration. Home grown British productions National Treasure and Happy Valley won direction and writing respectively. Since it remains largely a Netflix production, The Crown may appear too American, despite a heavy British talent contingent.

Your full list of 2017 BAFTA TV Craft Awards winners:

SPECIAL AWARD
Bobby Warans

BREAKTHROUGH TALENT sponsored by Sara Putt Associates
MAHALIA BELO (Director) Ellen – Touchpaper Television/Channel 4

COSTUME DESIGN
MICHELE CLAPTON The Crown – Left Bank Pictures/Netflix

DIGITAL CREATIVITY
ALCHEMY VR, ATLANTIC DIGITAL David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef Dive – Atlantic Productions/BBC One

DIRECTOR: FACTUAL
JAMES BLUEMEL Exodus: Our Journey to Europe – KEO Films/BBC Two

DIRECTOR: FICTION sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
MARC MUNDEN National Treasure – The Forge/Channel 4

DIRECTOR: MULTI-CAMERA
CHRIS POWER Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – ITV Studios/Mitre Television/ITV

EDITING: FACTUAL
ANDY WORBOYS Hillsborough – Very Much So Productions/BBC Two

EDITING: FICTION
BEN LESTER The Night Manager – The Ink Factory/Demarest/Character Seven/BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT CRAFT TEAM
BERNIE DAVIS, DAVID COLE, KEVIN DUFF, PATRICK DOHERTY Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2016 – BBC Studios/BBC One

MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN 
TANYA LODGE San Junipero (Black Mirror) – House of Tomorrow/Netflix

ORIGINAL MUSIC
CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER National Treasure – The Forge/Channel 4

PHOTOGRAPHY: FACTUAL 
JOHN AITCHISON, ROB WHITWORTH, MARK MACEWEN Planet Earth II (Cities) – BBC Studios/BBC Natural History Unit/BBC America/ZDF/France Television/BBC One

PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION
JAMES FRIEND Rillington Place – BBC Studios/Bandit Television/BBC One

PRODUCTION DESIGN 
CHRIS ROOPE War & Peace – BBC Studios/BBC Wales/Lookout Point/TWC/BBC One

SOUND: FACTUAL
GRAHAM WILD, KATE HOPKINS, TIM OWENS Planet Earth II (Cities) – BBC Studios/BBC Natural History Unit/BBC America/ZDF/France Television/BBC One

SOUND: FICTION
AITOR BERENGUER, HOWARD BARGROFF, ALEX SAWYER, ADAM ARMITAGE The Night Manager – The Ink Factory/Demarest/Character Seven/BBC One

SPECIAL, VISUAL & GRAPHIC EFFECTS 
ONE OF US, MOLINARE The Crown – Left Bank Pictures/Netflix

TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY
RICHARD NORLEY, LEE JACOBS, CALLUM O’REILLY Paralympics 2016 – Sunset + Vine/Channel 4

WRITER: COMEDY
STEFAN GOLASZEWSKI Mum – Big Talk Productions/BBC Two

WRITER: DRAMA
SALLY WAINWRIGHT Happy Valley – Red Production Company/BBC One