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British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Drama

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British Academy Television Craft Award
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded2013
Currently held byAdam Kay for This Is Going to Hurt (2023)
Websitehttp://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

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1950s

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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

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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

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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

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Year Recipient(s) Title Broadcaster
2006 Peter Kosminsky The Government Inspector Channel 4
Andrew Davies Bleak House BBC One
Russell T Davies Doctor Who
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant Extras BBC Two
2007 Peter Morgan Longford Channel 4
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant Extras BBC Two
Matthew Graham Life on Mars BBC One
Frank Deasy Prime Suspect: The Final Act ITV
2008 Steven Moffat Doctor Who (for "Blink") BBC One
Tony Marchant The Mark of Cain Channel 4
Jimmy McGovern The Street BBC One
Heidi Thomas Cranford
2009 Peter Moffat Criminal Justice BBC One
Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong Peep Show Channel 4
Simon Block The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
Russell T Davies Doctor Who (for "Midnight") BBC One

2010s

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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

Year Recipient(s) Title Broadcaster
2013 Sally Wainwright Last Tango in Halifax BBC One
Gwyneth Hughes The Girl BBC Two
Tom Stoppard Parade's End
Shaun Duggan, Jimmy McGovern Accused (for "Tracie's Story") BBC One
2014 Dominic Mitchell In The Flesh BBC Three
Chris Chibnall Broadchurch ITV
Sally Wainwright Last Tango in Halifax BBC One
Dennis Kelly Utopia Channel 4
2015 Sally Wainwright Happy Valley BBC One
Peter Bowker Marvellous BBC Two
Jed Mercurio Line of Duty
Dennis Kelly Utopia Channel 4
2016 Russell T Davies Cucumber Channel 4
Mike Bartlett Doctor Foster BBC One
Neil Cross Luther
Peter Straughan Wolf Hall BBC Two
2017 Sally Wainwright Happy Valley BBC One
Peter Morgan The Crown Netflix
Levi David Addai Damilola, Our Loved Boy BBC One
Simon Nye The Durrells ITV
2018
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Nicole Taylor Three Girls BBC One
Charlie Brooker Hang the DJ (Black Mirror) Netflix
Peter Morgan The Crown
Steven Knight Peaky Blinders BBC Two
2019
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David Nicholls Patrick Melrose Sky Atlantic
Lennie James Save Me Sky Atlantic
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Killing Eve BBC One
Russell T. Davies A Very English Scandal

2020s

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Year Recipient(s) Title Broadcaster
2020
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Jesse Armstrong Succession Sky Atlantic
Charlie Covell The End of the F***ing World Channel 4
Shane Meadows, Jack Thorne The Virtues
Craig Mazin Chernobyl Sky Atlantic
2021
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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
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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
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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
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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Craft Awards: Ten Years of Talent". www.bafta.org. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  2. ^ "British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2013: Winners Announced". www.bafta.org. 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  3. ^ "Nominations Announced for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2018". Bafta. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Bafta TV Awards: Richard Ayoade to host socially-distanced delayed ceremony". bbc. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Ritman, Alex (30 March 2022). "BAFTA TV Awards: Russell T. Davies' 'It's a Sin' Dominates Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  8. ^ Ritman, Alex (April 24, 2022). "BAFTA TV Craft Awards: 'Landscapers,' 'We Are Lady Parts' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
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