Lovers Rock SMALL AXE

Steve McQueen’s Small Axe and Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You were the big winners at the Bafta Craft Awards, taking home eight of the 21 awards between them.

Small Axe, the BBC1 drama anthology about the lives of West Indian immigrants in 1960s, 70s and 80s London, claimed five gongs including: JoJo Williams for make-up & hair design; Jacqueline Durran for costume design; Helen Scott for production design; Shabier Kirchner for photography & lighting: fiction and Gary Davy for scripted casting.

Coel’s BBC1/HBO true-life inspired dramedy about a female author rebuilding her life after a sexual assault won three awards, including the writing: drama category for Coel and director: fiction for Coel and Sam Miller. I May Destroy You’s editing team won the editing: fiction award.

BBC programming accounted for 16 of the winners, with His Dark Materials receiving two awards in sound: fiction and special, visual & graphic effects categories. Sky and Netflix shows took home two awards apiece, while ITV claimed one.

The ceremony, broadcast on Bafta’s YouTube and Facebook channels, was hosted by Famalam star Gbemisola Ikumelo, co-written by Ikumelo and Akemnji Ndifornyen, and featured guest presenters including Annie Wallace, Ellen Thomas, Nathaniel Martello-White, Tony Robinson, Max Harwood and Mawaan Rizwan.

British Academy Television Craft Awards - selected winners 

EMERGING TALENT: FICTION sponsored by Sara Putt Associates 

  • Georgi Banks-Davies (Director) I Hate Suzie - Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic
  • Harry Tulley (Dubbing Mixer) Anthony - LA Productions/BBC One
  • Stephen S. Thompson (Writer) Sitting in Limbo - Left Bank Pictures/BBC One
  • William Stefan Smith (Director) On the Edge: BBW - BlackLight Television/Channel 4

COSTUME DESIGN

  • Amy Roberts The Crown - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
  • Jacqueline Durran Small Axe (Lovers Rock) - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
  • James Keast Belgravia - Carnival Films, EPIX/ITV
  • Rosa Dias Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix 

DIRECTOR: FICTION sponsored by 3 Mills Studios

  • Benjamin Caron The Crown (episode 3) - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
  • Lenny Abrahamson Normal People (episode 5) - Element Pictures/BBC Three
  • Michaela Coel, Sam Miller I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One
  • Steve McQueen Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One 

EDITING: FICTION Sponsored by Adobe

  • Chris Dickens, Steve McQueen Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
  • Editing Team I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One
  • Nathan Nugent Normal People (episode 5) - Element Pictures/BBC Three
  • Pia Di Ciaula Quiz - Left Bank Pictures/ITV 

MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN

  • BETHANY SWAN I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One
  • CATE HALL, EMILIE YONG-MILLS The Crown - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
  • JOJO WILLIAMS Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
  • LOUISE COLES, SARAH NUTH, LORRAINE GLYNN, ERIN AYANIAN The Great - MRC Television/STARZPLAY 

ORIGINAL MUSIC

  • CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER The Third Day (episode 3)- Sky Studios, Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk Entertainment, HBO/Sky Atlantic 
  • H. SCOTT SALINAS Baghdad Central - Euston Films/Channel 4
  • HARRY ESCOTT Roadkill -The Forge Entertainment/BBC One
  • MARTIN PHIPPS The Crown- Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix 

PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION Sponsored by ScreenSkills High-end Television Skills Fund

  • ED RUTHERFORD Little Birds -Warp Films/Sky Atlantic
  • ROB HARDY Devs - FX and FX Productions/BBC Two
  • SHABIER KIRCHNER Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
  • SUZIE LAVELLE Normal People - Element Pictures/BBC Three 

PRODUCTION DESIGN sponsored by Microsoft

  • HELEN SCOTT Small Axe -Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One 
  • JOEL COLLINS, ROBYN PAIBA, ROBERT WISCHHUSEN-HAYES, CHARLIE LYNAM His Dark Materials - Bad Wolf/BBC One
  • MATT GANT, MEGAN BOSAW Gangs of London - Pulse Films, SISTER/Sky Atlantic
  • SAMANTHA HARLEY, ALEXANDRA SLADE Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix 

SCRIPTED CASTING sponsored by Spotlight

  • GARY DAVY Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One 
  • KATE RHODES JAMES Baghdad Central - Euston Films/Channel 4
  • LAUREN EVANS Sex Education- Eleven Film/Netflix
  • SHAHEEN BAIG The Third Day - Sky Studios, Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk Entertainment, HBO/Sky Atlantic 

SOUND: FACTUAL

  • KATE HOPKINS, TIM OWENS, GRAHAM WILD, PAUL ACKERMAN, TOM MERCER Earth at Night in Colour - Offspring Films/Apple TV+
  • NICK FRY, STEVE SPEED, JAMES EVANS, HUGH DWAN Formula 1: Drive to Survive - Box to Box Films/Netflix
  • RICHARD KONDAL, ALEX OUTHWAITE, ADRIAN SANDU Hitsville: The Making of Motown – Fulwell 73, Universal Music Group/Sky Documentaries 
  • SOUND TEAM Springwatch 2020 - BBC Studios Natural History Unit/BBC Two  

SOUND: FICTION

  • JON THOMAS, GARETH BULL, JAMES RIDGWAY, DILLON BENNETT, EILAM HOFFMAN, JAAMES DRAKE His Dark Materials (episode 7) - Bad Wolf/BBC One
  • NIALL O’SULLIVAN, STEVE FANAGAN, NIALL BRADY Normal People - Element Pictures/BBC Three
  • PAUL COTTERELL, JAMES HARRISON, RONALD BAILEY, LEWIS MORISON Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
  • SOUND TEAM The Crown - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix 

SPECIAL, VISUAL & GRAPHIC EFFECTS

  • BEN TURNER, REECE EWING, CHRIS REYNOLDS, ASA SHOUL, FRAMESTORE, UNTOLD STUDIOS The Crown - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
  • MICHAEL ILLINGWORTH, OLIVIER MILBURN, DANNY HARGREAVES, OLIVER OGNEUX, LAURA USAITE, PEDROM DADGOSTAR War of the Worlds - Urban Myth Films/FOX
  • MILK VFX, DNEG TV, FREEFOLK, GOODBYE KANSAS STUDIOS, GREG FISHER, DAVE HOUGHTON Cursed – Netflix/Netflix
  • RUSSELL DODGSON, JAMES WHITLAM, JEAN-CLEMENT SORET, ROBERT HARRINGTON, DAN MAY, BRIAN FISHER His Dark Materials - Bad Wolf/BBC One 

TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY

  • MATT CURTIS Devs - FX and FX Productions/BBC Two
  • NIC BENNS, MIKI KATO Fear City: New York vs The Mafia - A RAW and Brillstein Entertainment Partners Production/Netflix
  • PETER ANDERSON STUDIO Dracula - Hartswood Films/BBC One
  • PETER ANDERSON STUDIO Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse - Hartswood Films/Sky One 

WRITER: DRAMA

  • ALASTAIR SIDDONS, STEVE MCQUEEN Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One 
  • LUCY KIRKWOOD Adult Material - Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4
  • LUCY PREBBLE I Hate Suzie - Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic
  • MICHAELA COEL I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One 

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