2018 British Academy Television Awards

The 2018 British Academy Television Awards took place on 13 May 2018 at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

64th British Academy Television Awards
Date13 May 2018
SiteRoyal Festival Hall
Hosted bySue Perkins
Highlights
Best Comedy SeriesMurder in Successville
Best DramaPeaky Blinders
Best ActorSean Bean
Broken
Best ActressMolly Windsor
Three Girls
Best Comedy Performance
Most awardsThis Country / Three Girls (2)
Most nominationsLine of Duty (4)
Television coverage
ChannelBBC One
Duration2 hours

The nominations were announced on 4 April, with Line of Duty leading with four awards. Black Mirror, The Crown and Three Girls followed with three nominations.[1]

The 2018 British Academy Television Craft Awards were held on 22 April 2018.[2][3][4]

Winners and nominees

Sean Bean, Best Actor winner
This Country, Best Scripted Comedy winner
Vanessa Kirby, Best Supporting Actress winner
Toby Jones, Best Male Comedy Performance winner
Graham Norton, Best Entertainment Performance winner
Kate Adie, BAFTA Fellowship Award winner
Best Drama SeriesBest Mini-Series
Best Single DramaBest Soap and Continuing Drama
Best ActorBest Actress
Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
Best Male Comedy PerformanceBest Female Comedy Performance
Best Scripted ComedyBest Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme
Best Entertainment PerformanceLew Grade Award for Entertainment Programme
Best Factual Series or StrandHuw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual
  • Ambulance (BBC One)
    • Catching a Killer (BBC Two)
    • Drugsland (BBC Three)
    • Hospital (BBC Two)
Robert Flaherty Award for Single DocumentaryBest Feature
  • Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad (BBC One)
    • Chris Packham: Asperger’s and Me (BBC Two)
    • Louis Theroux, Talking to Anorexia (BBC Two)
    • One Deadly Weekend in America (BBC Three)
Best Reality and Constructed FactualBest Live Event
  • World War One Remembered: Passchendaele (BBC Two)
    • ITV News Election 2017 Live: the Results (ITV)
    • One Love Manchester (BBC One)
    • Wild Alaska Live (BBC One)
Best News CoverageBest Current Affairs
  • Sky News: The Rohingya Crisis (Sky News)
    • Sky News: The Battle for Mosul (Sky News)
    • Channel 4 News: The Grenfell Tower Fire (Channel 4)
    • ITV News at Ten: The Grenfell Tower Fire (ITV)
  • Undercover: Britain's Immigration Secrets – Panorama (BBC One)
    • Raped : My Story (Channel 5)
    • Syria's Disappeared: the Case against Assad – Dispatches (Channel 4)
    • White Right: Meeting the Enemy – Exposure (ITV)
Best SportBest Short Form Programme
  • Morgana Robinson's Summer (Sky Arts)
    • Britain's Forgotten Men (BBC Three)
    • Eating with My Ex (BBC Three)
    • Pls Like (BBC Three)
Best International ProgrammeVirgin TV’s Must-See Moment

Programmes with multiple nominations

Networks that received multiple nominations
NominationsNetwork
27BBC One
19BBC Two
14Channel 4
13ITV
10BBC Three
6Netflix
3Sky Atlantic
ITV2
2Sky News
Channel 5
BBC Four
HBO

Most major wins

Shows that received multiple awards
WinsShow
2This Country
Three Girls
Wins by Network
WinsNetwork
9BBC One
4BBC Three
3BBC Two
ITV

In Memoriam

Notes

  • BAFTA Award for Best Short Form Programme is added in this year.

References