“Game of Thrones” movie “House of the Dragon” and medical comedy-drama “This Is Going to Hurt” won three awards at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards on Sunday.
This year’s gala, which pays homage to the behind-the-scenes talent, was hosted by former “Pick Off” judge Mel Giedroyc.
HBO’s House of the Dragon won for makeup and hair design (Amanda Knight, Barry Gower, Rosalia Colura); Sound in Fiction (Alastair Circuit, Doug Cooper, Martin Seeley, Paula Fairfield, Tim Hands, Adele Fletcher) and special visual and graphic effects (Angus Bickerton, Nikia Forde, Asa Scholl, Mike Dawson, MBC, Pixomodo).
Elsewhere, the BBC’s “This is Going to Hurt” won in three categories, with first-time winner Adam Kaye winning Best Dramatic Writer (Kay adapted his best-selling memoir for the TV show); Selina MacArthur, also a first-time winner, for Editing in the Novel; and Nina Gold and Martin Weir for writing representation.
The BBC’s The State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II won two awards for Reality Voice (Peter Bridges, Matthew Charles, Conrad Fletcher, Julian Gough, Andy James, Andy Payne) and Multi Camera Director.
Emerging Talent: Fiction won the BAFTA for writer Pete Jackson for Somewhere Boy, while Emerging Talent: Factual producer and director Charlie Melville won for John & Joe Bishop: Life After Deaf.
Other first-time BAFTA winners are: Felicity Morris, director: Facts on the Netflix documentary “The Tindler Swindler”; William Stefan Smith, Director: Fantasy for the Netflix drama “Top Boy”; Lisa McGee, writer: comedy on Channel 4’s Dairy Girls; Gene Petrie, costume design for Apple TV+ drama The Essex Serpent; Jessica Jones, Original Music: Factual for Netflix’s “Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story”; Nicôle Lecky, Bryan Senti, Kwame ‘KZ’ Kwei-Armah JR, Original Music: Fiction for the BBC’s “Mood”; Chas Appeti, Photography & Lighting: Fiction for Prime Video’s “Jungle”; and Becky Sloane and Joe Billing, production design for Channel 4’s Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared.
Editing: Robert Hausmann won a factual award for Chernobyl: The Lost Tubbies. Entertainment Craft won by Katherine Land, David Bishop, Patrick Doherty, Richard Sillitto, David Newton and Joe Phillips for Strictly Come Dancing. Photography: Factual, won by Marcel Mittelseven and Jordan Brion for Children of the Taliban. Peter Anderson Studio won the titles and graphic identity for “Bad Sisters.”
A Special Television Craft Award has been presented by Adrian Lester to Alison Barnett in recognition of her pioneering role as one of the first Heads of Production in the UK television industry. Barnett is the first Head of Production to receive an Honorary BAFTA Award.
The BAFTA Television Awards will take place on May 14.
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