British Academy Television Award for Best News Coverage
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Annual UK television award
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award1961
Currently held byBBC Breakfast: "Post Office Special" (2025)
| British Academy Television Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First award | 1961 |
| Currently held by | BBC Breakfast: "Post Office Special" (2025) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy Television Award for Best News Coverage is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. According to the BAFTA website, the category is for "an individual news programme"[1]
The category has been through some name changes and has been merged a couple of times with other categories like Best Sport and Live Event and Best Current Affairs:
- In 1961 and 1962 an individual award named Best Current Events was presented, later in 1970 a category called Best Factual Current Affair was awarded.
- From 1978 to 1985 and also in 1992 it was presented as Best Actuality Coverage.
- From 1986 to 1991 it was presented as Best News or Outside Broadcast Coverage.
- From 1993 to 1994 and then from 1998 to 2001 it was presented as Best News and Current Affairs Journalism.
- From 1995 to 1997 and then since 2002 it has been presented as Best News Coverage.
1960s
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Sportsview unit | BBC | |
| 1962 | Bill Allenby | ||
1970s
Best Factual Current Affair
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | News at Ten | |
| Man on the Moon Apollo 11 Moon Landing Special | David Nicholas, Geoffrey Hughes | |
| The Money Programme | Michael Bunce | |
Best Actuality Coverage
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | A Day of Celebration | Anthony Craxton |
| BBC Coverage of Wimbledon '77 | Sports Production Team | |
| Blow Out at Bravo | Grampian Production Team | |
| Jubilee '77 | Outside Broadcast Production Team | |
| 1979 | The Open Golf Championship | AP Wilkinson |
| Home from the Sea | John Vernon | |
| ITV Coverage of The World Cup | Sports Production Team | |
| Wimbledon '78 | AP Wilkinson | |
1980s
Best Actuality Coverage
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Last Night of the Proms | Ian Engelmann |
| Cosi Fan Tutte | Peter Hall, John Vernon | |
| Earl Mountbatten's Funeral | Mike Lumley | |
| BBC News Coverage of Fastnet Boat Race | ||
| 1981 | ITN Coverage of the Iranian Embassy Siege | David Goldsmith and the Production Team |
| BBC Coverage of the Iranian Embassy Siege | News Production Team | |
| 80 Gracious Years | Jim Pople | |
| Embassy World Snooker Championship | Nick Hunter | |
| Wimbledon 1980 Men's Final | Jonathan Martin | |
| 1982 | ITN Coverage of Poland | |
| International Snooker | Nick Hunter | |
| BBC Royal Wedding Coverage | Michael Lumley and the Production Team | |
| ITV Royal Wedding Coverage | Jim Pople, Stewart Purvis and the Production Team | |
| 1983 | BBC Coverage of the Falklands | BBC Television News |
| News at Ten | ||
| ITN Coverage of the Falklands | ITN Production Team | |
| Raising of the Mary Rose | ||
| 1984 | ITN Coverage of the Lebanon Crisis | ITN Production Team |
| Die Fledermaus | Humphrey Burton | |
| The Nation Decides | ITN Production Team | |
| 1983 London Marathon | John Shrewsbury | |
| 1985 | Nine O'Clock News: Ethiopian Famine | Michael Buerk, Mohammed Amin |
| Breakfast Time, Friday, October 12th - The Brighton Bomb | David Lloyd, Peter O'Kill, Sandy McCourt | |
| Channel 4 News | Stewart Purvis and the Production Team | |
| Coverage of the Brighton Bomb | BBC News Team | |
Best News or Outside Broadcast Coverage
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | BBC Live Aid for Africa | |
| Channel 4 News | Stewart Purvis and the Production Team | |
| News at Ten | Alastair Burnet and the Production Team | |
| Newsnight | Richard Tait | |
| 1987 | Channel 4 News | Stewart Purvis |
| Hospital Watch | Fiona Holmes, Caroline Van Den Brul | |
| News at Ten: Coverage of the American Bombing Raid on Libya | David Nicholas | |
| Newsnight | Richard Tait | |
| Nine O'Clock News: Coverage of the American Bombing Raid on Libya | Rick Thompson and the Production Team | |
| The Queen in China | Tim Marshall | |
| The Royal Wedding | ||
| 1988 | Special Edition Of Channel 4 News: Coverage of the Zeebrugge Disaster | Stewart Purvis |
| BBC News Coverage of the Zeebrugge Disaster | Ron Neil | |
| Channel 4 News | Richard Tait, Stewart Purvis | |
| News at Ten | Nick Pollard | |
| 1989 | Channel 4 News | |
| The Kirov Ballet Live in London | John Michael Phillips | |
| Nelson Mandela Concert | Mike Appleton, Tim Marshall, Neville Bolt | |
| Newsnight | John Morrison | |
1990s
Best News or Outside Broadcast Coverage
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | BBC News: Tiananmen Square Massacre | Steve Selman |
| BBC Berlin Wall Coverage | John Mahoney | |
| Nine O'Clock News: Kate Adie Secret Report from Chinese Hospital | Kate Adie | |
| ITN Coverage of Romania | ||
| 1991 | Channel 4 News | |
| Domingo, Carreras, Pavarotti in Concert | Brian Large | |
| ITN Coverage of Mrs Thatcher's Resignation | David Mannion | |
| World Cup 1990 | BBC Sport Production Team | |
Best Actuality Coverage
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | ITN News Coverage of the Gulf War | Brent Sadler, Production Team |
| BBC News Coverage of the Gulf War | ||
| Pavarotti in Hyde Park | Christopher Swann, Andy Ward | |
| Newsnight: Soviet Coup Collapses | Tim Gardam | |
Best News and Current Affairs Journalism
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Serbian Prison Camps Discovery | Penny Marshall, Ian Williams |
| BBC Coverage of Sarajevo | Martin Bell | |
| BBC Coverage of the Barcelona Olympics | Martin Hopkins | |
| Newsnight | Tim Gardam | |
| 1994 | Channel 4 News | |
| BBC1 Coverage of the Bosnian Massacre | Martin Bell | |
| BBC2 Newsnight Coverage of Kurdistan | George Alagiah | |
| News at Ten Coverage of the Storming of the Moscow White House and the Civil War in Georgia | ||
Best News Coverage
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | ITN1 Coverage of the Crisis In Rwanda | |
| Channel 4 News Coverage of the Estonia Ferry Disaster | ||
| Channel 4 News Coverage of the South African Elections | ||
| BBC1 News Coverage on Rwanda | John Simpson | |
| 1996 | Channel 4 News Coverage of War Crimes in Former Yugoslavia | |
| BBC1 News Coverage on Bosnia | Martin Bell | |
| BBC2 Newsnight | Peter Horrocks | |
| ITN Coverage of the War in Chechnya | ||
| 1997 | BBC Newsnight: BSE Coverage | Peter Horrocks |
| Channel 4 News Coverage of the Refugee Crisis in Zaire and Rwanda | ||
| BBC Newsnight: Dunblane Massacre | Peter Horrocks | |
| ITV News at Ten: Coverage of Dunblane | ||
Best News and Current Affairs Journalism
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Panorama: Valentina's Story | Mike Robinson |
| BBC Election Night Programme | Peter Horrocks | |
| Channel 4 Coverage of the Death of Diana, Princess of Wales | Jim Gray | |
| ITV Coverage of the Death of Diana, Princess of Wales |
Nigel Dacre | |
| 1999 | Dispatches: Inside the Animal Liberation Front | David Monaghan, Deborah Davies, Graham Hall |
| Correspondent: ETA - Coming in from the Cold | Ewa Ewart, Fiona Murch, Orla Guerin | |
| ITN's Coverage of the Omagh Bomb and its Aftermath | Nigel Dacre and the Production Team | |
| Newsnight: Coverage Of the Northern Ireland Peace Process | Martha Kearney, Sian Kevill | |
2000s
Best News and Current Affairs Journalism
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Coverage of the Kosovo Conflict | John Simpson and the BBC News Team | BBC One |
| Coverage of the Kosovo Conflict | Sky News Production Team | Sky News | |
| The Paddington Crash | The Channel 4 News Team | Channel 4 | |
| Tonight with Trevor McDonald: Interview with the Lawrence Suspects | Jeff Anderson, James Goldston, Ingrid Kelly | ITV | |
| 2001 | Out of Africa | Sorious Samura, Ron McCullagh | Channel 4 |
| Mozambique Floods | BBC News Team | BBC News 24 | |
| Mozambique Floods - The Event and the Aftermath | ITV | ||
| Panorama: Who Bombed Omagh? | Eamon Hardy, John Ware | BBC One | |
Best News Coverage
2010s
2020s
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [3] | Hong Kong Protests | Sky News | |
| ITV News at Ten: Election Results | ITV | ||
| Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal (Newsnight) | BBC Two | ||
| Victoria Derbyshire: Men Who Lost Loved Ones to Knife Crime | |||
| 2021 [4] | Sky News: "Inside IDLIB" | Sky News | |
| BBC News at Ten: Prime Minister Admitted to Intensive Care | BBC News/BBC One | ||
| Channel 4 News: Deterring Democracy | Channel 4 | ||
| Newsnight: COVID Care Crisis | BBC Two | ||
| 2022 [5] | ITV News at Ten: Storming of the Capitol | ITV | |
| Channel 4 News: Black to Front | Channel 4 | ||
| Good Morning Britain: Shamima Begum | ITV | ||
| Sky News: Afghanistan: Endgame | Sky News | ||
| 2023 [6][7] | Channel 4 News: "Live in Kyiv" | Channel 4 | |
| BBC News at Ten: "Russia Invades Ukraine" | BBC One | ||
| Good Morning Britain: "Boris Johnson Interview" | ITV | ||
| 2024 [8] | Channel 4 News: "Inside Gaza: Israel and Hamas at War" | Esme Wren, Federico Escher, Helene Cacace, Matt Frei, Secunder Kermani, Millicent Teasdale | Channel 4 |
| Sky News: "Inside Myanmar - The Hidden War" | Sky News | ||
| Sky News: "Israel-Hamas War" | |||
| 2025 [9] | BBC Breakfast: "Post Office Special" | BBC One | |
| Channel 4 News: "Inside Sednaya - The Fall of Assad" | Channel 4 | ||
| Channel 4 News: "Undercover Inside Reform's Campaign" | |||
- Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.
References
- ↑ "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ↑ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ↑ Kanter, Jake (2020-07-31). "BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Night Of Surprises, As 'Chernobyl' & 'The End Of The F***ing World' Take Two Prizes Each". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ↑ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ↑ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ↑ Richardson, Hollie (27 March 2025). "Bafta TV awards 2025 nominations: full list". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2025.