British Academy Television Award for Best Reality and Constructed Factual
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CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award2012
Currently held byThe Jury: Murder Trial (2025)
| British Academy Television Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First award | 2012 |
| Currently held by | The Jury: Murder Trial (2025) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy Television Award for Best Reality and Constructed Factual 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 "programmes where participants are put into an environment or format and then observed interacting in situations devised by the producer."[1]
2010s
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Young Apprentice | Andy Devonshire, Darina Healy, Michele Kurland, Colm Martin | BBC One |
| Made in Chelsea | Sarah Dillistone, David Granger, Sharyn Mills, John Pereira | E4 | |
| Don't Tell the Bride | Rebecca Bayatti, Sarah May, Jon Rowlands, Steph Weatherill | BBC Three | |
| An Idiot Abroad | Sky One | ||
| 2013 | Made in Chelsea | E4 | |
| The Audience | Jonathan Smith, Nick Curwin, Danny Horan, Anthony Philipson | Channel 4 | |
| The Young Apprentice | Claudia Lewis, Laurence Turnbull, Ruby Evans, Alan Sugar | BBC One | |
| I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | Richard Cowles, Becca Walker, Chris Brogden | ITV | |
| 2014 | Gogglebox | Tania Alexander, Paul Broadbent, Chantal Boyle, Stephen Lambert | Channel 4 |
| Dragons' Den | Ceri Aston, Steven Handley, Paul Newton, Helen Lagoe | BBC Three | |
| The Undateables | Luke Sewell, Sarah Spencer, Amelia Hann, Liz Warner | Channel 4 | |
| The Big Reunion | ITV2 | ||
| 2015 | The Island with Bear Grylls | Channel 4 | |
| The Apprentice | Alan Sugar, Francesca Maudslay, Cate Hall, Stephen Day | BBC One | |
| I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | ITV | ||
| The Undateables | Sarah Spencer, Martha Constable, Liz Warner | Channel 4 | |
| 2016 | First Dates | Nicola Lloyd, Martin Conway, Adam Chapman, Rob Clifford | Channel 4 |
| I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | ITV | ||
| Gogglebox | Stephen Lambert, Tania Alexander | Channel 4 | |
| The Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6 Year Olds | Teresa Watkins, Nicola Brown, Emily Lawson, Harjeet Chhokar | ||
| 2017 | Muslims Like Us | Kieran Smith, Nicholas Packer, Oliver Manley, Mobeen Azhar | BBC Two |
| First Dates | Channel 4 | ||
| The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds | |||
| The Real Marigold Hotel | Tom Currie, David Vallance, David Clews, Andrew Mackenzie-Betty | BBC Two | |
| 2018 | Love Island | ITV2 | |
| The Real Full Monty | Nick Bullen, Kevin Mundye, Daniela Neumann, Will Yapp | ITV | |
| Celebrity Hunted | Channel 4 | ||
| Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds | Trish Powell, Murray Boland, Benjamin Leigh, Belle Borgeaud | ||
| 2019 [2] | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | ITV | |
| Dragon's Den | BBC Two | ||
| Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds | Murray Boland, Trish Powell, Benjamin Leigh, Louise Bartmann | Channel 4 | |
| The Real Full Monty: Ladies' Night | ITV | ||
2020s
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [3] | Race Across the World | BBC Two | |
| Celebrity Gogglebox | Tania Alexander, Leon Campbell, Stephen Lambert, Chris Hooker | Channel 4 | |
| Harry's Heroes: The Full English | ITV | ||
| RuPaul's Drag Race UK | BBC Three | ||
| 2021 [4] | The School that Tried to End Racism | Channel 4 | |
| MasterChef: The Professionals | David Ambler, Katie Attwood, Genevieve Welch, Anthony Crumpton | BBC One | |
| The Write Offs | Channel 4 | ||
| Race Across the World | BBC Two | ||
| 2022 [5] | Gogglebox | Channel 4 | |
| The Dog House | Channel 4 | ||
| Married at First Sight UK | Murray Boland, Dermot Caulfield, Danielle Lux, Sharyn Mills, Rachel Viner, James Kayler | E4 | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race UK | RuPaul Charles, Fenton Bailey, Tom Campbell, Bruce McCoy, Sally Miles, Matt Green | BBC Three | |
| 2023 [6][7] | The Traitors | BBC One | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race UK | RuPaul Charles, Fenton Bailey, Tom Campbell, Bruce McCoy, Matt Green, Tony Grech-Smith | BBC Three | |
| Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams | Andrew Mackenzie-Betty, Naomi Templeton, Cath Tudor | BBC One | |
| We Are Black and British | Narinder Minhas, Becky Clarke, Lindsay Davies, Rebecca Nunn, Ryan Samuda, Jessica Mitchell | BBC Two | |
- Best Reality
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 [8] | Squid Game: The Challenge | Netflix | |
| Banged Up | Channel 4 | ||
| Married at First Sight UK | Danielle Lux, Murray Boland, Rachel Viner, Susy Price, James Kayler, Dermot Caulfield | E4 | |
| My Mum, Your Dad | ITV1 | ||
| 2025 [9][10] | The Jury: Murder Trial | Channel 4 | |
| Dragons' Den | BBC One | ||
| The Traitors | |||
| Love is Blind UK | Netflix | ||
- Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.