British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Costume Design

BAFTA Television Craft Award
BAFTA Television Craft Award
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award	1978
Currently held by	Maja Meschede for A Thousand Blows (2026)
Website	http://www.bafta.org/

The BAFTA Television Craft Award for Best Costume Design is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories. It was first awarded in 1978.

CountryUnited Kingdom

Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts

First award1978

Currently held byMaja Meschede for A Thousand Blows (2026)

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According to the BAFTA website, for a programme to be eligible to this category, it "should contain a significant amount of original design."^[1]

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Year	Title	Recipient(s)
1978	Hard Times	Esther Dean
	The Duchess of Duke Street	Betty Aldiss
	She Fell Among Thieves	John Bloomfield
	Raffles/Sister Dora	Brian Castle
	Anna Karenina	Joan Ellacott
	Jesus of Nazareth	Marcel Escoffieri, Enrico Sabbatini
	Machbeth	Raymond Hughes
	Eustace and Hilda	Barbara Lane
	Poldark	Penny Lowe
	Rock Follies of '77	Caroline Middleton, Jennie Tate
	Holding On	Alyson Ritchie
	Love for Lydia	May Tapley, Vangie Harrison
	Three Weeks	Diana Thurley
	The Ambassadors	Juanita Waterson
1979	Edward & Mrs. Simpson	Diana Thurley, Jennie Tate
	The One and Only Phyllis Dixey	Martin Baugh
	Pennies from Heaven	John Peacock
	Lillie	Frances Tempest, Linda Mattock

Year	Title	Recipient(s)
1980	Testament of Youth	Prue Handley
	Prince Regent	Raymond Hughes
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Joyce Mortlock
	Stanley Baxter on Television	Clive Stuart
1981	Thérèse Raquin	Reg Samuel
	Worzel Gummidge	Michael Baldwin
	Pride and Prejudice	Joan Ellacott
	Cream in My Coffee	Sue Formston
1982	Brideshead Revisited	Jane Robinson
	The Borgias	Mike Burdle
	Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years	Evangeline Harrison
	Pygmalion	Elizabeth Waller
1983	Nicholas Nickleby	John Napier
	The Woman in White	Barbara Kronig
	Nancy Astor	Joyce Mortlock
	Barchester Chronicles	Juanita Waterson
1984	An Englishman Abroad/The Tale of Beatrix Potter	Amy Roberts
	Mansfield Park	Ian Adley
	King Lear	Tanya Moiseiwitsch
	Reilly, Ace of Spies	Elizabeth Waller
1985	The Jewel in the Crown	Esther Dean, Diane Holmes
	The Far Pavilions	Raymond Hughes
	Threads	Sally Nieper
	Tenko	Andrew Rose
1986	Bleak House	Michael Burdle
	Tender is the Night	Barbara Kidd
	Silas Marner	Anushia Nieradzik
	Mapp and Lucia	Frances Tempest
1987	Bluebell	Verity Lewis, Janet Powell
	Lost Empires	Michael Cocks
	The Monocled Mutineer	Charlotte Holdich
	The Life and Loves of a She-Devil	Joyce Mortlock
	The Singing Detective	Hazel Pethig, John Peacock
	Hotel Du Lac	Rita Reekie
1988	Fortunes of War	Christine Rawlins
	Vanity Fair	Joyce Hawkins
	Porterhouse Blue	Lindy Hemming
	Tutti Frutti	Delphine Roche-Gordon
1989	The Storyteller	Ann Hollowood
	Tumbledown	Michael Burdle
	Christabel	Anushia Nieradzik
	The Chronicles of Narnia	Judy Pepperdine

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
1990	Agatha Christie's Poirot' (for "Episodes 2,4,7,8 & 10")	Linda Mattock	ITV
	The Chronicles of Narnia	Judy Pepperdine	BBC
	Precious Bane	Michael Burdle	BBC
	The Ginger Tree	Michael Burdle	BBC One
	Agatha Christie's Poirot (for "Episodes 1,3,5,6 & 9")	Sue Thomson	ITV
1991	Portrait of a Marriage	Dinah Collin	BBC Two
	Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter	David Beaton	BBC
	Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit	Les Lansdown	BBC Two
	Agatha Christie’s Poirot	Linda Mattock, Sharon Lewis	ITV
1992	The House of Eliott	Joan Wadge	BBC One
	Agatha Christie's Poirot (for "Programmes 1,4,5,9 & 10")	Elizabeth Waller	ITV
	Agatha Christie's Poirot (for "Programmes 2,3,6,7 & 8")	Robin Fraser-Paye	ITV
	Jim Henson's Greek Myths	Ann Hollowood, Polly Smith	Channel 4
	Clarissa	Ken Trew	BBC
1993	The Camomile Lawn	Elizabeth Waller	Channel 4
	Absolutely Fabulous	Sarah Burns, Philip Lester	BBC Two
	Jeeves and Wooster	Dany Everett	ITV
	Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side	Judy Pepperdine	BBC One
1994	Mr Wroe's Virgins	Susannah Buxton	BBC Two
	Doctor Finlay	Leigh Bellis	ITV
	The Buddha of Suburbia	Alexandra Byrne	BBC Two
	Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City	Molly Maginnis	Channel 4
1995	Martin Chuzzlewit	Jeremy Turner	BBC Two
	The Rector's Wife	Barbara Kidd	Channel 4
	Measure for Measure	Lyn Avery	BBC Two
	Middlemarch	Anushia Nieradzik	BBC Two
1996	Persuasion	Alexandra Byrne	BBC Two
	The Hanging Gale	Howard Burden	BBC One
	Pride and Prejudice	Dinah Collin	BBC One
	Performance: Henry IV	Joan Wadge	BBC Two
1997	Gulliver's Travels	Shirley Russell	Channel 4
	The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders	Trisha Biggar	ITV
	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall	Rosalind Ebbutt	BBC One
	Our Friends in the North	James Keast	BBC Two
1998	Tom Jones	Rosalind Ebbutt	BBC One
	A Dance to the Music of Time	Dany Everett, Barbara Kidd	Channel 4
	The Mill on the Floss	Jill Taylor	BBC
	The Woman in White	Odile Dicks-Mireaux	BBC One
1999	A Respectable Trade	Frances Tempest	BBC
	Hornblower: The Even Chance	John Mollo	ITV
	Vanity Fair	Rosalind Ebbutt	BBC One
	Our Mutual Friend	Mike O’Neill	BBC Two

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2000	Great Expectations	Odile Dicks-Mireaux	BBC Two
	Oliver Twist	Rosalind Ebbutt	ITV
	The League of Gentlemen	Yves Barre	BBC Two
	All the King’s Men	Howard Burden	BBC One
2001	The League of Gentlemen	Yves Barre	BBC Two
	Longitude	Shirley Russell	Channel 4
	Gormenghast	Odile Dicks-Mireaux	BBC Two
	Madame Bovary	Anushia Nieradzik	BBC Two
2002	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Barbara Kidd	Channel 4
	Love in a Cold Climate	Mike O'Neill	BBC One
	The Cazalets	Frances Tempest	BBC One
	Othello	Les Lansdown	ITV
2003	Shackleton	Shirley Russell	Channel 4
	The Gathering Storm	Jenny Beavan	BBC Two
	Daniel Deronda	Mike O’Neill	BBC One
	Dr Zhivago	Annie Symons	ITV
2004	Charles II: The Power and the Passion	Mike O’Neill	BBC One
	Little Britain	Annie Hardinge	BBC Three
	The Mayor of Casterbridge	Lyn Avery	BBC
	The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath	Sammy Sheldon	BBC One
2005	The Long Firm	James Keast	BBC Two
	Little Britain	Annie Hardinge	BBC Three
	Strictly Come Dancing	Su Judd	BBC One
	Sex Traffic	Anushia Nieradzik	Channel 4
2006	Bleak House	Andrea Galer	BBC One
	To the Ends of the Earth	Rosalind Ebbutt	BBC Two
	The Queen's Sister	James Keast	Channel 4
	Elizabeth I	Mike O'Neill	Channel 4
2007	The Virgin Queen	Amy Roberts	BBC One
	A Harlot's Progress	David Blight	Channel 4
	Fear of Fanny	Emma Fryer	BBC Four
	The Ruby in the Smoke	James Keast	BBC One
2008	Oliver Twist	Amy Roberts	BBC One
	Cranford	Jenny Beavan	BBC One
	Fanny Hill	Lucinda Wright	BBC Four
	Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of The Music Hall	Lucinda Wright	BBC Four
2009	The Devil's Whore	Michele Clapton	Channel 4
	House of Saddam	Alexandra Caulfield	BBC Two
	In Love with Barbara	Natalie Humphries	BBC Four
	Little Dorrit	Barbara Kidd	BBC One

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2010	Red Riding 1974	Natalie Ward	Channel 4
	An Englishman in New York	Joey Attawia	ITV
	Cranford	Jenny Beavan	BBC One
	Desperate Romantics	James Keast	BBC Two
2011	Worried About the Boy	Annie Symons	BBC Two
	Any Human Heart	Charlotte Holdich	Channel 4
	This Is England '86	Charlotte Walter	Channel 4
	Eric and Ernie	Joanna Eatwell	BBC Two
2012	Birdsong	Charlotte Walter	BBC One
	Downton Abbey	Susannah Buxton	ITV
	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	James Keast	BBC Two
	Call the Midwife	Amy Roberts	BBC One
2013	Parade's End	Sheena Napier	BBC Two
	Mrs Biggs	Amy Roberts	ITV
	Richard II (The Hollow Crown)	Odile Dicks-Mireaux	BBC Two
	Ripper Street	Lorna Marie Mugan	BBC One
2014	Downton Abbey	Caroline McCall	ITV
	An Adventure in Space and Time	Suzanne Cave	BBC Two
	Da Vinci's Demons	Annie Symons	Fox
	The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane	Lucinda Wright	ITV
2015	The Musketeers	Phoebe de Gaye	BBC One
	Cilla	Amy Roberts	ITV
	Penny Dreadful	Gabriella Pescucci	Sky Atlantic
	Strictly Come Dancing	Vicky Gill	BBC One
2016	The Dresser	Fotini Dimou	BBC Two
	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell	Barbara Kidd	BBC One
	Poldark	Marianne Agertoft	BBC One
	Wolf Hall	Joanna Eatwell	BBC Two
2017 ^[2]	The Crown	Michele Clapton	Netflix
	The Durrells	Charlotte Holdich	ITV
	The Hollow Crown	Nigel Egerton	BBC Two
	San Junipero (Black Mirror)	Susie Coulthard	Netflix
2018 ^[3]	Game of Thrones	Michele Clapton	HBO
	Peaky Blinders	Alison McCosh	BBC Two
	The Crown	Jane Petrie	Netflix
	Taboo	Joanna Eatwell	BBC One
2019 ^[4]	A Very English Scandal	Suzanne Cave	BBC One
	The City and The City	Marianne Agertoft	BBC Two
	The Long Song	Charlotte Holdich	BBC One
	Killing Eve	Phoebe de Gaye	BBC One

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