British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Director: Multi-Camera

British Academy Television Craft Award
British Academy Television Craft Award
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award	2011
Currently held by	Laurence Cawsey for Super Sunday - Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur (2026)
Website	http://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Director: Multi-Camera 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.

CountryUnited Kingdom

Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts

First award2011

Currently held byLaurence Cawsey for Super Sunday - Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur (2026)

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In 2006 and 2007 there was only on category for directors but in 2008 the category was split in three separate categories to recognize directing for different programming, first creating Best Director: Factual and Best Director: Fiction and then in 2011, Best Director: Multi-Camera.

Year	Recipient(s)	Title	Broadcaster
2006	Brian Percival	Much Ado About Nothing	BBC One
	Simon Cellan Jones	The Queen's Sister	Channel 4
	Joe Ahearne	Doctor Who	BBC One
	Justin Chadwick	Bleak House	BBC One
2007	Edmund Coulthard	Soundproof	BBC Two
	Tom Hooper	Longford	Channel 4
	Adrian Shergold	Low Winter Sun	Channel 4
	Bharat Nalluri	Life on Mars	BBC One

Year	Recipient(s)	Title	Broadcaster
2011	Tony Prescott	Coronation Street - Live Episode	ITV1
	Juliet May	Miranda	BBC Two
	Jonathan Bullen	The X Factor	ITV
	Nikki Parsons	Strictly Come Dancing	BBC One
2012	Phil Heyes	The X Factor Final	ITV
	Ben Kellett	Mrs Brown's Boys	BBC One
	Claire Popplewell	The Royal Wedding	BBC One
	Richard Valentine	Dancing on Ice	ITV
2013	Hamish Hamilton, Tapani Parm	The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isle of Wonder	BBC One
	Paul Davies	The London 2012 Olympics: Super Saturday	BBC One
	Nikki Parsons	Strictly Come Dancing
	Hamish Hamilton, Tapani Parm	The London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: Symphony of British Music
2014	Phil Heyes	The X Factor	ITV
	Bridget Caldwell	The Funeral of Baroness Thatcher	BBC One
	Steve Smith	The Graham Norton Show
	Nikki Parsons	Strictly Come Dancing
2015	Paul McNamara	2014 FA Cup Final	ITV
	Chris Power	Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	ITV
	Directing Team	D-Day 70: The Heroes Return	BBC One
	Ben Kellett	Mrs. Brown's Boys	BBC One
2016	Richard Valentine, Coky Giedroyc	The Sound Of Music Live!	ITV
	Chris Power	Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	ITV
	John Anderson	Coronation Street
	John Watts	Rugby World Cup Final: New Zealand V Australia
2017 ^[1]	Chris Power	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	ITV
	Nikki Parsons	Strictly Come Dancing	BBC One
	Nikki Parsons	The Centenary of the Battle of the Somme
	Pete Andrews	Wimbledon 2016
2018 ^[2]	Julia Knowles	World War One Remembered: Passchendaele	BBC Two
	Chris Power	Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	ITV
	James Morgan	Wild Alaska Live	BBC One
	Nikki Parsons	Strictly Come Dancing	BBC One
2019 ^[3]	Barbara Wiltshire	Inside No.9 Live: Dead Line	BBC Two
	Bridget Caldwell	The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance	BBC One
	Julia Knowles, Helen Scott, Simon Staffurth	The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle	BBC One
	Liz Clare	The Voice UK	ITV

Year	Recipient(s)	Title	Broadcaster
2020 ^[4]^[5]	Janet Fraser Crook	Glastonbury 2019	BBC One
	Paul McNamara	ITV Racing: Cheltenham Festival	ITV
	Bridget Caldwell	The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance	BBC One
	Matthew Griffiths	Six Nations 2019 - Wales v England	BBC One
2021 ^[6]	Marcus Viner	ENO's Drive & Live: La Bohème	Sky Arts
	Bridget Caldwell	The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance	BBC One
	Ken Burton	Rugby League Challenge Cup Final
	Nikki Parsons	Strictly Come Dancing
2022 ^[7]^[8]	Paul Dugdale	Glastonbury Festival: Live at Worthy Farm	BBC Two
	Paul McNamara	ITV Racing: The Grand National	ITV Sport/ITV
	Matthew Griffiths	Six Nations Rugby: Wales v England	BBC Sport/BBC One
	Nikki Parsons	Strictly Come Dancing	BBC One
2023 ^[9]^[10]	Directing team	The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II	BBC One
	Janet Fraser	Glastonbury Festival 2022	BBC Two
	Julia Knowles	Platinum Jubilee: Party at the Palace	BBC One
	Nikki Parsons	Strictly Come Dancing	BBC One
2024 ^[11]	Nikki Parsons, Ollie Bartlett, Richard Valentine	Eurovision Song Contest 2023	BBC One
	Paul McNamara	FA Cup Final	ITV
	Julia Knowles	An Audience with Kylie	ITV
	Julia Knowles	The Coronation Concert	BBC One
2025 ^[12]^[13]	Janet Fraser Crook	Glastonbury 2024	BBC One
	Chris Cook	BBC General Election 2024	BBC One
	Directing Team	D-Day 80: Tribute to the Fallen
	Nikki Parsons	Strictly Come Dancing
2026 ^[14]	Laurence Cawsey	Super Sunday - Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur	Sky Sports
	Ben Archard, Eddie Lewis, Marieke Barker-Benfield	The Celebrity Traitors	BBC One
	Ben Hardy	LOL: Last One Laughing UK	Prime Video
	Diccon Ramsay	VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember	BBC One

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