British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction

British Academy Television Craft Award
British Academy Television Craft Award
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award	1992
Currently held by	Shōgun – Christopher Ross (2025)
Website	http://www.bafta.org/

CountryUnited Kingdom

Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts

First award1992

Currently held byShōgun – Christopher Ross (2025)

The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction 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. According to the BAFTA website, for this category the "eligibility is limited to the director of photography."^[1]

Several categories were presented to recognize photography and lighting in television programming:

From 1978 to 1991 Best Film Cameramen was presented.
From 1978 to 1982 Best Television Cameramen was presented.
In 1978 Best Special Lighting Effects was presented.
From 1978 to 1980 Best Television Lighting was presented.
From 1981 to 1994 Best Video Lighting was presented.

In 1992, those categories transformed in two, Best Film or Video Photography - Fiction/Entertainment and Best Film or Video Photography - Factual until 1994 when they would be renamed for the last time, resulting in Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction and Best Photography: Factual respectively.

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Year	Recipient(s)	Title
1978	Chris Menges	Last Summer Chicago Streets
	Graham Barker	Goodbye Longfellow Road
	Peter Bartlett	Eustace And Hilda The Three Hostages A Hymn from Jim
	Philip Bonham Carter	Omnibus Money On The Wall
	John Else	The Long Search
	Peter Hall	Marie Curie Ripping Yarns Count Dracula
	John Hooper	Omnibus: A Day in the Garden
	Peter Jackson	A Chink In The Wall
	Kenneth MacMillan	A Royal Heritage
	Tony Maynard, Jeff Shepherd	Love for Lydia
	Philip Meheux	Spend, Spend, Spend
	Arthur Smith	Living On The Land
	Alan Stevens	Open University: Mass Communications and Society - ABC in Kansas City
	Ian Stone	For Continued Excellence Years Of Work
	George Jesse Turner	The Christians World in Action
	Colin Waldeck	Chronicle: The Acquisitors
	David Watkin, Armando Nannuzi	Jesus of Nazareth
	David Wood	Blind Love
1979	David Whitson, Maurice Tibbles	The Voyage of Charles Darwin
	Elmer Cossey	The Lost Boys
	Mike Fash	The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
	Chris Menges	Opium: The White Powder Opera

Year	Recipient(s)	Title
1978	Albert Almond, Roy Easton	Rock Follies of '77
	Dick Bunn	Glyndebourne Opera
	David Gautier	The Mayor of Casterbridge
	Mike Hobbs	Thames OB's and OB Drama
	Dave Mutton	Pennies from Heaven
	Dave Taylor	Brass Tacks
1979	John Chapman	The Kenny Everett Video Show (Inserts)
	Albert Almond, Roy Easton	Edward & Mrs. Simpson
	Derek Doe	Lillie
	Dave Mutton	Pennies from Heaven

Year	Title	Recipient(s)
1978	Macbeth	John Treays
	Hard Times	Wilf Batty
	The Ambassadors	Denis Channon
	Ghosts	Bob Grey
	Rock Follies of '77	Malcolm Harrison, Bob Simmons
	Kilvert's Diary	David Jackson
	Love for Lydia	Colin Innes-Hopkins, Trevor Saunders
	Count Dracula	Howard King
	Three Weeks Moths	Bill Lee
	Tommy Steele and a Show	David Motture
	Anna Karenina Married Love	John Summers
	Marie Curie	Clive Thomas
	St Paul’s Cathedral - A Day of Celebration	Harry Thomas
	The Ghosts of Motley Hall	Mike Thompson
1979	The Lost Boys	Sam Barclay
	Edward & Mrs. Simpson	Bill Lee, Malcolm Harrison
	Pennies from Heaven	Dave Sydenham
	Lillie	Bert Wilkins, Colin Innes-Hopkins

Year	Recipient(s)	Title
1980	Tony Pierce Roberts	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
	Nat Crosby	Katie, The Year Of The Child Blue Remembered Hills Long Distance Information
	Maurice Fisher and Camera Team	Life on Earth
	John Tiley, Colin Munn	Testament of Youth
1981	Tony Pierce-Roberts, John Else	Caught on a Train
	Derek Banks	Strangeways
	Peter Hannan	Blade on the Feather
	Wolfgang Suschitzky	Staying On Worzel Gummidge
1982	Nat Crosby	Autumn Sunshine Going Gently
	Ray Goode	Brideshead Revisited
	Norman Langley	Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
	Peter Middleton	The South Bank Show: Nickleby and Company
	Ian Wilson	The Flame Trees of Thika
1983	Kenneth MacMillan	Smiley's People
	Nat Crosby	Intensive Care Soft Targets Ballroom of Romance Cruel Garden
	Chris Menges	Walter Looks and Smiles East 103rd Street
	Tony Pierce-Roberts	P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang A Voyage Round My Father
1984	Nat Crosby	An Englishman Abroad/Farmers Arms
	Jim Howlett	Saigon, Year of the Cat
	Peter Jessop	Reilly, Ace of Spies
	Ernest Vincze	Kennedy
1985	Andrew Dunn	Threads
	Jack Cardiff	The Far Pavilions
	Ray Goode	The Jewel in the Crown
	Ken Westbury	Doctor Fischer of Geneva
1986	Andrew Dunn	Edge of Darkness
	Kenneth MacMillan	Bleak House
	Hugh Miles, Martin Saunders	Kingdom of The Ice Bear
	Ken Westbury	Tender is the Night
1987	Nat Crosby	The Insurance Man
	Andrew Dunn	The Monocled Mutineer
	Kenneth MacMillan	Day After the Fair
	Kenneth MacMillan	Hotel Du Lac
	Mike Reed	Paradise Postponed
	Ken Westbury	The Singing Detective
1988	Phil Agland	Baka: People of the Rain Forest
	Elmer Cossey	A Perfect Spy
	David Feig	Fortunes of War
	Dick Pope	Porterhouse Blue
1989	Andrew Dunn	Tumbledown
	Remi Adefarasin	Christabel
	Camera Team	Supersense
	Ernie Vincze	A Very British Coup

Year	Recipient(s)	Title
1980	John Chapman	Light Weight Camerawork
	Peter Coombs	Macbeth
	Geoff Feld	Testament of Youth Suez 1956
	Rodney Taylor	Prince Regent
1981	Geoff Feld	The Merchant of Venice The Fatal Spring We, The Accused
	Ron Green	Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Thérèse Raquin
	Dave Mutton	Pride and Prejudice
	Rod Taylor	Oppenheimer To Serve Them All My Days
1982	Jim Atkinson	All's Well That Ends Well Othello Timon of Athens Troilus and Cressida
	Geoff Feld	The Cherry Orchard
	Dave Mutton	The Journal of Bridget Hitler
	Dave Ramsey	Pygmalion Like I've Never Been Gone

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Year	Title	Recipient(s)
1980	Testament of Youth Matilda's England	Dave Sydenham
	Macbeth Rumpole of the Bailey	Louis Bottone
	Crime and Punishment Suez 1956	Howard King
	Churchill and the Generals	Nigel Wright

Year	Title	Recipient(s)
1981	Thérèse Raquin Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde	Howard King
	The Merchant of Venice	Dennis Channon
	We, The Accused Pride and Prejudice	Dave Sydenham
	Oppenheimer	Clive Thomas
	The Taming of the Shrew	John Treays
1982	The Cherry Orchard: The Journal of Bridget Hitler	Howard King
	Pygmalion Eden End Cupid's Darts	Brian Hilton
	Tenko	Alan Horne
	The Borgias	Dave Sydenham
1983	La Ronde John David Too Late To Talk To Billy Frost In May	Clive Thomas
	Boys from the Blackstuff	Dick Bentley
	Nicholas Nickleby	Tony Imi
	The Barchester Chronicles/Nancy Astor	Howard King
1984	Hot Shoe Show	Bill Millar
	The Comedy of Errors The Gathering Seed The Last Day Events in a Museum Dombey and Son	Dave Sydenham
	Reith My Cousin Rachel Good Behaviour The Tale of Beatrix Potter	Clive Thomas
	King Lear	Chris White
1985	The Box of Delights	John Mason
	Tenko	Peter Catlett
	The Hot Shoe Show	Dickie Higham, Bill Millar
	Oxbridge Blues	Dave Sydenham
1986	L'Enfance Du Christ	Luigi Bottone, Andy Andrews
	Oliver Twist	Bob Chaplin
	Cyrano de Bergerac	John Treays
	The Mysteries: The Nativity	John Treays
1987	The Life and Loves of a She-Devil	John King
	Fire and Ice	John Fyfe, Colin Innes-Hopkins
	All Passion Spent	Howard King, Colin Widgery
	First Among Equals	Peter Nolan
	Cosi Fan Tutte	John Summers
	Bluebell	Clive Thomas, Peter Greenyer
1988	The Charmer	Trevor Saunders
	Vanity Fair	David Cannings Bushell
	Tutti Frutti	James Maiden
	The Dorothy L Sayers Mysteries	Clive Thomas
1989	The Chronicles of Narnia	John Mason
	The Kirov Ballet Live in Britain	Clive Potter
	A Cream Cracker under the Settee	Clive Thomas
	La Traviata	Brian Turner

Year	Recipient(s)	Title	Broadcaster
1990	Clive Tickner	Traffik	Channel 4
	Michael Davis	Inspector Morse	ITV
	Nigel Meakin	Around the World in 80 Days (for "Episodes 1-4")	BBC One
	Nigel Walters	Around the World in 80 Days (for "Episodes 5-7")	BBC One
1991	Camera Team	The Trials of Life	BBC One
	Paul Wheeler	Inspector Morse	ITV
	Ian Punter	House of Cards	BBC One
	Ian Punter	Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit	BBC Two

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
1990	The Ginger Tree	Clive Thomas	BBC One
	The Chronicles of Narnia	John Mason	BBC
	Casualty	Chris Watts	BBC One
	Bomber Harris	Clive Thomas	BBC One
1991	Boon	Derek Constable, Keith Reed	ITV
	Drop the Dead Donkey	Keith Reed	Channel 4
	Una Stravaganza Dei Medici	Luigi Bottone	Channel 4
	The Chronicles of Narnia	John Mason	BBC
1992	Not awarded
1993	Tales from Hollywood	Duncan Brown	BBC Two
	Casualty	Nick Hollingbury	BBC One
	The House of Eliott	Chris Townsend	BBC One
	Gladiators	Brian Pearce	ITV
1994	Porgy and Bess	Chris Townsend	PBS
	Gladiators	Brian Pearce	ITV
	Casualty (for "Episodes 1, 5, 12 & 15")	Cedric Rich	BBC One
	Hedda Gabler	Clive Thomas	BBC Two

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
1992	Prime Suspect	Ken Morgan	ITV
	G.B.H.	Peter Jessop	Channel 4
	Clarissa	John McGlashan	BBC
	Inspector Morse (for "Programmes 1-4")	Paul Wheeler	ITV
1993	The Borrowers	Clive Tickner	BBC Two
	The Big Battalions	Chris O'Dell	Channel 4
	Memento Mori	Remi Adefarasin	BBC Two
	Natural Lies	John McGlashan	BBC
1994	Cracker	Ivan Strasburg	ITV
	The Buddha of Suburbia	John McGlashan	BBC Two
	The Borrowers	Clive Tickner	BBC Two
	Scarlet and Black	John McGlashan	BBC One

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
1995	Family	Daf Hobson	BBC One
	Finney	Kevin Rowley	ITV
	Middlemarch	Brian Tufano	BBC Two
	The Rector’s Wife	Witold Stok	Channel 4
1996	Persuasion	John Daly	BBC Two
	The Politician's Wife	Tom McDougal	Channel 4
	Prime Suspect	David Odd	ITV
	McCallum	Brian Morgan	ITV
1997	The Final Passage	Nic Knowland	Channel 4
	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall	Daf Hobson	BBC One
	Truth or Dare	Richard Greatrex	BBC One
	Our Friends in the North	John Daly, John Kenway, Simon Kossoff	BBC Two
1998	The Woman in White	Richard Greatrex	BBC One
	Holding On	Peter Middleton, Alan Stewart	BBC Two
	The Lakes	Daf Hobson	BBC One
	Touching Evil	David Odd	ITV
1999	Far from the Madding Crowd	John Daly	BBC Two
	Vanity Fair	Oliver Curtis	BBC One
	Cold Feet	Peter Middleton	ITV
	Our Mutual Friend	David Odd	BBC Two

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2000	Wives and Daughters	Fred Tammes	BBC One
	Great Expectations	David Odd	BBC Two
	David Copperfield	Andy Collins	BBC One
	Warriors	Richard Greatrex	BBC One
2001	Longitude	Peter Hannan	Channel 4
	Clocking Off	Peter Greenhalgh	BBC One
	Lorna Doone	Chris Seager	BBC One
	Anna Karenina	Ryszard Lenczewski	Channel 4
2002	Othello	Daf Hobson	ITV
	Clocking Off	Peter Greenhalgh	BBC One
	The Way We Live Now	Chris Seager	BBC One
	Perfect Strangers	Cinders Forshaw	BBC Two
2003	Bloody Sunday	Ivan Strasburg	ITV
	Shackleton	Henry Braham	Channel 4
	White Teeth	David Odd	Channel 4
	Daniel Deronda	Fred Tammes	BBC One
2004	Charles II: The Power and the Passion	Ryszard Lenczewski	BBC One
	Cambridge Spies	David Higgs	BBC Two
	State of Play	Chris Seager	BBC One
	The Lost Prince	Barry Ackroyd	BBC One
2005	Sex Traffic	Chris Seager	Channel 4
	The Long Firm	Sean Bobbit	BBC Two
	Spooks	Simon Chaudoir	BBC One
	Dirty Filthy Love	David Odd	ITV
2006	The Girl in the Café	Chris Seager	BBC One
	To the Ends of the Earth	Ulf Brantas	BBC Two
	Bleak House	Kieran McGuigan	BBC One
	Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky	John Daly	BBC Four
2007	Shoot the Messenger	David Katznelson	BBC Two
	Longford	Danny Cohen	Channel 4
	Tsunami: The Aftermath	John De Borman	BBC One
	Terry Pratchett's Hogfather	Gavin Finney	Sky1
2008	Boy A	Rob Hardy	Channel 4
	Spooks	Damian Bromley	BBC One
	Joe's Palace	Danny Cohen	BBC One
	Skins	Nick Dance	E4
2009	Wallander	Anthony Dod Mantle	BBC One
	The Devil's Whore	Julian Court	Channel 4
	House of Saddam	Florian Hoffmeister	BBC Two
	White Girl	Wojciech Szepel	BBC Two

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2010	Red Riding 1983	David Higgs	Channel 4
	Desperate Romantics	Alan Almond	BBC Two
	Hamlet	Chris Seager	BBC Two
	Small Island	Tony Miller	BBC One
	Garrow's Law	Lukas Strebel
	Wallander	Lukas Strebel
2011	South Riding	Alan Almond	BBC One
	Terry Pratchett's Going Postal	Gavin Finney	Sky1
	Downton Abbey	David Katznelson	ITV
	Five Daughters	Chris Seager	BBC One
	Any Human Heart	Wojciech Szepel	Channel 4
2012	Great Expectations	Florian Hoffmeister	BBC One
	The Crimson Petal and the White	Lol Crawley	BBC Two
	The Hour	Chris Seager	BBC Two
	Top Boy	Tat Radcliffe	Channel 4
2013	The Fear	Gavin Finney	Channel 4
	Ripper Street	Julian Court	BBC One
	Blackout	Christopher Ross
	Hunted	Balazs Bolygo
2014	Peaky Blinders	George Steel	BBC Two
	Utopia	Ole Birkeland	Channel 4
	Dancing on the Edge	Ashley Rowe	BBC Two
	Luther	John Conroy	BBC One
2015	The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies	Mike Eley	ITV
	Da Vinci's Demons	Owen McPolin	FOX
	The Honourable Woman	Zac Nicholson, George Steel	BBC Two
	Peaky Blinders	Simon Dennis	BBC Two
2016	London Spy	Laurie Rose	BBC Two
	Wolf Hall	Gavin Finney	BBC Two
	The Frankenstein Chronicles	Ian Moss	ITV Encore
	Fortitude	John Conroy	Sky Atlantic
2017 ^[2]	Rillington Place	James Friend	BBC One
	The Crown (for "Smoke and Mirrors")	Adriano Goldman	Netflix
	Nosedive (Black Mirror)	Seamus McGarvey	Netflix
	National Treasure	Ole Birkeland	Channel 4
2018 ^[3]	The Crown (for "Beryl")	Adriano Goldman	Netflix
	Against the Law	Johann Perry	BBC Two
	Taboo	Mark Patten	BBC One
	USS Callister (Black Mirror)	Stephan Pehrsson	Netflix
2019 ^[4]	The Little Drummer Girl	Woo-Hyung Kim	BBC One
	Collateral	Balazs Bolygo	BBC Two
	Patrick Melrose	James Friend	Sky Atlantic
	Killing Eve (for "I Don't Want to Be Free")	Julian Court	BBC One

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	His Dark Materials (for "The Spies")	Suzie Lavelle	BBC One
	The Crown	Adriano Goldman	Netflix
	Top Boy	Joe Anderson	Netflix
2021 ^[7]	Small Axe	Shabier Kirchner	BBC One
	Little Birds	Ed Rutherford	Sky Atlantic
	Devs	Rob Hardy	BBC Two
	Normal People	Suzie Lavelle	BBC Three
2022 ^[8]^[9]	Landscapers	Erik Wilson	Sky Atlantic
	Sex Education	Oli Russell	Netflix
	Your Honor	James Friend	Sky Atlantic
	Time	Mark Wolf	BBC One
2023 ^[10]^[11]	Jungle	Chas Appeti	Prime Video
	Pistol	Anthony Dod Mantle	Disney+
	The Tourist	Ben Wheeler	HBO Max / BBC One
	I Am Ruth	Rachel Clark	Channel 4
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	The Long Shadow	Ed Rutherford	ITV
	The Sixth Commandment	Rik Zang	BBC One
	The Last of Us	Eben Bolter	HBO / Sky Atlantic
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	Eric	Benedict Spence	Netflix
	Sweetpea	Nick Morris	Sky Atlantic
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