BAFTA TV CRAFT AWARDS 2025: The Full List of Winners as EastEnders Wins Special Award

Richard Gadd wins a BAFTA TV CRAFT Award 2025 - Filmotomy

The best of TV united at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2025 ceremony at London’s The Brewery on 27th April. Big shows like Apple TV+ Slow Horses, and Netflix’s Baby Reindeer took home two awards each. Hosted by Stacey Dooley, the Special Award of the night went to EastEnders for its long-running contribution to British TV screens and celebrated 40 years on air.

Other honourable winners included Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power for Special, Visual and Graphic Effects, and Disney Plus’ Shōgun which took home the award for best Photography & Lighting. Presenters of the night included Benedict Wong, David Proud, and Harriet Kemsley among other famous guest presenters.

Read Below For the BAFTA TV Awards 2025 Winners:

Children’s Craft Team:

CHILDREN’S CRAFT TEAM WINNER: The Velveteen Rabbit

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • BooSnoo!
  • Hey Duggee
  • Horrible Histories

Costume Design

COSTUME DESIGN WINNER: Eric by Suzanne Cave

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Ian Fulcher for Black Doves
  • Annie Symons and Jason Airey for Mary & George
  • Ján Kocman for The Tattoo of Auschwitz

Director: Factual

DIRECTOR: FACTUAL WINNER: Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story by Charlie Hamilton James

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Natasha Cox for Life and Death in Gaza (Storyville)
  • Colette Camden for Lucan
  • Tom Green & Tommy Forbes for Me and the Voice in My Head

Director: Fiction, Sponsored By 3 Mills Studios

DIRECTOR: FICTION WINNER: Baby Reindeer by Weronika Tofilska

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Molly Manners for One Day
  • Nida Manzoor for We Are Lady Parts
  • Peter Kosminsky for Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
BAFTAS: Weronika Tofilska & Richard Gadd on the set of Netflix's Baby Reindeer. Image Courtesy of Netflix - Filmotomy
Weronika Tofilska & Richard Gadd on the set of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer. Image Courtesy of Netflix

Director: Multi-Camera

DIRECTOR: MULTI-CAMERA WINNER: Glastonbury 2024 by Janet Fraser Cook

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Chris Cook for BBC General Election 2024
  • Directing Team for D-Day 80: Tribute to the Fallen
  • Nikki Parsons for Strictly Come Dancing

Editing: Factual

EDITING: FACTUAL WINNER: Life and Death in Gaza (Storyville) by Sarah Keeling

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Otto Burnham for Apollo 13: Survival
  • Sean Mackenzie & Chris Nicholls for Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain
  • Kate Spankie for Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods

Editing: Fiction

EDITING: FICTION WINNER: Slow Horses (Episode One) by Robert Frost

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Peter Oliver & Benjamin Gerstein for Baby Reindeer
  • Mike Jones for Mr Bates vs The Post Office
  • Luke Dunkley for The Day of the Jackal
BAFTAS: Gary Oldman & Jack Lowden in Apple TV+ Slow Horses. Image Courtesy of IMDB - Filmotomy
Gary Oldman & Jack Lowden in Apple TV+ Slow Horses. Image Courtesy of IMDB

Emerging Talent: Factual

EMERGING TALENT: FACTUAL WINNER: Kill Zone: Inside Gaza by Jaber Badwan (Director of Photography)

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Lucy Wells (Shooting Director) for 24 Hours in Police Custody: Murder on Prescription
  • Anna Johnston (Director) for Parole

Emerging Talent: Fiction, Sponsored By Sara Putt Associates

EMERGING TALENT: FICTION WINNER: Lucia Keskin (Writer) for Things You Should Have Done

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Mitch Kalisa (Director) for Letting Go (On The Edge)
  • Phil Dunning (Writer) for Smoggie Queens
  • Kyla Harris & Lee Getty (Writers) for We Might Regret This

Entertainment Craft Team, Sponsored By Hotcam

ENTERTAINMENT CRAFT TEAM WINNER: Taskmaster

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Miracles
  • Strictly Come Dancing
  • The Traitors

Make Up & Hair Design

MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN WINNER: Rivals

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Erika Ökvist for Bridgerton
  • Nic Collins for Joan
  • Mary & George
BAFTAS: Lisa McGrillis in Disney Plus' Rivals. Image courtesy of Disney Plus - Filmotomy
Lisa McGrillis in Disney Plus’ Rivals. Image courtesy of Disney Plus

Original Music: Factual

ORIGINAL MUSIC: FACTUAL WINNER: Rage Against the Regime: Iran by Noor Khaleghi

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Jessica Jones for American Nightmare
  • Tandis Jenhudson for Israel & Gaza: Into the Abysss (Exposure)
  • Nitin Sawhney for Tiger

Original Music: Fiction

ORIGINAL MUSIC: FICTION WINNER: Bad Sisters by Tim Phillips & PJ Harvey

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Natalie Holt & Jack Halama for Rivals
  • Daniel Pemberton & Toy Drum for Slow Horses
  • Carly Paradis for Until I Kill You

Photography & Lighting: Fiction

PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING WINNER: Shōgun by Christopher Ross

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Benedict Spence for Eric
  • Stephen Murphy for Say Nothing (Episode Eight)
  • Nick Morris for Sweetpea

Photography: Factual

PHOTOGRAPHY: FACTUAL WINNER: State of Rage by Marcel Mattelsiefen

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
  • Camera Team for Life and Death in Gaza (Storyville)
  • Silverback

Production Design, Sponsored By Microsoft

PRODUCTION DESIGN WINNER: Rivals by Dominic Hyman

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Ashleigh Jeffers for Breathtaking
  • Chris Seagers for Masters of the Air
  • Richard Bullock for The Day of the Jackal

Scripted Casting

SCRIPTED CASTING WINNER: Supercell by Isabella Odoffin

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Lauren Evans for Lost Boys and Fairies
  • Jill Trevellick for Mr Bates vs The Post Office
  • Kelly Valentine Hendry for Rivals

Sound: Factual

SOUND: FACTUAL WINNER: Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Apollo13: Survival
  • Backstage with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • The Sound Team for Earthsounds
BAFTAS: Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough. Image courtesy of Netflix - Filmotomy
Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough. Image courtesy of Netflix

Sound: Fiction

SOUND: FICTION WINNER: Slow Horses

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Baby Reindeer
  • House of the Dragon
  • True Detective: Night Country

Special Award: Non-Competitive

SPECIAL AWARD WINNER: EastEnders

Special, Visual And Graphic Effects

SPECIAL, VISUAL AND GRAPHIC EFFECTS WINNER: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • House of the Dragon
  • Masters of the Air
  • Silo

Titles & Graphic Identity

TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY WINNER: Sweetpea by Peter Anderson Studio

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Matt Curtis for A Gentleman in Moscow
  • Ludwig
  • Paris 2024 Olympics

Writer: Comedy

WRITER: COMEDY WINNER: Inside No.9 by Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Brett Goldstein for Shrinking
  • Phil Dunning for Smoggie Queens
  • Nida Manzoor for We Are Lady Parts
BAFTAS: Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton in Inside No. 9. Image courtesy of BBC - Filmotomy
Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton in Inside No. 9. Image courtesy of BBC

Writer: Drama

WRITER: DRAMA WINNER: Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd

OTHER NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY:
  • Mickey Down & Konrad Kay for Industry
  • Gwyneth Hughes for Mr Bates vs The Post Office
  • Nicole Taylor for One Day

The BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2025 was hosted by Stacey Dooley and aired on 27th April 2025. You can watch the highlights of the BAFTAS TV Craft Awards 2025 over on BAFTAS Official YouTube Channel here.

What do you think about the BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2025 winners? Let us know in the comments below. Also make sure to catch our full list on the BAFTA TV Awards nominations 2025.

Author: Hannah Taylor

Senior Editor at Filmotomy. Hannah is a BA English graduate and MA Screenwriting graduate with knowledge of cinema history and film theory. She is a journalist, writer, and screenwriter in the Film and TV industry with an interest in horror cinema, particularly Slashers. As a fashion correspondent, she also enjoys writing about the latest Hollywood red carpet fashions. Hannah has written for popular film blogs and magazines including Picturehouse, Industrial Scripts, Raindance Film Festival, Onscreen Magazine and Save The Cat!

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