British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Editing: Fiction explained

British Academy Television Craft Award
Presenter:	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Country:	United Kingdom
Year:	1992
Holder:	Seina MacArthur for This Is Going to Hurt (2023)
Website:	http://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Editing: 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.

Before splitting into two categories for editing in 1992, Best Editing: Fiction and Best Editing: Factual (presented from 1992 to 1994 as Best Film or Video Editor – Fiction and Best Film or Video Editor – Factual respectively), two categories were presented to recognize editing in television programming:

• From 1978 to 1991 Best VTR Editor was presented.
• From 1978 to 1991 Best Film Editor was presented.

Winners and nominees

1970s

Best VTR Editor

width=5%	Year	width=20%	Recipient(s)	width=25%	Title
1978	Geoff Higgs	Macbeth
	John Hawkins, Tim Waddell	The Muppet Show
	Charles Huff	The Warrior's Return
	Steve Murray	The Ambassadors
	Neil Pittaway	Mike Yarwood in Persons
	Tim Whiffin	Love for Lydia/Hi Summer
	Yorkshire TV Team	Raffles
1979	John Hawkins	The Muppet Show
	Geoff Beames, Graham Roberts	Lillie
	Charles Huff	The Lost Boys
	STV VTR Section	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Best Film Editor

width=5%	Year	width=20%	Recipient(s)	width=25%	Title
1978	David Naden	The Christians
	Howard Billingham	The World About Us Cuba Sports and Revolution
	Ron De Matteos	Open University: James Bond
	Tony Ham	Blind Love
	Stan Hawkes	Whicker's World: Palm Beach
	Dave King	Omnibus Tilford
	Tudor Lloyd	Goodbye Longfellow Road
	Larry Loft	Wings
	Chris Lovett	A Hymn from Jim
	Reginald Mills	Jesus of Nazareth
	Des Murphy	Open University: Mass Communications and Society - ABC in Kansas City
	Jesse Palmer	In The Making
	Ken Pearce	The Three Hostages
	Tim Ritson	Chink In The Wall Prime Minister On Prime Ministers
	Raoul Sobell	The Treasure of Porto Santo Chronicle: The Acquisitors
	Tony Woollard	Eustace and Hilda
1978	Ralph Sheldon	Out
	John Costello	Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
	David Martin	Pennies from Heaven Brighter Than The Sun
	Jeremy McCracken	The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

1980s

Best VTR Editor

width=5%	Year	width=20%	Recipient(s)	width=25%	Title
1980	Sam Upton	Crime and Punishment Suez 1956
	David Hillier	Churchill and the Generals
	Dave Lewington, Fred Turner	The Will Kenny Everett Make It To 1980? Show
	Stan Pow	Testament of Youth The Brylcreem Boys
	Graham Roberts	Gloo Joo Stanley Baxter on Television
1981	Jan Langford	The South Bank Show The Passion The Worst Of It'll Be Alright On The Night
	Matt Boney	Not the Nine O'Clock News
	John Hawkins	The Muppet Show
	Fred Turner, Dave Lewinton	The Kenny Everett Video Show
1982	Ian Williams	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
	Clayton Parker, Graham Roberts	The Stanley Baxter Series
	Stan Pow	The Journal of Bridget Hitler
	Graham Taylor	The Cherry Orchard
1983	Mike Bloore	Boys from the Blackstuff
	Terry Bennell	Nicholas Nickleby Outside Edge
	Dennis Collett	Another Flip for Dominick Nancy Astor
	Graham Roberts	The Stanley Baxter Hour A Fine Romance
1984	Dennis Collett	Reith The Last Day The Hot Shoe Show
	Stan Pow	Mansfield Park Macbeth
	Peter Reason	The Comedy of Errors Two Gentleman of Verona Video Stars
	Ed Wooden	Three of a Kind
1985	Stephen Newnham	The Box of Delights
	Ian Collins	Bird of Prey II
	Graham Sissons	The Trial of Richard III
	Kevin Waters	Shroud for a Nightingale
1986	Graham Taylor	Blott on the Landscape
	Malcolm Banthorpe	The Detective
	David Lewinton	L'Enfance Du Christ
	Michael Taylor	John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
1987	Malcolm J Banthorpe, Dave Jervis	The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
	John Baldwin	Spitting Image
	Clayton Parker	Fire and Ice
	Stan Pow	Bluebell
	John Sillitto	Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
	Graham Sissons	The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1988	Peter Hayes	Tutti Frutti (for "Episode 4")
	John Fortenberry, Ruth Foster	Graceland: The African Concert
	Gerry Law	Tutti Frutti (for "Episode 3")
	George Tidmarsh	LS Lowry: A Simple Man
1989	Editing Team	The Clothes Show
	John Baldwin	Spitting Image
	Roger Martin	Entertainment USA
	Mykola Pawluk	French and Saunders

Best Film Editor

width=5%	Year	width=20%	Recipient(s)	width=25%	Title
1980	Ron Martin	Life on Earth
	Paul Carter	Public School
	Ann Chegwidden	The World About Us Bloody Ivory (Special) Survival: River Of Sand (Special)
	Chris Wimble, Clare Douglas	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1981	Tariq Anwar	Oppenheimer Caught on a Train
	Jon Costelloe	Blade on the Feather
	Roger James	Death of a Princess The Gamekeeper
	Trevor Waite and Editing Team	Hollywood
1982	Anthony Ham	Brideshead Revisited
	Tony Heaven, Dave Lee	Fighter Pilot
	Ralph Sheldon, Ann Chegwidden	The Flame Trees of Thika
	Leslie Walker
	Alan Coddington	The South Bank Show Music for a City – Venice
1983	Oscar Webb	A Voyage Round My Father
	Peter Heeley	The Flight of the Condor
	Greg Miller	Boys from the Blackstuff
	Chris Wimble, Clare Douglas	Smiley's People
1984	Ralph Sheldon, Edward Marnier	Reilly, Ace of Spies
	Derek Bain	Baryshnikov, The Dancer and the Dance Cowboy Art Agnes De Mille
	Ken Pearce	An Englishman Abroad
	Ralph Sheldon, Andrew Nelson	Kennedy
1985	Jim Latham	Threads
	Ann Chegwidden	The Heart of the Dragon
	Edward Mansell	The Jewel in the Crown
	Peter Rose	The River Journeys: Congo
1986	Ardan Fisher, Dan Rae	Edge of Darkness
	Howard Billingham	Omnibus Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story
	Ian Callaway	Marilyn Monroe: Say Goodbye to the President
	Martin Elsbury	Kingdom of the Ice Bear
1987	Dick Allen	Hotel Du Lac
	Tariq Anwar, Julian Miller, John Stothart	The Monocled Mutineer
	Ken Pearce	The Insurance Man
	John Shirley, Barry Peters	Paradise Postponed
	Frank Webb, Jon Costelloe	London's Burning
	Bill Wright, Sue Wyatt	The Singing Detective
1988	Andrew Willsmore	The Duty Men
	Tariq Anwar	Fortunes of War
	John MacDonnell	Tutti Frutti
	Barry Peters	Porterhouse Blue
1989	Don Fairservice	A Very British Coup
	Jack Dardis	Game, Set and Match (for "Episodes 5,6,9,11 & 13")
	Chris Gill	Game, Set and Match (for "Episodes 1,2,3,4,7,8,10 & 12")
	Ken Pearce	Tumbledown

1990s

Best VTR Editor

width=5%	Year	width=25%	Recipient(s)	width=25%	Title	width=10%	Broadcaster
1990	John Baldwin	Spitting Image	ITV
	Nigel Cattle	Casualty (for "Episode 2")	BBC One
	Editing Team	The Clothes Show
	Stan Pow	The Ginger Tree
1991	Malcolm Banthorpe	Casualty (for "Episodes 1 & 6")	BBC One
	John Beech, Ray Ball, Laurie Bunce	The Bill	ITV
	Mykola Pawluk	Drop the Dead Donkey	Channel 4
	David Yardley, Jonathan Hills	Una Stravaganza Dei Medici

Best Film Editor

width=5%	Year	width=25%	Recipient(s)	width=25%	Title	width=10%	Broadcaster
1990	Howard Billingham	Around the World in 80 Days (for "Part 5")	BBC One
	Tariq Anwar	Summer's Lease	BBC Two
	Jon Gregory, Neil Thompson, Andrew McClelland	Traffik	Channel 4
	Ray Wingrove	Mother Love	BBC One
1991	Dick Allen	Portrait of a Marriage	BBC Two
	Masahiro Hirakubo	The Green Man	BBC One
	Chris Wade	The Trials of Life (for "Episodes 2,3 & 11")
	Chris Orrell	The Trials of Life (for "Episodes 5 & 10")

Best Film or Video Editor – Fiction

width=5%	Year	width=25%	Recipient(s)	width=25%	Title	width=10%	Broadcaster
1992	Edward Mansell	Prime Suspect	ITV
	Alan Dixon	Casualty (for "Episodes 2,8 & 12")	BBC One
	Anthony Ham, Oral Norrie Ottey	G.B.H.	Channel 4
	Bill Wright	Clarissa	BBC
1993	Frances Parker	Unnatural Pursuits	BBC
		Memento Mori	BBC Two
	Edward Mansell	Prime Suspect 2	ITV
	Kevin Lester	Inspector Morse
1994	Mick Audsley	The Snapper	BBC
	Edward Mansell	Prime Suspect 3	ITV
	Oral Norrie Ottey, Trevor Waite, Chris Gill	Cracker
	Dave King	To Play the King	BBC

Best Editing: Fiction

width=5%	Year	width=25%	Title	width=25%	Recipient(s)	width=10%	Broadcaster
1995	Takin' Over the Asylum	Ian Farr	BBC Two
	Cardiac Arrest	Peter Hayes	BBC One
	Cracker	Edward Mansell	ITV
	Middlemarch	Paul Tothill, Jerry Leon	BBC Two
1996	Love Bites: Go Now	Trevor Waite	BBC
	The Politician's Wife	Alan Jones	Channel 4
	Cracker	Edward Mansell	ITV
	The Buccaneers	Greg Miller
1997	Hillsborough	Barry Vince	ITV
	Gulliver’s Travels	Peter Coulson	Channel 4
	The Fragile Heart	Neil Thomson
	The Crow Road	Angus Newton	BBC Scotland
1998	The Lakes	Roy Sharman	BBC One
	Holding On	John Stothart	BBC Two
	Tom Jones	Paul Tothill, Annie Kocur	BBC One
	Trial & Retribution	Terry Warwick	ITV
1999	A Rather English Marriage	Dave King	BBC Two
	Hornblower The Even Chance	Keith Palmer	ITV
	Vanity Fair	Bill Diver	BBC One
	Our Mutual Friend	Frances Parker	BBC Two

2000s

width=5%	Year	width=25%	Title	width=25%	Recipient(s)	width=10%	Broadcaster
	The Royle Family	Tony Cranstoun	BBC One
	Queer as Folk	Tony Cranstoun	Channel 4
	David Copperfield	Philip Kloss	BBC One
	Cold Feet	Tim Waddell	ITV
	North Square	Jon Costelloe	Channel 4
	Clocking Off	Nick Arthurs, Tony Cranstoun, Edward Mansell	BBC One
	Longitude	Peter Coulson	Channel 4
	Gormenghast	Paul Tothill	BBC Two
	Othello	Nick Arthurs	ITV
	Clocking Off	Mark Elliott, Edward Mansell, Tony Cranstoun
	The Way We Live Now	Paul Tothill
	Perfect Strangers		BBC Two
	Daniel Deronda	Philip Kloss	BBC One
	Bloody Sunday	Clare Douglas
	Shackleton	Peter Coulson	Channel 4
	Spooks	Colin Green	BBC One
	State of Play	Mark Day	BBC One
	Prime Suspect	St John O’Rorke	ITV
	The Lost Prince	Clare Douglas	BBC One
	Spooks	Paul Knight, Barney Pilling
	Sex Traffic	Mark Day	Channel 4
	The Long Firm	Paul Tothill	BBC Two
	Shameless	Fiona Colbeck	Channel 4
	Dirty Filthy Love	Tania Reddin	ITV
	Bleak House	Paul Knight	BBC One
	To the Ends of the Earth	Philip Kloss	BBC Two
	Casanova	Nick Arthurs	BBC Three
	The Ghost Squad	Adam Recht	Channel 4
	Longford	Melanie Oliver	Channel 4
	Doctor Who	Crispin Green	BBC One
	Life on Mars	Barney Pilling
	Prime Suspect The Final Act	Trevor Waite	ITV
	Boy A	Lucia Zucchetti	Channel 4
	Five Days	Sarah Brewerton	BBC One
	Cranford	Frances Parker
	The Mighty Boosh	Mark Everson	BBC Three
	Doctor Who	Philip Kloss	BBC One
	Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley	Anthony Combes	BBC Four
	Criminal Justice	Sarah Brewerton	BBC One
	White Girl		BBC Two

2010s

width=5%	Year	width=25%	Title	width=20%	Episode	width=25%	Recipient(s)	width=10%	Broadcaster
	Mo		Kristina Hetherington	Channel 4
	Occupation		Victoria Boydell	BBC One
	A Short Stay in Switzerland		Adam Recht
	Criminal Justice		Chris Wyatt
	Red Riding 1974		Andrew Hulme	Channel 4
	Sherlock	A Study in Pink	Charlie Phillips	BBC One
	Eric and Ernie		Jamie Pearson	BBC Two
	Downton Abbey		John Wilson	ITV
	This is England '86		Chris Wyatt	Channel 4
	Sherlock	A Scandal in Belgravia	Charlie Phillips	BBC One
	The Crimson Petal and the White		Luke Dunkley	BBC Two
	Birdsong		Kristina Hetherington	BBC One
	Great Expectations		Victoria Boydell
	The Fear	"Episode 1"	Trevor Waite	Channel 4
	Ripper Street			BBC One
	The Thick of It		Anthony Boys, Gary Dollner	BBC Two
	The Hour	"Episode 1"	Gareth C. Scales
	The Fall		Steve Singleton	BBC Two
	An Adventure in Space and Time		Philip Kloss	BBC Two
	Top of the Lake	"Episode Six"	Alexandre de Franceschi
	Broadchurch	"Episode Eight"	Mike Jones	ITV
	Sherlock		Yan Miles	BBC One
	The Fall		Steve Singleton	BBC Two
	The Honourable Woman		Jason Krasucki
	The Missing			BBC One
	Wolf Hall		David Blackmore	BBC Two
	An Inspector Calls		Alex Mackie	BBC One
	Humans		Daniel Greenway	Channel 4
	This Is England '90		Matthew Gray
	London Spy		Victoria Boydell	BBC Two
2017 ^[1]	The Night Manager		Ben Lester	BBC One
	National Treasure		Luke Dunkley	Channel 4
	Sherlock	The Abominable Bride	Andrew John McClelland	BBC One
	Fleabag		Gary Dollner	BBC Three
2018 ^[2]	Three Girls		Úna Ní Dhonghaíle	BBC One
	The Crown	"Paterfamilias"		Netflix
	Line of Duty	"Moral Superiority"	Andrew John McClelland	BBC One
	Peaky Blinders	"The Duel"	Dan Roberts	BBC Two
2019 ^[3]	A Very English Scandal		Pia Di Ciaula	BBC One
	Killing Eve	"Nice Face"	Gary Dollner	BBC One
	Bodyguard	"Episode 1"	Steve Singleton
	Black Mirror	"Bandersnatch"	Tony Kearns	Netflix

2020s

width=5%	Year	width=25%	Title	width=20%	Episode	width=25%	Recipient(s)	width=10%	Broadcaster
2020 ^[4] ^[5]	Chernobyl		Simon Smith, Jinx Godfrey	Sky Atlantic
	Killing Eve	"Desperate Times"	Dan Crinnion	BBC One
	Giri/Haji		Elen Pierce Lewis	BBC Two
	Fleabag		Gary Dollner	BBC Three
2021 ^[6]	I May Destroy You		Editing Team	BBC One
	Normal People	"Episode 5"	Nathan Nugent	BBC Three
	Quiz			ITV
	Small Axe			BBC One
2022 ^[7] ^[8]	It's a Sin		Sarah Brewerton	Channel 4
	Line of Duty		Andrew John McLelland	BBC One
	A Very British Scandal		Dominic Strevens
	Landscapers		Elen Pierce Lewis	Sky Atlantic
2023 ^[9] ^[10]	This Is Going to Hurt		Selina MacArthur	BBC One
	The Crown		Celia Haining	Netflix
	Andor	"Announcement"	Frances Parker	Disney+
	Slow Horses	"Failure's Contagious"	Katie Weiland	Apple TV+
2024 ^[11]	Time		Alex Mackie	BBC One
	Happy Valley	"Episode 6"	Joe Carey
	Slow Horses	"Last Stop"	Sam Williams	Apple TV+
		"Old Scores"	Zsófia Tálas

See also

• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie

Notes and References

1. Web site: BAFTA TV Craft Award Winners Include ‘The Crown’, ‘The Night Manager’, ‘National Treasure’ — Full List . 23 April 2017 . Deadline . 29 March 2021.
2. News: Nominations Announced for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2018. Bafta. 22 March 2018. 29 March 2021.
3. Web site: Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019. 2019-03-28. www.bafta.org. en. 2021-03-29.
4. News: Bafta TV Awards: Richard Ayoade to host socially-distanced delayed ceremony . 29 March 2021 . bbc. en.
5. News: ‘Chernobyl’ Leads 2020 BAFTA TV Craft Awards . 29 March 2021 . bbc. en.
6. Web site: BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards. 2021-04-28. www.bafta.org. en. 2021-04-28.
7. Web site: BAFTA TV Awards: Russell T. Davies’ ‘It’s a Sin’ Dominates Nominations. The Hollywood Reporter. Alex. Ritman. 30 March 2022. 30 March 2022.
8. Web site: BAFTA TV Craft Awards: ‘Landscapers,’ ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Among Top Winners. The Hollywood Reporter. Alex. Ritman. April 24, 2022. April 26, 2022.
9. Web site: BAFTA TV Awards: ‘This is Going to Hurt,’ ‘The Responder’ Lead Pack of Nominees. The Hollywood Reporter. Alex. Ritman. 22 March 2023. 22 March 2023.
10. Web site: ‘House of the Dragon,’ ‘This Is Going to Hurt’ Lead Winners at BAFTA TV Craft Awards. Variety. Manori. Ravindran. 23 April 2023. 24 April 2023.
11. Web site: BAFTA TV Awards: ‘The Crown,’ ‘Black Mirror’ Lead Nominations. The Hollywood Reporter. Georg. Szalai. March 20, 2024. March 24, 2024.