2008 British Academy Television Craft Awards

9th British Academy Television Craft Awards
Date	11 May 2008
Site	The Dorchester, Mayfair, UK
Hosted by	Claudia Winkleman

The British Academy Television Craft Awards of 2008 are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and were held on 11 May 2008 at The Dorchester, Mayfair, the ceremony was hosted by Claudia Winkleman.

Winners and nominees

Winners will be listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[1][2][3]

Best Director - Fiction	Best Director - Factual
John Crowley – Boy A Otto Bathurst – Five Days Marc Munden – The Mark of Cain Adrian Shergold – Persuasion	Jezza Neumann – Dispatches (Episode: "China’s Stolen Children (Special)") Joseph Bullman – The Seven Sins of England Annabel Gillings – Earth: The Power of the Planet (Episode: "Atmosphere") Livia Russell – Grand Designs
Best Writer	Best Breakthrough Talent
Steven Moffat – Doctor Who (Episode: "Blink") Tony Marchant – The Mark of Cain Jimmy McGovern – The Street Heidi Thomas – Cranford	Jezza Neumann – Dispatches (Episode: "China’s Stolen Children (Special)") Mark O'Rowe – Boy A Patrick Reams – A Very British Sex Scandal Writing Team – Skins
Best Original Television Music	Best Make-Up and Hair Design
Capturing Mary – Adrian Johnston Boy A – Paddy Cunneen Cranford – Carl Davis Doctor Who – Murray Gold	My Boy Jack – Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn Cranford – Alison Elliott Oliver Twist – Anne ‘Nosh’ Oldham Rome – Maurizio Silvi
Best Costume Design	Best Production Design
Oliver Twist – Amy Roberts Cranford – Jenny Beavan Fanny Hill – Lucinda Wright Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of The Music Hall – Lucinda Wright	Cranford – Donal Woods Life On Mars – Matthew Gant Britz – Pat Campbell My Boy Jack – Dave Arrowsmith
Best Photography and Lighting - Fiction/Entertainment	Best Photography - Factual
Boy A – Rob Hardy Spooks – Damian Bromley Joe's Palace – Danny Cohen Skins – Nick Dance	Tribe (Episode: "Nenets") – Wayne Derrick Natural World (Episode: "Wye – Voices From The Valley") – Charlie Hamilton-James, James McPherson Dispatches (Episode: "China’s Stolen Children (Special)") – Jezza Neumann The Seven Sins of England – Mark Wolf
Best Editing - Fiction/Entertainment	Best Editing - Factual
Boy A – Lucia Zucchetti Five Days – Sarah Brewerton The Mighty Boosh – Mark Everson Cranford – Frances Parker	Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives – Folko Boermans The Apprentice – Tris Harris The Seven Sins of England – Ollie Huddlestone, Michael Harrowes Dispatches (Episode: "China’s Stolen Children (Special)") – Jezza Neumann, Brian Woods, Reg Clarke
Best Sound - Fiction/Entertainment	Best Sound - Factual
Cranford – Paul Hamblin, Graham Headicar, Andre Schmidt, Peter Brill Spooks – Rudi Buckle, James Feltham, Darren Banks, Ben Norrington Life On Mars – Dave Sansom, James Feltham, Darren Banks, Alex Sawyer Doctor Who – Sound Team	War Oratorio – Paul Paragon, Mike Hatch, Ben Baird Michael Palin's New Europe – George Foulgham, John Pritchard Trawlermen: Pick of The Catch – George Foulgham, Lisa McMahon Seven Ages of Rock – Sound Team
Best Visual Effects	Best Titles
Fight for Life – Jellyfish Pictures Primeval – Matt Fox, Christian Manz, James Farrington Doctor Who (Episode: "Voyage of the Damned") – The Mill Rome – VFX Team	Skins – Tal Rosner Primeval – Peter Anderson Rugby Union – Adam Wells, Christopher Wilcock, Mark Hyde Life On Mars – Why Not Associates
Best Interactive Innovation - Content	Best Interactive Innovation - Service/Platform
Spooks Interactive – Nathan Mayfield, Thom Saunders, Anthony Mullins KateModern – Miles Beckett, Luke Hyams, Gavin Rowe Emmerdale Online Channel – Anthony Mullins, Nathan Mayfield, Thom Saunders Skins – Peter Spiers, Lindsay Nuttall	BBC iPlayer – Tony Ageh, Anthony Rose, Ian Hunter Bebo Open Media Platform – Development Team KateModern – Development Team
Best Interactive Creative Contribution
Skins – Chloe Moss, Holly Hughes, Max Gogarty BBC Archives – Grant Bremner, Julie Rowbotham, Kate Wheeler Doctor Who Comic Maker – Tom Collins Big Art Mob – Alfie Dennen, Adam Gee, Clifford Singer

Special awards

• David Croft
• Jimmy Perry

See also

• 2008 British Academy Television Awards

References

1. "Television Craft - 2008". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
2. Deborah Goodman (29 April 2008). "Star-Studded Craft Line Up" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
3. Chris Tryhorn (12 May 2008). "Boy A craftier than Cranford". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

External links

• British Academy Craft Awards official website