British Academy Television Award for Best Current Affairs
Television award
The British Academy Television Award for Best Current Affairs is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. According to the BAFTA website, the category is "for single films, or films from a strand that are primarily concerned with unfolding current affairs"[1]
The category has been awarded as one category merged with the Best News Coverage category under several names, from 1978 to 1985 and also in 1992 it was presented as Best Actuality Coverage while from 1993 to 1994 and then from 1998 to 2001 it was presented as Best News and Current Affairs Journalism . Finally, the category has been presented as Best Current Affairs since 2002.
Winners and nominees
2000s
Year
Title
Episode
Recipient(s)
Broadcaster
2002
Dispatches
"Beneath The Veil"
Channel 4
Endgame in Ireland
Norma Percy , Mark Anderson, Mick Gold
BBC Two
One Day of Terror: New York Witnesses
Fiona Murch, Farah Durrani, Robert Moore
Panorama
"Jeffrey Archer: A Life of Lies"
Terry Tyldesley, Michael Crick, Mike Robinson
BBC One
2003
Young, Nazi and Proud
Steve Boulton, David Modell, Richard Fabb
Channel 4
Panorama
"Corruption of Racing"
Andy Davies, Stephen Scott, Gerry Troyna
BBC One
"Licence to Murder"
Mike Robinson, Eamon Hardy, John Ware
Palestine Is Still the Issue
Christopher Martin, Tony Stark, John Pilger
ITV
2004
The Secret Policeman
Simon Ford, Mark Daly, Toby Sculthorpe
BBC One
Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
John Pilger , Christopher Martin, Steve Connelly
ITV
The Fall of Milosevic
Brian Lapping, Norma Percy , Dai Richards
BBC Two
Terror in Moscow
George Carey, Mark Franchetti, Dan Reed
Channel 4
2005
Death in Gaza
James Miller , Saira Shah
Channel 4
Nurseries Undercover: The Real Story
BBC One
The Secret Angent
Simon Ford, Karen Wightman, Jason Gwynne
Tonight with Trevor McDonald
"Our Daughter Holly"
David Cohen, Jim Manson, Jeff Anderson
ITV
2006
Dispatches
"Beslan"
Eamonn Matthews, Kevin Sim
Channel 4
Panorama
"Undercover Nurse"
Production Team
BBC One
Dispatches
"Iraq: The Reckoning"
Samir Shah, Dimitri Collingridge, James Brabazon
Channel 4
Storyville
"A Company of Soldiers"
Tom Roberts, Edward Jarvis
BBC Four
2007
Not awarded
2008
Dispatches
"China's Stolen Children"
Jezza Neumann, Sky Zeh, Brian Woods, Kate Blewett
Channel 4
Honour Kills
Ben Rumney, Juliette Murray-Topham, Emma Willis, Adam Kemp
BBC Three
Dispatches
"Fighting the Taliban"
Sean Langan, Julia Barron, Denman Rooke
Channel 4
Panorama
"Dog-Fighting Undercover"
Mandy Mcauley, Sandy Smith, Andrew Bell, Jeremy Adams
BBC One
2009
Dispatches
"Saving Africa's Witch Children "
Mags Gavan, Joost Van Der Valk, Alice Keens-Soper, Paul Woolwich
Channel 4
Panorama
"Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told"
Sandy Smith, Brendon McCourt, John Ware, Leo Telling
BBC One
Dispatches
"Mum Loves Drugs, Not Me"
Kate Blewett, Deborah Shipley, Brian Woods
Channel 4
Ross Kemp: A Kenya Special
Clive Tulloh, Ewen Thomson, Matt Bennett, Ross Kemp
Sky One
2010s
Year
Title
Episode
Recipient(s)
Broadcaster
2010
Dispatches
"Terror in Mumbai"
Dan Reed , Eamonn Matthews
Channel 4
Generation Jihad
Peter Taylor, Leo Telling, Sam Bagnall
BBC Two
This World
"Gypsy Child Thieves"
Liviu Tipurita, Sam Bagnall, Lucy Hetherington
Dispatches
"Afghanistan: Behind Enemy Lines"
Najibullah Quraishi, Jamie Doran, John Moffat, Paul Woolwich
Channel 4
2011
Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children
Jezza Neumann, Xoliswa Sithole , Brian Woods, Deborah Shipley
BBC Four
Panorama
"Kids in Care"
Simon Gilchrist, Roger Graef , Tom Giles, Clare Johns
BBC One
Dispatches
"Lost Girls of South Africa"
Deborah Shipley, Brian Woods, Xoliswa Sithole
Channel 4
Secret Iraq
Eamonn Matthews, Sam Collyns, James Jones, Philippa Lacey
BBC Two
2012
Panorama
"Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed "
Joe Casey, Matthew Chapman, Paul Kenyon, Frank Simmonds
BBC One
Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark
Jon Blair , Tuki Laumea, Hassan Mahfood, May Ying Welsh
Al Jazeera English
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields
Callum Macrae , Chris Shaw, Jon Snow
Channel 4
Panorama
"The Truth About Adoption"
Todd Downing, Tom Giles, Roger Graef , Clare Johns
BBC One
2013
This World
"The Shame of the Catholic Church"
Sam Collyns, Alison Millar, Darragh MacIntyre, Seamus McCracken
BBC Two
Panorama
"Britain's Hidden Housing Crisis"
James Jones, Steve Hewlett , Rachel Crellin, Todd Downing
BBC One
Exposure
"The Other Side of Jimmy Savile "
Mark Williams-Thomas, Lesley Gardiner, Alexander Gardiner
ITV
Al Jazeera Investigates
"What Killed Arafat?"
Clayton Swisher, Adrian Billing, Naji Tamimi, Richard Belfield
Al Jazeera English
2014
Dispatches
"Syria: Across the Lines"
Chris Swayne, Eamonn Matthews, Olly Lambert
Channel 4
The Cruel Cut
Richard McKerrow, Kieran Smith, Vicki Cooper, Leyla Hussein
BBC One
Dispatches
"North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State"
David Henshaw, James Jones, Todd Downing
Channel 4
"The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs"
Anna Hall, Matt Pinder, Paddy Garrick, Tazeen Ahmad
2015
Dispatches
"Children on the Frontline"
Marcel Mettelsiefen , Anthony Wonke, Stephen Ellis, Chris Shaw
Channel 4
Panorama
"Ebola Frontline"
Steve Grandison, Lucie Kon, Karen Edwards, Fabio Basone
BBC One
This World
"Terror at the Mall"
Dan Reed , Mark Towns, Sarah Waldron, George Carey
BBC Two
Al Jazeera Investigates
"Inside Kenya's Death Squads"
Simon Boazman, Kris Jepson, Chris Olivotos, Phil Rees
Al Jazeera English
2016
This World
"Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola"
Dan Edge, Sasha Joelle Achilli, Eamonn Matthews, Sarah Waldron
BBC Two
Dispatches
"Escape from ISIS"
Edward Watts, Evan Williams, Sam Collyns, George Waldrum
Channel 4
Children of the Gaza War
Lyse Doucet, Lucy Hetherington, James Jones, Graham Taylor
BBC Two
Jihad: A British Story
Deeyah Khan , Darin Prindle, Andrew Smith, Kevin Thomas
ITV
2017
Panorama
"Teenage Prison Abuse Exposed"
Production Team
BBC One
Inside Obama's White House
Norma Percy , Brian Lapping, Paul Mitchell, Sarah Wallis
BBC Two
This World
"Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks"
Dan Reed , Mark Towns, Luc Hermann
"Unarmed Black Male"
James Jones, Sarah Foudy, Sarah Waldron, Sam Bagnall
2018
Panorama
"Undercover: Britain's Immigration Secrets"
Karen Wightman, Joe Plomin, Callum Tulley, Gary Beelders
BBC One
Raped: My Story
Catey Sexton, Jonathan Braman, Emma Wakefield, Ollie Tait
Channel 5
Dispatches
"Syria's Disappeared: The Case Against Assad"
Sara Afshar, Nicola Cutcher, Callum Macrae
Channel 4
Exposure
"White Right: Meeting the Enemy "
Deeyah Khan , Darin Prindle, Andrew Smith, Melanie Quigley
ITV
2019 [2]
Dispatches
"Myanmar's Killing Fields"
Evan Williams, Patrick Wells, Eve Lucas, Dan Edge
Channel 4
Exposure
"Iran Unveiled: Taking on the Ayatollahs"
Production Team
ITV
Massacre at Ballymurphy
Callum Macrae , Gwion Owain, Mark Williams, Charlie Hawryliw
Al Jazeera Investigations
"Football's Wall of Silence"
Production Team
Channel 4
2020s
Year
Title
Episode
Recipient(s)
Broadcaster
2020 [3]
Exposure
"Undercover: Inside China's Digital Gulag"
Robin Barnwell, David Henshaw, Guy Creasey, Gesbeen Mohammad
ITV
Dispatches
"Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids"
Production Team
Channel 4
Panorama
"Is Labour Anti-Semitic? "
Leo Telling, John Ware, Neil Grant, Rachel Jupp
BBC One
The Hunt for Jihadi John
Anthony Wonke, Richard Kerbaj, Paul Monaghan, Jane Root
HBO /Channel 4
2021 [4]
Exposure
"America's War on Abortion "
Deeyah Khan, Darin Prindle, Andrew Smith
ITV
Italy's Frontline: A Doctor's Diary
Sasha Joelle Achilli, Dan Edge, Ella Claire Newton, Paul van Dyck, Sarah Waldron
BBC Two
Dispatches
"The Battle for Hong Kong"
Robin Barnwell, Gesbeen Mohammad, Guy Creasey, David Henshaw, Evan Williams
Channel 4
Al Jazeera Investigations
"The Cyprus Papers Undercover"
Phil Rees, Sarah Yeo, Leonidas Sofogiannis, James Kleinfeld, David Harrison, Jason Gwynne
Al Jazeera English
2022 [5]
Exposure
"Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin"
Sarah Collinson, David Henshaw, David Alter, Sasha Odynova, Ksenia Barakovskaya
ITV
Four Hours at the Capitol
Jamie Roberts, Will Grayburn, Dan Reed
BBC Two
Trump Takes on the World
Norma Percy, Tim Stirzaker, Sam Collins, Tania Rakhmanova, Lucy Hetherington, Greg Sanderson
Al Jazeera Investigations
"The Men Who Sell Football"
Phil Rees, David Harrison, Jason Gwynne, Sarah Yeo, Nicholas Dove, Naji Tamimi
Al Jazeera English
2023 [6] [7]
Children of the Taliban
Marcel Mettelsiefen , Jordan Bryon, Juan Camilo Cruz, Stephen Ellis, Aman Sadat
Channel 4
Exposure
"Afghanistan: No Country for Women"
Ramita Navai, Karim Shah, Eamonn Matthews, Mark Summers, Ali Watt
ITV
"The Crossing"
Handa Majed, David Modell, Ella Newton, Jamie Welham, Nechirvan Mando, Ben Ferguson
Panorama
"Mariupol: The People's Story"
Robin Barnwell, Guy Creasey, Hilary Andersson, Darren Kemp, Tom Stone, Serhiy Solodko
BBC One
2024 [8]
This World
"The Shamima Begum Story"
Joshua Baker, Sara Obeidat, Sasha Joelle Achilli, Sarah Waldron, Simon McMahon, Mustafa Al-Ali
BBC Two
Storyville
"Inside Russia: Traitors and Heroes"
Paul Mitchell, Anastasia Popova, Mikhail Kozyrev, Daria Olevskaya, Monica Garnsey, Mustafa Khalili
BBC Four
Putin vs the West
Norma Percy, Tim Stirzaker, Lucy Hetherington, Lotte Murphy-Johnson, Max Stern
BBC Two
Dispatches
"Russel Brand: In Plain Sight"
Production Team
Channel 4
Note : The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.
References
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