The British Academy Television Award for Best News Coverage 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 "an individual news programme"[1]
The category has been through some name changes and has been merged a couple of times with other categories like Best Sport and Live Event and Best Current Affairs:
- In 1961 and 1962 an individual award named Best Current Events was presented, later in 1970 a category called Best Factual Current Affair was awarded.
- From 1978 to 1985 and also in 1992 it was presented as Best Actuality Coverage.
- From 1986 to 1991 it was presented as Best News or Outside Broadcast Coverage.
- From 1993 to 1994 and then from 1998 to 2001 it was presented as Best News and Current Affairs Journalism.
- From 1995 to 1997 and then since 2002 it has been presented as Best News Coverage.
Winners and nominees
1960s
1970s
Best Factual Current Affair
Best Actuality Coverage
1980s
Best Actuality Coverage
Best News or Outside Broadcast Coverage
1990s
Best News or Outside Broadcast Coverage
Best Actuality Coverage
Best News and Current Affairs Journalism
Best News Coverage
Best News and Current Affairs Journalism
2000s
Best News and Current Affairs Journalism
Best News Coverage
2010s
2020s
- Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.
References
- ^ "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (2020-07-31). "BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Night Of Surprises, As 'Chernobyl' & 'The End Of The F***ing World' Take Two Prizes Each". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
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