British Academy Television Awards

The British Academy Television Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). They have been awarded annually since 1954, and are analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States. From 1968 until 1997, the BAFTA Film and Television... Read More

The British Academy Television Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). They have been awarded annually since 1954, and are analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States. From 1968 until 1997, the BAFTA Film and Television awards were presented in one joint ceremony known simply as the BAFTA Awards, but in order to streamline the ceremonies from 1998 onwards they were split in two. The Television Awards are usually presented in April, with a separate ceremony for the Television Craft Awards on a different date. The Craft Awards are presented for more technical areas of the industry, such as special effects, production design, or costumes. The programmes being entered must have been broadcast on or between 1 January and 31 December of the year preceding the Awards ceremony. Transmission alternates each year between the two main UK television channels, BBC One and ITV1. See Less