The Blue Planet, The Way We Live Now and Othello each scooped two awards at the third annual British Academy Television Craft Awards which this year were dominated by freelancers rather than staffers, writes Barbara Marshall
The Blue Planet, The Way We Live Now and Othello each scooped two awards at the third annual British Academy Television Craft Awards which this year were dominated by freelancers rather than staffers, writes Barbara Marshall

The academy also awarded two special awards for outstanding creative contribution on Sunday (12 May) - the first to the BBC's Natural History Unit and the second to Granada editor Edward Mansell, whose credits include Cracker, Prime Suspect, The Jury and Cold Feet.

The BBC Natural History Unit was also recognised for The Blue Planet with George Fenton winning the original television music award and the camera team winning photography factual for their work.

The Way We Live Now took home two awards thanks to Gerry Scott who won in the production design category and Caroline Noble who won make up and hair design. Nick Arthur picked up editing fiction/entertainment for Othello which also provided Daf Hobson with a win for photography fiction/entertainment.

Full list of Bafta craft winners:

Special awards: BBC Natural History Unit and Granada editor Edward Mansell

Costume design: Barbara Kidd for The Life And Times Of Nicholas Nickleby (ITV1)

Editing - factual: Anna Ksiezopolska for The Show Must Go On (BBC 2)

Editing - fiction/entertainment: Nick Arthurs for Othello (ITV1)

Make-up & hair design: Caroline Noble for The Way We Live Now (BBC 1)

New director - factual: Donovan Wylie for Witness: The Train (C4)

New director - fiction: Edmund Coulthard for Tales From Pleasure Beach (BBC 2)

New writer - Rob Dawber for Navigators (C4)

Original television music: George Fenton for The Blue Planet (BBC 1)

Photography - factual: the camera team for The Blue Planet (BBC 1)

Photography & lighting - fiction/entertainment: Daf Hobson for Othello (BBC 1)

Production design: Gerry Scott for The Way We Live Now (BBC 1)

Sound - factual: Peter Eason, Craig Butters and Cliff Jones for Hell In The Pacific (C4)

Sound - fiction/entertainment: the sound team for Clocking Off (BBC 1)

Visual effects & graphic design: Blue Source for Banzai (C4)