'Chernobyl' Wins Big at 2020 BAFTA TV Craft Awards

The team behind the hit television series about the Ukrainian nuclear disaster have taken home a total of seven prestigious honors at the British awards show.

July 18, 2020

AceShowbiz - "Chernobyl" was the big winner at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards in the U.K. on Friday night (17Jul20), picking up seven honours.

The television series about the Ukrainian nuclear disaster in 1986 scooped up Costume Design, Production Design and Editing: Fiction trophies, while Johan Renck was named the winner of the Director: Fiction gong.

Editors' Pick

"Succession" was also a big winner with Jesse Armstrong taking home the award for Best Writer: Drama, while Jamie Demetriou landed the Writer: Comedy award for "Stath Lets Flats".

"His Dark Materials" was a double winner at the pre-recorded ceremony, scooping up two prizes for Best Special, Visual and Graphic Effects and Titles and Graphic Identity.

The full list of winners is:

Breakthrough Talent: Aisling Bea (Writer) - "This Way Up"
Costume Design: Odile Dicks-Mireaux - "Chernobyl"
Director: Factual: Arthur Cary - "The Last Survivors"
Director: Fiction: Johan Renck - "Chernobyl"
Director: Multi-Camera: Janet Fraser Cook - Glastonbury 2019
Editing: Factual: Michael Harte - "Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer"
Editing: Fiction: Simon Smith/Jinx Godfrey - "Chernobyl"
Entertainment Craft Team: David Bishop/Vicky Gill/Andy Tapley/Patrick Doherty - "Strictly Come Dancing"
Make Up & Hair Design: Loz Schiavo - "Peaky Blinders"
Original Music: Hildur Gudnadottir - "Chernobyl"
Photography: Factual: Bertie Gregory/Howard Bourne/John Shier - "Seven Worlds, One Planet"
Photography & Lighting: Fiction: Jakob Ihre - "Chernobyl"
Production Design: Luke Hull/Claire Levinson-Gendler - "Chernobyl"
Scripted Casting: Des Hamilton - "Top Boy"
Sound: Factual: Sound Team - "Battle of the Brass Bands"
Sound: Fiction: Stefan Henrix/Joe Beal/Stuart Hiliker/Vincent Piponnier - "Chernobyl"
Special, Visual & Graphic Effects: Framestore/Painting Practice/Real SFX/Russell Dodgson - "His Dark Materials"
Titles & Graphic Identity: Elastic/Painting Practice - "His Dark Materials"
Writer: Comedy: Jamie Demetriou - "Stath Lets Flats"
Writer: Drama: Jesse Armstrong - "Succession"