2012 British Academy Television Craft Awards

The British Academy Television Craft Awards of 2012 are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and were held on 13 May 2012 at The Brewery, London, the ceremony was hosted by Alan Davies.

Winners and nominees

Winners will be listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[1]^[2]

Best Director - Fiction/Entertainment	Best Director - Factual
Hugo Blick – The Shadow Line Julian Jarrold – Appropriate Adult John Alexander – Exile Yann Demange – Top Boy	David Clews – Educating Essex Vanessa Berlowitz, Chadden Hunter, Kathryn Jeffs – Frozen Planet (Episode: "To the Ends of the Earth") – Sacha Mirzoeff – Protecting Our Children Charlie Russell – Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die
Best Director - Multi-Camera	Best Writer
Phil Heyes – The X Factor (Episode: "Final") Richard Valentine – Dancing on Ice Ben Kellett – Mrs. Brown's Boys Claire Popplewell – The Royal Wedding	Steven Moffat – Sherlock (Episode: "A Scandal in Belgravia") Neil McKay – Appropriate Adult Abi Morgan – Birdsong Jack Thorne – The Fades
Best Original Television Music	Best Breakthrough Talent
Top Boy – Brian Eno Downton Abbey – John Lunn Frozen Planet – George Fenton Great Expectations – Martin Phipps	Kwadjo Dajan – Appropriate Adult Tom Basden – Fresh Meat Stefan Golaszewski – Him and Her Clare Johns – Panorama: The Truth About Adoption
Best Costume Design	Best Production Design
Birdsong – Charlotte Walter Call the Midwife – Amy Roberts Downton Abbey – Susannah Buxton The Mystery of Edwin Drood – James Keast	Great Expectations – David Roger Appropriate Adult – Pat Campbell Downton Abbey – Judy Farr, Donal Woods Black Mirror (Episode: "15 Million Merits") – Joel Collins, Daniel May
Best Make-Up and Hair Design	Best Visual Effects
The Crimson Petal and the White – Jacqueline Fowler Birdsong – Emma Scott Great Expectations – Kirstin Chalmers This Is England '88 – Catherine Scoble	Great Expectations – BlueBolt Doctor Who – The Mill Inside the Human Body – Philip Dobree, Sophie Orde, Dan Upton Wonders of the Universe – Burrell Durrant Hifle
Best Photography and Lighting - Fiction/Entertainment	Best Photography - Factual
Great Expectations – Florian Hoffmeister The Crimson Petal and the White – Lol Crawley The Hour – Chris Seager Top Boy – Tat Radcliffe	Frozen Planet (Episode: "To the Ends of the Earth") – Camera Team Crack House – Sean Bobbitt Earthflight (Episode: "Europe") – Richard Cook, Christian Moullec, Michael W Richards True Stories: Gypsy Blood – Leo Maguire
Best Editing - Fiction/Entertainment	Best Editing - Factual
Sherlock (Episode: "A Scandal in Belgravia") – Charlie Phillips Birdsong – Kristina Hetherington The Crimson Petal and the White – Luke Dunkley Great Expectations – Victoria Boydell	Frozen Planet (Episode: "To the Ends of the Earth") – Nigel Buck, Andy Netley, Dave Pearce Agony and Ecstasy: A Year with English National Ballet – Ian Davies Japan's Tsunami Caught On Camera – Sean Mackenzie Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die – Gary Scott
Best Sound - Fiction/Entertainment	Best Sound - Factual
Sherlock (Episode: "A Scandal in Belgravia") – Howard Bargroff, Jeremy Child, John Mooney, Doug Sinclair Birdsong – Sound Team Great Expectations – Richard Dyer, Paul Hamblin, Stefan Henrix, Matt Skelding * The Hour – Rudi Buckle, Jamie Caple, Marc Lawes, Nigel Squibbs	Frozen Planet (Episode: "To the Ends of the Earth") – Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens, Graham Wild The Choir: Military Wives – Daniel Jones, Sam Mathewson Rostropovich: The Genius Of The Cello – Tom O'Pray, Paul Paragon, Sam Santana The Royal Wedding: Service In Westminster Abbey – Sound Team
Best Entertainment Craft Team	Best Digital Creativity
The Cube – Paul Bussey, Nick Collier, Luke Halls, Annabel Raftery Derren Brown The Experiments: The Secret of Luck – Simon Ainge, Nick Foster, Zebedee Helm, Rachel Jury Top Gear – Konrad Begg, Phil Churchward, Ben Joiner, Iain May The X Factor – Dave Davey, Robert Edwards, Matt Jeffreys, Julien Rigal	Live from The Clinic – Adam Gee, Sandra Gorel, Steph Harris, Dan Jones Dreams of Your Life – Lottie Davies, Alex Fleetwood, AL Kennedy, Margaret Robertson Misfits – Matt Jarvis, Chloe Moss, Daniel Twomey, Richard Wilson This Morning – Helen Pendlebury, Adam Vandermark, Gemma Varley, Athena Witter

Special awards

Aidan Farrell

References

^ "Television Craft - 2012". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
^ Goodacre, Kate (14 May 2012). "BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2012 winners - in full". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK (National Magazine Company Ltd.). Retrieved 20 February 2021.