2005 British Academy Television Craft Awards

The British Academy Television Craft Awards of 2005 are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and were held on 8 May 2005 at The Dorchester, Mayfair, the ceremony was hosted by Jon Culshaw.

Winners and nominees

Winners will be listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Best New Director - Fiction	Best New Director - Factual
Daniel Percival – Dirty War Angus Jackson – Elmina's Kitchen Paul King – The Mighty Boosh Sarah Lancashire – The Afternoon Play: Viva Las Blackpool	Patrick Collerton – The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off Julia Black – My Foetus James Brabazon – This World: Holidays In The Danger Zone - Violent Coast Krishnendu Majumdar – Who You Callin' A Nigger?
Anthony Asquith Award for New British Composer	Best Original Television Music
Jane Antonia Cornish – Five Children and It David Gray – A Way of Life Andrew Hewitt – Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Paul Leonard – Fallen	Sex Traffic – Jonathan Goldsmith Himalaya with Michael Palin – David Hartley, Andre Jacquemin, Dave Howman Spooks – Jennie Muskett, Sheridan Tongue Green Wing – Jonathan Whitehead
Best New Writer	Best Make-Up and Hair Design
Brian Dooley – The Smoking Room Brian Hill – Bella and the Boys Kwame Kwei-Armah – Elmina's Kitchen Derren Litten, Catherine Tate – The Catherine Tate Show	Sex Traffic – Caroline Noble Dead Ringers – Kate Benton, Diane Chenery-Wickens Absolutely Fabulous (Christmas Special) – Christine Cant Little Britain – Lisa Cavalli-Green
Best Costume Design	Best Production Design
The Long Firm – James Keast Little Britain – Annie Hardinge Strictly Come Dancing – Su Judd Sex Traffic – Anushia Nieradzik	Sex Traffic – Candida Otton North And South – Simon Elliott Spooks – Stevie Herbert, Robert Foster Blackpool – Grenville Horner
Best Photography and Lighting - Fiction	Best Photography - Factual
Sex Traffic – Chris Seager The Long Firm – Sean Bobbit Spooks – Simon Chaudoir Dirty Filthy Love – David Odd	Venice (for "Death") – Fred Fabre British Isles: A Natural History – Camera Team Himalaya with Michael Palin – Nigel Meakin, Peter Meakin Bears: Spy in the Woods – Michael W Richards, Geoffrey Bell
Best Editing - Fiction/Entertainment	Best Editing - Factual
Sex Traffic – Mark Day Shameless – Fiona Colbeck Dirty Filthy Love – Tania Reddin The Long Firm – Paul Tothill	The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off – Nick Fenton Dunkirk – Oliver Huddleston Death in Gaza – Misha Manson-Smith D-Day – Peter Parnham
Best Sound - Entertainment	Best Sound - Factual
Sex Traffic – Simon Okin, Jane Tattersall, David McCallum, Lou Solakofski The Long Firm – Richard Manton, Catherine Hodgson, Graham Headicar, Paul Hamblin Dirty Filthy Love – Reg Mills, Nick Cox, Phil Barnes, Nigel Edwards Shameless – Sound Team	The Genius of Mozart – Andy Rose, Tony Meering, Ben Baird Big Cat Week – Andy Hawley, Andy Milk, Andrew Wilson, Ian Bown The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off – Bob Jackson Himalaya with Michael Palin – John Pritchard, George Foulgham
Best Visual Effects	Best Graphic Design
Battlefield Britain – Red Vision The Brighton Bomb – Steve Bowman, Mike Tucker British Isles: A Natural History – David Corfield Omagh – Team FX	The Long Firm – Ray Leek British Isles: A Natural History – David Corfield Spooks – Mark Doman Athens Olympics 2004 (Title Sequence) – Paul Mitchell, Louise Braham, Katy Jones

Special awards

Michael Hurll
Michael Palin

References

^ Staff (9 May 2005). "Sex Traffic dominates TV awards". British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ "BAFTA: Winners & Nominees". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Archived from the original on 11 May 2005. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ "Television Craft - 2005". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 18 February 2021.