British Academy Television Award for Best Mini-Series

The British Academy Television Award for Best Mini-Series is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. The category is described by the BAFTA website as being for "a drama series, between two and 19 episodes, that tells a complete story and is not intended to return".

The category has been awarded since 2012, prior to that a similar category was awarded named Best Drama Serial, which was presented with the Best Drama Series category under the name Best Drama Series or Serial from 1970 to 1991 and as a separate category from 1992 to 2011. In 2024, the category was merged with the Best Single Drama award into one category titled Best Limited Drama.

Winners and nominees 1990s Best Drama Serial Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster1992 Prime Suspect Lynda La Plante, Don Leaver, Christopher Menaul ITV Clarissa Kevin Loader, Robert Bierman, Janet Barron, David Nokes BBC Coronation Street Mervyn Watson ITV GBH David Jones, Alan Bleasdale, Robert Young Channel 41993 Anglo-Saxon Attitudes Andrew Brown, Diarmuid Lawrence, Andrew Davies ITV The Camomile Lawn Sophie Balhetchet, Glenn Wilhide, Peter Hall, Ken Taylor Channel 4 Prime Suspect 2 Paul Marcus, John Strickland, Allan Cubitt ITV Goodbye Cruel World David Snodin, Adrian Shergold, Tony Marchant BBC Two1994 Prime Suspect 3 Paul Marcus, David Drury, Lynda La Plante ITV Body and Soul Jacky Stoller, Moira Armstrong, Paul Hines, Jill Hyem ITV The Buddha of Suburbia Kevin Loader, Roger Michell, Hanif Kureishi BBC Two Mr Wroe's Virgins John Chapman, Danny Boyle, Jane Rogers BBC1995 Takin' Over the Asylum Chris Parr, David Blair, Donna Franceschild BBC Two Coronation Street Sue Pritchard ITV Family Andrew Eaton, Michael Winterbottom, Roddy Doyle BBC One Middlemarch Louis Marks, Anthony Page, Andrew Davies BBC Two1996 The Politician's Wife Jenny Edwards, Jeanna Polley, Neal Weisman, Graham Theakston, Paula Milne Channel 4 Band of Gold Tony Dennis, Richard Standeven, Kay Mellor ITV The Hanging Gale Jonathan Cavendish, Diarmuid Lawrence, Allan Cubitt BBC One Pride and Prejudice Sue Birtwistle, Simon Langton, Andrew Davies1997 Our Friends in the North Charles Pattinson, Pedr James, Simon Cellan Jones, Stuart Urban, Peter Flannery BBC Two The Crow Road Bradley Adams, Gavin Millar, Bryan Elsley BBC Scotland The Fragile Heart Brian Eastman, Patrick Lau, Paula Milne Channel 4 Gulliver's Travels Duncan Kenworthy, Charles Sturridge, Simon Moore1998 Holding On David Snodin, Adrian Shergold, Tony Marchant BBC Two This Life Jane Fallon BBC Two The Lakes Charles Pattinson, David Blair, Jimmy McGovern BBC One The Woman in White Gareth Neame, Tim Fywell, David Pirie1999 Our Mutual Friend Catherine Wearing, Julian Farino, Sandy Welch BBC Two Amongst Women Jonathan Curling, Colin Tucker, Tom Cairns, Adrian Hodges BBC A Respectable Trade Ruth Baumgarten, Suri Krishnamma, Philippa Gregory Vanity Fair Gillian McNeill, Marc Munden, Andrew Davies

2000s Best Drama Serial Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster2000 Warriors Nigel Stafford-Clark, Peter Kosminsky, Leigh Jackson BBC One Births, Marriages and Deaths Greg Brenman, Adrian Shergold, Tony Grounds BBC Two Kid in the Corner Kate Anthony, Billie Eltringham, Tony Marchant Channel 4 Wives and Daughters Sue Birtwistle, Nicholas Renton, Andrew Davies BBC One2001 Longitude Charles Sturridge, Selwyn Roberts Channel 4 Nature Boy Catherine Wearing, Joe Wright, Bryan Elsley BBC Two Never Never Lynn Horsford, Julian Jarrold, Tony Marchant Channel 4 This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper Mike Dormer, David Richards, Neil McKay ITV2002 The Way We Live Now Nigel Stafford-Clark, David Yates, Andrew Davies BBC One Perfect Strangers John Chapman, Stephen Poliakoff BBC Two Bob and Rose Anne Harrison-Baxter, Julian Farino, Joe Wright, Russell T Davies ITV The Russian Bride Eileen Quinn, Nicholas Renton, Guy Hibbert2003 Shackleton Selwyn Roberts, Charles Sturridge Channel 4 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Paul Seed, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Joy Spink BBC One Dr Zhivago Ann Pivcevic, Giacamo Campiotti, Andrew Davies ITV Murder Rebecca DeSouza, Beeban Kidron, Abi Morgan BBC Two2004 Charles II: The Power and the Passion Kate Harwood, Adrian Hodges, Joe Wright BBC One Prime Suspect David Boulter, Peter Berry, Tom Hooper ITV The Second Coming Ann Harrison-Baxter, Adrian Shergold, Russell T Davies State of Play David Yates, Hilary Bevan Jones, Paul Abbott BBC One2005 Sex Traffic Derek Wax, David Yates, Abi Morgan Channel 4 Blackpool Kate Lewis, Julie-Anne Robinson, Peter Bowker BBC One The Long Firm Liza Marshall, Billie Eltringham, Joe Penhall BBC TwoOutlaws BBC Three2006 Bleak House Nigel Stafford-Clark, Justin Chadwick, Susanna White, Andrew Davies BBC One Funland Sanne Wohlenberg, Jeremy Dyson, Simon Ashdown, Kenton Allen BBC Three Fingersmith Sally Head, Georgina Lowe, Aisling Walsh, Peter Ransley BBC One To the Ends of the Earth Lynn Horsford, David Attwood, Tony Basgallop, Leigh Jackson BBC Two2007 See No Evil: The Moors Murders Lisa Gilchrist, Neil McKay, Jeff Pope, Chris Menaul ITV Low Winter Sun Greg Brenman, Adrian Shergold, Simon Donald, Rhonda Smith Channel 4 The Virgin Queen Coky Giedroyc, Paula Milne, Paul Rutman BBC One Prime Suspect: The Final Act Andrew Benson, Philip Martin, Frank Deasy, Andy Harries ITV2008 Britz Peter Kosminsky, David Aukin, Hal Vogel, Steve Clark-Hall Channel 4 Cranford Sue Birtwistle, Simon Curtis, Heidi Thomas BBC One Five Days Paul Rutman, Otto Bathurst, Simon Curtis, Gwyneth Hughes Murphy's Law Greg Brenman, Stephen Smallwood, Russell Lewis, Colm McCarthy2009 Criminal Justice Pier Wilkie, Otto Bathurst, Peter Moffat BBC One Dead Set Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Yann Demange Channel 4 The Devil's Whore Peter Flannery, Martine Brant, Marc Munden, Jake Lushington Channel 4 House of Saddam Steven Lightfoot, Alex Holmes, Stephen Butchard BBC Two

2010s Best Drama Serial Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster2010OccupationPeter Bowker, Derek Wax, Nick Murphy, Laurie BorgBBC OneRed Riding Channel 4 Small Island Paula Milne, Alison Owen, Vicky Licorish, John Alexander BBC One Unforgiven Sally Wainwright, Nicola Schindler, Karen Lewis, David Lewis ITV2011Any Human HeartLynn Horsford, Lee Morris, Sally Woodward Gentle, Michael SamuelsChannel 4 Mad Dogs Cris Cole, Andy Harries, Suzanne Mackie, Adrian Shergold Sky1 The Sinking of the Laconia Alan Bleasdale, Jonathan Young, Uwe Janson, Hilary Norrish BBC Two The Promise Peter Kosminsky, David Aukin, Hal Vogel Channel 4

Best Mini-Series Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster2012This Is England '88Mark Herbert, Shane Meadows, Jack Thorne, Rebekah Wray-RogersChannel 4Appropriate AdultLisa Gilchrist, Julian Jarrold, Neil McKay, Jeff PopeITVThe Crimson Petal and the WhiteLucinda Coxon, Steve Lightfoot, Marc Munden, David M ThompsonBBC TwoTop Boy Ronan Bennett, Yann Demange, Alasdair Flind, Charles Steel Channel 42013Room at the TopAisling Walsh, Amanda Coe, Paul Frift, Kate TriggsBBC FourAccusedSita Williams, Roxy Spencer, Jimmy McGovern, Ashley Pearce BBC OneMrs Biggs Jeff Pope, Kwadjo Dajan, Paul Whittington ITVParade’s EndSelwyn Roberts, Tom Stoppard, Susanna White, David Parfitt BBC Two2014In the FleshHilary Martin, Ann Harrison-Baxter, Dominic Mitchell, Jonny CampbellBBC ThreeThe FallAllan Cubitt, Jakob Verbruggen, Julian Stevens, Gub Neal BBC TwoSouthcliffe Tony Grisoni, Sean Durkin, Peter Carlton, Derrin Schlesinger Channel 4The Great Train RobberyBBC One2015The Lost Honour of Christopher JefferiesGareth Neame, Peter Morgan, Roger Michell, Kevin LoaderITVOur World WarBBC ThreeCilla Jeff Pope, Paul Whittington, Kwadjo Dajan, Robert WillisITVPreyChris Lunt, Nicola Shindler, Tom Sherry, Nick Murphy2016This Is England '90Shane Meadows, Mark Herbert, Jack Thorne, Rebekah Wray-RogersChannel 4Doctor Foster Mike Bartlett, Tom Vaughan, Roanna Benn, Jude LiknaitzkyBBC OneThe Enfield HauntingKristoffer Nyholm, Joshua St Johnston, Adrian Sturges, Jamie CampbellSky LivingLondon SpyJuliette Howell, Tom Rob Smith, Guy Heeley, Jakob VerbruggenBBC Two2017National TreasureGeorge Ormond, Marc Munden, Jack Thorne, John ChapmanChannel 4The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the RosesDominic Cooke, Rupert Ryle-Hodges, Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes BBC TwoThe Witness for the ProsecutionBBC OneThe SecretMark Redhead, Nick Murphy, Jonathan Curling, Stuart Urban ITV2018Three GirlsNicole Taylor, Philippa Lowthorpe, Susan Hogg, Simon LewisBBC OneHowards EndKenneth Lonergan, Hettie Macdonald, Laura Hastings-Smith, Sophie GardinerBBC OneThe MoorsideNeil McKay, Paul Whittington, Ken Horn, Jeff PopeThe StatePeter Kosminsky, Steve Clark-Hall, Liza Marshall, Kris Thykier Channel 42019 Patrick MelroseMichael Jackson, Rachael Horovitz, Edward Berger, David NichollsSky AtlanticA Very English ScandalRussell T. Davies, Stephen Frears, Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Dan WinchBBC OneMrs WilsonRuth Kenley-Letts, Richard Laxton, Anna Symon, Ruth WilsonKiriJack Thorne, George Ormond, Toby Bentley, Euros Lyn Channel 4

2020s Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster2020 ChernobylSky Atlantic A Confession Jeff Pope, Paul Andrew Williams, Tom Dunbar, Johnny Capps ITV The VictimRob Williams, Niall MacCormick, Sarah Brown, Jenny FraynBBC OneThe VirtuesShane Meadows, Jack Thorne, Mark Herbert, Nickie SaultChannel 42021I May Destroy YouBBC One Adult Material Lucy Kirkwood, Dawn Shadforth, Sara Hamill, Patrick Spence Channel 4 Small Axe Steve McQueen, Tracey Scoffield, David Tanner, Michael Elliott, Anita Overland BBC One Normal People Lenny Abrahamson, Sally Rooney, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, Catherine Magee BBC Three2022 Time BBC One It's a Sin Russell T Davies, Nicola Shindler, Peter Hoar, Phil Collinson Channel 4 Landscapers Will Sharpe, Ed Sinclair, Katie Carpenter, Olivia Colman, Jane Featherstone, Chris Fry Sky Atlantic Stephen Mark Redhead, Madonna Baptiste, Alrick Riley, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Joe Cottrell Boyce, Jessica Sharkey ITV2023 Mood Nicôle Lecky, Margery Bone, Lisa Walters, Dawn Shadforth, Stroma Cairns BBC Three A Spy Among Friends Alexander Cary, Nick Murphy, Chrissy Skinns, Patrick Spence, Damian Lewis ITVX This Is Going to Hurt Adam Kay, Jane Featherstone, Naomi de Pear, James Farrell, Holly Pullinger, Lucy Forbes BBC One The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe David Nath, Richard Laxton, Chris Lang, Alison Sterling ITV

Best Limited Drama Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster2024 The Sixth Commandment Derek Wax, Brian Woods, Sarah Phelps, Saul Dibb, Frances du Pille BBC One Best Interests Toby Bentley, Jenny Frayn, Sophie Gardiner, Michael Keillor, Jack Thorne BBC One Black Mirror: "Demon 79" Charlie Brooker, Richard Webb, Jessica Rhoades, Bisha K. Ali, Annabel Jones, Toby Haynes Netflix The Long Shadow George Kay, Lewis Arnold, Matt Sandford, Sarah Lewis, Sacha Szwarc, Willow Grylls ITV12025 Mr Bates vs The Post Office Patrick Spence, James Strong, Gwyneth Hughes, Chris Clough, Natasha Bondy, Joe Williams ITV1 Baby Reindeer Richard Gadd, Weronika Tofilska, Petra Fried, Matt Jarvis, Ed Macdonald, Matthew Mulot Netflix One Day Nicole Taylor, Molly Manners, Roanna Benn, Jude Liknaitzky, David Nicholls, Nige Watson Lost Boys and Fairies Rebekah Wray-Rogers, Jessica Brown Meek, Libby Durdy, Daf James, James Kent, Adam Knopf BBC One2026 Adolescence Stephen Graham, Jack Thorne, Philip Barantini, Jo Johnson, Mark Herbert, Hannah Walters Netflix I Fought the Law Liza Marshall, Charlotte Webber, Erik Richter Strand, Jamie Crichton, Mark Hedges ITV Trespasses Amanda Posey, Maria Mulhall, Dawn Shadforth, Ailbhe Keogan Channel 4 What It Feels Like for a Girl Liza Marshall, Ron O'Berst, Brian Welsh, Paris Lees, Frances du Pille BBC Three

Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.

References

External links List of winners at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts