The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Editing: Fiction is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories.
Before splitting into two categories for editing in 1992, Best Editing: Fiction and Best Editing: Factual (presented from 1992 to 1994 as Best Film or Video Editor – Fiction and Best Film or Video Editor – Factual respectively), two categories were presented to recognize editing in television programming: From 1978 to 1991 Best VTR Editor was presented. From 1978 to 1991 Best Film Editor was presented.
Winners and nominees 1970s Best VTR Editor Year Recipient(s) Title1978 Geoff Higgs Macbeth John Hawkins, Tim Waddell The Muppet Show Charles Huff The Warrior's Return Steve Murray The Ambassadors Neil Pittaway Mike Yarwood in Persons Tim Whiffin Love for Lydia/Hi Summer Yorkshire TV Team Raffles1979 John Hawkins The Muppet Show Geoff Beames, Graham Roberts Lillie Charles Huff The Lost Boys STV VTR Section The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Best Film Editor Year Recipient(s) Title1978 David Naden The Christians Howard Billingham The World About UsCuba Sports and Revolution Ron De Matteos Open University: James Bond Tony Ham Blind Love Stan Hawkes Whicker's World: Palm Beach Dave King Omnibus: Tilford Tudor Lloyd Goodbye Longfellow Road Larry Loft Wings Chris Lovett A Hymn from Jim Reginald Mills Jesus of Nazareth Des Murphy Open University: Mass Communications and Society - ABC in Kansas City Jesse Palmer In The Making Ken Pearce The Three Hostages Tim Ritson Chink In The WallPrime Minister On Prime Ministers Raoul Sobell The Treasure of Porto SantoChronicle: The Acquisitors Tony Woollard Eustace and Hilda1978 Ralph Sheldon Out John Costello Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf David Martin Pennies from HeavenBrighter Than The Sun Jeremy McCracken The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1980s Best VTR Editor Year Recipient(s) Title1980 Sam Upton Crime and PunishmentSuez 1956 David Hillier Churchill and the Generals Dave Lewington, Fred Turner The Will Kenny Everett Make It To 1980? Show Stan Pow Testament of YouthThe Brylcreem Boys Graham Roberts Gloo JooStanley Baxter on Television1981 Jan Langford The South Bank Show: The PassionThe Worst Of It'll Be Alright On The Night Matt Boney Not the Nine O'Clock News John Hawkins The Muppet Show Fred Turner, Dave Lewinton The Kenny Everett Video Show1982 Ian Williams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Clayton Parker, Graham Roberts The Stanley Baxter Series Stan Pow The Journal of Bridget Hitler Graham Taylor The Cherry Orchard1983 Mike Bloore Boys from the Blackstuff Terry Bennell Nicholas NicklebyOutside Edge Dennis Collett Another Flip for DominickNancy Astor Graham Roberts The Stanley Baxter HourA Fine Romance1984 Dennis Collett ReithThe Last DayThe Hot Shoe Show Stan Pow Mansfield ParkMacbeth Peter Reason The Comedy of ErrorsTwo Gentleman of VeronaVideo Stars Ed Wooden Three of a Kind1985 Stephen Newnham The Box of Delights Ian Collins Bird of Prey II Graham Sissons The Trial of Richard III Kevin Waters Shroud for a Nightingale1986 Graham Taylor Blott on the Landscape Malcolm Banthorpe The Detective David Lewinton L'Enfance Du Christ Michael Taylor John Lennon: A Journey in the Life1987 Malcolm J Banthorpe, Dave Jervis The Life and Loves of a She-Devil John Baldwin Spitting Image Clayton Parker Fire and Ice Stan Pow Bluebell John Sillitto Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual Graham Sissons The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald1988 Peter Hayes Tutti Frutti (for "Episode 4")|- | John Fortenberry, Ruth Foster || Graceland: The African Concert |- | Gerry Law || Tutti Frutti (for "Episode 3") |- | George Tidmarsh || LS Lowry: A Simple Man |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1989 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Editing Team || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Clothes Show John Baldwin Spitting Image Roger Martin Entertainment USA Mykola Pawluk French and Saunders
Best Film Editor Year Recipient(s) Title1980 Ron Martin Life on Earth Paul Carter Public School Ann Chegwidden The World About Us: Bloody Ivory (Special)Survival: River Of Sand (Special) Chris Wimble, Clare Douglas Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy1981 Tariq Anwar OppenheimerCaught on a Train Jon Costelloe Blade on the Feather Roger James Death of a PrincessThe Gamekeeper Trevor Waite and Editing Team Hollywood1982 Anthony Ham Brideshead Revisited Tony Heaven, Dave Lee Fighter Pilot Ralph Sheldon, Ann Chegwidden The Flame Trees of Thika Leslie Walker Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years Alan Coddington The South Bank Show: Music for a City – Venice1983 Oscar Webb A Voyage Round My Father Peter Heeley The Flight of the Condor Greg Miller Boys from the Blackstuff Chris Wimble, Clare Douglas Smiley's People1984 Ralph Sheldon, Edward Marnier Reilly, Ace of Spies Derek Bain Baryshnikov, The Dancer and the DanceCowboy ArtAgnes De Mille Ken Pearce An Englishman Abroad Ralph Sheldon, Andrew Nelson Kennedy1985 Jim Latham Threads Ann Chegwidden The Heart of the Dragon Edward Mansell The Jewel in the Crown Peter Rose The River Journeys: Congo1986 Ardan Fisher, Dan Rae Edge of Darkness Howard Billingham Omnibus: Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story Ian Callaway Marilyn Monroe: Say Goodbye to the President Martin Elsbury Kingdom of the Ice Bear1987 Dick Allen Hotel Du Lac Tariq Anwar, Julian Miller, John Stothart The Monocled Mutineer Ken Pearce The Insurance Man John Shirley, Barry Peters Paradise Postponed Frank Webb, Jon Costelloe London's Burning Bill Wright, Sue Wyatt The Singing Detective1988 Andrew Willsmore The Duty Men Tariq Anwar Fortunes of War John MacDonnell Tutti Frutti Barry Peters Porterhouse Blue1989 Don Fairservice A Very British Coup Jack Dardis Game, Set and Match (for "Episodes 5,6,9,11 & 13") Chris Gill Game, Set and Match (for "Episodes 1,2,3,4,7,8,10 & 12") Ken Pearce Tumbledown
1990s Best VTR Editor Year Recipient(s) Title Broadcaster1990 John Baldwin Spitting Image ITV Nigel Cattle Casualty (for "Episode 2") BBC One Editing Team The Clothes Show Stan Pow The Ginger Tree 1991 Malcolm Banthorpe Casualty (for "Episodes 1 & 6") BBC One John Beech, Ray Ball, Laurie Bunce The Bill ITV Mykola Pawluk Drop the Dead Donkey Channel 4 David Yardley, Jonathan Hills Una Stravaganza Dei Medici
Best Film Editor Year Recipient(s) Title Broadcaster1990 Howard Billingham Around the World in 80 Days (for "Part 5") || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC One|- | Tariq Anwar || Summer's Lease || BBC Two |- | Jon Gregory, Neil Thompson, Andrew McClelland || Traffik || Channel 4 |- | Ray Wingrove || Mother Love || BBC One |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1991 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Dick Allen || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Portrait of a Marriage BBC Two Masahiro Hirakubo The Green Man BBC One Chris Wade The Trials of Life (for "Episodes 2,3 & 11") Chris Orrell The Trials of Life (for "Episodes 5 & 10")
Best Film or Video Editor, Fiction Year Recipient(s) Title Broadcaster1992 Edward Mansell Prime Suspect ITV Alan Dixon Casualty (for "Episodes 2,8 & 12") BBC One Anthony Ham, Oral Norrie Ottey G.B.H. Channel 4 Bill Wright Clarissa BBC1993 Frances Parker Unnatural Pursuits BBC Mark Day Memento Mori BBC Two Edward Mansell Prime Suspect 2 ITV Kevin Lester Inspector Morse 1994 Mick Audsley The Snapper BBC Edward Mansell Prime Suspect 3 ITV Oral Norrie Ottey, Trevor Waite, Chris Gill Cracker Dave King To Play the King BBC
Best Editing, Fiction Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster1995 Takin' Over the Asylum Ian Farr BBC Two Cardiac Arrest Peter Hayes BBC One Cracker Edward Mansell ITV Middlemarch Paul Tothill, Jerry Leon BBC Two1996 Love Bites: Go Now Trevor Waite BBC The Politician's Wife Alan Jones Channel 4 Cracker Edward Mansell ITV The Buccaneers Greg Miller 1997 Hillsborough Barry Vince ITV Gulliver’s Travels Peter Coulson Channel 4 The Fragile Heart Neil Thomson The Crow Road Angus Newton BBC Scotland1998 The Lakes Roy Sharman BBC One Holding On John Stothart BBC Two Tom Jones Paul Tothill, Annie Kocur BBC One Trial & Retribution Terry Warwick ITV1999 A Rather English Marriage Dave King BBC Two Hornblower: The Even Chance Keith Palmer ITV Vanity Fair Bill Diver BBC One Our Mutual Friend Frances Parker BBC Two
2000s Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster2000 The Royle Family Tony Cranstoun BBC One Queer as Folk Tony Cranstoun Channel 4 David Copperfield Philip Kloss BBC One Cold Feet Tim Waddell ITV2001 North Square Jon Costelloe Channel 4 Clocking Off Nick Arthurs, Tony Cranstoun, Edward Mansell BBC One Longitude Peter Coulson Channel 4 Gormenghast Paul Tothill BBC Two2002 Othello Nick Arthurs ITV Clocking Off Mark Elliott, Edward Mansell, Tony Cranstoun BBC One The Way We Live Now Paul Tothill Perfect Strangers Mark Day BBC Two2003 Daniel Deronda Philip Kloss BBC One Bloody Sunday Clare Douglas ITV Shackleton Peter Coulson Channel 4 Spooks Colin Green BBC One2004 State of Play Mark Day BBC One Prime Suspect St John O’Rorke ITV The Lost Prince Clare Douglas BBC One Spooks Paul Knight, Barney Pilling2005 Sex Traffic Mark Day Channel 4 The Long Firm Paul Tothill BBC Two Shameless Fiona Colbeck Channel 4 Dirty Filthy Love Tania Reddin ITV2006 Bleak House Paul Knight BBC One To the Ends of the Earth Philip Kloss BBC Two Casanova Nick Arthurs BBC Three The Ghost Squad Adam Recht Channel 42007 Longford Melanie Oliver Channel 4 Doctor Who Crispin Green BBC One Life on Mars Barney Pilling Prime Suspect: The Final Act Trevor Waite ITV2008 Boy A Lucia Zucchetti Channel 4 Five Days Sarah Brewerton BBC One Cranford Frances Parker The Mighty Boosh Mark Everson BBC Three2009 Doctor Who Philip Kloss BBC One Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley Anthony Combes BBC Four Criminal Justice Sarah Brewerton BBC One White Girl Una Ni Dhonghaile BBC Two
2010s Year Title Episode Recipient(s) Broadcaster2010 Mo Kristina Hetherington Channel 4 Occupation Victoria Boydell BBC OneA Short Stay in Switzerland Adam RechtCriminal Justice Chris WyattRed Riding 1974 Andrew Hulme Channel 42011 Sherlock A Study in Pink Charlie Phillips BBC One Eric and Ernie Jamie Pearson BBC TwoDownton Abbey John Wilson ITVThis is England '86 Chris Wyatt Channel 42012 Sherlock A Scandal in Belgravia Charlie Phillips BBC One The Crimson Petal and the White Luke Dunkley BBC TwoBirdsong Kristina Hetherington BBC OneGreat Expectations Victoria Boydell2013 The Fear "Episode 1" Trevor Waite Channel 4 Ripper Street Úna Ní Dhonghaíle BBC OneThe Thick of It Anthony Boys, Gary Dollner BBC Two The Hour "Episode 1" Gareth C. Scales2014 The Fall Steve Singleton BBC Two An Adventure in Space and Time Philip Kloss BBC Two Top of the Lake "Episode Six" Alexandre de Franceschi Broadchurch "Episode Eight" Mike Jones ITV2015 Sherlock Yan Miles BBC One The Fall Steve Singleton BBC TwoThe Honourable Woman Jason KrasuckiThe Missing Úna Ní Dhonghaíle BBC One2016 Wolf Hall David Blackmore BBC Two An Inspector Calls Alex Mackie BBC OneHumans Daniel Greenway Channel 4This Is England '90 Matthew GrayLondon Spy Victoria Boydell BBC Two2017 The Night Manager Ben Lester BBC One National Treasure Luke Dunkley Channel 4 Sherlock The Abominable Bride Andrew John McClelland BBC OneFleabag Gary Dollner BBC Three2018 Three Girls Úna Ní Dhonghaíle BBC One The Crown "Paterfamilias" Pia Di Ciaula Netflix Line of Duty "Moral Superiority" Andrew John McClelland BBC One Peaky Blinders "The Duel" Dan Roberts BBC Two2019 A Very English Scandal Pia Di Ciaula BBC One Killing Eve "Nice Face" Gary Dollner BBC One Bodyguard "Episode 1" Steve Singleton Black Mirror "Bandersnatch" Tony Kearns Netflix
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