Television Craft Categories

Distinction between Factual and Fiction in the drama genre is as follows: programmes whose drama content accounts for no more than 50% of the total and which very closely and accurately recreate specific historical events and identified individuals, should enter in the Factual categories (Director: Factual, Editing: Factual, Photography: Factual, Sound: Factual). Those which broadly represent historical events should enter in the Fiction categories.

BREAK-THROUGH TALENT

This Award is not a true 'Beginner's Award'. It is designed to recognise those whose talents have come to fruition between 1 January and 31 December 2008. An entry might comprise one piece of work, or a number of programmes, each of which must have been transmitted during 2008. This Award will pay tribute to emerging talent displayed throughout any part of the behind-the-camera production process - from development through to delivery and across all genres.

Previous winners: Lee Phillips (How To Start Your Own Country); Sharon Foster (Shoot The Messenger); Jezza Neumann (China’s Stolen Children - A Dispatches Special).

COSTUME DESIGN

The programme should contain a significant amount of original design within its 2008 transmission period.

Previous winners include: Mike O’Neill (Charles II: The Power and the Passion); James Keast (The Long Firm); Andrea Galer (Bleak House); Amy Roberts (The Virgin Queen); Oliver Roberts (Oliver Twist).

DIRECTOR: FACTUAL

Previous winner: Jezza Neumann (China’s Stolen Children - A Dispatches Special).

DIRECTOR: FICTION/ENTERTAINMENT

Previous winner: John Crowley (Boy A).

EDITING: FACTUAL

Previous winners include: Sean Mackenzie (The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough - Arena); Nick Fenton (The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off); Paul Binns (The Year London Blew Up: 1974); Dave King (Rain In My Heart); Folko Boermans (Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives).

EDITING: FICTION/ENTERTAINMENT

Previous winners include: Mark Day (State of Play); Mark Day (Sex Traffic); Paul Knight (Bleak House); Melanie Oliver (Longford); Lucia Zucchetti (Boy A).

INTERACTIVE CREATIVE CONTRIBUTION

Awarded to an individual or creative team working in the area of interactive media development. They must have demonstrated excellence in their work during the last year on projects that are interactive, entertaining and focussed on video-based moving images and/or rich media. The Award is to recognise the creative individuals behind ground-breaking new media productions, from programmers to writers to designers or any aspect of Production.

Previous winner: Chloe Moss, Holly Hughes, Max Gogarty (Skins).

INTERACTIVE INNOVATION - SERVICE/PLATFORM

Awarded for excellence and innovation in interactive services, platforms and other infrastructures containing moving picture-related digital content. This may be a web-based social network focussed on moving-image content or a new approach to video delivery.

Previous winner: Tony Ageh, Anthony Rose, Ian Hunter (BBCiPlayer).

MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN

The programme should contain a significant amount of original design within its 2008 transmission period.

Previous winners include: Lisa Cavalli-Green (Little Britain); Caroline Noble (Sex Traffic); Vanessa White and Neill Gorton (Help); Anne ‘Nosh’ Oldham (Jane Eyre); Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn (My Boy Jack).