British Academy Television Award for Best News Coverage
January 29, 2023
The British Academy Television Award for Best News Coverage is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. According to the BAFTA website, the category is for "an individual news programme"[1]
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The British Academy Television Award for Best News Coverage is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards BAFTAs the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry According to the BAFTA website the category is for an individual news programme 1 British Academy Television AwardCountryUnited KingdomPresented byBritish Academy of Film and Television ArtsFirst awarded1961Currently held byITV News at Ten Storming of the Capitol 2022 Websitehttp www bafta org The category has been through some name changes and has been merged a couple of times with other categories like Best Sport and Live Event and Best Current Affairs In 1961 and 1962 an individual award named Best Current Events was presented later in 1970 a category called Best Factual Current Affair was awarded From 1978 to 1985 and also in 1992 it was presented as Best Actuality Coverage From 1986 to 1991 it was presented as Best News or Outside Broadcast Coverage From 1993 to 1994 and then from 1998 to 2001 it was presented as Best News and Current Affairs Journalism From 1995 to 1997 and then since 2002 it has been presented as Best News Coverage Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 1960s 1 2 1970s 1 3 1980s 1 4 1990s 1 5 2000s 1 6 2010s 1 7 2020s 2 References 3 External linksWinners and nominees Edit1960s Edit Year Recipient s 1961 Sportsview unit BBC 1962 Bill Allenby1970s Edit Best Factual Current Affair Year Title Recipient s 1970 News at TenMan on the MoonApollo 11Moon Landing Special David Nicholas Geoffrey HughesThe Money Programme Michael BunceBest Actuality Coverage Year Title Recipient s 1978 A Day of Celebration Anthony CraxtonBBC Coverage of Wimbledon 77 Sports Production TeamBlow Out at Bravo Grampian Production TeamJubilee 77 Outside Broadcast Production Team1979 The Open Golf Championship AP WilkinsonHome from the Sea John VernonITV Coverage of The World Cup Sports Production TeamWimbledon 78 AP Wilkinson1980s Edit Best Actuality Coverage Year Title Recipient s 1980 Last Night of the Proms Ian EngelmannCosi Fan Tutte Peter Hall John VernonEarl Mountbatten s Funeral Mike LumleyBBC News Coverage of Fastnet Boat Race1981 ITN Coverage of the Iranian Embassy Siege David Goldsmith and the Production TeamBBC Coverage of the Iranian Embassy Siege News Production Team80 Gracious Years Jim PopleEmbassy World Snooker Championship Nick HunterWimbledon 1980 Men s Final Jonathan Martin1982 ITN Coverage of PolandInternational Snooker Nick HunterBBC Royal Wedding Coverage Michael Lumley and the Production TeamITV Royal Wedding Coverage Jim Pople Stewart Purvis and the Production Team1983 BBC Coverage of the Falklands BBC Television NewsNews at TenITN Coverage of the Falklands ITN Production TeamRaising of the Mary Rose1984 ITN Coverage of the Lebanon Crisis ITN Production TeamDie Fledermaus Humphrey BurtonThe Nation Decides ITN Production Team1983 London Marathon John Shrewsbury1985 Nine O Clock News Ethiopian Famine Michael Buerk Mohammed AminBreakfast Time Friday October 12th The Brighton Bomb David Lloyd Peter O Kill Sandy McCourtChannel 4 News Stewart Purvis and the Production TeamCoverage of the Brighton Bomb BBC News TeamBest News or Outside Broadcast Coverage Year Title Recipient s 1986 BBC Live Aid for AfricaChannel 4 News Stewart Purvis and the Production TeamNews at Ten Alastair Burnet and the Production TeamNewsnight Richard Tait1987 Channel 4 News Stewart PurvisHospital Watch Fiona Holmes Caroline Van Den BrulNews at Ten Coverage of the American Bombing Raid on Libya David NicholasNewsnight Richard TaitNine O Clock News Coverage of the American Bombing Raid on Libya Rick Thompson and the Production TeamThe Queen in China Tim MarshallThe Royal Wedding1988 Special Edition Of Channel 4 News Coverage of the Zeebrugge Disaster Stewart PurvisBBC News Coverage of the Zeebrugge Disaster Ron NeilChannel 4 News Richard Tait Stewart PurvisNews at Ten Nick Pollard1989 Channel 4 NewsThe Kirov Ballet Live in London John Michael PhillipsNelson Mandela Concert Mike Appleton Tim Marshall Neville BoltNewsnight John Morrison1990s Edit Best News or Outside Broadcast Coverage Year Title Recipient s 1990 BBC News Tiananmen Square Massacre Steve SelmanBBC Berlin Wall Coverage John MahoneyNine O Clock News Kate Adie Secret Report from Chinese Hospital Kate AdieITN Coverage of Romania1991 Channel 4 NewsDomingo Carreras Pavarotti in Concert Brian LargeITN Coverage of Mrs Thatcher s Resignation David MannionWorld Cup 1990 BBC Sport Production TeamBest Actuality Coverage Year Title Recipient s 1992 ITN News Coverage of the Gulf War Brent Sadler Production TeamBBC News Coverage of the Gulf WarPavarotti in Hyde Park Christopher Swann Andy WardNewsnight Soviet Coup Collapses Tim GardamBest News and Current Affairs Journalism Year Title Recipient s 1993 Serbian Prison Camps Discovery Penny Marshall Ian WilliamsBBC Coverage of Sarajevo Martin BellBBC Coverage of the Barcelona Olympics Martin HopkinsNewsnight Tim Gardam1994 Channel 4 NewsBBC1 Coverage of the Bosnian Massacre Martin BellBBC2 Newsnight Coverage of Kurdistan George AlagiahNews at Ten Coverage of the Storming of the Moscow White House and the Civil War in GeorgiaBest News Coverage Year Title Recipient s 1995 ITN1 Coverage of the Crisis In RwandaChannel 4 News Coverage of the Estonia Ferry DisasterChannel 4 News Coverage of the South African ElectionsBBC1 News Coverage on Rwanda John Simpson1996 Channel 4 News Coverage of War Crimes in Former YugoslaviaBBC1 News Coverage on Bosnia Martin BellBBC2 Newsnight Peter HorrocksITN Coverage of the War in Chechnya1997 BBC Newsnight BSE Coverage Peter HorrocksChannel 4 News Coverage of the Refugee Crisis in Zaire and RwandaBBC Newsnight Dunblane Massacre Peter HorrocksITV News at Ten Coverage of DunblaneBest News and Current Affairs Journalism Year Title Recipient s 1998 Panorama Valentina s Story Mike RobinsonBBC Election Night Programme Peter HorrocksChannel 4 Coverage of the Death of Diana Princess of Wales Jim GrayITV Coverage of the Death of Diana Princess of Wales Nigel Dacre1999 Dispatches Inside the Animal Liberation Front David Monaghan Deborah Davies Graham HallCorrespondent ETA Coming in from the Cold Ewa Ewart Fiona Murch Orla GuerinITN s Coverage of the Omagh Bomb and its Aftermath Nigel Dacre and the Production TeamNewsnight Coverage Of the Northern Ireland Peace Process Martha Kearney Sian Kevill2000s Edit Best News and Current Affairs Journalism Year Title Recipient s Broadcaster2000 Coverage of the Kosovo Conflict John Simpson and the BBC News Team BBC OneCoverage of the Kosovo Conflict Sky News Production Team Sky NewsThe Paddington Crash The Channel 4 News Team Channel 4Tonight with Trevor McDonald Interview with the Lawrence Suspects Jeff Anderson James Goldston Ingrid Kelly ITV2001 Out of Africa Sorious Samura Ron McCullagh Channel 4Mozambique Floods BBC News Team BBC News 24Mozambique Floods The Event and the Aftermath ITVPanorama Who Bombed Omagh Eamon Hardy John Ware BBC OneBest News Coverage Year Title Recipient s Broadcaster2002 Sky News September 11th 12th Sky NewsBBC News Coverage of The Fall of Kabul 12 13 November BBC News 24Channel 4 News Attack on America 11 September Channel 4ITV News Attack on America 11 September ITV2003 Soham August 16 17 Sky NewsCollapse of the Paul Burrell Trial BBC News 24Jenin and Bethlehem What Chance of Peace Channel 4The Death of the Queen Mother ITV2004 Channel 4 News Fall of Saddam Channel 4Newsnight BBC TwoThe Ten O Clock News BBC OneSky News Fall of Baghdad Sky News2005 BBC Ten O Clock News Madrid Bombing BBC OneBBC News 24 Hutton BBC News 24Sky News The Tsunami Disaster Sky NewsTsunami Seven Days that Shook the World ITV News Team ITV2006 BBC Ten O Clock News 7 July 2005 London Bombs BBC OneChannel 4 News The Attorney General Story Jon Snow Gary Gibbon Robert Hamilton Channel 4ITV Evening News The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes ITVSky News 7 July Bombings Sky News2007 Granada Reports Morecambe Bay ITVBBC Ten O Clock News Terrorism Plot at Heathrow Craig Oliver Huw Edwards Kate Robinson Daniel Sandford BBC OneChannel 4 News News from Iran Jon Snow Deborah Rayner Ben Monro Davies Martin Collett Channel 4ITV Evening News The Israel Lebanon Crisis Julian Manyon Mark Austin Geoff Hill Rob Bowles ITV2008 Sky News Glasgow Airport Attack Sky NewsBBC Ten O Clock News War in Afghanistan Craig Oliver Huw Edwards Alastair Leithead Thea Fairley BBC OneITV Evening News Zimbabwe The Tyranny and the Tragedy ITVChannel 4 News Iraq The Surge Jim Gray Jon Snow Krishnan Guru Murthy Ed Fraser Channel 42009 News at Ten Chinese Earthquake Bill Neely John Ray Rob Bowles Lu Bo ITVChannel 4 News Jim Gray Jonathan Miller Ben De Pear Soren Munk Channel 4Sky News Canoe Man Gerard Tubb Sky NewsSky News Mumbai2010s Edit Year Title Recipient s Broadcaster2010 ITV News at Ten Haiti Mark Austin Bill Neely David Harman John Irvine ITVBBC News Channel The Haiti Earthquake Kevin Bakhurst Ben Brown Matthew Price Matt Frei BBC NewsChannel 4 News Haiti Earthquake Channel 4Sky News Pakistan Terror s Frontline Sky News2011 ITV News at Ten The Cumbria Murders ITVBBC News at Ten Handover of Power Huw Edwards James Stephenson BBC One BBC NewsChannel 4 News Channel 4Sky News Egypt Crisis Sky News2012 Channel 4 News Japan Earthquake Channel 4BBC News at Ten Siege of Homs BBC OneITV News at Ten Battle of Misrata ITVSky News Libya Rebel Convoy Live Sky News2013 Hillsborough The Truth at Last Granada Reports ITVBBC News at Ten Syria BBC OneChannel 4 News Battle for Homs Channel 42014 ITV News at Ten Woolwich Attacks ITVThe Lee Rigby Trial ITV Granada Reports ITV ITV GranadaThe Dale Cregan Verdict North West Tonight Special BBC One BBC North WestChannel 4 News Egypt Military Coup Channel 42015 Sky News Live at Five Ebola Alex Crawford Nick Ludlam Thomas Moore David Rees Sky NewsBBC News at Ten BBC News BBC OneChannel 4 News Inside Gaza Children Under Fire Jon Snow Ben de Pear Nevine Mabro Channel 4ITV News at Ten Iraq Crisis ITV2016 Channel 4 News Paris Massacre Jon Snow Lindsey Hilsum Jonathan Rugman Ben de Pear Channel 4BBC News at Six Paris Attacks Special BBC OneITV News at Ten Refugee Crisis ITVSky News From Turkey to Greece Alex Crawford Garwen McLuckie Colin Brazier Kirsty Walker Sky News2017 Victoria Derbyshire Footballers Abuse Victoria Derbyshire Louisa Compton Jo Adnitt BBC TwoChannel 4 News Brexit Channel 4BBC North West Tonight Hillsborough Inquests BBC OneSky News Tonight Aleppo The Death of a City Sky News2018 The Rohingya Crisis Sky News Sky NewsThe Battle for Mosul Sky News Sky NewsThe Grenfell Tower Fire Channel 4 News Krishnan Guru Murthy Jackie Long Cathy Newman Ben de Pear Channel 4The Grenfell Tower Fire ITV News at Ten ITV2019 2 Cambridge Analytica Uncovered Channel 4Bullying and Harassment in the House of Commons Newsnight BBC TwoGood Morning Britain On A Knife Edge ITVGood Morning Britain Thomas Markle Exclusive2020s Edit Year Title Recipient s Broadcaster2020 3 Hong Kong Protests Sky NewsITV News at Ten Election Results ITVPrince Andrew amp the Epstein Scandal Newsnight BBC TwoVictoria Derbyshire Men Who Lost Loved Ones to Knife Crime2021 4 Sky News Inside IDLIB Sky NewsBBC News at Ten Prime Minister Admitted to Intensive Care BBC News BBC OneChannel 4 News Deterring Democracy Channel 4Newsnight COVID Care Crisis BBC Two2022 5 ITV News at Ten Storming of the Capitol ITVChannel 4 News Black to Front Channel 4Good Morning Britain Shamima Begum ITVSky News Afghanistan Endgame Sky NewsNote The series that don t have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination References Edit Rules and Guidelines PDF British Academy of Film and Television Arts Retrieved 2021 03 12 Nominations announced Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019 www bafta org 2019 03 28 Retrieved 2021 03 12 Kanter Jake 2020 07 31 BAFTA TV Awards Winners Night Of Surprises As Chernobyl amp The End Of The F ing World Take Two Prizes Each Deadline Retrieved 2021 03 12 BAFTA TV 2021 Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards www bafta org 2021 04 28 Retrieved 2021 04 28 Bafta TV awards 2022 full list of nominations The Guardian 30 March 2022 Retrieved 30 March 2022 External links EditList of winners at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title British Academy Television Award for Best News Coverage amp oldid 1096660001, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
