# 2013 British Academy Television Craft Awards

The 14th Annual British Academy Television Craft Awards were presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) on 28 April 2013, with Stephen Mangan presiding over the event. The awards were held at The Brewery, City of London, and given in recognition of technical achievements in British television of 2012.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below alphabetically and not in boldface.
| Best Breakthrough Talent | Best Director - Fiction/Entertainment |
| Tim Whitnall (writer) – Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story Mike Bartlett (writer) – The Town Julie Gearey (writer) – Prisoners' Wives Rhys Thomas (director) – Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender | Philippa Lowthorpe – Call the Midwife Julian Jarrold – The Girl Birger Larsen – Murder: Joint Enterprise Hettie Macdonald – Hit & Miss |
| Best Director - Factual | Best Director - Multi-Camera |
| Ben Chanan – The Plot to Bring Down Britain's Planes Ben Anthony – 7/7 One Day in London John Dower – Bradley Wiggins: A Year in Yellow Katharine English – Our War | Hamish Hamilton and Tapani Parm – The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder Hamish Hamilton and Tapani Parm – The London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: Symphony of British Music Paul Davies – The London 2012 Olympics: Super Saturday Nikki Parsons – Strictly Come Dancing |
| Best Writer - Comedy | Best Writer - Drama |
| Julia Davis – Hunderby Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine and Joanna Scanlan – Getting On John Morton – Twenty Twelve Writing Team – The Thick of It | Sally Wainwright – Last Tango in Halifax Shaun Duggan and Jimmy McGovern – Accused (for "Tracey's Story") Tom Stoppard – Parade's End Gwyneth Hughes – The Girl |
| Best Make Up and Hair Design | Best Production Design |
| Call the Midwife – Christine Walmesley-Cotham Ripper Street – Eileen Buggy and Sharon Doyle Parade's End – Jan Archibald The Girl – Nadine Prigge, Neill Gorton and Clinton Aiden Smith | The Girl – Darryl Hammer Downton Abbey – Donal Woods The Hour – Eve Stewart Parade's End – Martin Childs |
| Best Visual Effects and Graphic Design | Best Costume Design |
| Titanic – Tom Turnbull The Psychology of Winning – Robin Nurse, Julian Gibbs and Richard Gort Parade's End – Rupert Ray and Benuts Doctor Who – The Mill | Parade's End – Sheena Napier Mrs Biggs – Amy Roberts Richard II (The Hollow Crown) – Odile Dicks-Mireaux Ripper Street – Lorna Marie Mugan |
| Best Photography – Factual | Best Photography and Lighting – Fiction |
| Amish: A Secret Life – Steve Robinson Kingdom of Plants 3D – Tim Cragg, Robert Hollingworth and Tim Shepherd Supersized Earth – Julius Brighton and Paul O'Callaghan Return to the Falklands – Rupert Binsley | The Fear – Gavin Finney Ripper Street – Julian Court Blackout – Christopher Ross Hunted – Balazs Bolygo |
| Best Editing – Factual | Best Editing – Fiction |
| Amish: A Secret Life – Sean Mackenzie The Secret History of Our Streets (for "Portland Road") – Michael Harrowes Britain in a Day – Peter Christelis 7/7 One Day in London – Rupert Houseman | The Fear (for "Episode 1") – Trevor Waite Ripper Street – Úna Ní Dhonghaíle The Thick of It – Anthony Boys and Gary Dollner The Hour (for "Episode 1") – Gareth C. Scales |
| Best Digital Creativity | Best Entertainment Craft Team |
| Channel 4 Paralympics – Steve Boulton and James Rutherford The Great British Property Scandal – Production team Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic – Production team Foxes Live: Wild in the City – Production team | Stephen Bryce, Andrew Cooke, Simon Ainge, Nick Foster and Derren Brown – Apocalypse Durham Marenghi, Steve Nolan, Sam Pattinson and Tim Routledge – Diamond Jubilee Concert Dan James, James Hart, Richard Porter and Kate Jones-Mackay – Top Gear Dave Davey, Robert Edwards, Florian Wieder and Falk Rosenthal – The X Factor (for "Final") |
| Best Sound – Factual | Best Sound – Fiction |
| The London 2012 Olympics: Super Saturday – Peter Bridges The Plane Crash – Grant Covacic, Pete Lee, Karl Mainzer and Michael Wood Top Gear – Chris Lebert, Robert Entwistle, Russell Edwards and Kiff McManus Brazil with Michael Palin – George Foulgham and Sebastian Dunn | Richard II (The Hollow Crown) – Tim Fraser, Adrian Rhodes and Keith Marriner Accused (for "Mo & Sue's Story") – Graham Headicar, Emma Pegram, Stuart Hilliker and Grant Bridgeman Wallander – Paul Hamblin, Matt Skelding, Jim Goddard and Martin Beresford The Hour – John Mooney, Nigel Squibbs, Jamie Caple and Marc Lawes |
| Best Original Television Music ||
| Henry IV (The Hollow Crown) – Stephen Warbeck The Snowman and the Snowdog – Ilan Eshkeri and Andy Burrows Doctor Who (for "Asylum of the Daleks") – Murray Gold The Hour – Kevin Sargent ||