# 2006 British Academy Television Craft Awards

The British Academy Television Craft Awards of 2006 are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and were held on 19 May 2006 at The Dorchester, Mayfair, the ceremony was hosted by Jon Culshaw for the second year in a row.

## Winners and nominees

Winners will be listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Director | Best Writer |
| Brian Percival – Much Ado About Nothing Joe Ahearne – Doctor Who Simon Cellan Jones – The Queen's Sister Justin Chadwick – Bleak House | Peter Kosminsky – The Government Inspector Andrew Davies – Bleak House Russell T Davies – Doctor Who Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant – Extras |
| Best Breakthrough Talent | Best Original Television Music |
| Lee Phillips – How to Start Your Own Country Dan Edge – Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace Misha Manson-Smith – High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman Edward Thomas – Doctor Who | Elizabeth I – Rob Lane Casanova – Murray Gold The Girl in The Café – Nicholas Hooper The Government Inspector – Jocelyn Pook |
| Best New Media Developer | Best Make-Up and Hair Design |
| How To Start Your Own Country/Citizen TV – Lee Phillips, Julian Pearson, Patrick Cameron All New Cosmetic Surgery Live (Mobile Streaming) – Morgan Holt, Genevieve Dersley, Pasa Mustafa Dr Who: Attack Of The Graske (Interactive Red Button Game) – Jo Pearce, Andrew Whitehouse Lost Untold (Website) – Janine Smith, Mark Limb, Tracy Blacher | Help – Vanessa White, Neill Gorton Casanova – Christine Allsopp Elizabeth I – Fae Hammond Bleak House – Daniel Phillips |
| Best Costume Design | Best Production Design |
| Bleak House – Andrea Galer To the Ends of the Earth – Rosalind Ebbutt The Queen's Sister – James Keast Elizabeth I – Mike O'Neill | Bleak House – Simon Elliott Rome – Joseph Bennett Elizabeth I – Eve Stewart To the Ends of the Earth – Donal Woods |
| Best Photography and Lighting - Fiction/Entertainment | Best Photography - Factual |
| The Girl in the Café – Chris Seager To the Ends of the Earth – Ulf Brantas Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky – John Daly Bleak House – Kieran McGuigan | Tsunami: 7 Hours On Boxing Day – Paul Otter A Picture of Britain – Fred Fabre Real Families: My Skin Could Kill Me – Chris Holland Michael Palin And The Mystery Of Hammershoi – Neville Kidd |
| Best Editing - Fiction/Entertainment | Best Editing - Factual |
| Bleak House – Paul Knight Casanova – Nick Arthurs To the Ends of the Earth – Philip Kloss The Ghost Squad – Adam Recht | The Year London Blew Up: 1974 – Paul Binns Born in the USSR: 21 Up – Kim Horton 49 Up – Kim Horton Jamie's School Dinners – Sunshine Jackson |
| Best Sound - Fiction/Entertainment | Best Sound - Factual |
| Colditz – Sound Team To the Ends of the Earth – Paul Hamblin, Rory Farnan, Craig Butters, Clive Derbyshire Bleak House – Sound Team Spooks – Sound Team | Tsunami: 7 Hours On Boxing Day – Ben Baird, Gregor Lyon, Brian Howell Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film From Auschwitz – Ben Baird, Mike Hatch The Genius Of Beethoven – Ben Baird, Andy Rose, Tony Meering Life in the Undergrowth – Sound Team |
| Best Visual Effects | Best Titles |
| Hiroshima: BBC History of World War II – Red Vision, Mike Tucker, Gareth Edwards Walking with Monsters – Framestore Team Rome – Barrie Hemsley, James Madigan, Joe Pavlo Supervolcano – Lola | Life in the Undergrowth – Mick Connaire Hustle – Berger and Wyse Jamie's School Dinners – Matt Utber Rome – Angus Wall |

### Special awards

* Eileen Diss

### Interactive Innovation

* BBC Open Earth Archive