# 2005 British Academy Television Craft Awards

The British Academy Television Craft Awards of 2005 are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and were held on 8 May 2005 at The Dorchester, Mayfair, the ceremony was hosted by Jon Culshaw.

## Winners and nominees

Winners will be listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best New Director - Fiction | Best New Director - Factual |
| Daniel Percival – Dirty War Angus Jackson – Elmina's Kitchen Paul King – The Mighty Boosh Sarah Lancashire – The Afternoon Play: Viva Las Blackpool | Patrick Collerton – The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off Julia Black – My Foetus James Brabazon – This World: Holidays In The Danger Zone - Violent Coast Krishnendu Majumdar – Who You Callin' A Nigger? |
| Anthony Asquith Award for New British Composer | Best Original Television Music |
| Jane Antonia Cornish – Five Children and It David Gray – A Way of Life Andrew Hewitt – Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Paul Leonard – Fallen | Sex Traffic – Jonathan Goldsmith Himalaya with Michael Palin – David Hartley, Andre Jacquemin, Dave Howman Spooks – Jennie Muskett, Sheridan Tongue Green Wing – Jonathan Whitehead |
| Best New Writer | Best Make-Up and Hair Design |
| Brian Dooley – The Smoking Room Brian Hill – Bella and the Boys Kwame Kwei-Armah – Elmina's Kitchen Derren Litten, Catherine Tate – The Catherine Tate Show | Sex Traffic – Caroline Noble Dead Ringers – Kate Benton, Diane Chenery-Wickens Absolutely Fabulous (Christmas Special) – Christine Cant Little Britain – Lisa Cavalli-Green |
| Best Costume Design | Best Production Design |
| The Long Firm – James Keast Little Britain – Annie Hardinge Strictly Come Dancing – Su Judd Sex Traffic – Anushia Nieradzik | Sex Traffic – Candida Otton North And South – Simon Elliott Spooks – Stevie Herbert, Robert Foster Blackpool – Grenville Horner |
| Best Photography and Lighting - Fiction | Best Photography - Factual |
| Sex Traffic – Chris Seager The Long Firm – Sean Bobbit Spooks – Simon Chaudoir Dirty Filthy Love – David Odd | Venice (for "Death") – Fred Fabre British Isles: A Natural History – Camera Team Himalaya with Michael Palin – Nigel Meakin, Peter Meakin Bears: Spy in the Woods – Michael W Richards, Geoffrey Bell |
| Best Editing - Fiction/Entertainment | Best Editing - Factual |
| Sex Traffic – Mark Day Shameless – Fiona Colbeck Dirty Filthy Love – Tania Reddin The Long Firm – Paul Tothill | The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off – Nick Fenton Dunkirk – Oliver Huddleston Death in Gaza – Misha Manson-Smith D-Day – Peter Parnham |
| Best Sound - Entertainment | Best Sound - Factual |
| Sex Traffic – Simon Okin, Jane Tattersall, David McCallum, Lou Solakofski The Long Firm – Richard Manton, Catherine Hodgson, Graham Headicar, Paul Hamblin Dirty Filthy Love – Reg Mills, Nick Cox, Phil Barnes, Nigel Edwards Shameless – Sound Team | The Genius of Mozart – Andy Rose, Tony Meering, Ben Baird Big Cat Week – Andy Hawley, Andy Milk, Andrew Wilson, Ian Bown The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off – Bob Jackson Himalaya with Michael Palin – John Pritchard, George Foulgham |
| Best Visual Effects | Best Graphic Design |
| Battlefield Britain – Red Vision The Brighton Bomb – Steve Bowman, Mike Tucker British Isles: A Natural History – David Corfield Omagh – Team FX | The Long Firm – Ray Leek British Isles: A Natural History – David Corfield Spooks – Mark Doman Athens Olympics 2004 (Title Sequence) – Paul Mitchell, Louise Braham, Katy Jones |

### Special awards

* Michael Hurll
* Michael Palin