# British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Special, Visual & Graphic Effects

The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Special, Visual & Graphic Effects is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories. According to the BAFTA website, this category is "for special, visual and graphic effects and recognises achievement in all of these crafts."
The category has gone through several name changes:
* It was first awarded with the British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Titles & Graphic Identity category under the name Best Visual Effects and Graphic Design in 2001, 2002 and 2013.
* In 2003 it was split presenting the Best Visual Effects category until 2012.
* Since 2014, the category is presented as Best Special, Visual & Graphic Effects.

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s

Best Visual Effects and Graphic Design
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
| 2001 | Gormenghast | Gormenghast | BBC Two |
| 2001 | Longitude | Framestore | Channel 4 |
| 2001 | Private Lives of the Pharaohs | Red Vision | Channel 4 |
| 2001 | Horizon: Supermassive Black Holes | Simon Edgar, Gareth Edwards, Neil Cunningham | BBC Two |
| 2002 | Banzai | Blue Source | E4 |
| 2002 | Building The Impossible: The Seven Wonders of The Ancient World | Atlantic Digital | BBC |
| 2002 | The Lost World | William Bartlett, Virgil Manning, Darren Byford | BBC One |
| 2002 | Walking with Beasts | Tim Greenwood, Max Tyrie, Jez Gibson-Harris, Mike Milne | BBC One |
Best Visual Effects
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
| 2003 | Walking with Dinosaurs: The Giant Claw (Special) | Max Tyrie, Tim Greenwood, Jez Gibson-Harris | BBC One |
| 2003 | Hornblower | Phil Attfield | ITV |
| 2003 | Dinotopia | Mike McGee, Michael Eames, Alec Knox | ABC |
| 2003 | How the Twin Towers Collapsed | Red Vision | Discovery Channel |
| 2004 | Walking with Dinosaurs: Sea Monsters (Trilogy) | Max Tyrie, Tim Greenwood, Jez Gibson-Harris, Jamie Campbell | BBC One |
| 2004 | Ancient Egyptians: The Battle of Megiddo | Grahame Andrew, Rob Harvey, Julian Parry, Abbie Tucker-Williams | Channel 4 |
| 2004 | George Orwell: A Life in Pictures | Aidan Farrell, Barney Jordan | BBC Two |
| 2004 | Walking with Dinosaurs: Land of The Giants (Special) | Max Tyrie, George Roper, Jez Gibson-Harris, Jamie Campbell | BBC One |
| 2005 | Battlefield Britain | Red Vision | BBC Two |
| 2005 | The Brighton Bomb | Steve Bowman, Mike Tucker | BBC One |
| 2005 | British Isles: A Natural History | David Corfield | BBC One |
| 2005 | Omagh | Omagh | Channel 4 |
| 2006 | Hiroshima | Red Vision, Mike Tucker, Gareth Edwards | BBC One |
| 2006 | Rome | Barrie Hemsley, James Madigan, Joe Pavlo | BBC Two |
| 2006 | Walking with Monsters | Framestore Team | BBC Three/BBC One |
| 2006 | Supervolcano | Lola | BBC One |
| 2007 | Terry Pratchett's Hogfather | Simon Thomas, Oliver Money | Sky1 |
| 2007 | Death of a President | Lola | Channel 4 |
| 2007 | Krakatoa: The Last Days | Lola, The Model Unit | BBC One |
| 2007 | Doctor Who | The Mill | BBC One |
| 2008 | Fight for Life | Jellyfish Pictures | BBC One |
| 2008 | Primeval | Matt Fox, Christian Manz, James Farrington | ITV |
| 2008 | Doctor Who (for "Voyage of the Damned") | The Mill | BBC One |
| 2008 | Rome | Rome | BBC Two |
| 2009 | Doctor Who (for "The Fires of Pompeii") | The Mill | BBC One |
| 2009 | Primeval | Christian Manz, Matt Fox, Mark Brocking | ITV |
| 2009 | The Wrong Door | The Wrong Door | BBC Three |
| 2009 | The Colour of Magic | Simon Thomas, Reuben Barkataki, Dave Throssell | Sky1 |

### 2010s

Best Visual Effects
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
| 2010 | The Day of the Triffids | Tom Turnbull, Joel Collins, Rene Morel | BBC One |
| 2010 | Merlin | The Mill | BBC One |
| 2010 | Doctor Who | The Mill | BBC One |
| 2010 | World War II in Colour | Alan Griffiths, Matthew Barrett, Vivek Rao | Channel 5 |
| 2011 | Merlin | The Mill | BBC One |
| 2011 | Wonders of the Solar System | Simon Clarke, Stephen Waugh | BBC Two |
| 2011 | Doctor Who | The Mill | BBC One |
| 2011 | Terry Pratchett's Going Postal | Simon Thomas, Reuben Barkataki, Zoltan Benyó | Sky1 |
| 2012 | Great Expectations | BlueBolt | BBC One |
| 2012 | Wonders of the Universe | Burrell Durrant Hifle | BBC Two |
| 2012 | Doctor Who | The Mill | BBC One |
| 2012 | Inside the Human Body | Philip Dobree, Sophie Orde, Dan Upton | BBC One |
Best Visual Effects and Graphic Design
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
| 2013 | Titanic | Tom Turnbull | ITV |
| 2013 | Doctor Who | The Mill | BBC One |
| 2013 | The Psychology of Winning | Robin Nurse, Julian Gibbs, Richard Gort | BBC One |
| 2013 | Parade's End | Rupert Ray, Benuts | BBC Two |
Best Special, Visual & Graphic Effects
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
| 2014 | Doctor Who (for "The Day of the Doctor") | Milk VFX, Real SFX, The Model Unit | BBC One |
| 2014 | David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive 3D | Zoo, Fido, Colossus | Sky 3D |
| 2014 | Peaky Blinders | BlueBolt (VFX), Rushes (Colourist) | BBC One |
| 2014 | Micro Monsters with David Attenborough (for "Predator") | Hollingworth Photography, British Technical Films, Colossus | Sky One |
| 2015 | Doctor Who | Milk VFX, Real SFX, BBC Wales VFX | BBC One |
| 2015 | David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 3D | Colossus Productions, Vision3, Zoo VFX | Sky 3D |
| 2015 | Atlantis | Vine FX, Colin Gorry | BBC One |
| 2015 | Ripper Street | Screen Scene | BBC One |
| 2016 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Milk VFX | BBC One |
| 2016 | Fungus the Bogeyman | DNeg TV, Chris Rodgers | Sky One |
| 2016 | The Last Kingdom | BlueBolt | BBC Two |
| 2016 | Doctor Who | Milk VFX, Millennium FX, Real SFX, Molinare | BBC Two |
| 2017 | The Crown | One of Us, Molinare | Netflix |
| 2017 | The Night Manager | Bluebolt, Pau Costa Moeller | BBC One |
| 2017 | War & Peace | Bluebolt, Jens Doeldissen, Simone Grattarola | BBC One |
| 2017 | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Real SFX, Milk VFX, Kevin Horsewood | BBC One |
| 2017 | Playtest (Black Mirror) | Justin Hutchinson-Chatburn, Framestore, Glassworks, Baseblack | Netflix |
| 2017 | The Last Dragonslayer | Milk VFX, Chris Reynolds, Adam McInnes | Sky One |
| 2018 | Metalhead (Black Mirror) | Dneg TV, Jean-Clement Soret, Russell McLean, Joel Collins | Netflix |
| 2018 | Taboo | BlueBolt, Colin Gorry Effects Ltd., Adam Glasman, Rob Pizzey | BBC One |
| 2018 | The Crown | One of Us, Asa Shoul, Christopher Reynolds | Netflix |
| 2018 | Emerald City | Thomas Horton, Freefolk, Double Negative, Nvizible | 5Star |
| 2019 | Troy: Fall of a City | Adam McInnes, John Smith, Kevin Horsewood | BBC One |
| 2019 | Bandersnatch (Black Mirror) | Glassworks, Jean-Clement Soret, Clayton McDermott, Mark Coulier | Netflix |
| 2019 | The Alienist (for "The Boy on the Bridge") | Kent Houston, Peerless, Freefolk, Asa Shoul | Netflix |
| 2019 | Britannia | Simon Frame, Martin Oberlander, Adam Inglis | Sky Atlantic |

### 2020s

| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
| 2020 | His Dark Materials | Framestore, Painting Practice, Real SFX, Russell Dodgson | BBC One |
| 2020 | The Crown | Ben Turner, Chris Reynolds, Asa Shoul | Netflix |
| 2020 | Chernobyl | Lindsay McFarlane, Claudius Christian Rauch, Jean-Clément Soret, DNEG | Sky Atlantic |
| 2020 | Good Omens | Milk Visual Effects, Gareth Spensley, Real SFX | BBC Two |
| 2021 | His Dark Materials | Russell Dodgson, James Whitlam, Jean-Clement Soret, Robert Harrington, Dan May, Brian Fisher | BBC One |
| 2021 | The Crown | Ben Turner, Reece Ewing, Chris Reynolds, Asa Shoul, Framestore, Untold Studios | Netflix |
| 2021 | Cursed | Milk Visual Effects, DNEG TV, Freefolk, Goodbye Kansas Studios, Greg Fisher, Dave Houghton | Netflix |
| 2021 | War of the Worlds | Michael Illingworth, Oliver Milburn, Danny Hargreaves, Oliver Ogneux, Laura Usaite, Pedrom Dadgostar | Fox |
| 2022 | The Witcher (for "Episode 1") | Dadi Einarsson, Gavin Round, Aleksandar Pejic, Oliver Cubbage, Stefano Pepin, Jet Omoshebi | Netflix |
| 2022 | Earth At Night In Color | Adam Inglis, Tom Payne, Sam Livingstone, Silja Momsen-Livingstone | Apple TV+ |
| 2022 | Intergalactic | Jean-Claude Deguara, Milk VFX, Egg VFX, Gareth Spensley, Real SFX | Sky One |
| 2022 | Black Holes: Heart of Darkness | Rob Harvey, Rasik Gorecha, Sam Reed, Alex Marlow, John Kennedy, Katherine Jamieson | BBC Two |
| 2023 | House of the Dragon | Angus Bickerton, Nikeah Forde, Asa Shoul, Mike Dawson, MPC, Pixomondo | Sky Atlantic |
| 2023 | Andor | Mohen Leo, TJ Falls, Richard Van Den Bergh, Jean-Clément Soret, Industrial Light & Magic | Disney+ |
| 2023 | His Dark Materials | Russell Dodgson, Bryony Duncan, Sam Chynoweth, Damien Stumpf, Danny Hargreaves, Eliot Gibbins | BBC One |
| 2023 | The Sandman | Industrial Light & Magic | Netflix |
| 2024 | The Wheel of Time | Andy Scrase, Patricia Llaguno, Beau Garcia, Oliver Winwood, Huw Evans, Jodie Davidson | Prime Video |
| 2024 | The Crown | Ben Turner, Reece Ewing, Framestore, Rumble VFX, Asa Shoul, Chris Reynolds | Netflix |
| 2024 | The Witcher | Tim Crosbie, Caimin Bourne, Jet Omoshebi, Dan Weir, Cinesite, David Stephens | Netflix |
| 2024 | Silo | Daniel Rauchwerger, Stefano Pepin, Richard Stanbury, Raphael Hamm, Ian Fellows | Apple TV+ |
* Note: The series that don't have recipients on the table had FX Team credited as the recipients of the award or nomination.