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British Academy Television Award for Best Current Affairs

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British Academy Television Award
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded2002
Currently held byThe Shamima Begum Story (2024)
Websitehttp://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Award for Best Current Affairs 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 single films, or films from a strand that are primarily concerned with unfolding current affairs"[1]

The category has been awarded as one category merged with the Best News Coverage category under several names, from 1978 to 1985 and also in 1992 it was presented as Best Actuality Coverage while from 1993 to 1994 and then from 1998 to 2001 it was presented as Best News and Current Affairs Journalism. Finally, the category has been presented as Best Current Affairs since 2002.

Winners and nominees

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2000s

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Year Title Episode Recipient(s) Broadcaster
2002 Dispatches "Beneath The Veil" Channel 4
Endgame in Ireland Norma Percy, Mark Anderson, Mick Gold BBC Two
One Day of Terror: New York Witnesses Fiona Murch, Farah Durrani, Robert Moore
Panorama "Jeffrey Archer: A Life of Lies" Terry Tyldesley, Michael Crick, Mike Robinson BBC One
2003 Young, Nazi and Proud Steve Boulton, David Modell, Richard Fabb Channel 4
Panorama "Corruption of Racing" Andy Davies, Stephen Scott, Gerry Troyna BBC One
"Licence to Murder" Mike Robinson, Eamon Hardy, John Ware
Palestine Is Still the Issue Christopher Martin, Tony Stark, John Pilger ITV
2004 The Secret Policeman Simon Ford, Mark Daly, Toby Sculthorpe BBC One
Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror John Pilger, Christopher Martin, Steve Connelly ITV
The Fall of Milosevic Brian Lapping, Norma Percy, Dai Richards BBC Two
Terror in Moscow George Carey, Mark Franchetti, Dan Reed Channel 4
2005 Death in Gaza James Miller, Saira Shah Channel 4
Nurseries Undercover: The Real Story BBC One
The Secret Angent Simon Ford, Karen Wightman, Jason Gwynne
Tonight with Trevor McDonald "Our Daughter Holly" David Cohen, Jim Manson, Jeff Anderson ITV
2006 Dispatches "Beslan" Eamonn Matthews, Kevin Sim Channel 4
Panorama "Undercover Nurse" Production Team BBC One
Dispatches "Iraq: The Reckoning" Samir Shah, Dimitri Collingridge, James Brabazon Channel 4
Storyville "A Company of Soldiers" Tom Roberts, Edward Jarvis BBC Four
2007 Not awarded
2008 Dispatches "China's Stolen Children" Jezza Neumann, Sky Zeh, Brian Woods, Kate Blewett Channel 4
Honour Kills Ben Rumney, Juliette Murray-Topham, Emma Willis, Adam Kemp BBC Three
Dispatches "Fighting the Taliban" Sean Langan, Julia Barron, Denman Rooke Channel 4
Panorama "Dog-Fighting Undercover" Mandy Mcauley, Sandy Smith, Andrew Bell, Jeremy Adams BBC One
2009 Dispatches "Saving Africa's Witch Children" Mags Gavan, Joost Van Der Valk, Alice Keens-Soper, Paul Woolwich Channel 4
Panorama "Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told" Sandy Smith, Brendon McCourt, John Ware, Leo Telling BBC One
Dispatches "Mum Loves Drugs, Not Me" Kate Blewett, Deborah Shipley, Brian Woods Channel 4
Ross Kemp: A Kenya Special Clive Tulloh, Ewen Thomson, Matt Bennett, Ross Kemp Sky One

2010s

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Year Title Episode Recipient(s) Broadcaster
2010 Dispatches "Terror in Mumbai" Dan Reed, Eamonn Matthews Channel 4
Generation Jihad Peter Taylor, Leo Telling, Sam Bagnall BBC Two
This World "Gypsy Child Thieves" Liviu Tipurita, Sam Bagnall, Lucy Hetherington
Dispatches "Afghanistan: Behind Enemy Lines" Najibullah Quraishi, Jamie Doran, John Moffat, Paul Woolwich Channel 4
2011 Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children Jezza Neumann, Xoliswa Sithole, Brian Woods, Deborah Shipley BBC Four
Panorama "Kids in Care" Simon Gilchrist, Roger Graef, Tom Giles, Clare Johns BBC One
Dispatches "Lost Girls of South Africa" Deborah Shipley, Brian Woods, Xoliswa Sithole Channel 4
Secret Iraq Eamonn Matthews, Sam Collyns, James Jones, Philippa Lacey BBC Two
2012 Panorama "Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed" Joe Casey, Matthew Chapman, Paul Kenyon, Frank Simmonds BBC One
Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark Jon Blair, Tuki Laumea, Hassan Mahfood, May Ying Welsh Al Jazeera English
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields Callum Macrae, Chris Shaw, Jon Snow Channel 4
Panorama "The Truth About Adoption" Todd Downing, Tom Giles, Roger Graef, Clare Johns BBC One
2013 This World "The Shame of the Catholic Church" Sam Collyns, Alison Millar, Darragh MacIntyre, Seamus McCracken BBC Two
Panorama "Britain's Hidden Housing Crisis" James Jones, Steve Hewlett, Rachel Crellin, Todd Downing BBC One
Exposure "The Other Side of Jimmy Savile" Mark Williams-Thomas, Lesley Gardiner, Alexander Gardiner ITV
Al Jazeera Investigates "What Killed Arafat?" Clayton Swisher, Adrian Billing, Naji Tamimi, Richard Belfield Al Jazeera English
2014 Dispatches "Syria: Across the Lines" Chris Swayne, Eamonn Matthews, Olly Lambert Channel 4
The Cruel Cut Richard McKerrow, Kieran Smith, Vicki Cooper, Leyla Hussein BBC One
Dispatches "North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State" David Henshaw, James Jones, Todd Downing Channel 4
"The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs" Anna Hall, Matt Pinder, Paddy Garrick, Tazeen Ahmad
2015 Dispatches "Children on the Frontline" Marcel Mettelsiefen, Anthony Wonke, Stephen Ellis, Chris Shaw Channel 4
Panorama "Ebola Frontline" Steve Grandison, Lucie Kon, Karen Edwards, Fabio Basone BBC One
This World "Terror at the Mall" Dan Reed, Mark Towns, Sarah Waldron, George Carey BBC Two
Al Jazeera Investigates "Inside Kenya's Death Squads" Simon Boazman, Kris Jepson, Chris Olivotos, Phil Rees Al Jazeera English
2016 This World "Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola" Dan Edge, Sasha Joelle Achilli, Eamonn Matthews, Sarah Waldron BBC Two
Dispatches "Escape from ISIS" Edward Watts, Evan Williams, Sam Collyns, George Waldrum Channel 4
Children of the Gaza War Lyse Doucet, Lucy Hetherington, James Jones, Graham Taylor BBC Two
Jihad: A British Story Deeyah Khan, Darin Prindle, Andrew Smith, Kevin Thomas ITV
2017 Panorama "Teenage Prison Abuse Exposed" Production Team BBC One
Inside Obama's White House Norma Percy, Brian Lapping, Paul Mitchell, Sarah Wallis BBC Two
This World "Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks" Dan Reed, Mark Towns, Luc Hermann
"Unarmed Black Male" James Jones, Sarah Foudy, Sarah Waldron, Sam Bagnall
2018 Panorama "Undercover: Britain's Immigration Secrets" Karen Wightman, Joe Plomin, Callum Tulley, Gary Beelders BBC One
Raped: My Story Catey Sexton, Jonathan Braman, Emma Wakefield, Ollie Tait Channel 5
Dispatches "Syria's Disappeared: The Case Against Assad" Sara Afshar, Nicola Cutcher, Callum Macrae Channel 4
Exposure "White Right: Meeting the Enemy" Deeyah Khan, Darin Prindle, Andrew Smith, Melanie Quigley ITV
2019
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Dispatches "Myanmar's Killing Fields" Evan Williams, Patrick Wells, Eve Lucas, Dan Edge Channel 4
Exposure "Iran Unveiled: Taking on the Ayatollahs" Production Team ITV
Massacre at Ballymurphy Callum Macrae, Gwion Owain, Mark Williams, Charlie Hawryliw
Al Jazeera Investigations "Football's Wall of Silence" Production Team Channel 4

2020s

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Year Title Episode Recipient(s) Broadcaster
2020
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Exposure "Undercover: Inside China's Digital Gulag" Robin Barnwell, David Henshaw, Guy Creasey, Gesbeen Mohammad ITV
Dispatches "Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids" Production Team Channel 4
Panorama "Is Labour Anti-Semitic?" Leo Telling, John Ware, Neil Grant, Rachel Jupp BBC One
The Hunt for Jihadi John Anthony Wonke, Richard Kerbaj, Paul Monaghan, Jane Root HBO/Channel 4
2021
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Exposure "America's War on Abortion" Deeyah Khan, Darin Prindle, Andrew Smith ITV
Italy's Frontline: A Doctor's Diary Sasha Joelle Achilli, Dan Edge, Ella Claire Newton, Paul van Dyck, Sarah Waldron BBC Two
Dispatches "The Battle for Hong Kong" Robin Barnwell, Gesbeen Mohammad, Guy Creasey, David Henshaw, Evan Williams Channel 4
Al Jazeera Investigations "The Cyprus Papers Undercover" Phil Rees, Sarah Yeo, Leonidas Sofogiannis, James Kleinfeld, David Harrison, Jason Gwynne Al Jazeera English
2022
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Exposure "Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin" Sarah Collinson, David Henshaw, David Alter, Sasha Odynova, Ksenia Barakovskaya ITV
Four Hours at the Capitol Jamie Roberts, Will Grayburn, Dan Reed BBC Two
Trump Takes on the World Norma Percy, Tim Stirzaker, Sam Collins, Tania Rakhmanova, Lucy Hetherington, Greg Sanderson
Al Jazeera Investigations "The Men Who Sell Football" Phil Rees, David Harrison, Jason Gwynne, Sarah Yeo, Nicholas Dove, Naji Tamimi Al Jazeera English
2023
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Children of the Taliban Marcel Mettelsiefen, Jordan Bryon, Juan Camilo Cruz, Stephen Ellis, Aman Sadat Channel 4
Exposure "Afghanistan: No Country for Women" Ramita Navai, Karim Shah, Eamonn Matthews, Mark Summers, Ali Watt ITV
"The Crossing" Handa Majed, David Modell, Ella Newton, Jamie Welham, Nechirvan Mando, Ben Ferguson
Panorama "Mariupol: The People's Story" Robin Barnwell, Guy Creasey, Hilary Andersson, Darren Kemp, Tom Stone, Serhiy Solodko BBC One
2024
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This World "The Shamima Begum Story" Joshua Baker, Sara Obeidat, Sasha Joelle Achilli, Sarah Waldron, Simon McMahon, Mustafa Al-Ali BBC Two
Storyville "Inside Russia: Traitors and Heroes" Paul Mitchell, Anastasia Popova, Mikhail Kozyrev, Daria Olevskaya, Monica Garnsey, Mustafa Khalili BBC Four
Putin vs the West Norma Percy, Tim Stirzaker, Lucy Hetherington, Lotte Murphy-Johnson, Max Stern BBC Two
Dispatches "Russel Brand: In Plain Sight" Production Team Channel 4
  • Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.

References

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  1. ^ "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Kanter, Jake (2020-07-31). "BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Night Of Surprises, As 'Chernobyl' & 'The End Of The F***ing World' Take Two Prizes Each". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  6. ^ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  8. ^ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
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