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Sunday, 22 April, 2001, 20:38 GMT 21:38 UK
Longitude wins Bafta hat-trick
![]() Gormenghast won awards for make up and hair design
Channel 4's drama Longitude has won three awards in this year's Bafta craft awards, but BBC Two had the most success winning a total of seven awards.
The awards - which were established last year to recognise behind-the-scenes work in television - were presented at a ceremony at Sadler's Wells hosted by TV personality Liza Tarbuck.
Click here to see the award winners in full.
Longitude - an adaptation of Dava Sobel's book starring Jeremy Irons and Michael Gambon - won prizes for production design, photography and lighting and original television music.
The drama had been head to head with BBC Two's Gormenghast in six categories, with Longitude nominated for a record-breaking eight awards.
BBC Two also won awards for costume design for The League of Gentlemen and photography factual for Wisconsin Death Trip and three new talent awards. These went to Ed McCardie for Tinsel Town, Dominic Savage for Nice Girl and Sarah MacDonald for Newsnight Special: A Family Affair. "Tonight we paid tribute to the outstanding contribution made by Television craft people to our industry," said Bafta television craft committee chair Hilary Bevan Jones. Individual presenters included actors Kevin Whately, Robbie Coltrane, Michelle Collins and Samantha Bond. There was also a filmed tribute from Ewan McGregor. Though comic writers and performers Caroline Aherne and Chris Morris were nominated for their direction in The Royle Family and Jam respectively neither of them one an award. Two special awards were presented.
The other went to cinematographer whose work includes Billy Elliot, Trainspotting, East Is East and TV series such as Middlemarch and Silent Witness. |
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