Jump to main content Access Sitemap Open Accesibility Settings
  • About
  • Support BAFTA
  • BAFTA albert
  • Contact
    • View Locations
    • Scotland
    • Wales
    • North America
  • Member Login
  • Venue Hire
  • Member Login
  • Venue Hire
  • Programmes

    We want people, from all backgrounds to achieve their creative dreams. Find out what programmes we have available to help.

    Our Programmes All programmes

    Programmes For:

    • Get creative with Young BAFTA
    • Access early career support
    • Progress your career
    • Explore useful resources
    Robert Aramayo, a man with thick dark hair wearing a white shirt and bow tie and a black tuxedo.
    Awards
    Meet 2026's EE Rising Star

    Meet 2026's EE Rising Star

  • Membership

    An essential industry membership that gives you the chance to be part of an inspiring global film, games and TV community.

    Membership

    Memberships:

    • Full Voting
    • Connect
    • Scotland
    • Cymru
    • North America
    A white man in a dark suit being interviewed by a black lady in a gold sparkly jacket while camera crews stand around them.
    Resource
    Championing accessibility: The Assembly

    Championing accessibility: The Assembly

  • Awards

    Celebrating the very best creative talent from the worlds of film, games and TV.

    BAFTA Awards

    Awards:

    • Film
    • Games
    • Television
    • TV Craft
    • Cymru
    • Scotland

    Quick Links

    • Information and Rules
    • Public FAQs
    • Awards Database
    A group shot with a blonde woman stood in a black puff-sleeved dress, a young man with thick curly hair in a pale blue bomber jacket and a man in a black shirt and suit at the front.
    Awards
    The 2026 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises: Portraits

    The 2026 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises: Portraits

  • Events
  • Stories

    Categories

    • Awards
    • Young BAFTA
    • News
    • Resource
    Games
    2026 Young Game Designers: the winners

    2026 Young Game Designers: the winners

    A composite image of three people.
    Supporting Talent
    2025’s BAFTA Breakthroughs UK look ahead

    2025’s BAFTA Breakthroughs UK look ahead

  • About
  • Support BAFTA
  • BAFTA albert
  • Contact
  • Locations
    • Scotland
    • Wales
    • North America

Quicklinks

  • Princess Anne Theatre
  • Yugo
  • Pedro Almodovar
  • Royal Connections
BAFTA
The arts charity for film, games and TV
  • Programmes
  • Membership
  • Awards
  • Events
  • Stories

We want people, from all backgrounds to achieve their creative dreams. Find out what programmes we have available to help.

Our Programmes All programmes

Programmes For:

  • Get creative with Young BAFTA
  • Access early career support
  • Progress your career
  • Explore useful resources
Robert Aramayo, a man with thick dark hair wearing a white shirt and bow tie and a black tuxedo.
Awards
Meet 2026's EE Rising Star

Meet 2026's EE Rising Star

An essential industry membership that gives you the chance to be part of an inspiring global film, games and TV community.

Membership

Memberships:

  • Full Voting
  • Connect
  • Scotland
  • Cymru
  • North America
A white man in a dark suit being interviewed by a black lady in a gold sparkly jacket while camera crews stand around them.
Resource
Championing accessibility: The Assembly

Championing accessibility: The Assembly

Celebrating the very best creative talent from the worlds of film, games and TV.

BAFTA Awards

Awards:

  • Film
  • Games
  • Television
  • TV Craft
  • Cymru
  • Scotland
A group shot with a blonde woman stood in a black puff-sleeved dress, a young man with thick curly hair in a pale blue bomber jacket and a man in a black shirt and suit at the front.
Awards
The 2026 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises: Portraits

The 2026 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises: Portraits

  • Quick Links

  • Information and Rules
  • Public FAQs
  • Awards Database
Games
2026 Young Game Designers: the winners

2026 Young Game Designers: the winners

A composite image of three people.
Supporting Talent
2025’s BAFTA Breakthroughs UK look ahead

2025’s BAFTA Breakthroughs UK look ahead

Gaz Thomas. A white man with ginger gair and beard wearing a greenish long-sleeved top and sat on a grey armchair looking at a handful of cards.
Wales Guru
North Wales games industry insights

North Wales games industry insights

A composite image of two people sat in red cinema chairs. On the left is a woman with tightly curled hair in a black blazer and on the right is a blond man wearing a dark blue shirt.
Wales Guru
Creating music that brings stories to life

Creating music that brings stories to life

A composite image of four people.
Supporting Talent
2025’s BAFTA Breakthroughs UK reflect

2025’s BAFTA Breakthroughs UK reflect

  • Categories

  • Awards
  • Young BAFTA
  • News
  • Resource

Quicklinks

  • Princess Anne Theatre
  • Yugo
  • Pedro Almodovar
  • Royal Connections
Through the Years

Television / Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme

Recent Winners

2000
Winner

This Is Modern Art

  • Ian MacMillan
  • Matt Collings
Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
1999
Winner

The Arena: Brian Epstein Story

  • Debbie Geller
  • Diana Mansfield
  • Anthony Wall
Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
1998
Winner

The South Bank Show: Gilbert And George

Gerald Fox
Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
1997
Winner

Rhythm: Leaving Home

  • Sue Knussen
  • Hilary Chadwick
Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
1996
Winner

Children Of The Revolution

  • John Wyver
  • David Hinton
Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
1995
Winner

Without Walls: An Interview With Dennis Potter

  • Melvyn Bragg
  • David Thomas
  • Nigel Wattis
Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
1994
Winner

Bookmark: The Vampire's Life

Anand Tucker
Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
1993
Winner

Omnibus: Angela Carter's Curious Room

Kim Evans
Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme

Through The Years

  • Winner

    This Is Modern Art

    • Ian MacMillan
    • Matt Collings
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The Abba Story

    • Chris Hunt
    • Steve Cole
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The Hip Hop Years

    • David Upshal
    • Stephen Lambert
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Reputations: Hitchcock/Alfred The Great/Alfred The Auteur

    Tim Kirby
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
  • Winner

    The Arena: Brian Epstein Story

    • Debbie Geller
    • Diana Mansfield
    • Anthony Wall
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The Arena: Noel Coward Trilogy

    Adam Low
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The Secret Art Of Government

    Nick Rossiter
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Vile Bodies: Naked

    • Adam Barker
    • Edmund Coulthard
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
  • Winner

    The South Bank Show: Gilbert And George

    Gerald Fox
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Bookmark: Not Waving But Drowning

    Aysha Rafaele
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Dancing For Dollars

    Angus Macqueen
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Omnibus: Jack Rosenthal - Jack The Lad

    • Anne Elletson
    • Randall Wright
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
  • Winner

    Rhythm: Leaving Home

    • Sue Knussen
    • Hilary Chadwick
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    A History Of British Art

    Gillian Greenwood
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    American Visions

    Nicholas Rossiter
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Dancing In The Street: A Rock And Roll History

    Hugh Thomson
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
  • Winner

    Children Of The Revolution

    • John Wyver
    • David Hinton
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The Homecoming

    Archie Baron
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

    Florence Dauman
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Arena: The Peter Sellers Story

    Peter Lydon
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
  • Winner

    Without Walls: An Interview With Dennis Potter

    • Melvyn Bragg
    • David Thomas
    • Nigel Wattis
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Shakespeare On The Estate

    Penny Woolcock
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
  • Winner

    Bookmark: The Vampire's Life

    Anand Tucker
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Theremin: An Electric Odyssey

    Steve Martin
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Omnibus: Magic Lantern

    Dennis Marks
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    South Bank Show: Sylvie Guillem

    Nigel Wattis
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
  • Winner

    Omnibus: Angela Carter's Curious Room

    Kim Evans
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Bookmark: Miss Pym's Day Out

    James Runcie
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing And We Dance

    • Chris Bould
    • Chipps Chipperfield
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The South Bank Show: The Making Of Sergeant Pepper

    • Alan Benson
    • Nick De Grunwald
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
  • Winner

    Without Walls: J'Accuse - Citizen Kane

    Gary Johnstone
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The South Bank Show: Jose Carreras - A Life Story

    Chris Hunt
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The South Bank Show Special: Kiri Te Kanawa

    Nigel Wattis
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam

    Frances Dickenson
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
  • Winner

    LS Lowry: A Simple Man

    • Ian Squires
    • Gillian Lynne
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Arena: Dennis Potter

    Anthony Wall
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Omnibus: George Gershwin Remembered

    Peter Adam
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The South Bank Show: Maria Callas

    Tony Palmer
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
  • Winner

    Arena: Scarfe On Scarfe

    Gerald Scarfe
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Omnibus: The Bolshoi Ballet

    Michael Houldey
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Sondheim On Broadway - Follies: Four Days In New York

    Michael Houldey
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The South Bank Show: Michael Powell

    David Hinton
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    The South Bank Show: The Andrew Lloyd Webber Story

    Alan Benson
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Chasing A Rainbow: The Life Of Josephine Baker

    Christopher Ralling
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme
    Nominee

    Dirk Bogarde - Above The Title

    Nick Gray
    Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme

BAFTA Partners
Google Play
Google Play logo.
Peugeot
The Peugeot logo.
Brooks Macdonald
The Brooks Macdonald logo.
Samsung
Samsung logo.
Casillero del Diablo
Casillero del Diablo logo.
bottlegreen
bottle green crafted in the Cotswolds logo.
Don Julio
P&O Cruises
P&O Cruises Logo
Hildon Water
EE
EE logo. EE written in white in two stacked black circles.
Deloitte
The Deloitte logo.
Champagne Taittinger
Champagne Taittinger logo.
Netflix
NETFLIX
Open Accessibility Settings
Accessibility Options
We believe the internet should be accessible to anyone and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the broadest possible audience.
An independent arts charity and academy that inspires, supports, and celebrates creative talent.
Subscribe for updates
Email Preferences
Close
Thank you
Receive inspirational content as well as the latest news from our awards, learning programmes and competitions, straight into your inbox!
I am interested in (tick all that apply)...
Quick Links
  • BAFTA Awards
  • Our Programmes
  • Events
  • Stories
  • About BAFTA
  • Jobs & Opportunities
  • Support
  • Licensing
  • Contact
  • Media Centre
  • Partnerships
Social
  • Facebook Page
  • X/Twitter Page
  • Instagram Page
  • Youtube Page
  • TikTok Page
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Settings
BAFTA is a registered charity. No. 216726