British Academy Television Award for Best

Sport
The British Academy Television Award for Best Sport is one of
the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards British Academy
(BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television Television Award
industry. According to the BAFTA website, the category is for "the Country United Kingdom
television coverage of a sporting event."[1] Presented British Academy of Film
by and Television Arts
The category has gone through several changes:
First 1964
An individual award (occasionally with nominees) awarded
named Best Outside Broadcasts was presented from
Currently UEFA Women's Euro
1964 to 1968 and in 1977.
held by 2022 (2023)
From 1986 to 1991, the category was merged with the
Best News Coverage category, being presented as Best Website http://www.bafta.org/
News or Outside Broadcast Coverage.
From 1995 to 1997 it was presented as Best Sports/Events Coverage in Real Time.
In 1998 and 1999 it was awarded as Best Live Outside Broadcast Coverage.
From 2012 to 2015, the category for sport evens was merged with the Best Live Event
category being awarded under the name Best Sport and Live Event.

Since 2016, the category is presented as a stand-alone category, separate from the Best Live Event category.

Winners and nominees

1960s

Best Outside Broadcasts

 Year Title Recipient(s)

1964 Antony Craxton

1965 Dennis Monger

The State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill
Peter Morley
LSO - The Music Men

Men Against the Matterhorn

Cup Winners Cup final: "West Ham v Munich" Alan Chivers, Walther Pluess
England v Scotland

The Lying-in-State and The State Funeral of Sir

1966 Winston Churchill
Antony Craxton
NATO Conference
Festival of Remembrance at Cenotaph
Victory in Europe - 20 Years After
Half Time Britain
Science Special Glyn Jones
Challenge
Tomorrow's World

1967 Grandstand: "World Cup"

1968 Alan Chivers, Christopher Brasher

1970s

Best Outside Broadcasts

Year Title Recipient(s)

1976 FA Cup final

Match of the Day

1977 St Nicholas Cantata Margery Baker

The State Opening of Parliament

Wimbledon 1976

1990s

Best Sports/Events Coverage in Real Time

 Year Title Recipient(s)

The Grand National Keith MacKenzie, Martin Hopkins

Arnhem 50th Anniversary: Out of Ammunition Michael Begg

1995 D-Day Remembered: Beaches of Normandy and
Neil Eccles, Stephen Morris
the Bayeux Service of Remembrance

UEFA Cup: "Aston Villa v Inter Milan" Mike Inman, John Watts

Peter Hylton Cleaver, Neil Eccles,

VE Day Coverage
Philip S. Gilbert and Team
Cheltenham Gold Cup Jane Garrod
1996
Super Sunday: "The Final Day of the Premiership" Andy Melvin, Tony Mills

Neil Eccles, Simon Betts, Philip S

VJ-50 Live: The Final Tribute
Gilbert
BBC1 Euro '96 Coverage Niall Sloane, Vivien Kent

Formula 1 Grand Prix Racing Jim Reside, Keith MacKenzie

1997
Monday Night Football Andy Melvin, Tony Mills
Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph Peter Cleaver

Best Live Outside Broadcast Coverage

Year Title Recipient(s)

Sky Rugby Union Martin Turner

Malcolm Kemp, Martin Hopkins, Dave
The Grand National
Gordon
1998
Philip Gilbert, Neil Eccles, Geoff Wilson
Hong Kong Handover: The Final Moment
and the BBC Events Production Team

ITV Coverage of the Grand Prix Neil Duncanson, Keith McKenzie

Channel 4 Racing: "Derby Day" Andrew Franklin, Denise Large

The Eurovision Song Contest Guy Freeman, Geoff Posner

1999 The Football World Cup Final Programme Paul McNamara, Niall Sloane
Jeff Farmer, Rick Waumsley, John
World Cup '98: "England v Argentina"
Watts

2000s

Best Sport
Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster

Test Cricket Jeff Foulser, Gary Franses Channel 4

Neil Duncanson, Gerard Lane, Keith

Formula One 1999 ITV
MacKenzie
2000
BBC One/BBC
The Open Golf Championship 1999
Two

Interactive Live Football Piers Croton Sky Sports

BBC One/BBC
Sydney Olympics 2000 Dave Gordon, Martin Hopkins
Two
Neil Duncanson, Gerard Lane, Keith
2001 2000 British Grand Prix ITV
MacKenzie

Test Cricket Channel 4

Today at the Paralympics Gary Imlach, James Venner BBC Two

Channel 4 Cricket Channel 4

Paul Armstrong, Phil Bigwood, Alan

Germany v England BBC One
Griffiths
2002
British Grand Prix: Silverstone 2001: "Farewell Murray Walker"
FA Cup Final 2001: Liverpool v Rick Waumsley, John Watts, Jeff ITV
Arsenal Farmer

The Commonwealth Games BBC One

ITV World Cup 2002 ITV

2003
World Cup: "England V Argentina" BBC One

World Rally Championship Neil Duncanson, Dave Lewis Channel 4

John Watts, Simon Moore, Rick
2003 Rugby World Cup final ITV
Waumsley

Channel 4 Racing: Cheltenham Gold Denise Large, John Fairley, Andrew

2004 Cup Day Franklin Channel 4
Test Cricket
London Marathon BBC One

Olympics 2004: "Matthew Pinsent's Rowing for Gold" BBC One

Rick Waumsley, Tony Pastor, Paul

Euro 2004: "France V England"
2005 McNamara ITV
Formula One - Monaco Neil Duncanson, Gerard Lane

Olympics 2004: "Final Night Athletics" BBC One

The Ashes: England v Australia Channel 4

Champions League Final Live: AC Ric Waumsley, Paul McNamara,
2006 Milan v Liverpool David Moss ITV
Formula One - US Grand Prix Neil Duncanson, Gerard Lane

The Open Golf Championship: "Final Round of Jack Nicklaus" BBC Two
2007 F1: Hungarian Grand Prix:
Neil Duncanson, Gerard Lane ITV
"Jenson Button's First Win"

Cricket On Five Jeff Foulser, Gary Franses, Dylan Five

 Jane, Diana Keen

John Watts, Tony Pastor, John

The Boat Race ITV
McKenna, Phil Heslop
Winter Olympics BBC Sport Production Team BBC Two

Neil Duncanson, Gerard Lane,

ITV F1: Canadian Grand Prix Live ITV
Kevin Chapman, Steve Aldous

Paul Davies, Carl Hicks, Jonathan

Wimbledon: The Men's Final BBC One
Bramley, Bethan Evans
2008
John Watts, Tony Pastor, Paul
Boat Race
McNamara, John McKenna
ITV
Rugby World Cup 2007: England v David Moss, Simon Moore, Paul
France Semi-Final McNamara

Neil Duncanson, Gerard Lane,

ITV1 F1: Brazilian Grand Prix 2008
Cheltenham Gold Cup: "Denman v
2009
Kauto Star"
ITV
Steve Aldous, Steve Rider
Andrew Franklin, John Fairley,
Channel 4
Denise Large, Sophie Veats

Olympics 2008
BBC One
Wimbledon 2008: The Men's Final

2010s

Best Sport

Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster

BBC Two/BBC
World Athletics Championships
Sport
Simon Moore, Paul McNamara, John
FA Cup Final
Watts
2010 ITV/ITV Sports
Tony Pastor, John Watts, Paul
UEFA Champions League Live
McNamara

BBC Two/BBC
F1 - The Brazilian Grand Prix
Sport
BBC Two/BBC
Formula 1: The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Sport

Tony Pastor, Paul McNamara, Jamie

2011 FA Cup Final: Chelsea v Portsmouth ITV/ITV Sports
Oakford, Rob Hollier

Six Nations: "Wales v England" BBC Two/BBC

Wimbledon 2010 Sport

Best Sport and Live Event

 Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster

The Royal Wedding BBC One

Frankenstein's Wedding: Live in Meredith Chambers, Pat Connor,

BBC Three
Leeds Richard Fell, Eleanor Moran
2012 Phil Heslop, Paul McNamara, Tony
Rugby World Cup Final ITV
Pastor, Roger Pearce

Steve Docherty, Gary Imlach, James

Tour de France 2011 ITV4
Venner, Carolyn Viccari

The London 2012 Paralympic Games Channel 4

The London 2012 Olympics: "Super Saturday"
2013
The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isle of Wonder BBC One

Wimbledon 2012: "Men's Final"

The Ashes 2013: "1st Test, Day 5" Sky Sports

BBC One/BBC
Wimbledon Men's Final
2014 Sport

Glastonbury 2013 BBC

Bollywood Carmen Live BBC Three

WW1 Remembered – From the Battlefield & Westminster Abbey BBC Two

2014 FA Cup Semi Final: Hull City v Sheffield United BT Sport 1

2015 Monty Python (Mostly) Live: One Down, Five to Go Gold

Steve Docherty, Carolyn Viccari,

Tour de France, 2014, Stage 1 ITV
James Venner, Gary Imlach

Best Sport
 Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster

Bryan Henderson, Mark Lynch,

The Ashes Sky Sports
David Lloyd, Ian Ward

Carl Hicks, Denise Large, Sophie

The Grand National Channel 4
2016 Veats, Nick Lightfoot
Andrew Clement, Richard Hughes,
MOTD Live: "FA Cup Final"
Ian Finch, Chris Grubb BBC One
Six Nations: Final Day

The Open Sky Sports 1

Rio 2016 Olympics BBC One
2017 Rio 2016 Paralympics Channel 4

Paul McNamara, Phil Heslop, David

Six Nations: "England v Wales" ITV
Francis, Mark Demuth
Paul McNamara, Richard
The Grand National Willoughby, Amy Lewin, Tony ITV
Cahalane

Anthony Joshua v. Wladimir Adam Smith, Ed Robinson, Sara Sky Sports Box
2018 Klitschko Chenery, Jennie Blackmore Office

Six Nations: "Wales v. England" BBC One

Uefa Women's Euro Semi-Final: Sunil Patel, Mark Cole, Kay
Channel 4
England v. Netherlands Satterley, Ian Finch

2018 World Cup Quarter Final: England v Sweden BBC One

2019 2018 Six Nations: "Scotland v England" BBC One

[2]
England's Test Cricket - Cook's Farewell Sky Sports

Winter Olympics BBC Two

2020s

Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster

2019 Rugby World Cup Final: Phil Heslop, David Francis, Mark
ITV
England v South Africa Demuth, Paul McNamara

Sky Sports
2020 ICC Cricket World Cup Final
Cricket
[3]
Fifa Women's World Cup 2019 Semi- Frank Callaghan, Stu Hutchison,
Final: England v USA Pete Burton, Rebekah Kipps BBC One
Wimbledon 2019

Sky Sports
England v West Indies Test Cricket
Cricket
2020 Bahrain Grand Prix Sky Sports F1
2021
[4] Amazon Prime
England v France: The Final of Autumn Nations Cup
Video

Alastair McIntyre, Micky Payne,

London Marathon 2020 BBC One
Matthew Griffiths, Adam Duncan

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
ITV Racing: The Grand National
2022
[5]
UEFA EURO 2020 Semi-Final:
England v Denmark
Sky Sports
Formula 1
Mark Demuth, Paul McNamara, Paul
Cooper, Tasleem Hasham-Laywood,
Rob Oldham, Jon Harris
ITV Sport/ITV
Mark Demuth, Paul McNamara, Phil
Heslop, Maggie Price, Roger Pearce,
Stuart Smith

BBC Sport/BBC
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
One
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 BBC One
2023
[6][7] Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
BBC One
Wimbledon 2022

Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as
recipients for the award or nomination.

References
1. "Rules and Guidelines" (http://awards.bafta.org/sites/default/files/images/gallery/virgin_medi
a_bafta_television_awards_rules_guidelines_2022.pdf) (PDF). British Academy of Film and
Television Arts. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
2. "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British
Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019" (http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-release
s/nominations-2019-television). www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
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" (https://deadline.com/2020/07/baft
a-tv-awards-winners-watch-1202996917/). Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
4. "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and
British Academy Television Craft Awards" (https://www.bafta.org/television/awards/tv-2021).
www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
5. "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations" (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2
022/mar/30/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" (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bafta-tv-awards-no
minations-2023-1235357562/). The Hollywood Reporter. Archived (https://web.archive.org/w
eb/20230322230324/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bafta-tv-awards-nominati
ons-2023-1235357562/) from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
7. "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners" (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/20
23/may/14/bafta-tv-awards-2023-the-full-list-of-winners). Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved
15 May 2023.

External links
List of winners (http://www.bafta.org/site/page230.html) at the British Academy of Film and
Television Arts
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