British Academy Television Award for Best Short Form

The British Academy Television Award for Best Short Form Programme is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry.

According to BAFTA Rules and Guidelines, the category is for "single shorts, short form series and shorts from a strand of any genre that have been commissioned and transmitted on a broadcast channel and/or online platform." Short form programmes are defined as having runtimes with "a minimum of three minutes and no longer than 20 minutes."

Winners and nominees 2010s Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster2018 Morgana Robinson's Summer Sky Arts Britain's Forgotten Men BBC ThreeEating with My Ex Pls Like 2019 Missed Call Real Stories Bovril Pam (Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives) BBC Four The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk Spencer Jones, Jon Riche, David Simpson BBC iPlayer Wonderdate Lydia Hampson, Tim Key, Jonathan van Tulleken

2020s Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster2020 Brain in Gear Gbemisola Ikumelo, Fergal Costello, Inez Gordon BBC iPlayer Anywhere But Westminster John Domokos, John Harris The Guardian Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle Roy Williams, Tinge Krishnan, Carol Harding BBC Four Toni_With_An_I Marco Alessi, Ksenia Harwood, Mary Antony2021 They Saw the Sun First Stefan Hunt, Jess Lowe, Adam Gee Red Bull TV Criptales Mat Fraser, Amit Sharma, Ewan Marshall, Jenny Sealey, Debbie Christie BBC Four Disabled Not Defeated: The Rock Band with Learning Disabilities Rosie Baldwin, Holly Stimson, Dan Knight Noisey The Main Part Rosie Westhoff, Jen Wakefield, Sara Huxley, Tom Payne, Jody Smith BBC iPlayer2022 Our Land Alexandra Genova, Alfred Thirolle Together TV Hollyoaks Saved My Life (Hollyoaks IRL) Rachel Hardy, Alan Toner, Graham Gallery YouTube People You May Know Juliet Riddell, James Graham, Tom Hannen, Franklin Dow Financial Times Please Help Lucy Pearman, Ben Mallaby, David Simpson BBC Three2023 How to Be a Person Anna Hashmi, Sindha Agha, Samira Mian, Anne Perrie, Tobi Kyeremateng E4 Always, Asifa Shiva Raichandani, Alex Balcombe Together TV Biscuitland Jess Thom, Matthew Pountney, Christine Robertson, Jon Rolph All 4 Kingpin Cribs Channel 42024 Mobility Jack Carroll, Thomas Gregory, Akaash Meeda, David Simpson, Sam Ward BBC Three Where It Ends Jack Robertson, Fergal Costello, Sam Ward, David Simpson BBC Three The Sekwer: Three Twisted Year BBC iPlayer Stealing Ukraine's Children: Inside Russia's Camps Vice News2025 Quiet Life Ruth Pickett, Alex Bruce, Luke Rollason BBC Three Brown Brit Jay Stephen, Ralph Briscoe Channel 4 Peaked John Addis, Ada Player, Bron Waugh Spud Siobhán McSweeney, Pippa Brown, Leah Draws BBC Three2026 Hustle and Run Jonny Madderson, Jono Stevens, Sara Conlon Channel 4Donkey BBC Three Rocket Fuel Jordon Scott Kennedy, Leah Henry, Casey Shaw BBC iPlayerZoners BBC Three Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had "Production team" credited as recipients for the award or nomination.

References

External links List of winners at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts