The British Academy Television Award for Best International Programme, or BAFTA TV Award for Best International, is an award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, according to BAFTA the category is for "a single programme or series of any genre acquired from the international marketplace".
History From 1964 to 1998 the category was awarded individually and not all years as Best Foreign Television Programme, after 1999 it started having a set of nominees and a winner under the name of Best International Programme.
Winners and nominees 1960s Year Title Recipient(s)1964 L'Aiguille Du Midi Alexandre Tarta1965 President Kennedy's Funeral 1966 Living Camera Robert Drew Associates1967 Not awarded 1968 The Anderson Platoon Pierre Schoendoerffer1969 Czechoslovak Television Service
1970s Year Title Recipient(s)1970 The First Television Pictures From The Moon Neil Armstrong and Everyone Associated1971 Not awarded 1972 The Sorrow and the Pity Marcel Ophuls1973 Deutsches Olympisches Zentrum (Munich Olympic Games) 1974 Not awarded 1975 Not awarded 1976 The Magic Flute Ingmar Bergman1977 Edvard Munch Peter Watkins
1980s Year Title Recipient(s)1983 Sweden: The Miracle of Life Lennart Nilsson1984 Not awarded 1985 Das Boot Wolfgang Petersen1986 Not awarded 1987 Heimat Edgar Reitz1988 Lowest of the Low (Ganz Unten) Günter Walraff, Joerg Gfrörer1989 Tanner Robert Altman
1990s Year Title Recipient(s)1990 Hotel Terminus 1991 The Ten Commandments Krzysztof Kieślowski1992 The Civil War Ken Burns, Hugh Purcell1993 Tosca Andrea Andermann, Brian Large1994 The Oprah Winfrey Show 1995 NYPD Blue 1996 ER1997 Murder One1998 Friends 1999 The Larry Sanders Show Garry Shandling, Dennis KleinAlly McBeal David E. Kelley The Simpsons Matt Groening The X-Files Chris Carter
2000s Year Series Producers Broadcaster 2007 Entourage Doug Ellin, Mark Wahlberg, Steve Levinson ITV2 House David Shore Five Lost J. J. Abrams, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Jack Bender Channel 4 My Name Is Earl Greg Garcia, Marc Buckland, Bobby Bowman 2008 Heroes Tim Kring, Joe Pokaski, Paul Edwards, Dennis Hammer BBC Two Californication Tom Kapinos, David Duchovny, Scott Winant Five Family Guy Seth MacFarlane, David A Goodman, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith BBC Three My Name Is Earl Greg Garcia, Bobby Bowman, Henry Lange Jr, Marc Buckland E4 2009 Mad Men Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher BBC Four The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Chuck O'Neil, Rich Blomquist, Scott Jacobson, Jon Stewart More4 Dexter John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Clyde Philips, Robert Lloyd Lewis ITV1 The Wire David Simon, Ed Burns, Nina K. Noble, Joe Chappelle BBC Two
2010s Year Series Producers Broadcaster 2010 Mad Men Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher BBC Four Family Guy Seth MacFarlane BBC Three Nurse Jackie Evan Dunsky, Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem, Richie Jackson BBC2 True Blood Alan Ball, Brian Buckner FXUK 2011 The Killing Søren Sveistrup, Piv Bernth, Birger Larsen, Sofie Gråbøl BBC Four Boardwalk Empire Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter, Tim Van Patten, Howard Korder Sky Atlantic Glee Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk E4 Mad Men Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher, Jennifer Getzinger BBC Four 2012 Borgen Jeppe Gjervig Gram, Camilla Hammerich, Tobias Lindholm, Adam Price BBC Four The Killing Piv Bernth, Sofie Grabol, Kristoffer Nyholm, Soren Sveistrup BBC Four Modern Family Steve Levitan, Christopher Lloyd Sky One The Slap Tony Ayres, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon BBC Four 2013 Girls Lena Dunham, Jenni Konner, Judd Apatow Sky Atlantic The Bridge Hans Rosenfeldt, Charlotte Sieling, Anders Landstrom, Bo Ehrhardt BBC Four Game of Thrones David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger Sky Atlantic Homeland Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Michael Cuesta, Gideon Raff Channel 42014Breaking Bad Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, George Mastras, Sam Catlin Netflix House of Cards Beau Willimon, David Fincher, Joshua Donen, Kevin Spacey Netflix Borgen Adam Price, Tobias Lindholm, Jannik Johansen, Camilla Hammerich BBC Four The Returned Caroline Benjo, Fabrice Gobert, Monica Levy, Jimmy Desmarais Channel 42015True Detective Nic Pizzolatto, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Scott Stephens, Steve Golin Sky Atlantic House of Cards Beau Willimon, David Fincher, Joshua Donen, Kevin Spacey Netflix Orange is the New Black Jenji Kohan, Lisa I. Vinnecour, Sara Hess, Sian Heder The Good Wife Michelle King, Robert King More42016Transparent Joey Soloway, Andrea Sperling, Victor Hsu, Bridget Bedard Amazon Prime Video Spiral Vassili Clert, Anne Landois BBC Four Narcos José Padilha, Eric Newman, Chris Brancato Netflix The Good Wife Michelle King, Robert King More42017 The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson BBC Two The Night Of Steven Zaillian, Richard Price, Jane Tranter Sky Atlantic Stranger Things Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen Netflix Transparent Joey Soloway, Andrea Sperling, Victor Hsu, Bridget Bedard Amazon Prime Video2018 The Handmaid's Tale Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Kari Skogland Channel 4 Big Little Lies Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Bruna Papandrea, Per Saari Sky Atlantic Feud: Bette and Joan Ryan Murphy, Dede Gardner, Tim Minear, Alexis Martin Woodall BBC Two The Vietnam War Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Geoffrey C. Ward, Sarah Botstein BBC Four2019 Succession Jesse Armstrong, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay Sky Atlantic 54 Hours : The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis Regina Ziegler, Kilian Riedhof, Holger Karsten Schmidt BBC Four The Handmaid's Tale Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss, Mike Barker Channel 4 Storyville: "Reporting Trump's First Year: The Fourth Estate" Liz Garbus, Jenny Carchman, Justin Wilkes, Dan Cogan BBC Two
2020s Year Series Producers Broadcaster 2020 When They See Us Ava DuVernay, Jonathan King, Jane Rosenthal, Berry Welsh Netflix Euphoria Sam Levinson, Ravi Nandan, Kevin Turen, Drake Sky Atlantic Succession Jesse Armstrong, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay Unbelievable Susannah Grant, Sarah Timberman, Lisa Cholodenko Netflix 2021 Storyville: "Welcome to Chechnya: The Gay Purge" || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|David France, Alice Henty, Askold Kurov, Joy A. Tomchin || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Four|- | Little America || Lee Eisenberg, Alan Yang, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon ||Apple TV+ |- | colspan="2"|Lovecraft Country || Sky Atlantic |- | Unorthodox || Anna Winger, Alexa Karolinski, Maria Schrader || Netflix |- |rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2022 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Underground Railroad Barry Jenkins, Colson Whitehead, Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner Amazon PrimeSuccession HBO/Sky AtlanticMare of Easttown Call My Agent! Harold Valentin, Aurélien Larger, Dominique Besnehard, Michel Feller NetflixLupin Squid Game Hwang Dong-hyuk, Kim Ji-Yeon 2023 Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Netflix The Bear Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Hiro Murai Disney+ Oussekine Anthony Lancret, Pierre Laugier, Juliette Lassalle, Antoine Chevrollier, Pauline Dauvin, Kevin Deysson Wednesday Netflix Pachinko Soo Hugh, Michael Ellenberg, Lindsey Springer, Theresa Kang, Richard Middleton, Kogonada Apple TV+ The White Lotus Mike White, David Bernad, Mark Kamine, John Valerio, Heather Persons Sky Atlantic2024 Class Act Bruno Nahon, Tristan Séguela, Olivier Demangel, Laurent Lafitte Netflix The Bear Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Matty Matheson, Tyson Bidner Disney+ Beef Lee Sung Jin, Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Jake Schreier, Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich Netflix The Last of Us HBO / Sky Atlantic Succession Love & Death ITVX2025 Shōgun Justin Marks, Rachel Kondo, Michaela Clavell, Jonathan van Tulleken, Eriko Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Sanada Disney+ Colin from Accounts BBC Two Say Nothing Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Joshua Zetumer, Patrick Keefe, Monica Levinson, Michael Lennox Disney+ After the Party Helen Bowden, Dianne Taylor, Robyn Malcolm, Peter Salmon, Liz DiFiore, Jason Stephens Channel 4 True Detective: Night Country Sky Atlantic You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolfpack Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, Katie Bryer, Samuel R. Santana Netflix2026 The Studio Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Frida Perez, James Weaver Apple TV The Bear Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Tyson Bidner, Matty Matheson, Cooper Wehde Disney+ The Diplomat Debora Cahn, Janice Williams, Alex Graves, Keri Russell, Melissa Gelernter, Pam Roberts Netflix Pluribus Apple TV Severance The White Lotus Mike White, Mark Kamine, David Bernad Sky Atlantic
Programmes with multiple wins and nominations
Multiple Awards
2 awards Mad Men
Multiple Nominations
4 nominations Succession
3 nominations The Bear Mad Men
2 nominations Borgen Family Guy The Handmaid's Tale House of Cards My Name is Earl The Good Wife The Killing Transparent The White Lotus
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