Apple TV+ won its very first BAFTA TV Awards Sunday for two documentaries, 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room and 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything.
Each year the BAFTAs honor the best British programs and productions in addition to honoring films, such as CODA on Apple TV+, with separate awards.
Apple TV+ wins two BAFTA TV Awards for documentaries
A BAFTA for Best Editing went to Danny Collins and Mark Hammill for their work on 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room.
And Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Nas Parkash, Dan Johnson, Tae Hak Kim, and Claire Ellis won a BAFTA for Best Sound for their work on 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything.
As Apple TV+ noted in a press release, Apple Original programs have won 243 awards and earned 961 nominations, including the Best Picture Oscar win last month for CODA.
Apple TV+ is the first and only streaming service to win an Academy Award for an original film.
CODA also took home two BAFTA film awards in March.
Watch the trailer below for 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room.
Watch the trailer below for 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything.
The Apple TV+ streaming service is $4.99 a month by subscription with a seven-day free trial.
David Snow, an expert on Apple hardware and software, writes on a variety of technological and cultural topics for Cult of Mac. They include Apple news, technology buying guides, and features about computer setups and Apple TV shows and movies.
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