UK Adult Film and Television Awards

UK Adult Film & TV Awards
Date17 November 2006 (2006-11-17)
LocationLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom

The UK Adult Film and Television Awards (UKAFTAs) were a short-lived annual awards ceremony for the adult industry in the United Kingdom, which ran for two years from 2006 to 2008. Redzone Pictures and adult video producer Phil Black organised the awards in an attempt to promote the adult film industry in the UK.[1][2]

The inaugural awards show was held on 17 November 2006 at the Hammersmith Palais, London and was hosted by adult film performer and director Ben Dover.[1] There were around thirty award categories, honouring performance, production, and technical achievements in film, television, and the Internet. Notable award nominees included the TV series The Secret Diary of a Call Girl, starring Billie Piper, which was nominated for "Best Soft Core Production" at the 29 November 2007 Awards.[3][4][5]

The 2008 awards were the last to be held, with one commentator, in 2013, attributing the award's demise to insufficient financial backing or bad planning and promotion.[6]

  1. ^ a b Paul Lewis (18 November 2006). "VIPs stay away from UK Adult Film Awards ceremony". The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  2. ^ Bob Preston (24 October 2006). "New Adult Movie Awards in England". XBIZ. Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Piper series up for adult award". BBC News. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  4. ^ Duff, Oliver (28 November 2007). "Mailer champions bad sex from beyond the grave". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Piper drama up for adult film award". channel4.com. 20 November 2007. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  6. ^ Bennet, James (3 January 2012). "CONFESSIONS OF A PORN DIRECTOR: AWARD WINNER". Blokely. Retrieved 3 May 2013.