 The first series also won the Arqiva award for the " best terrestrial show " at the 2011 Edinburgh International Television Festival . " A Study in Pink " and " A Scandal in Belgravia " were nominated for Emmy Awards in a variety of categories . The series won several BAFTA Cymru awards : television drama , Director : Fiction ( Euros Lyn ) , Director of Photography : Fiction ( Steve Lawes ) , Production Design ( Arwel Wyn Jones ) , and Make Up & Hair ( Claire Pritchard @-@ Jones ) . Charlie Phillips won the ' Editing : Fiction ' category at the British Academy Television Craft Awards . 
