Awards
Edge of Darkness received eleven nominations and won six awards at the 1986 BAFTA Awards:
- Won: Best Drama Series/Serial (Martin Campbell & Michael Wearing)
- Won: Best Actor (Bob Peck).
- Nominated: Best Actor (Joe Don Baker).
- Nominated: Best Actress (Joanne Whalley).
- Won: Best Original Television Music (Eric Clapton & Michael Kamen).
- Won: Best Film Cameraman (Andrew Dunn).
- Won: Best Film Editor (Ardan Fisher, Dan Rae).
- Won: Best Film Sound (Dickie Bird, Rob James, Christopher Swanton, Tony Quinn).
- Nominated: Best Makeup (Daphne Croker).
- Nominated: Best Graphics (Andy Coward, Linda Sherwood-Page).
- Nominated: Best Design (Graeme Thompson).
At the 1986 Broadcasting Press Guild television critics' awards, Edge of Darkness won two awards:
- Won: Best Actor (Bob Peck) (joint winner with Ben Kingsley for Silas Marner).
- Nominated: Best Actor (Joe Don Baker).
- Won: Best Drama Series.
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