2015 British Academy Television Awards

{{Infobox film awards

| award = British Academy Television Awards

| number = 61

| image =

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| caption =

| date = 10 May 2015

| site = Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

| host = Graham Norton

| website =

| producer =

| director =

| best_comedy_series = The Graham Norton Show

| best_drama_series = Happy Valley

| best_actor = Jason Watkins

| best_actor_show = The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

| best_actress = Georgina Campbell

| best_actress_show = Murdered by My Boyfriend

| best_comedy_perform1 = Jessica Hynes

| best_comedy_perform1_show = W1A

| best_comedy_perform2 = Matt Berry

| best_comedy_perform2_show = Toast of London

| most_awards = Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway/Marvellous/The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (2)

| most_nominations = The Missing (4)

| channel = BBC One

| duration = 2 hours

| ratings =

| last_link =

| last = 2014

| next_link =

| next = 2016

}}

The 61st British Academy Television Awards nominations were announced on 8 April 2015.{{cite web|author1=Alex Ritman|title=BAFTA TV Awards: Benedict Cumberbatch Gets Third Nomination for 'Sherlock'|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bafta-tv-awards-benedict-cumberbatch-787198|work=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=8 April 2015|date=8 April 2015}}

Winners and nominees

File:Stephen Rea.jpg, Best Supporting Actor winner]]

File:Gemma Jones cropped.jpg, Best Supporting Actress winner]]

File:Matt Berry Headshot.jpg, Best Male Comedy Performance winner]]

File:Jessica Hynes 2008.jpg, Best Female Comedy Performance winner]]

File:Ant and Dec in Cardiff Bay.jpg, Best Entertainment Performance winners]]

File:Jon_Snow_2011_Crop.jpg, BAFTA Fellowship Award winner]]

Winners are listed first and emboldened.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32215563|title=Bafta TV awards 2015: Winners in full|work=BBC News |date=8 April 2015 |accessdate=30 July 2016}}

class=wikitable
style="background:#BDB76B; width: 50%" \| Best Actor ! style="background:#BDB76B; width: 50%" \| Best Actress
valign="top" \| *Jason Watkins – The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* as Christopher Jefferies (ITV)** Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock as Sherlock Holmes (BBC One) Toby Jones – Marvellous as Neil Baldwin (BBC Two) James Nesbitt – The Missing as Tony Hughes (BBC One) \| valign="top" \| *Georgina Campbell – Murdered by My Boyfriend* as Ashley Jones (BBC Three)** Keeley Hawes – Line of Duty as DI Lindsay Denton (BBC Two) Sarah Lancashire – Happy Valley as Catherine Cawood (BBC One) Sheridan Smith – Cilla as Cilla Black (ITV)
style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Supporting Actor ! style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Supporting Actress
valign="top" \| *Stephen Rea – The Honourable Woman* as Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle (BBC Two)** Adeel Akhtar – Utopia as Wilson Wilson (Channel 4) James Norton – Happy Valley as Tommy Lee Royce (BBC One) Ken Stott – The Missing as Ian Garrett (BBC One) \| valign="top" \| *Gemma Jones – Marvellous* as Mary Baldwin (BBC Two)** Vicky McClure – Line of Duty as DS Kate Fleming (BBC Two) Amanda Redman – Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This as Gwen Cooper (ITV) Charlotte Spencer – Glue as Tina Fallon (E4)
style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Male Comedy Performance ! style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Female Comedy Performance
valign="top" \| *Matt Berry – Toast of London* as Steven Toast (Channel 4)** Hugh Bonneville – W1A as Ian Fletcher (BBC Two) Tom Hollander – Rev. as Alex Smallbone (BBC Two) Brendan O'Carroll – Mrs. Brown's Boys : The Christmas Special as Agnes Brown (BBC One) \| valign="top" \| *Jessica Hynes – W1A* as Siobhan Sharpe (BBC Two)** Olivia Colman – Rev. as Alex Smallbone (BBC Two) Tamsin Greig – Episodes as Beverly Lincoln (BBC Two) Catherine Tate – Catherine Tate's Nan as Joanie "Nan" Taylor (BBC One)
style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Entertainment Performance ! style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Single Drama
valign="top" \| *Ant & Dec – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway* (ITV)** Leigh Francis – Celebrity Juice (ITV2) Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One) Claudia Winkleman – Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) \| valign="top" \| Marvellous (BBC Two) A Poet in New York (BBC Two) Common (BBC One) Murdered by My Boyfriend (BBC Three)
style="background:#BDB76B;" \|Best Mini-Series ! style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Drama Series
valign="top" \| The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (ITV) Cilla (ITV) Our World War (BBC Three) Prey (ITV) \| valign="top" \| Happy Valley (BBC One) Line of Duty (BBC Two) The Missing (BBC One) Peaky Blinders (BBC Two)
style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Soap and Continuing Drama ! style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best International Programme
valign="top" \| Coronation Street (ITV) Casualty (BBC One) EastEnders (BBC One) Hollyoaks (Channel 4) \| valign="top" \| True Detective (HBO/Sky Atlantic) The Good Wife (CBS/More4) House of Cards (Netflix) Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Factual Series or Strand ! style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Specialist Factual
valign="top" \| Life and Death Row (BBC Three) 15,000 Kids and Counting (Channel 4) Educating the East End (Channel 4) Protecting Our Parents (BBC Two) \| valign="top" \| Grayson Perry: Who Are You? (Channel 4) David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 3D (SKY 3D) The Great War: The People's Story (ITV) Our Gay Wedding: The Musical (Channel 4)
style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Single Documentary ! style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Features
valign="top" \| The Paedophile Hunter (Channel 4) Baby P: The Untold Story (BBC One) Children of Syria (BBC Two) The Miners Strike and Me (ITV) \| valign="top" \| Grand Designs (Channel 4) George Clarke's Amazing Spaces (Channel 4) The Great British Bake Off (BBC One) Long Lost Family (ITV)
style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Reality and Constructed Factual ! style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Current Affairs
valign="top" \| The Island with Bear Grylls (Channel 4) The Apprentice (BBC One) I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (ITV) The Undateables (Channel 4) \| valign="top" \| Children on the Frontline (Dispatches) (Channel 4) Ebola Frontline (Panorama) (BBC One) Inside Kenya's Death Squads (Al Jazeera Investigates) (Al Jazeera English) Terror at the Mall (This World) (BBC Two)
style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best News Coverage ! style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Sport and Live Events
valign="top" \| Sky News Live at Five: Ebola (Sky News) BBC News at Ten (BBC News/BBC One) Channel 4 News - Inside Gaza: Children Under Fire (Channel 4) ITV News at Ten - Iraq Crisis (ITV) \| valign="top" \| WW1 Remembered - From the Battlefield & Westminster Abbey (BBC Two) 2014 FA Cup Semi-Final: Hull City vs. Sheffield United (BT Sport 1) Monty Python Live (Mostly) (Gold) 2014 Tour de France: Stage 1 (ITV)
style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Entertainment Programme ! style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Scripted Comedy
valign="top" \| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV) Dynamo: Magician Impossible (Watch) Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) The Voice (BBC One) \| valign="top" \| Detectorists (BBC Four) Harry & Paul's Story Of The Twos (BBC Two) Moone Boy (Sky One) The Wrong Mans (BBC Two)
style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme ! style="background:#BDB76B;" \| Radio Times Audience Award
valign="top" \| The Graham Norton Show (BBC One) Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe (BBC Two) Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (BBC Two) Would I Lie to You? (BBC One) \| valign="top" \| Sherlock (BBC One) Cilla (ITV) EastEnders (BBC One) Game of Thrones (HBO/Sky Atlantic) The Great British Bake Off (BBC One) The Missing (BBC One) Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
style="background:#BDB76B;" \| BAFTA Fellowship Award ! style="background:#BDB76B;" \| BAFTA Special Award
valign="top" \| Jon Snow \| valign="top" \| Clive James Jeff Pope

class=wikitable

style="background:#BDB76B; width: 50%" | Best Actor

! style="background:#BDB76B; width: 50%" | Best Actress

valign="top" |

Jason Watkins – The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies as Christopher Jefferies (ITV)
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock as Sherlock Holmes (BBC One)
Toby Jones – Marvellous as Neil Baldwin (BBC Two)
James Nesbitt – The Missing as Tony Hughes (BBC One)

| valign="top" |

Georgina Campbell – Murdered by My Boyfriend as Ashley Jones (BBC Three)
Keeley Hawes – Line of Duty as DI Lindsay Denton (BBC Two)
Sarah Lancashire – Happy Valley as Catherine Cawood (BBC One)
Sheridan Smith – Cilla as Cilla Black (ITV)

style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Supporting Actor

! style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Supporting Actress

valign="top" |

Stephen Rea – The Honourable Woman as Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle (BBC Two)
Adeel Akhtar – Utopia as Wilson Wilson (Channel 4)
James Norton – Happy Valley as Tommy Lee Royce (BBC One)
Ken Stott – The Missing as Ian Garrett (BBC One)

| valign="top" |

Gemma Jones – Marvellous as Mary Baldwin (BBC Two)
Vicky McClure – Line of Duty as DS Kate Fleming (BBC Two)
Amanda Redman – Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This as Gwen Cooper (ITV)
Charlotte Spencer – Glue as Tina Fallon (E4)

style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Male Comedy Performance

! style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Female Comedy Performance

valign="top" |

Matt Berry – Toast of London as Steven Toast (Channel 4)
Hugh Bonneville – W1A as Ian Fletcher (BBC Two)
Tom Hollander – Rev. as Alex Smallbone (BBC Two)
Brendan O'Carroll – Mrs. Brown's Boys : The Christmas Special as Agnes Brown (BBC One)

| valign="top" |

Jessica Hynes – W1A as Siobhan Sharpe (BBC Two)
Olivia Colman – Rev. as Alex Smallbone (BBC Two)
Tamsin Greig – Episodes as Beverly Lincoln (BBC Two)
Catherine Tate – Catherine Tate's Nan as Joanie "Nan" Taylor (BBC One)

style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Entertainment Performance

! style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Single Drama

valign="top" |

Ant & Dec – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
Leigh Francis – Celebrity Juice (ITV2)
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
Claudia Winkleman – Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

| valign="top" |

Marvellous (BBC Two)
A Poet in New York (BBC Two)
Common (BBC One)
Murdered by My Boyfriend (BBC Three)

style="background:#BDB76B;" |Best Mini-Series

! style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Drama Series

valign="top" |

The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (ITV)
Cilla (ITV)
Our World War (BBC Three)
Prey (ITV)

| valign="top" |

Happy Valley (BBC One)
Line of Duty (BBC Two)
The Missing (BBC One)
Peaky Blinders (BBC Two)

style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Soap and Continuing Drama

! style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best International Programme

valign="top" |

Coronation Street (ITV)
Casualty (BBC One)
EastEnders (BBC One)
Hollyoaks (Channel 4)

| valign="top" |

True Detective (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
The Good Wife (CBS/More4)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)

style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Factual Series or Strand

! style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Specialist Factual

valign="top" |

Life and Death Row (BBC Three)
15,000 Kids and Counting (Channel 4)
Educating the East End (Channel 4)
Protecting Our Parents (BBC Two)

| valign="top" |

Grayson Perry: Who Are You? (Channel 4)
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 3D (SKY 3D)
The Great War: The People's Story (ITV)
Our Gay Wedding: The Musical (Channel 4)

style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Single Documentary

! style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Features

valign="top" |

The Paedophile Hunter (Channel 4)
Baby P: The Untold Story (BBC One)
Children of Syria (BBC Two)
The Miners Strike and Me (ITV)

| valign="top" |

Grand Designs (Channel 4)
George Clarke's Amazing Spaces (Channel 4)
The Great British Bake Off (BBC One)
Long Lost Family (ITV)

style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Reality and Constructed Factual

! style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Current Affairs

valign="top" |

The Island with Bear Grylls (Channel 4)
The Apprentice (BBC One)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (ITV)
The Undateables (Channel 4)

| valign="top" |

Children on the Frontline (Dispatches) (Channel 4)
Ebola Frontline (Panorama) (BBC One)
Inside Kenya's Death Squads (Al Jazeera Investigates) (Al Jazeera English)
Terror at the Mall (This World) (BBC Two)

style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best News Coverage

! style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Sport and Live Events

valign="top" |

Sky News Live at Five: Ebola (Sky News)
BBC News at Ten (BBC News/BBC One)
Channel 4 News - Inside Gaza: Children Under Fire (Channel 4)
ITV News at Ten - Iraq Crisis (ITV)

| valign="top" |

WW1 Remembered - From the Battlefield & Westminster Abbey (BBC Two)
2014 FA Cup Semi-Final: Hull City vs. Sheffield United (BT Sport 1)
Monty Python Live (Mostly) (Gold)
2014 Tour de France: Stage 1 (ITV)

style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Entertainment Programme

! style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Scripted Comedy

valign="top" |

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
Dynamo: Magician Impossible (Watch)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
The Voice (BBC One)

| valign="top" |

Detectorists (BBC Four)
Harry & Paul's Story Of The Twos (BBC Two)
Moone Boy (Sky One)
The Wrong Mans (BBC Two)

style="background:#BDB76B;" | Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme

! style="background:#BDB76B;" | Radio Times Audience Award

valign="top" |

The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe (BBC Two)
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (BBC Two)
Would I Lie to You? (BBC One)

| valign="top" |

Sherlock (BBC One)
Cilla (ITV)
EastEnders (BBC One)
Game of Thrones (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
The Great British Bake Off (BBC One)
The Missing (BBC One)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

style="background:#BDB76B;" | BAFTA Fellowship Award

! style="background:#BDB76B;" | BAFTA Special Award

valign="top" |

Jon Snow

| valign="top" |

Clive James
Jeff Pope

Programmes with multiple nominations

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Programmes that received multiple nominations

! style="background:#BDB76B;| Nominations

! style="background:#BDB76B;| Programme

| The Missing

rowspan="5"| 3

| Cilla

Happy Valley

Line of Duty

Marvellous

Strictly Come Dancing

rowspan="9"| 2

| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

EastEnders

Murdered by My Boyfriend

Rev

Sherlock

The Graham Norton Show

The Great British Bake Off

The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

W1A

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Networks that received multiple nominations

! style="background:#BDB76B;| Nominations

! style="background:#BDB76B;| Network

| BBC One

| BBC Two

| Channel 4

| ITV

| BBC Three

rowspan="8"| 2

| HBO

Netflix

Sky Atlantic

Most major wins

class="wikitable floatleft" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Shows that received multiple awards
scope="col" style="width:55px;" \|Wins ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" \|Show
scope=row rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"\|2 \| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Marvellous
The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

class="wikitable floatleft" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Shows that received multiple awards

scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Wins

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Show

scope=row rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"|2

| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Marvellous

The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Wins by Network
scope="col" style="width:55px;" \|Wins ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" \|Network
scope=row style="text-align:center"\|6 \| Channel 4
scope=row rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"\|5 \| BBC Two
ITV
scope=row style="text-align:center"\|3 \| BBC One
scope=row style="text-align:center"\|2 \| BBC Three

class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Wins by Network

scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Wins

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Network

scope=row style="text-align:center"|6

| Channel 4

scope=row rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|5

| BBC Two

ITV

scope=row style="text-align:center"|3

| BBC One

scope=row style="text-align:center"|2