British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
{{Short description|Annual award}}
{{Infobox award
| name = British Academy Television Award
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| presenter = British Academy of Film and Television Arts
| country = United Kingdom
| year = 1980 (presented in 1981)
| holder = Rob & Romesh Vs (2024)
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| website = http://www.bafta.org/
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The British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Programme or Series was first presented at the 1981 ceremony. According to British Academy of Film and Television Arts the category "includes programmes that capture the idea of comedy being central to the editorial of the programme and includes panel-led shows, chat shows where comic content plays a big part, stand-up and comedy clip shows".{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/sites/default/files/images/virgin_media_bafta_television_awards_rules_guidelines_2021.pdf|title=Rules and Guidelines|publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|access-date=2021-03-02|archive-date=2021-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124001355/http://awards.bafta.org/sites/default/files/images/virgin_media_bafta_television_awards_rules_guidelines_2021.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Since the 2000 BAFTA TV Award ceremony there has been a separate award category for Best Situation Comedy. This category had previously been presented from 1973-1980 (when there was no Best Comedy Series award). Throughout the 1980s and 1990s 'Situation Comedies' were included in the Best Comedy Programme or Series category.
Name variations for this category:
- 1981–1992: Best Comedy Series
- 1992–2007: Best Comedy Programme or Series
- 2007–2013: Best Comedy Programme
- 2014–present: Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme
Winners and nominees
=1960s=
Best Comedy Series
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width=5% | Year
! width=20% | Recipient(s) ! width=25% | Title | ||
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style="text-align:center;"|1965 | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Joe McGrath | |
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1966 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Michael Mills | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The World Of Wooster Comedy Playhouse: Sam The Samaritan 90 Years On - Churchill Birthday Programme |
Dick Clement
| The Likely Lads | ||
David Croft
| Hugh and I | ||
Shaun O'Riordan
| The Worker | ||
style="text-align:center;"|1967 | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Dick Clement | |
style="text-align:center;"|1968 | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Michael Mills |
=1980s=
Best Comedy Series
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width=5% | Year
! width=25% | Title ! width=25% | Recipient(s) ! width=10% | Broadcaster | |||
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|1981 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Yes Minister | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Sydney Lotterby | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| BBC Two |
Agony | John Reardon | rowspan="2"| ITV | |
Shelley | Anthony Parker | ||
Butterflies | Sydney Lotterby, John B Hobbs | BBC Two | |
To the Manor Born | Gareth Gwenlan | BBC One | |
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1982 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Yes Minister | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Peter Whitmore | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| BBC Two |
A Fine Romance | James Cellan Jones | ITV | |
Hi-de-Hi! | David Croft, John Kilby | BBC One | |
To the Manor Born | Gareth Gwenlan | BBC One | |
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1983 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Yes Minister | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Peter Whitmore | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| BBC Two |
Hi-de-Hi! | David Croft, John Kilby | rowspan="2"|BBC One | |
Last of the Summer Wine | Alan J. W. Bell | ||
A Fine Romance | James Cellan Jones | ITV | |
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1984 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Hi-de-Hi! | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|John Kilby | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| BBC One |
A Fine Romance | Don Leaver | ITV | |
Last of the Summer Wine | Sydney Lotterby | rowspan="2"| BBC One | |
Only Fools and Horses | Ray Butt | ||
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1985 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Young Ones | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Paul Jackson | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| BBC Two |
A Fine Romance | Don Leaver | ITV | |
Hi-de-Hi! | David Croft | rowspan="2"| BBC One | |
Just Good Friends | Ray Butt | ||
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1986 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Only Fools and Horses | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Ray Butt | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| BBC One |
Last of the Summer Wine | Alan J. W. Bell | rowspan="3"| BBC One | |
'Allo 'Allo! | David Croft | ||
Open All Hours | Sydney Lotterby | ||
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|1987 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Just Good Friends | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Sue Bysh, Ray Butt | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| BBC One |
Duty Free | Vernon Lawrence | ITV | |
Only Fools and Horses | Ray Butt | rowspan="3"| BBC One | |
Ever Decreasing Circles | Harold Snoad | ||
'Allo 'Allo! | David Croft | ||
Yes, Prime Minister | Sydney Lotterby | BBC Two | |
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|1988 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Blackadder the Third | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Mandie Fletcher, John Lloyd | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| BBC One |
Ever Decreasing Circles | Harold Snoad | rowspan="3"| BBC One | |
Bread | Robin Nash | ||
'Allo 'Allo! | David Croft | ||
Yes, Prime Minister | Sydney Lotterby | BBC Two | |
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1989 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Only Fools and Horses: "Christmas Special" | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Tony Dow, Gareth Gwenlan, John Sullivan | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| BBC One |
After Henry | Simon Brett, Peter Frazer-Jones | ITV | |
Bread | Robin Nash, Carla Lane | rowspan="2"| BBC One | |
'Allo 'Allo! | Jeremy Lloyd, David Croft, Martin Dennis, Susan Belbin |
=1990s=
Best Comedy Series
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width=5% | Year
! width=25% | Title ! width=25% | Recipient(s) ! width=10% | Broadcaster | |||
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rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1990 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Blackadder Goes Forth | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Richard Boden, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton & John Lloyd | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| BBC One |
After Henry | Simon Brett, Peter Frazer-Jones | rowspan="2"| ITV | |
The New Statesman | Tony Charles, Geoffrey Sax, Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran | ||
Only Fools and Horses | Tony Dow, Gareth Gwenlan, John Sullivan | BBC One | |
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|1991 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The New Statesman | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks, David Reynolds & Geoffrey Sax | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| ITV |
Drop the Dead Donkey | Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin, Liddy Oldroyd | Channel 4 | |
May to December | Paul Mendelson, Verity Lambert, Sydney Lotterby | rowspan="3"| BBC One | |
One Foot in the Grave | David Renwick, Susan Belbin | ||
Only Fools and Horses | Tony Dow, Gareth Gwenlan, John Sullivan |
Best Comedy Programme or Series
=2000s=
Best Comedy Programme or Series
=2010s=
Best Comedy Programme or Series
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width=5% | Year
! width=25% | Title ! width=25% | Recipient(s) ! width=10% | Broadcaster | |||
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rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2010 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Armstrong & Miller Show | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Alexander Armstrong, Dominic Brigstocke, Ben Miller, Caroline Norris | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC One |
The Kevin Bishop Show | Lee Hupfield, Kevin Bishop, Dominic Brigstocke, Sam Martin | Channel 4 | |
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle | Stewart Lee, Tim Kirkby, Richard Webb | rowspan="2"|BBC Two | |
That Mitchell and Webb Look | David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Ben Gosling Fuller, Gareth Edwards | ||
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2011 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Harry & Paul | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Harry Enfield, Sandy Johnson, Izzy Mant, Paul Whitehouse | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC One |
Catherine Tate's Little Cracker | Catherine Tate, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, Izzy Mant | Sky1 | |
Come Fly with Me | Adam Tandy, Paul King, Matt Lucas, David Walliams | BBC One | |
Facejacker | Kayvan Novak, Ed Tracy, Mario Stylianides, Tom Thostrup | Channel 4 | |
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2012 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Tim Kirkby, Stewart Lee, Richard Webb | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Two |
Comic Strip: The Hunt for Tony Blair | Peter Richardson, Pete Richens, Nick Smith | Channel 4 | |
Charlie Brooker's 2011 Wipe | Charlie Brooker, Al Campbell, Annabel Jones, Alison Marlow | rowspan="2"|BBC Four | |
The Cricklewood Greats | Peter Capaldi, Tony Roche, Adam Tandy | ||
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2013 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Revolution Will Be Televised | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Mark Talbot, Heydon Prowse, Jolyon Rubinstein, Joe Wade | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Three |
Cardinal Burns | Jenna Jones, Ben Taylor, Sebastian Cardinal, Dustin Demri-Burns | E4 | |
Mr Stink | David Walliams, Jo Sargent, Declan Lowney, Mark Freeland | BBC One | |
Welcome to the Places of My Life | Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Dave Lambert | Sky Atlantic |
Best Comedy Entertainment Programme
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width=5% | Year
! width=25% | Title ! width=25% | Recipient(s) ! width=10% | Broadcaster | |||
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rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2014 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|A League of Their Own | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Danielle Lux, Murray Boland, David Taylor, Jim Pullin | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Sky One |
Would I Lie To You? | Peter Holmes, Ruth Phillips, Rachel Ablett, Barbara Wiltshire | rowspan="2"|BBC One | |
The Graham Norton Show | Graham Norton, Jon Magnusson, Steve Smith, Graham Stuart | ||
The Revolution Will Be Televised | Jolyon Rubinstein, Heydon Prowse, Mark Talbot, Joe Wade | BBC Three | |
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2015 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Graham Norton Show | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Jon Magnusson, Graham Stewart, Graham Norton, Steve Smith | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC One |
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe | Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Nick Vaughan-Smith, Ali Marlow | rowspan="2"|BBC Two | |
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle | Stewart Lee, Richard Webb, Tim Kirkby | ||
Would I Lie To You? | Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Ruth Phillips, Richard Cohen | BBC One | |
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2016 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Have I Got News for You | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Richard Wilson, Mark Barrett, Danny Carr, Jo Bunting | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC One |
Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe | Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Matt Hulme, Nick Vaughan | rowspan="2"|BBC Two | |
QI | Nick King, John Lloyd, Ian Lorimer, Piers Fletcher | ||
Would I Lie To You? | Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Ruth Phillips, Richard Cohen | BBC One | |
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2017 | colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Four | |
Cunk on Shakespeare | Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Sam Ward, Lorry Powles | BBC Two | |
colspan="2"|The Last Leg: Live from Rio | Channel 4 | ||
Taskmaster | Alex Horne, Andy Cartwright, Andy Devonshire | Dave | |
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2018 | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Murder in Successville | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Tom Davis, Andy Brereton, Andy Spary | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Three |
Taskmaster | Alex Horne, Andy Cartwright, Andy Devonshire | Dave | |
colspan="2"|The Last Leg | Channel 4 | ||
Would I Lie To You? | Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Ruth Phillips, Adam Copeland | BBC One | |
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2019 {{Cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/nominations-2019-television|title=Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019|date=2019-03-28|website=www.bafta.org|language=en|access-date=2021-03-03}} | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|A League of Their Own | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|David Taylor, Jack Shillaker, Ish Kalia, Murray Boland | style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Sky One |
The Big Narstie Show | Ben Wicks, Obi Kevin Akudike, Nathan Brown, Aoife Bower | rowspan="2"|Channel 4 | |
The Last Leg | Andrew Beint, Ben Knappett, Lisa Kirk, Cimran Shah | ||
Would I Lie To You? | Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Ruth Phillips, Adam Copeland | BBC One |
=2020s=
Note: In BAFTA production categories, entrants are asked to submit no more than four names to be listed as nominees should the programme be nominated. If it is not possible to decide on four names the nomination credit is listed as "production team", in these cases no individual can refer to themselves as BAFTA winning. It will be the programme that is BAFTA winning, not any individual.
References
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