British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance
British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance | |
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![]() Romesh Ranganathan received the 2021 award | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
First awarded | 1969 (presented in 1970) |
Currently held by | Romesh Ranganathan for The Ranganation (2021) |
Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance is an award given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts at their annual BAFTA Television Awards ceremony.
This category has had minor name changes:
- From 1958 to 1962 it was presented as an individual award named Best Light Entertainment Artist.
- From 1963 to 1965 it was awarded as Best Light Entertainment Personality
- From 1967 to 1999 it was awarded as Best Light Entertainment Performance.[1]
- Since 2000 the award has been known as Best Entertainment Performance.
Prior to the 1994 ceremony, acting performances in comedy roles were included in this category. Since 1994 they have been recognised in the Best Comedy Performance category.
Winners and nominees[]
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1950s[]
Year | Performer |
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1958 | |
Tony Hancock | |
1959 | |
Alan Melville |
1960s[]
Year | Performer | Programme |
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1960 | ||
Tony Hancock | ||
1961 | ||
Stanley Baxter | ||
1962 | ||
Eric Sykes | ||
1963 | ||
Michael Bentine | ||
1964 | ||
Morecambe and Wise | ||
1965 | ||
Millicent Martin | ||
1966[2] | ||
Peter Cook, Dudley Moore | Not Only... But Also | |
John Bird | Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life | |
Charlie Drake | The Worker | |
Benny Hill | The Benny Hill Show | |
Terry Scott | Scott on Birds; Scott on Money; Scott on Food; Hugh and I; Christmas Night with the Stars | |
1967 | ||
Alan Bennett | ||
1968 | ||
Alan Bennett | ||
1969 | ||
Marty Feldman | Marty |
1970s[]
1980s[]
Year | Performer | Programme |
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1980 [4] | ||
John Cleese | Fawlty Towers | |
Ronnie Barker | The Two Ronnies | |
Penelope Keith | To The Manor Born | |
Andrew Sachs | Fawlty Towers | |
1981 | ||
Rowan Atkinson | Not the Nine O'Clock News | |
Barry Humphries | An Audience with Dame Edna Everage | |
Maureen Lipman | Agony | |
Pamela Stephenson | Not the Nine O'Clock News | |
1982 | ||
Nigel Hawthorne | Yes, Minister | |
Dave Allen | The Dave Allen Show | |
Paul Eddington | Yes, Minister | |
Stanley Baxter | The Stanley Baxter Series | |
1983 | ||
Nigel Hawthorne | Yes, Minister | |
Rowan Atkinson | Not the Nine O'Clock News | |
Judi Dench | A Fine Romance | |
Paul Eddington | Yes, Minister & Let There Be Love | |
1984 | ||
Tracey Ullman | Three of a Kind | |
Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett | The Two Ronnies | |
Judi Dench | A Fine Romance | |
Jasper Carrot | Carrot's Lib | |
1985 | ||
Judi Dench | A Fine Romance | |
Lenny Henry | The Lenny Henry Show | |
Julia McKenzie | Fresh Fields | |
Ruth Madoc | Hi de Hi | |
Paul Nicholas | Just Good Friends | |
1986 | ||
Victoria Wood | Victoria Wood As Seen On TV | |
Ronnie Barker | Open All Hours & The Two Ronnies | |
David Jason | Only Fools and Horses | |
Gorden Kaye | 'Allo 'Allo! | |
1987 | ||
Nigel Hawthorne | Yes, Prime Minister | |
David Jason | Only Fools and Horses | |
Nicholas Lyndhurst | ||
Paul Eddington | Yes, Prime Minister | |
Julie Walters | Victoria Wood As Seen On TV | |
Victoria Wood | ||
1988 | ||
Nigel Hawthorne | Yes, Prime Minister | |
Rowan Atkinson | Blackadder the Third | |
Paul Eddington | Yes, Prime Minister | |
Barry Humphries | The Dame Edna Experience | |
1989 | ||
Victoria Wood | An Audience with Victoria Wood | |
Dawn French | French and Saunders | |
Barry Humphries | One More Audience with Dame Edna | |
David Jason | Only Fools and Horses |
1990s[]
Year | Performer | Programme | Network |
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1990 [5] | |||
Rowan Atkinson | Blackadder Goes Forth | BBC One | |
Barry Humphries | The Dame Edna Experience | ITV | |
David Jason | Only Fools and Horses | BBC One | |
Victoria Wood | Victoria Wood | ||
1991 | |||
David Jason | Only Fools and Horses | BBC One | |
Rowan Atkinson | The Return of Mr. Bean | ITV | |
Dawn French | French and Saunders | BBC Two | |
Nicholas Lyndhurst | Only Fools and Horses | BBC One | |
1992 | |||
Richard Wilson | One Foot in the Grave | BBC One | |
Rowan Atkinson | The Curse of Mr. Bean | ITV | |
Haydn Gwynne | Drop the Dead Donkey | Channel 4 | |
Patricia Routledge | Keeping Up Appearances | BBC One | |
1993 | |||
Joanna Lumley | Absolutely Fabulous | BBC One | |
Patricia Routledge | Keeping Up Appearances | BBC One | |
Richard Wilson | One Foot in the Grave | ||
Jennifer Saunders | Absolutely Fabulous | ||
1994 | |||
Richard Wilson | One Foot in the Grave; One Foot in the Algarve | BBC One | |
Rowan Atkinson | Mr. Bean | ITV | |
Rory Bremner | Rory Bremner...Who Else? | Channel 4 | |
Annette Crosbie | One Foot in the Grave | BBC One | |
Paul Merton | Have I Got News for You | BBC Two | |
1995 | |||
Rory Bremner | Rory Bremner...Who Else? | Channel 4 | |
Michael Barrymore | Barrymore | ITV | |
Steve Coogan | Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge | BBC Two | |
Victoria Wood | Victoria Wood: Live in Your Own Home | BBC One | |
1996 (42nd) | |||
Rory Bremner | Rory Bremner...Who Else? | Channel 4 | |
Caroline Aherne | The Mrs. Merton Show | BBC One | |
Paul Merton | Have I Got News for You | BBC Two | |
Peter Ustinov | An Evening with Peter Ustinov | ITV | |
1997 (43rd) | |||
John Bird & John Fortune | Rory Bremner...Who Else?/The Long John's | Channel 4 | |
Caroline Aherne | The Mrs. Merton Christmas Show | BBC One | |
Paul Merton | Have I Got News for You | BBC Two | |
Rory Bremner | Rory Bremner... Who Else? | Channel 4 | |
1998 (44th) | |||
Paul Whitehouse | The Fast Show | BBC Two | |
Kathy Burke | Harry Enfield & Chums | BBC One | |
Harry Enfield | |||
Paul Merton | Have I Got News for You | BBC Two | |
1999 (45th) | |||
Michael Parkinson | Parkinson | BBC One | |
John Bird & John Fortune | Rory Bremner... Who Else? | Channel 4 | |
Kathy Burke | Harry Enfield's Yule Log Chums | BBC One | |
Billy Connolly | 30 Years of Billy Connolly |
2000s[]
Year | Performer | Programme | Network |
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2000 (46th) [6] | |||
Graham Norton | So Graham Norton | Channel 4 | |
John Bird & John Fortune | Bremner, Bird and Fortune | Channel 4 | |
Sacha Baron Cohen | The 11 O'Clock Show | ||
Michael Parkinson | Parkinson | BBC One | |
2001 (47th) | |||
Graham Norton | So Graham Norton | Channel 4 | |
Angus Deayton | Have I Got News for You | BBC One | |
Paul Merton | |||
Rory Bremner | Blair Did It All Go Wrong? | Channel 4 | |
2002 (48th) | |||
Graham Norton | So Graham Norton | Channel 4 | |
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly | Pop Idol | ITV | |
Paul Merton | Have I Got News for You | BBC One | |
John Bird & John Fortune | Bremner, Bird and Fortune | Channel 4 | |
2003 (49th) | |||
Paul Merton | Have I Got News for You | BBC One | |
Sanjeev Bhaskar | The Kumars at No. 42 | BBC Two | |
Meera Syal | |||
Angus Deayton | Have I Got News for You | BBC One | |
2004 (50th) | |||
Jonathan Ross | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | BBC One | |
Stephen Fry | QI | BBC Four/BBC Two | |
Boris Johnson | Have I Got News for You | BBC One | |
Paul Merton | |||
2005 (51st) | |||
Paul O'Grady | The Paul O'Grady Show | ITV | |
Stephen Fry | QI | BBC Four/BBC Two | |
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | ITV | |
Paul Merton | Have I Got News for You | BBC One | |
2006 (52nd) | |||
Jonathan Ross | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | BBC One | |
Jeremy Clarkson | Top Gear | BBC Two | |
Jack Dee | Jack Dee Live at the Apollo | BBC One | |
Noel Edmonds | Deal or No Deal | Channel 4 | |
2007 (53rd) | |||
Jonathan Ross | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | BBC One | |
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly | Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | ITV | |
Stephen Fry | QI | BBC Four/BBC Two | |
Paul Merton | Have I Got News for You | BBC One | |
2008 (54th) | |||
Harry Hill | Harry Hill's TV Burp | ITV | |
Simon Amstell | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | BBC One | |
Alan Carr & Justin Lee Collins | The Friday Night Project | Channel 4 | |
Stephen Fry | QI | BBC Two | |
2009 (55th) | |||
Harry Hill | Harry Hill's TV Burp | ITV | |
Stephen Fry | QI | BBC One/BBC Two | |
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | ITV | |
Jonathan Ross | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | BBC One |
2010s[]
2020s[]
Year | Performer | Programme | Network |
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2020 (66th) [7] | |||
Mo Gilligan | The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan | Channel 4 | |
Frankie Boyle | Frankie Boyle's New World Order | BBC Two | |
Lee Mack | Would I Lie To You? | BBC One | |
Graham Norton | The Graham Norton Show | ||
2021 (67th) [8] | |||
Romesh Ranganathan | The Ranganation | BBC Two | |
Adam Hills | The Last Leg | Channel 4 | |
Bradley Walsh | Beat the Chasers | ITV | |
Claudia Winkleman | Strictly Come Dancing | BBC One | |
David Mitchell | Would I Lie to You? at Christmas | ||
Graham Norton | The Graham Norton Show |
Performers with multiple wins and nominations[]
Multiple wins[]
The following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance multiple times:
6 wins 4 wins
3 wins
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2 wins
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Multiple nominations[]
The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance multiple times:
13 nominations 12 nominations
10 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
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5 nominations
4 nominations
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3 nominations
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2 nominations
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References[]
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- ^ "Television - 1965". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "Awards Database - The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- ^ "Awards Database - The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
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- ^ "Awards Database - The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (2020-07-31). "BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Night Of Surprises, As 'Chernobyl' & 'The End Of The F***ing World' Take Two Prizes Each". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
- ^ "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
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