British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy
| British Academy Television Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 1973 |
| Currently held by | Inside No. 9 (2021) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy is awarded annually as part of the British Academy Television Awards. Until 2015, the category was named the British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy. According to British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the category "covers both situational comedies and scripted comedy sketch shows".[1]
It was first awarded from 1973 to 1980, then from 1981 to 1999, sitcoms were included in the Best Comedy Programme or Series category. The category returned in 2000.
Winners and nominees[]
1973-1980[]
2000s[]
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Royle Family (series 2) |
Kenton Allen, Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash | BBC One |
| Spaced (series 1) |
Gareth Edwards, Nira Park, Edgar Wright | Channel 4 | |
| Dinnerladies (series 2) |
Geoff Posner, Victoria Wood | BBC One | |
| The Vicar of Dibley (1999 Seasonal Specials) | |||
| 2001 | Black Books (series 1) |
Nira Park, Graham Linehan, Dylan Moran | Channel 4 |
| Blackadder (Series Finale: Blackadder: Back & Forth) |
Peter Bennett-Jones, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, Paul Weiland | BBC One Sky1 | |
| One Foot in the Grave (series 6) |
Jonathan P. Llewellyn, Christine Gernon, David Renwick | BBC One | |
| The Royle Family (series 3) |
Kenton Allen, Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash | ||
| 2002 | The Office (series 1) |
Anil Gupta, Ash Atalla, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant | BBC Two |
| Gimme Gimme Gimme (series 3) |
Francis Matthews, Tristram Shapeero, Jonathan Harvey | BBC One | |
| Happiness (series 1) |
David Cummings, Declan Lowney, Rosemary McGowan, Paul Whitehouse | BBC Two | |
| Spaced (series 2) |
Nira Park, Edgar Wright, Jessica Stevenson, Simon Pegg | Channel 4 | |
| 2003 | The Office (series 2) |
Ash Atalla, Anil Gupta, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant | BBC Two |
| The Book Group (series 1) |
Annie Griffin, Anita Overland | Channel 4 | |
| Phoenix Nights (series 2) |
Peter Kay, Henry Klejdys, Phil McIntyre | ||
| My Family (series 3) |
BBC One | ||
| 2004 | The Office (The Office Christmas Specials) |
Ash Atalla, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant | BBC One |
| Hardware (series 1) |
Margot Gavan Duffy, Ben Kellett, Simon Nye | ITV | |
| Marion and Geoff (series 2) |
Hugo Blick, Rob Brydon, Henry Normal | BBC Two | |
| Peep Show (series 1) |
Phil Clarke, Andrew O'Connor | Channel 4 | |
| 2005 | Black Books (series 3) |
Nira Park, Martin Dennis, Dylan Moran | Channel 4 |
| Nighty Night (series 2) |
BBC Three | ||
| Green Wing (series 1) |
Victoria Pile, Tristram Shapeero, Dominic Brigstocke | Channel 4 | |
| The Vicar of Dibley (Christmas Specials: A Very Dibley Christmas) |
BBC One | ||
| 2006 | The Thick of It | BBC Four | |
| Extras (series 1) |
Charlie Hanson, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant | BBC Two | |
| Peep Show (series 3) |
Robert Popper, Tristram Shapeero, Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong | Channel 4 | |
| The Worst Week of My Life (series 2) |
Mario Stylianides, Mark Bussell, Justin Sbresni | BBC One | |
| 2007 | The Royle Family (Special: The Queen of Sheba) |
Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, John Rushton, Phil Mealey | BBC One |
| Green Wing (series 2) |
Victoria Pile, Dominic Brigstocke, Tristram Shapeero, Robert Harley | Channel 4 | |
| The IT Crowd (series 1) |
Ash Atalla, Graham Linehan, Derrin Schlesinger, Lorraine Heggessey | ||
| Pulling (series 1) |
Sharon Horgan, Dennis Kelly, Phil Bowker, Tristram Shapeero | BBC Three | |
| 2008 | Peep Show (series 4) |
Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Robert Popper, Becky Martin | Channel 4 |
| Benidorm (series 1) |
Derren Litten, Kevin Allen, Geoffrey Perkins | ITV | |
| The IT Crowd (series 2) |
Graham Linehan, Ash Atalla, Jamie Glazebrook, Barbara Wiltshire | Channel 4 | |
| The Thick of It (2007 Specials: The Rise of the Nutters & Spinners and Losers) |
BBC Four | ||
| 2009 | The IT Crowd (series 3) |
Graham Linehan, Richard Boden, Ash Atalla | Channel 4 |
| The Inbetweeners (series 1) |
E4 | ||
| Outnumbered (series 2) |
Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin | BBC One | |
| Peep Show (series 5) |
Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Becky Martin, Izzy Mant | Channel 4 | |
2010s[]
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Thick of It (series 3) |
Armando Ianucci, Adam Tandy | BBC Two |
| The Inbetweeners (series 2) |
Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, Ben Palmer, Christopher Young | E4 | |
| Miranda (series 1) |
Jo Sargent, Nerys Evans, Juliet May, Miranda Hart | BBC One | |
| Peep Show (series 6) |
Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke, Becky Martin | Channel 4 | |
| 2011 | Rev. (series 1) |
BBC Two | |
| Mrs. Brown's Boys (series 1) |
Stephen McCrum, Martin Delany, Ben Kellett, Brendan O'Carroll | BBC One | |
| Peep Show (series 7) |
Phil Clarke, Becky Martin, Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong | Channel 4 | |
| The Trip (series 1) |
Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Michael Winterbottom | BBC Two | |
| 2012 | Mrs. Brown's Boys (series 2) |
Martin Delaney, Ben Kellett, Stephen McCrum, Brendan O'Carroll | BBC One |
| Fresh Meat (series 1) |
Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Judy Counihan, Rhonda Smith | E4 | |
| Friday Night Dinner (series 1) |
Kenton Allen, Steve Bendelack, Caroline Leddy, Robert Popper | Channel 4 | |
| Rev. (series 2) |
BBC Two | ||
| 2013 | Twenty Twelve (series 2) |
John Morton, Paul Schlesinger, Catherine Gosling Fuller, Jon Plowman | BBC Two |
| Episodes (series 2) |
David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik, Jimmy Mulville | BBC Two | |
| Hunderby (series 1) |
Julia Davis, Tony Dow, John Rushton | Sky Atlantic | |
| The Thick of It (series 4) |
Armando Ianucci, Adam Tandy | BBC Two | |
| 2014 | Him & Her (series 4: The Wedding) |
Kenton Allen, Stefan Golaszewski, Lyndsay Robinson, Richard Laxton | BBC Three |
| Count Arthur Strong (series 1) |
Steve Delaney, Graham Linehan, Richard Boden | BBC Two | |
| The IT Crowd (Finale Special: The Internet is Coming) |
Graham Linehan, Richard Boden | Channel 4 | |
| Toast of London (series 1) |
Kate Daughton, Arthur Mathews, Matt Berry, Michael Cumming | Channel 4 | |
| 2015 | Detectorists (series 1) |
Mackenzie Crook, Adam Tandy | BBC Four |
| Harry & Paul (Special: Harry & Paul's Story of the Twos) |
Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Ed Bye, Bradley Adams | BBC Two | |
| Moone Boy (series 2) |
Chris O’Dowd, Nick Vincent Murphy, Ted Dowd, Ian Fitzgibbon | Sky1 | |
| The Wrong Mans (series 2) |
Jim Field Smith, Mathew Baynton, James Corden, Mark Freeland | BBC Two | |
| 2016 | Peter Kay's Car Share (series 1) |
Peter Kay, Gill Isles, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman | BBC One |
| Chewing Gum (series 1) |
E4 | ||
| Peep Show (series 9) |
Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Becky Martin, Hannah Mackay | Channel 4 | |
| People Just Do Nothing (series 2) |
BBC Three | ||
| 2017 | People Just Do Nothing (series 3) |
BBC Three | |
| Camping (series 1) |
Julia Davis, Ted Dowd | Sky Atlantic | |
| Fleabag (series 1) |
BBC Three | ||
| Flowers (series 2) |
Will Sharpe, Naomi de Pear, Diederick Santer, Jane Featherstone | Channel 4 | |
| 2018 | This Country (series 1) |
Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer | BBC Three |
| Catastrophe (series 3) |
Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Ben Taylor, Jack Bayles | Channel 4 | |
| Chewing Gum (series 2) |
E4 | ||
| Timewasters (series 1) |
Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Josh Cole, George Kane | ITV2 | |
| 2019[2] | Sally4ever | Sky Atlantic | |
| Mum (series 2) |
Stefan Golaszewski, Richard Laxton, Kenton Allen, Georgie Fallon | BBC Two | |
| Derry Girls (series 1) |
Lisa McGee, Michael Lennox, Caroline Leddy, Liz Lewin | Channel 4 | |
| Stath Lets Flats (series 1) | |||
2020s[]
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020[3] | Stath Lets Flats (series 2) |
Jamie Demetriou, Tom Kingsley, Seb Barwell, Ash Atalla | Channel 4 |
| Fleabag (series 2) |
BBC Three | ||
| Catastrophe (series 4) |
Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Jim O'Hanlon, Toby Welch | Channel 4 | |
| Derry Girls (series 2) |
Lisa McGee, Liz Lewin, Caroline Leddy, Michael Lennox | ||
| 2021 [4] | |||
| Inside No. 9 (series 5) |
Adam Tandy, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Matt Lipsey, Guillem Morales | BBC Two | |
| Ghosts (series 2) |
BBC One | ||
| Man Like Mobeen (series 3) |
BBC Three | ||
| This Country (series 3) |
Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer | ||
- Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.
Programmes with multiple wins and nominations[]
Multiple Awards[]
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3 awards
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2 awards
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Multiple Nominations[]
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7 nominations 4 nominations |
3 nominations
2 nominations
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References[]
- ^ "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ 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 2021-03-05.
- ^ "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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