British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Comedy

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British Academy Television Craft Award
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded2013
Currently held bySophie Willan for Alma's Not Normal (2021)
Websitehttp://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Comedy is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories.

Prior to 2013, there was a united category named Best Writer for both drama and comedy series, in 2013 this category was split into two separate categories, Writer: Drama and Writer: Comedy.

Winners and nominees[]

2010s[]

Year Recipient(s) Title Broadcaster
2013 Julia Davis Hunderby Sky Atlantic
Jo Brand, Joanna Scanlan, Vicki Pepperdine Getting On BBC Four
Writing Team The Thick of It BBC Two
John Morton Twenty Twelve
2014 Graham Linehan The IT Crowd BBC Two
Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Tom Basden Fresh Meat Channel 4
Steve Delaney, Graham Linehan Count Arthur Strong BBC Two
James Corden, Mathew Baynton The Wrong Mans
2015 Mackenzie Crook Detectorists BBC Four
Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton Inside No. 9 BBC Two
James Corden, Mathew Baynton The Wrong Mans (for "Episode 1")
Arthur Mathews, Matt Berry Toast of London Channel 4
2016 Rob Delaney, Sharon Horgan Catastrophe Channel 4
Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain Peep Show Channel 4
Julia Davis, Barunka O'Shaughnessy Hunderby Sky Atlantic
Writing Team Peter Kay's Car Share BBC One
2017 Mum Stefan Golaszewski BBC Two
Julia Davis Camping Sky Atlantic
Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Fleabag BBC Three
2018
[1]		 Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith Inside No. 9 BBC Two
Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper This Country BBC Three
Paul Coleman, Peter Kay, Sian Gibson Peter Kay's Car Share BBC One
Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney Catastrophe Channel 4
2019
[2]		 Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper This Country BBC Three
Peter Kay, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman Peter Kay's Car Share: The Finale BBC One
Mum Stefan Golaszewski BBC Two
Writing Team Cunk on Britain

2020s[]

Year Recipient(s) Title Broadcaster
2020
[3]		 Jamie Demetriou Stath Lets Flats Channel 4
Danny Brocklehurst Brassic Sky 1
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Fleabag BBC Three
Sam Leifer, Tom Basden Plebs ITV2
2021
[4]		 Sophie Willan Alma's Not Normal BBC Two
Writing Team Ghosts BBC One
Charlie Brooker Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe BBC Two
Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper This Country BBC Three

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nominations Announced for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2018". Bafta. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  3. ^ "Bafta TV Awards: Richard Ayoade to host socially-distanced delayed ceremony". bbc. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. ^ "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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