British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy

British Academy Television Award
British Academy Television Award
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded	1973
Currently held by	Such Brave Girls (2024)
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. From 1981 to 1999, sitcoms were included in the Best Comedy Programme or Series category instead. The category returned in 2000.

Winners and nominees

1973-1980

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
1973	My Wife Next Door	Graeme Muir	BBC One
	Dad's Army	David Croft	BBC One
	Till Death Us Do Part	Dennis Main Wilson	BBC One
1974	Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?	James Gilbert	BBC One
	Dad's Army	David Croft	BBC One
	Last of the Summer Wine	James Gilbert
	Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em	Michael Mills
1975	Porridge	Sydney Lotterby	BBC One
	Dad's Army	David Croft	BBC One
	Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?	Bernard Thompson
	Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em	Michael Mills
1976	Fawlty Towers	John Howard Davies	BBC Two
	Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em	Michael Mills	BBC One
	Porridge	Sydney Lotterby
	The Good Life	John Howard Davies
1977	Porridge (Special)	Sydney Lotterby	BBC One
	The Good Life	John Howard Davies	BBC One
	Are You Being Served?	David Croft
	The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin	Gareth Gwenlan
	Two's Company	John Reardon	ITV
1978	Rising Damp	Ronnie Baxter	ITV
	The Good Life	John Howard Davies	BBC One
	The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin	Gareth Gwenlan
	Porridge	Sydney Lotterby
1979	Going Straight	Sydney Lotterby	BBC One
	The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin	Gareth Gwenlan	BBC One
	Two's Company	Humphrey Barclay, John Reardon	ITV
	Rising Damp	Vernon Lawrence	ITV
1980	Fawlty Towers	Douglas Argent, Bob Spiers	BBC Two
	Last of the Summer Wine	Sydney Lotterby	BBC One
	The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin	Gareth Gwenlan
	To the Manor Born	Gareth Gwenlan

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)		BBC One
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	BBC One
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	Channel 4
	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	Channel 4
	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 Iannucci, 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 Iannucci, 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)		Channel 4

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	Channel 4
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	BBC Three
2022 ^[5]
	Motherland (series 3)	Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Caroline Norris, Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford	BBC Two
	We Are Lady Parts (series 1)		Channel 4
	Stath Lets Flats (series 3)	Jamie Demetriou, Seb Barwell, Andrew Gaynord, Ash Atalla	Channel 4
	Alma's Not Normal (series 1)	Sophie Willan, Gill Isles, Andrew Chaplin, Nerys Evans	BBC Two
2023 ^[6]^[7]
	Derry Girls (series 3)	Lisa McGee, Liz Lewin, Caroline Leddy, Michael Lennox, Brian J. Falconer, Jessica Sharkey	Channel 4
	Am I Being Unreasonable? (series 1)	Daisy May Cooper, Selin Hizli, Jonny Campbell, Pippa Brown, Jack Thorne	BBC One
	Ghosts (series 4)		BBC One
	Big Boys (series 1)	Jack Rooke, Jim Archer, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith, Bertie Peek	Channel 4
2024 ^[8]^[9]	Such Brave Girls (series 1)	Kat Sadler, Simon Bird, Catherine Gosling Fuller, Jack Bayles, Phil Clarke	BBC Three
	Dreaming Whilst Black (series 1)	Thomas Stogdon, Dhanny Joshi, Adjani Salmon, Ali Hughes, Nicola Gregory, Yemi Oyefuwa	BBC Three
	Big Boys (series 2)	Jack Rooke, Jim Archer, Bertie Peek, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith	Channel 4
	Extraordinary (series 1)	Emma Moran, Toby Macdonald, Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, Charlie Palmer, Jennifer Sheridan	Disney+

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

3 awards

The Office (consecutive)

2 awards

Multiple Nominations

7 nominations

Peep Show

4 nominations

The IT Crowd
The Thick of It

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

^ "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-24. 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.
^ "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
^ "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
^ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
^ "Bafta TV awards 2024: the full list of winners". The Guardian. May 12, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.

[baftarules-1] "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[2] "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[3] 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.

[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.

[5] "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[6] Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

[7] "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

[8] Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.

[9] "Bafta TV awards 2024: the full list of winners". The Guardian. May 12, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.

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v t e British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy
1973–1980	My Wife Next Door (1973) Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1974) Porridge (1975) Fawlty Towers (1976) Porridge (1977) Rising Damp (1978) Going Straight (1979) Fawlty Towers (1980)
2000–present	The Royle Family (2000) Black Books (2001) The Office (2002) The Office (2003) The Office Christmas Special (2004) Black Books (2005) The Thick of It (2006) The Royle Family - The Queen of Sheba (2007) Peep Show (2008) The IT Crowd (2009) The Thick of It (2010) Rev (2011) Mrs. Brown's Boys (2012) Twenty Twelve (2013) Him & Her: The Wedding (2014) Detectorists (2015) Peter Kay's Car Share (2016) People Just Do Nothing (2017) This Country (2018) Sally4Ever (2019) Stath Lets Flats (2020) Inside No. 9 (2021) Motherland (2022) Derry Girls (2023) Such Brave Girls (2024)
Between 1981–1999, scripted comedy competed alongside Best Comedy Programme or Series.