British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series)

British Academy Television Award
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded	1980 (presented in 1981)
Official website	http://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Programme or Series was first presented at the 1981 ceremony.

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

1980s

1981 Yes Minister
- Sydney Lotterby
1982 Yes Minister
- Peter Whitmore
1983 Yes Minister
- Peter Whitmore
1984 Hi-de-Hi!
- John Kilby
1985 The Young Ones
- Paul Jackson
1986 Only Fools and Horses
- Ray Butt
1987 Just Good Friends
- Sue Bysh, Ray Butt
1988 Blackadder the Third
- Mandie Fletcher, John Lloyd
1989 Only Fools and Horses: Christmas Special
- Tony Dow, Gareth Gwenlan & John Sullivan

1990s

1990 Blackadder Goes Forth
- Richard Boden, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton & John Lloyd
1991 The New Statesman
- Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks, David Reynolds & Geoffrey Sax
1992 One Foot in the Grave
- Susan Belbin, David Renwick
1993 Absolutely Fabulous
- Jon Plowman, Jennifer Saunders & Bob Spiers
1994 Drop the Dead Donkey
- Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin & Liddy Oldroyd
1995 Three Fights, Two Weddings and a Funeral
- Geoff Posner, David Tyler
1996 Father Ted
- Graham Linehan, Declan Lowney, Arthur Matthews & Geoffrey Perkins
1997 Only Fools and Horses
- Tony Dow, Gareth Gwenlan & John Sullivan
1998 I'm Alan Partridge
- Peter Baynham, Dominic Brigstocke, Steve Coogan & Armando Ianucci
1999 Father Ted
- Andy DeEmmony, Lissa Evans, Graham Linehan & Arthur Matthews

2000s

2000 The League of Gentlemen
- The Production Team
2001 Da Ali G Show
- The Production Team
2002 The Sketch Show
- The Production Team
2003 Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
- Gareth Carrivick, Charlie Hanson & Alistair McGowan
2004 Little Britain
- Matt Lucas, Myfanwy Moore & David Walliams
2005 Little Britain
- Geoff Posner, Matt Lipsey, Matt Lucas & David Walliams
2006 Help
- Jane Berthoud, Chris Langham, Declan Lowney & Paul Whitehouse
2007 That Mitchell and Webb Look
- Gareth Edwards, David Kerr, David Mitchell & Robert Webb
2008 Fonejacker
- Kayvan Novak, Mario Stylainides, Ed Tracy * Helen Williams
2009 Harry & Paul
- Harry Enfield, Sandy Johnson, Geoffrey Perkins & Paul Whitehouse

2010s

2010 The Armstrong and Miller Show
- Alexander Armstrong, Dominic Brigstocke, Ben Miller & Caroline Norris
2011 Harry & Paul
- Harry Enfield, Sandy Johnson, Izzy Mant, & Paul Whitehouse
2012 Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
- Tim Kirkby, Stewart Lee & Richard Webb
2013 The Revolution Will Be Televised
- Mark Talbot, Heydon Prowse, Jolyon Rubinstein, Joe Wade
2014 A League of Their Own
- Danielle Lux, Murray Boland, David Taylor, Jim Pullin
2015 The Graham Norton Show
- Jon Magnusson, Graham Stewart, Graham Norton, Steve Smith

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.

British Academy Television Awards

Current Awards	Comedy Situation Comedy Drama Series Single Drama Soap and Continuing Drama Mini Series Entertainment Programme International Reality and Constructed Factual Series Factual Series Specialist Factual Sports and Live Events Current Affairs Programme News Coverage Single Documentary Feature Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Female Comedy Performance Male Comedy Performance Entertainment Performance

Retired awards	Comedy Performance

Ceremonies	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Series

Yes Minister (1981)
Yes Minister (1982)
Yes Minister (1983)
Hi-de-Hi! (1984)
The Young Ones (1985)
Only Fools and Horses (1986)
Just Good Friends (1987)
Blackadder the Third (1988)
Only Fools and Horses (1989)
Blackadder Goes Forth (1990)
The New Statesman (1991)
One Foot in the Grave (1992)
Absolutely Fabulous (1993)
Drop the Dead Donkey (1994)
Three Fights, Two Weddings and a Funeral (1995)
Father Ted (1996)
Only Fools and Horses (1997)
I'm Alan Partridge (1998)
Father Ted (1999)
The League of Gentlemen (2000)
Da Ali G Show (2001)
The Sketch Show (2002)
Alistair McGowan's Big Impression (2003)
Little Britain (2004)
Little Britain (2005)
Help (2006)
That Mitchell and Webb Look (2007)
Fonejacker (2008)
Harry & Paul (2009)
The Armstrong & Miller Show (2010)
Harry & Paul (2011)
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (2012)
The Revolution Will Be Televised (2013)
A League of Their Own (2014)
The Graham Norton Show (2015)

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