2016 British Academy Television Awards

The 2016 British Academy Television Awards were held on 8 May 2016.^[1]

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62nd British Academy Television Awards
Date	8 May 2016
Site	Royal Festival Hall
Hosted by	Graham Norton
Highlights
Best Comedy Series	Have I Got News for You
Best Drama	Wolf Hall
Best Actor	Mark Rylance Wolf Hall
Best Actress	Suranne Jones Doctor Foster
Best Comedy Performance	Peter Kay Peter Kay's Car Share Michaela Coel Chewing Gum
Most awards	Wolf Hall (2)
Most nominations	Wolf Hall (4)
Television coverage
Channel	BBC One
Duration	2 hours
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Best Actor	Best Actress
*Mark Rylance – Wolf HallasThomas Cromwell (BBC Two)* Ben Whishaw – London Spy as Daniel "Danny" Edward Holt (BBC Two) Idris Elba – Luther as DCI John Luther (BBC One) Stephen Graham – This Is England '90 as Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne (Channel 4)	*Suranne Jones – Doctor Foster* as Gemma Foster (BBC One)** Claire Foy – Wolf HallasAnne Boleyn (BBC Two) Ruth Madeley – Don’t Take My Baby as Anna Watson (BBC Three) Sheridan Smith – The C-WordasLisa Lynch (BBC One)
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Tom Courtenay – Unforgotten* as Eric Slater (ITV)** Anton Lesser – Wolf HallasThomas More (BBC Two) Cyril Nri – Cucumber as Lance Sullivan (Channel 4) Ian McKellen – The Dresser as Norman (BBC Two)	*Chanel Cresswell – This Is England '90* as Kelly Jenkins (Channel 4)** Eleanor Worthington Cox – The Enfield Haunting as Janet Hodgson (Sky Living) Lesley Manville – River as DCI Chrissie Read (BBC One) Michelle Gomez – Doctor WhoasMissy (BBC One)
Best Male Comedy Performance	Best Female Comedy Performance
*Peter Kay – Peter Kay's Car Share* as John Redmond (BBC iPlayer)** Hugh Bonneville – W1A as Ian Fletcher (BBC Two) Javone Prince – The Javone Prince Show as various (BBC Two) Toby Jones – Detectorists as Lance Slater (BBC 4)	*Michaela Coel – Chewing Gum* as Tracey Gordon (E4)** Miranda Hart – Miranda as Miranda (BBC One) Sian Gibson – Peter Kay's Car Share as Kayleigh Kitson (BBC iPlayer) Sharon Horgan – Catastrophe as Sharon Morris (Channel 4)
Best Entertainment Performance	Best Single Drama
*Leigh Francis – Celebrity Juice* (ITV2)** Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One) Romesh Ranganathan – Asian Provocateur (BBC Three) Stephen Fry – QI (BBC Two)	Don't Take My Baby (BBC Three) The C-Word (BBC One) Cyberbully (Channel 4) The Go-Between (BBC One)
Best Mini-Series	Best Drama Series
This Is England '90 (Channel 4) Doctor Foster (BBC One) The Enfield Haunting (Sky Living) London Spy (BBC Two)	Wolf Hall (BBC Two) Humans (Channel 4) The Last Panthers (Sky Atlantic) No Offence (Channel 4)
Best Soap and Continuing Drama	Best International Programme
EastEnders (BBC One) Coronation Street (ITV) Emmerdale (ITV) Holby City (BBC One)	Transparent (Amazon Prime) The Good Wife (More4) Narcos (Netflix) Spiral (BBC Four)
Best Factual Series or Strand	Best Specialist Factual
The Murder Detectives (Channel 4) The Detectives (BBC Two) Great Ormond Street (BBC Two) The Tribe (Channel 4)	Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners (BBC Two) Grayson Perry's Dream House (Channel 4) The Hunt (BBC One) Rudolf Nureyev – Dance to Freedom (BBC Two)
Best Single Documentary	Best Feature
My Son the Jihadi (Channel 4) Bitter Lake (BBC iPlayer) Life After Suicide (BBC One) Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids (BBC Two)	The Great British Bake Off (BBC One) Back in Time for Dinner (BBC Two) Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild (Channel 4) Travel Man (Channel 4)
Best Reality and Constructed Factual	Best Current Affairs
First Dates (Channel 4) Gogglebox (Channel 4) I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (ITV) The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds (Channel 4)	Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola (BBC Two) Children of the Gaza War (BBC Two) Escape from Isis – Dispatches (Channel 4) Jihad: A British Story (ITV)
Best News Coverage	Best Sport
Channel 4 News: Paris Massacre (Channel 4) BBC News at Six: Paris Attacks Special (BBC One) ITV News at Ten: Refugee Crisis (ITV) Sky News: From Turkey to Greece (Sky News)	The Ashes (Sky Sports) The Grand National (Channel 4) The FA Cup Final (BBC One) Six Nations – Final Day (BBC One)
Best Live Event	Best Entertainment Programme
Big Blue Live (BBC One) The Sound of Music Live! (ITV) Stargazing Live: Brit In Space, Tim Peake Special (BBC) The Vote (More4)	Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) Adele at the BBC (BBC One) Britain's Got Talent (ITV) TFI Friday (Channel 4)
Best Scripted Comedy	Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme
Peter Kay's Car Share (BBC iPlayer) Chewing Gum (E4) Peep Show (Channel 4) People Just Do Nothing (BBC Three)	Have I Got News for You (BBC One) Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe (BBC Two) QI (BBC Two) Would I Lie to You? (BBC One)
Radio Times Audience Award
Poldark (BBC One) Doctor Foster (BBC One) The Great British Bake Off (BBC One) Humans (Channel 4) Making a Murderer (Netflix) Peter Kay's Car Share (BBC iPlayer)

Nominations	Programme
4	Peter Kay's Car Share
4	Wolf Hall
3	Doctor Foster
3	This Is England '90
2	Chewing Gum
	Don't Take My Baby
	Humans
	London Spy
	The C-Word
	The Enfield Haunting
	The Great British Bake Off
	QI

Nominations	Network
26	BBC One
23	Channel 4
20	BBC Two
8	ITV
5	BBC iPlayer
4	BBC Three
2	E4
	More4
	Netflix
	Sky Living

Wins	Show
2	Peter Kay's Car Share
	This is England '90
	Wolf Hall

2016 British Academy Television Awards

Contents

Winners and nominees

Programmes with multiple nominations

Most major wins

In Memoriam

Notes

References

Languages