2016 British Academy Television Awards

62nd British Academy Television Awards
Date	8 May 2016
Highlights
Best Comedy	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

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

The nominations were announced on 30 March, with Wolf Hall nominated for four awards.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor	Best Actress
*Mark Rylance – Wolf Hall* (BBC Two)** Ben Whishaw – London Spy (BBC Two) Idris Elba – Luther (BBC One) Stephen Graham – This Is England '90 (Channel 4)	*Suranne Jones – Doctor Foster* (BBC One)** Claire Foy – Wolf Hall (BBC Two) Ruth Madeley – Don’t Take My Baby (BBC Three) Sheridan Smith – The C-Word (BBC One)
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Tom Courtenay – Unforgotten* (ITV)** Anton Lesser – Wolf Hall (BBC Two) Cyril Nri – Cucumber (Channel 4) Ian McKellen – The Dresser (BBC Two)	*Chanel Cresswell – This Is England '90* (Channel 4)** Eleanor Worthington Cox – The Enfield Haunting (Sky Living) Lesley Manville – River (BBC One) Michelle Gomez – Doctor Who (BBC One)
Best Male Comedy Performance	Best Female Comedy Performance
*Peter Kay – Peter Kay's Car Share* (BBC iPlayer)** Hugh Bonneville – W1A (BBC Two) Javone Prince – The Javone Prince Show (BBC Two) Toby Jones – Detectorists (BBC 4)	*Michaela Coel – Chewing Gum* (Channel 4)** Miranda Hart – Miranda (BBC One) Sian Gibson – Peter Kay's Car Share (BBC iPlayer) Sharon Horgan – Catastrophe (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) Match of the Day Live: 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
- Doctor Foster
- The Great British Bake Off
- Humans
- Making a Murderer
- ''Peter Kay’s Car Share

Notes

Strictly Come Dancing won its first BAFTA this year.^[2]

References

↑ "BAFTA Television Awards 2016 – winners in full". RadioTimes. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
↑ "Strictly beats Britain's Got Talent and Adele At The BBC to win its first ever TV Bafta". BT.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

British Academy Television Awards

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