British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance
The British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance is an award given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts at their annual BAFTA Television Awards ceremony.
British Academy Television Award | |
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The 2019 Recipient: Lee Mack | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
First awarded | 1969 (presented in 1970) |
Currently held by | Lee Mack for Would I Lie to You? (2019) |
Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
This category has had minor name changes:
- In 1969 (presented 1970) it was awarded as Best Entertainment Personality and was won by Morecambe & Wise.
- From 1971 to 1999 it was awarded as Best Light Entertainment Performance.[1]
- Since 2000 the award has been known as Best Entertainment Performance.
Prior to the 1994 ceremony, acting performances in comedy roles were included in this category. Since 1994 they have been recognised in the Best Comedy Performance category.
1970s
1970 Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise - The Morecambe and Wise Show [2]
- Ronnie Barker - Hark at Barker
- John Cleese - Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Spike Milligan - The World of Beachcomber; Q.5; Curry and Chips
1971 Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise - The Morecambe and Wise Show
- John Cleese - Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Ronnie Corbett - Frost Show; No That's Me Over Here
- Frankie Howerd - Up Pompeii!
- Arthur Lowe - Dad's Army
1972 Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett - The Two Ronnies
1973 Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise - The Morecambe and Wise Show
- Arthur Lowe - Dad's Army
- Monty Python Team - Monty Python's Flying Circus
1974 Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise - The Morecambe and Wise Show
- Dave Allen - Dave Allen At Large
- Stanley Baxter - The Stanley Baxter Big Picture Show
- Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett - The Two Ronnies
1975 Stanley Baxter - The Moving Picture Show
1976 Ronnie Barker - Porridge
- Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett - The Two Ronnies
- Stanley Baxter - The Stanley Picture Show Part III
- John Cleese - Fawlty Towers
1977 Penelope Keith - The Good Life
- Ronnie Barker - Open All Hours; The Two Ronnies
- Richard Briers - The Good Life; One-Upmanship
- Leonard Rossiter - The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1978 Ronnie Barker - Porridge & The Two Ronnies
- Penelope Keith - The Good Life; The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
- Arthur Lowe - Dad's Army
- Leonard Rossiter - The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin; Rising Damp
1979 Ronnie Barker - Going Straight & The Two Ronnies
1980s
1980 John Cleese - Fawlty Towers[3]
- Ronnie Barker - The Two Ronnies
- Penelope Keith - To The Manor Born
- Andrew Sachs - Fawlty Towers
1981 Rowan Atkinson - Not The Nine O'Clock News
- Barry Humphries - An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
- Maureen Lipman - Agony
- Pamela Stephenson - Not The Nine O'Clock News
1982 Nigel Hawthorne - Yes, Minister
- Dave Allen - The Dave Allen Show
- Stanley Baxter - The Stanley Baxter Series
- Paul Eddington - Yes, Minister
1983 Nigel Hawthorne - Yes, Minister
- Rowan Atkinson - Not The Nine O'Clock News
- Judi Dench - A Fine Romance
- Paul Eddington - Yes, Minister & Let There Be Love
1984 Tracey Ullman - Three of a Kind
- Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett - The Two Ronnies
- Jasper Carrot - Carrot's Lib
- Judi Dench - A Fine Romance
1985 Judi Dench - A Fine Romance
- Lenny Henry - The Lenny Henry Show
- Julia McKenzie - Fresh Fields
- Ruth Madoc - Hi de Hi
- Paul Nicholas - Just Good Friends
1986 Victoria Wood - Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
- Ronnie Barker - Open All Hours & The Two Ronnies
- David Jason - Only Fools and Horses
- Gorden Kaye - 'Allo 'Allo!
1987 Nigel Hawthorne - Yes, Prime Minister
- Paul Eddington - Yes, Prime Minister
- David Jason - Only Fools and Horses
- Nicholas Lyndhurst - Only Fools and Horses
- Julie Walters - Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
- Victoria Wood - Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
1988 Nigel Hawthorne - Yes, Prime Minister
- Rowan Atkinson - Blackadder the Third
- Paul Eddington - Yes, Prime Minister
- Barry Humphries - The Dame Edna Experience
1989 Victoria Wood - An Audience with Victoria Wood
- Dawn French - French and Saunders
- Barry Humphries - One More Audience with Dame Edna
- David Jason - Only Fools and Horses
1990s
1990 Rowan Atkinson - Blackadder Goes Forth[4]
- Barry Humphries - The Dame Edna Experience
- David Jason - Only Fools and Horses
- Victoria Wood - Victoria Wood (1989 TV series)
1991 David Jason - Only Fools and Horses
- Rowan Atkinson - The Return of Mr. Bean
- Dawn French - French and Saunders
- Nicholas Lyndhurst - Only Fools and Horses
1992 Richard Wilson - One Foot in the Grave
- Rowan Atkinson - The Curse of Mr. Bean
- Haydn Gwynne - Drop the Dead Donkey
- Patricia Routledge - Keeping Up Appearances
1993 Joanna Lumley - Absolutely Fabulous
- Patricia Routledge - Keeping Up Appearances
- Jennifer Saunders - Absolutely Fabulous
- Richard Wilson - One Foot in the Grave
1994 Richard Wilson - One Foot in the Grave; One Foot in the Algarve
- Rowan Atkinson - Mr. Bean
- Rory Bremner - Rory Bremner...Who Else?
- Annette Crosbie - One Foot in the Grave
- Paul Merton - Have I Got News For You
1995 Rory Bremner - Rory Bremner...Who Else?
- Michael Barrymore - Barrymore
- Steve Coogan - Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge
- Victoria Wood - Victoria Wood: Live in Your Own Home
1996 Rory Bremner - Rory Bremner...Who Else?
- Caroline Aherne - The Mrs. Merton Show
- Paul Merton - Have I Got News For You
- Peter Ustinov - An Evening with Peter Ustinov
1997 John Bird & John Fortune - Rory Bremner...Who Else?/The Long John's
- Caroline Aherne - The Mrs. Merton Christmas Show
- Rory Bremner - Rory Bremner... Who Else?
- Paul Merton - Have I Got News For You
1998 Paul Whitehouse - The Fast Show
- Kathy Burke - Harry Enfield and Chums
- Harry Enfield - Harry Enfield and Chums
- Paul Merton - Have I Got News For You
1999 Michael Parkinson - Parkinson
- Kathy Burke - Harry Enfield's Yule Log Chums
- Billy Connolly - 30 Years of Billy Connolly
- John Bird & John Fortune - Rory Bremner... Who Else?
2000s
2000 Graham Norton - So Graham Norton[5]
- John Bird & John Fortune - Bremner Bird and Fortune
- Michael Parkinson - Parkinson
- Sacha Baron Cohen - The 11 O'Clock Show
2001 Graham Norton - So Graham Norton
- Rory Bremner - Blair Did It All Go Wrong?
- Angus Deayton - Have I Got News For You
- Paul Merton - Have I Got News For You
2002 Graham Norton - So Graham Norton
- Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly - Pop Idol
- John Bird & John Fortune - Bremner Bird and Fortune
- Paul Merton - Have I Got News For You
2003 Paul Merton - Have I Got News For You
- Sanjeev Bhaskar - The Kumars at No. 42
- Angus Deayton - Have I Got News For You
- Meera Syal - The Kumars at No.42
2004 Jonathan Ross - Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
- Stephen Fry - QI
- Boris Johnson - Have I Got News For You
- Paul Merton - Have I Got News For You
2005 Paul O'Grady - The Paul O'Grady Show
- Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly - I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
- Stephen Fry - QI
- Paul Merton - Have I Got News For You
2006 Jonathan Ross - Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2007 Jonathan Ross - Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
- Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly - Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
- Stephen Fry - QI
- Paul Merton - Have I Got News For You
2008 Harry Hill - Harry Hill's TV Burp
- Simon Amstell - Never Mind the Buzzcocks
- Alan Carr & Justin Lee Collins - The Friday Night Project
- Stephen Fry - QI
2009 Harry Hill - Harry Hill's TV Burp
2010s
2020s
Year | Performer | Programme | Network |
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2020 | |||
Mo Gilligan | The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan | Channel 4 | |
Frankie Boyle | Frankie Boyle's New World Order | BBC Two | |
Lee Mack | Would I Lie To You? | BBC One | |
Graham Norton | The Graham Norton Show | BBC One |
Performers with multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins
The following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance multiple times:
6 wins 4 wins 3 wins
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2 wins
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Multiple nominations
The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance multiple times:
12 nominations 10 nominations 8 nominations 7 nominations
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5 nominations 4 nominations
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3 nominations
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2 nominations
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References
- "Arqiva British Academy Television Awards". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- "Awards Database - The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- "Awards Database - The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- "Awards Database - The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- "Awards Database - The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.