2016 British Academy Television Awards


The 2016 British Academy Television Awards were held on 8 May 2016.
The nominations were announced on 30 March, with Wolf Hall nominated for four awards.

Winners and nominees

Best ActorBest Actress

  • Suranne JonesDoctor Foster as Gemma Foster
  • *Claire Foy – Wolf Hall as Anne Boleyn
  • *Ruth Madeley – Don’t Take My Baby as Anna Watson
  • *Sheridan Smith – The C-Word as Lisa Lynch
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Tom CourtenayUnforgotten as Eric Slater
  • *Anton Lesser – Wolf Hall as Thomas More
  • *Cyril Nri – Cucumber as Lance Sullivan
  • *Ian McKellen – The Dresser as Norman
  • Chanel CresswellThis Is England '90 as Kelly Jenkins
  • *Eleanor Worthington Cox – The Enfield Haunting as Janet Hodgson
  • *Lesley Manville – River as DCI Chrissie Read
  • *Michelle Gomez – Doctor Who as Missy
  • Best Male Comedy PerformanceBest Female Comedy Performance
  • Peter KayPeter Kay's Car Share as John Redmond
  • *Hugh Bonneville – W1A as Ian Fletcher
  • *Javone Prince – The Javone Prince Show as various
  • *Toby Jones – Detectorists as Lance Slater
  • Michaela CoelChewing Gum as Tracey Gordon
  • *Miranda Hart – Miranda as Miranda
  • *Sian Gibson – Peter Kay's Car Share as Kayleigh Kitson
  • *Sharon Horgan – Catastrophe as Sharon Morris
  • Best Entertainment PerformanceBest Single Drama
  • Leigh FrancisCelebrity Juice
  • *Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show
  • *Romesh Ranganathan – Asian Provocateur
  • *Stephen Fry – QI
  • Don't Take My Baby
  • *The C-Word
  • *Cyberbully
  • *The Go-Between
  • Best Mini-SeriesBest Drama Series
  • This Is England '90
  • *Doctor Foster
  • *The Enfield Haunting
  • *London Spy
  • Wolf Hall
  • *Humans
  • *The Last Panthers
  • *No Offence
  • Best Soap and Continuing DramaBest International Programme
  • EastEnders
  • *Coronation Street
  • *Emmerdale
  • *Holby City
  • Transparent
  • *The Good Wife
  • *Narcos
  • *Spiral
  • Best Factual Series or StrandBest Specialist Factual
  • The Murder Detectives
  • *The Detectives
  • *Great Ormond Street
  • *The Tribe
  • Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
  • *Grayson Perry's Dream House
  • *The Hunt
  • *Rudolf Nureyev – Dance to Freedom
  • Best Single DocumentaryBest Feature
  • My Son the Jihadi
  • *Bitter Lake
  • *Life After Suicide
  • *Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
  • The Great British Bake Off
  • *Back in Time for Dinner
  • *Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild
  • *Travel Man
  • Best Reality and Constructed FactualBest Current Affairs
  • First Dates
  • *Gogglebox
  • *I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
  • *The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds
  • Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola
  • *Children of the Gaza War
  • *Escape from Isis – Dispatches
  • *Jihad: A British Story
  • Best News CoverageBest Sport
  • Channel 4 News: Paris Massacre
  • *BBC News at Six: Paris Attacks Special
  • *ITV News at Ten: Refugee Crisis
  • *Sky News: From Turkey to Greece
  • The Ashes
  • *The Grand National
  • *The FA Cup Final
  • *Six Nations – Final Day
  • Best Live EventBest Entertainment Programme
  • Big Blue Live
  • *The Sound of Music Live!
  • *Stargazing Live: Brit In Space, Tim Peake Special
  • *The Vote
  • Strictly Come Dancing
  • *Adele at the BBC
  • *Britain's Got Talent
  • *TFI Friday
  • Best Scripted ComedyBest Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme
  • Peter Kay's Car Share
  • *Chewing Gum
  • *Peep Show
  • *People Just Do Nothing
  • Have I Got News for You
  • *Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe
  • *QI
  • *Would I Lie to You?
  • Radio Times Audience Award-
  • Poldark
  • *Doctor Foster
  • *The Great British Bake Off
  • *Humans
  • *Making a Murderer
  • *Peter Kay's Car Share
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    Programmes with multiple nominations

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

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

    Most major wins

    WinsShow
    2Peter Kay's Car Share
    2This is England '90
    2Wolf Hall
    2-
    2-

    WinsNetwork
    7BBC One
    6Channel 4
    4BBC Two
    2BBC iPlayer

    In Memoriam