British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Programme
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Annual UK television award
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award1971
Currently held byWould I Lie to You? (2025)
| British Academy Television Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First award | 1971 |
| Currently held by | Would I Lie to You? (2025) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Programme is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. According to the BAFTA website, the category "includes quizzes, game shows, talent shows, music specials and all general entertainment programmes."[1]
The category has been through several name and category changes:
- From 1958 to 1970 it was presented as an individual award named Best Light Entertainment.
- In 1971 the name was changed to Best Light Entertainment Programme and in 1992 it was changed again to Best Light Entertainment Programme or Series.
- Since 2000 the category is presented under the name of Best Entertainment Programme.
1950s
Best Light Entertainment
| Year | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|
| 1958 | Brian Tesler |
| 1959 | Joan Kemp-Welch |
1960s
Best Light Entertainment
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Bill Ward | |
| 1961 | Ned Sherrin | |
| 1962 | George Inns | |
| 1963 | Duncan Wood | |
| 1964 | Colin Clews | |
| 1965 | Francis Essex | |
| 1966 | Joe McGrath | Not Only... But Also The Big Noise |
| Ken Carter | The Benny Hill Show The Lance Percival Show | |
| Terry Henebery | Jazz 625 Torme's Back in Town Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Scene USA Commonwealth Jazz Club | |
| Dennis Main Wilson | Scott on Birds Scott on Money The Roy Castle Show Here I Come Whoever I Am Till Death Do Us Part | |
| 1967 | Ned Sherrin, John Bird | |
| 1968 | Ned Sherrin | |
| 1969 | Dennis Main Wilson | Marty Till Death Do Us Part |
1970s
Best Light Entertainment
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Just Pet | Yvonne Littlewood | BBC |
| Please Sir! | Mark Stuart | ITV | |
| Bobbie Gentry: The Price of Fame | Stanley Dorfman | BBC | |
| The World of Beachcomber | Duncan Wood | ||
| Dad's Army | David Croft | BBC One | |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | John Howard Davies, Ian McNaughton | ||
| Not in Front of the Children | Graeme Muir | ||
Best Light Entertainment Programme
1980s
Best Light Entertainment Programme
1990s
Best Light Entertainment Programme
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Clive James on the '80s | Elaine Bedell, Richard Drewett | ITV |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Dan Patterson, Chris Bould | Channel 4 | |
| The Dame Edna Experience | Claudia Rosencrantz, Alasdair Macmillan | ITV | |
| Victoria Wood | Geoff Posner, Kevin Bishop | BBC One | |
| 1991 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Dan Patterson, Chris Bould | Channel 4 |
| French and Saunders | Jon Plowman, Bob Spiers | BBC Two | |
| Mr. Bean | John Howard Davies | ITV | |
| Spitting Image | Bill Dare | ||
Best Light Entertainment Programme or Series
2000s
Best Entertainment Programme
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Robbie The Reindeer: Hooves of Fire | BBC One | |
| So Graham Norton | Graham Stuart, Jon Magnusson, Steve Smith | Channel 4 | |
| Have I Got News for You | Colin Swash, Richard Wilson, Giles Pilbrow | BBC Two | |
| Robot Wars | Tom Gutteridge, Stephen Carsey, Bill Hobbins | ||
| 2001 | So Graham Norton | Graham Stuart, Jon Magnusson, Steve Smith | Channel 4 |
| Have I Got News for You | Giles Pilbrow, Colin Swash, Richard Wilson | BBC One | |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | Paul Smith, Colman Hutchinson | ITV | |
| The Weakest Link | David Young, Ruth Davis, Richard Valentine | BBC Two | |
| 2002 | Pop Idol | Claire Horton, Ken Warwick, Jonathan Bullen | ITV |
| Have I Got News for You | Colin Swash, Richard Wilson, Nick Martin, Paul Wheeler | BBC One | |
| Parkinson | Beatrice Ballard, Stuart McDonald | ||
| Room 101 | Richard Wilson, Victoria Payne, Geraldine Dowd | BBC Two | |
| 2003 | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | ITV | |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Suzi Aplin, Mick Thomas, Jonathan Ross | BBC One | |
| Test the Nation | Nichola Hegarty, John Kaye Cooper, Simon Staffurth | ||
| The Kumars at No. 42 | Lissa Evans, Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana | BBC Two | |
| 2004 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Addison Cresswell, Suzi Aplin, Mick Thomas | BBC One |
| Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | James Sunderland, Chris Power | ITV | |
| Pop Idol | Richard Holloway, Claire Horton, Jonathan Bullen | ||
| Have I Got News for You | Richard Wilson, Nick Martin, Steve Doherty | BBC One | |
| 2005 | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | ITV | |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Addison Cresswell, Suzi Aplin, Mick Thomas | BBC One | |
| Strictly Come Dancing | Karen Smith, Richard Hopkins, Izzie Pick | ||
| QI | John Lloyd, Ian Lorimer | BBC Two | |
| 2006 | The X Factor | ITV | |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | BBC One | ||
| Have I Got News for You | Richard Wilson, Nick Martin, Jo Bunting | ||
| Strictly Come Dancing | Karen Smith, Richard Hopkins, Sam Donnelly | ||
| 2007 | The X Factor | Richard Holloway, Claire Horton, Andrew Llinares, Siobhan Greene | ITV |
| Derren Brown: The Heist | Derren Brown, Simon Mills, Andy Nyman, Ben Caron | Channel 4 | |
| Dancing on Ice | ITV | ||
| How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? | BBC One | ||
| 2008 | Harry Hill's TV Burp | Spencer Millman, Peter Orton, Harry Hill | ITV |
| Britain's Got Talent | Richard Holloway, Andrew Llinares, Ben Thursby, Georgie Hurford-Jones | ITV | |
| Have I Got News for You | Jo Bunting, Nick Martin, Richard Wilson | BBC One | |
| Strictly Come Dancing | Martin Scott, Sam Donnelly, Clodagh O'Donoghue | ||
| 2009 | The X Factor | Richard Holloway, Andrew Llinares, Siobhan Greene, Mark Sidaway | ITV |
| Friday/Sunday Night Project | Dean Nabarro, Richard Ackerman, Henrietta Conrad, Andrew Westwell | Channel 4 | |
| Harry Hill's TV Burp | Harry Hill, Peter Orton, Spencer Millman | ITV | |
| QI | John Lloyd, Piers Fletcher, Ian Lorimer | BBC One | |
2010s
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Britain's Got Talent | ITV | |
| The Graham Norton Show | Graham Norton, Jon Magnusson, Graham Stuart, Steve Smith | BBC One | |
| Harry Hill's TV Burp | Harry Hill, Peter Orton, Spencer Millman | ITV | |
| Newswipe with Charlie Brooker | Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Nick Vaughan-Smith, Al Campbell | BBC Four | |
| 2011 | The Cube | Adam Adler, Nathan Eastwood, Andrew Newman, Andrew O'Connor | ITV1 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Graham Norton, Jon Magnusson, Graham Stuart, Steve Smith | BBC One | |
| Have I Got News for You | Richard Wilson, Jo Bunting, Nick Martin, Mark Barrett | ||
| The X Factor | Andrew Llinares, Mark Sidaway, Nigel Hall, Richard Holloway | ITV1 | |
| 2012 | Derren Brown: The Experiments | Derren Brown, Fiona Cotter-Craig, Simon Dinsell, Iain Sharkey | Channel 4 |
| Celebrity Juice | Toby Baker, Dan Baldwin, Ed Sleeman, Leon Wilson | ITV2 | |
| Harry Hill's TV Burp | Harry Hill, Peter Orton, Spencer Millman | ITV | |
| Michael McIntyre's Christmas Comedy Roadshow | Andrew Beint, Anthony Caveney, Addison Cresswell, Michael McIntyre | BBC One | |
| 2013 | The Graham Norton Show | Graham Norton, Jon Magnusson, Graham Stuart, Steve Smith | BBC One |
| Dynamo Magician Impossible | Steven Frayne, Mark McQueen, Lucy Ansbro, Dan Albion | Watch | |
| Have I Got News for You | Richard Wilson, Jo Bunting, Nick Martin, Ben Wicks | BBC One | |
| A League of Their Own | Murray Boland, Danielle Lux, Jim Pullin, David Taylor | Sky1 | |
| 2014 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | ITV | |
| Strictly Come Dancing | BBC One | ||
| Dynamo: Magician Impossible | Lucy Ansbro, Dan Albion, Alex Hartman, Debbie Young | Watch | |
| Derren Brown: The Great Art Robbery | Channel 4 | ||
| 2015 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | ITV | |
| Strictly Come Dancing | Louise Rainbow, Nikki Parsons, Vanessa Clark, Jason Gilkison | BBC One | |
| The Voice | Moira Ross, John de Mol, Clodagh O'Donoghue, Ed Booth | ||
| Dynamo: Magician Impossible | Lucy Ansbro, Dan Albion, Alex Hartman, Debbie Young | Watch | |
| 2016 | Strictly Come Dancing | Louise Rainbow, Vinnie Shergill, Sarah James, Nikki Parsons | BBC One |
| Adele at the BBC | Adele Adkins, Guy Freeman, Anouk Fontaine, Simon Staffurth | BBC One | |
| Britain's Got Talent | Richard Holloway, Amelia Brown, Lee McNicholas, Matt Banks | ITV | |
| TFI Friday Anniversary Special | Will MacDonald, Clare Barton, Suzi Aplin | Channel 4 | |
| 2017 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | ITV | |
| Michael McIntyre's Big Show | Christian Fletcher, Dan Baldwin, Claire Horton, Chris Howe | BBC One | |
| Britain's Got Talent | Richard Holloway, Amelia Brown, Lee McNicholas, Clair Breen | ITV | |
| Strictly Come Dancing | BBC One | ||
| 2018 | Britain's Got Talent | Amelia Brown, Lee McNicholas, Richard Holloway, Charlie Irwin | ITV |
| Michael McIntyre's Big Show | Christian Fletcher, Dan Baldwin, Claire Horton, Michael McIntyre | BBC One | |
| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Pete Ogden, Saul Fearnley, Diego Rincon, Andy Milligan | ITV | |
| The Voice UK | |||
| 2019 [2] | Britain's Got Talent | Charlie Irwin, Amelia Brown, Nigel Hall, Dawn Gray | ITV |
| Michael McIntyre's Big Show | Christian Fletcher, Dan Baldwin, Claire Horton, Michael McIntyre | BBC One | |
| Strictly Come Dancing | Louise Rainbow, Sarah James, Robin Lee-Perrella, Jason Gilkison | ||
| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Pete Ogden, Saul Fearnley, Tom Locking, Helen Kruger Bratt | ITV | |
2020s
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [3] | Strictly Come Dancing | BBC One | |
| The Rap Game UK | Tom O'Brien, Simon Andreae, Tom Whitrow, Susie Dark | BBC Three | |
| The Greatest Dancer | Amelia Brown, Phil Harris, Nigel Hall, Louise Hutchinson | BBC One | |
| The Voice UK | ITV | ||
| 2021 [4] |
Life & Rhymes | Sky Arts | |
| Strictly Come Dancing | BBC One | ||
| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Pete Ogden, Tim Dean, Ben Aston, Doran Azouelos, Kerry Shaw, Chris Power | ITV | |
| The Masked Singer | Daniel Nettleton, Derek McLean, Claire Horton, Marc Bassett, Simon Staffurth | ||
| 2022 [5] | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | ITV | |
| Life & Rhymes | Sky Arts | ||
| An Audience with Adele | Adele, Jonathan Dickins, Sally Wood, Ben Winston, Lou Fox, Bex Hampson | ITV | |
| Strictly Come Dancing | BBC One | ||
| 2023 [6][7] |
The Masked Singer | Derek McLean, Daniel Nettleton, Claire Horton, Diccon Ramsay | ITV |
| Later... with Jools Holland: Jools' 30th Birthday Bash | BBC Two | ||
| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | ITV | ||
| Strictly Come Dancing | BBC One | ||
| 2024 [8] | Strictly Come Dancing | BBC One | |
| Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas | Hannah Waddingham, Hamish Hamilton, Katy Mullan, Moira Ross, Raj Kapoor, Nick Todisco | Apple TV+ | |
| Later... with Jools Holland | BBC Two | ||
| Michael McIntyre's Big Show | BBC One | ||
| 2025 [9][10] | Would I Lie to You? | Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Barbara Wiltshire, Jake Graham, Zoe Waterman, Charlotte Bracey-Curant | BBC One |
| The 1% Club | Dean Nabarro, Andy Auerbach, Richard van’t Riet, Clare Barton, Hennie Clough | ITV1 | |
| Michael McIntyre's Big Show | BBC One | ||
| Taskmaster | Andy Devonshire, Andy Cartwright, James Taylor, Alex Horne, Jon Thoday | Channel 4 | |
References
- ↑ "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ↑ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ↑ Kanter, Jake (2020-07-31). "BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Night Of Surprises, As 'Chernobyl' & 'The End Of The F***ing World' Take Two Prizes Each". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ↑ "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ↑ "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ↑ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ↑ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ↑ Richardson, Hollie (27 March 2025). "Bafta TV awards 2025 nominations: full list". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ↑ Kanter, Jake (11 May 2025). "BAFTA TV Awards Complete Winners: 'Mr Bates Vs The Post Office' & 'Mr Loverman' Win Big Prizes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 May 2025.