British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Comedy

Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts

First award2013

Currently held byReece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton for Inside No. 9 (2025)

British Academy Television Craft Award
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award	2013
Currently held by	Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton for Inside No. 9 (2025)
Website	http://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Comedy is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories.

Prior to 2013, there was a united category named Best Writer for both drama and comedy series, in 2013 this category was split into two separate categories, Writer: Drama and Writer: Comedy.

2010s

Year	Recipient(s)	Title	Broadcaster
2013	Julia Davis	Hunderby	Sky Atlantic
	Jo Brand, Joanna Scanlan, Vicki Pepperdine	Getting On	BBC Four
	Writing Team	The Thick of It	BBC Two
	John Morton	Twenty Twelve	BBC Two
2014	Graham Linehan	The IT Crowd	BBC Two
	Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Tom Basden	Fresh Meat	Channel 4
	Steve Delaney, Graham Linehan	Count Arthur Strong	BBC Two
	James Corden, Mathew Baynton	The Wrong Mans	BBC Two
2015	Mackenzie Crook	Detectorists	BBC Four
	Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton	Inside No. 9	BBC Two
	James Corden, Mathew Baynton	The Wrong Mans (for "Episode 1")	BBC Two
	Arthur Mathews, Matt Berry	Toast of London	Channel 4
2016	Rob Delaney, Sharon Horgan	Catastrophe	Channel 4
	Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain	Peep Show	Channel 4
	Julia Davis, Barunka O'Shaughnessy	Hunderby	Sky Atlantic
	Writing Team	Peter Kay's Car Share	BBC One
2017	Stefan Golaszewski	Mum	BBC Two
	Julia Davis	Camping	Sky Atlantic
	Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons	Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle	Sky Atlantic
	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Fleabag	BBC Three
2018 ^[1]	Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith	Inside No. 9	BBC Two
	Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper	This Country	BBC Three
	Paul Coleman, Peter Kay, Sian Gibson	Peter Kay's Car Share	BBC One
	Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney	Catastrophe	Channel 4
2019 ^[2]	Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper	This Country	BBC Three
	Peter Kay, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman	Peter Kay's Car Share: The Finale	BBC One
	Stefan Golaszewski	Mum	BBC Two
	Writing Team	Cunk on Britain	BBC Two

2020s

Year	Recipient(s)	Title	Broadcaster
2020 ^[3]	Jamie Demetriou	Stath Lets Flats	Channel 4
	Danny Brocklehurst	Brassic	Sky 1
	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Fleabag	BBC Three
	Sam Leifer, Tom Basden	Plebs	ITV2
2021 ^[4]	Sophie Willan	Alma's Not Normal	BBC Two
	Writing Team	Ghosts	BBC One
	Charlie Brooker	Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe	BBC Two
	Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper	This Country	BBC Three
2022 ^[5]^[6]	Nida Manzoor	We Are Lady Parts	Channel 4
	Nathan Bryon, Paul Doolan	Bloods	Sky One
	Stephen Merchant, Emma Jane Unsworth	The Outlaws	BBC One
	Sophie Willan	Alma's Not Normal	BBC Two
2023 ^[7]^[8]	Lisa McGee	Derry Girls	Channel 4
	Nancy Harris	The Dry	Britbox
	Jack Rooke	Big Boys	Channel 4
	Sharon Horgan, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Helen Serafinowicz, Holly Walsh	Motherland	BBC One
2024 ^[9]^[10]	Jack Rooke	Big Boys	Channel 4
	Jamie Demetriou	A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou	Netflix
	Kat Sadler	Such Brave Girls	BBC Three
	Mawaan Rizwan	Juice	BBC Three
2025 ^[11]^[12]	Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton	Inside No. 9	BBC Two
	Brett Goldstein	Shrinking	Apple TV+
	Phil Dunning	Smoggie Queens	BBC Three
	Nida Manzoor	We Are Lady Parts	Channel 4

British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Comedy

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2020s

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