# British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy

The British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy is awarded annually as part of the British Academy Television Awards. Until 2015, the category was named the British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy. According to British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the category "covers both situational comedies and scripted comedy sketch shows".
It was first awarded from 1973 to 1980. From 1981 to 1999, sitcoms were included in the Best Comedy Programme or Series category instead. The category returned in 2000.

## Winners and nominees
### 1973-1980

| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
| 1973 | My Wife Next Door | Graeme Muir | BBC One |
| 1973 | Dad's Army | David Croft | BBC One |
| 1973 | Till Death Us Do Part | Dennis Main Wilson | BBC One |
| 1974 | Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | James Gilbert | BBC One |
| 1974 | Dad's Army | David Croft | BBC One |
| 1974 | Last of the Summer Wine | James Gilbert | BBC One |
| 1974 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | Michael Mills | BBC One |
| 1975 | Porridge | Sydney Lotterby | BBC One |
| 1975 | Dad's Army | David Croft | BBC One |
| 1975 | Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | Bernard Thompson | BBC One |
| 1975 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | Michael Mills | BBC One |
| 1976 | Fawlty Towers | John Howard Davies | BBC Two |
| 1976 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | Michael Mills | BBC One |
| 1976 | Porridge | Sydney Lotterby | BBC One |
| 1976 | The Good Life | John Howard Davies | BBC One |
| 1977 | Porridge (Special) | Sydney Lotterby | BBC One |
| 1977 | The Good Life | John Howard Davies | BBC One |
| 1977 | Are You Being Served? | David Croft | BBC One |
| 1977 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | Gareth Gwenlan | BBC One |
| 1977 | Two's Company | John Reardon | ITV |
| 1978 | Rising Damp | Ronnie Baxter | ITV |
| 1978 | The Good Life | John Howard Davies | BBC One |
| 1978 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | Gareth Gwenlan | BBC One |
| 1978 | Porridge | Sydney Lotterby | BBC One |
| 1979 | Going Straight | Sydney Lotterby | BBC One |
| 1979 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | Gareth Gwenlan | BBC One |
| 1979 | Two's Company | Humphrey Barclay, John Reardon | ITV |
| 1979 | Rising Damp | Vernon Lawrence | ITV |
| 1980 | Fawlty Towers | Douglas Argent, Bob Spiers | BBC Two |
| 1980 | Last of the Summer Wine | Sydney Lotterby | BBC One |
| 1980 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | Gareth Gwenlan | BBC One |
| 1980 | To the Manor Born | Gareth Gwenlan | BBC One |

### 2000s

| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
| 2000 | The Royle Family (series 2) | Kenton Allen, Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash | BBC One |
| 2000 | Spaced (series 1) | Gareth Edwards, Nira Park, Edgar Wright | Channel 4 |
| 2000 | Dinnerladies (series 2) | Geoff Posner, Victoria Wood | BBC One |
| BBC One ||
| 2001 | Black Books (series 1) | Nira Park, Graham Linehan, Dylan Moran | Channel 4 |
| 2001 | Blackadder (Series Finale: Blackadder: Back & Forth) | Peter Bennett-Jones, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, Paul Weiland | BBC One Sky1 |
| 2001 | One Foot in the Grave (series 6) | Jonathan P. Llewellyn, Christine Gernon, David Renwick | BBC One |
| 2001 | The Royle Family (series 3) | Kenton Allen, Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash | BBC One |
| 2002 | The Office (series 1) | Anil Gupta, Ash Atalla, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant | BBC Two |
| 2002 | Gimme Gimme Gimme (series 3) | Francis Matthews, Tristram Shapeero, Jonathan Harvey | BBC One |
| 2002 | Happiness (series 1) | David Cummings, Declan Lowney, Rosemary McGowan, Paul Whitehouse | BBC Two |
| 2002 | Spaced (series 2) | Nira Park, Edgar Wright, Jessica Stevenson, Simon Pegg | Channel 4 |
| 2003 | The Office (series 2) | Ash Atalla, Anil Gupta, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant | BBC Two |
| 2003 | The Book Group (series 1) | Annie Griffin, Anita Overland | Channel 4 |
| 2003 | Phoenix Nights (series 2) | Peter Kay, Henry Klejdys, Phil McIntyre | Channel 4 |
| 2003 | My Family (series 3) | My Family (series 3) | BBC One |
| 2004 | The Office (The Office Christmas Specials) | Ash Atalla, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant | BBC One |
| 2004 | Hardware (series 1) | Margot Gavan Duffy, Ben Kellett, Simon Nye | ITV |
| 2004 | Marion and Geoff (series 2) | Hugo Blick, Rob Brydon, Henry Normal | BBC Two |
| 2004 | Peep Show (series 1) | Phil Clarke, Andrew O'Connor | Channel 4 |
| 2005 | Black Books (series 3) | Nira Park, Martin Dennis, Dylan Moran | Channel 4 |
| 2005 | Nighty Night (series 2) | Nighty Night (series 2) | BBC Three |
| 2005 | Green Wing (series 1) | Victoria Pile, Tristram Shapeero, Dominic Brigstocke | Channel 4 |
| 2005 | The Vicar of Dibley (Christmas Specials: A Very Dibley Christmas) | The Vicar of Dibley (Christmas Specials: A Very Dibley Christmas) | BBC One |
| 2006 | The Thick of It | The Thick of It | BBC Four |
| 2006 | Extras (series 1) | Charlie Hanson, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant | BBC Two |
| 2006 | Peep Show (series 3) | Robert Popper, Tristram Shapeero, Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong | Channel 4 |
| 2006 | The Worst Week of My Life (series 2) | Mario Stylianides, Mark Bussell, Justin Sbresni | BBC One |
| 2007 | The Royle Family (Special: The Queen of Sheba) | Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, John Rushton, Phil Mealey | BBC One |
| 2007 | Green Wing (series 2) | Victoria Pile, Dominic Brigstocke, Tristram Shapeero, Robert Harley | Channel 4 |
| 2007 | The IT Crowd (series 1) | Ash Atalla, Graham Linehan, Derrin Schlesinger, Lorraine Heggessey | Channel 4 |
| 2007 | Pulling (series 1) | Sharon Horgan, Dennis Kelly, Phil Bowker, Tristram Shapeero | BBC Three |
| 2008 | Peep Show (series 4) | Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Robert Popper, Becky Martin | Channel 4 |
| 2008 | Benidorm (series 1) | Derren Litten, Kevin Allen, Geoffrey Perkins | ITV |
| 2008 | The IT Crowd (series 2) | Graham Linehan, Ash Atalla, Jamie Glazebrook, Barbara Wiltshire | Channel 4 |
| 2008 | The Thick of It (2007 Specials: The Rise of the Nutters & Spinners and Losers) | The Thick of It (2007 Specials: The Rise of the Nutters & Spinners and Losers) | BBC Four |
| 2009 | The IT Crowd (series 3) | Graham Linehan, Richard Boden, Ash Atalla | Channel 4 |
| 2009 | The Inbetweeners (series 1) | The Inbetweeners (series 1) | E4 |
| 2009 | Outnumbered (series 2) | Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin | BBC One |
| 2009 | Peep Show (series 5) | Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Becky Martin, Izzy Mant | Channel 4 |

### 2010s

| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
| 2010 | The Thick of It (series 3) | Armando Iannucci, Adam Tandy | BBC Two |
| 2010 | The Inbetweeners (series 2) | Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, Ben Palmer, Christopher Young | E4 |
| 2010 | Miranda (series 1) | Jo Sargent, Nerys Evans, Juliet May, Miranda Hart | BBC One |
| 2010 | Peep Show (series 6) | Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke, Becky Martin | Channel 4 |
| 2011 | Rev. (series 1) | Rev. (series 1) | BBC Two |
| 2011 | Mrs. Brown's Boys (series 1) | Stephen McCrum, Martin Delany, Ben Kellett, Brendan O'Carroll | BBC One |
| 2011 | Peep Show (series 7) | Phil Clarke, Becky Martin, Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong | Channel 4 |
| 2011 | The Trip (series 1) | Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Michael Winterbottom | BBC Two |
| 2012 | Mrs. Brown's Boys (series 2) | Martin Delaney, Ben Kellett, Stephen McCrum, Brendan O'Carroll | BBC One |
| 2012 | Fresh Meat (series 1) | Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Judy Counihan, Rhonda Smith | E4 |
| 2012 | Friday Night Dinner (series 1) | Kenton Allen, Steve Bendelack, Caroline Leddy, Robert Popper | Channel 4 |
| 2012 | Rev. (series 2) | Rev. (series 2) | BBC Two |
| 2013 | Twenty Twelve (series 2) | John Morton, Paul Schlesinger, Catherine Gosling Fuller, Jon Plowman | BBC Two |
| 2013 | Episodes (series 2) | David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik, Jimmy Mulville | BBC Two |
| 2013 | Hunderby (series 1) | Julia Davis, Tony Dow, John Rushton | Sky Atlantic |
| 2013 | The Thick of It (series 4) | Armando Iannucci, Adam Tandy | BBC Two |
| 2014 | Him & Her (series 4: The Wedding) | Kenton Allen, Stefan Golaszewski, Lyndsay Robinson, Richard Laxton | BBC Three |
| 2014 | Count Arthur Strong (series 1) | Steve Delaney, Graham Linehan, Richard Boden | BBC Two |
| 2014 | The IT Crowd (Finale Special: The Internet is Coming) | Graham Linehan, Richard Boden | Channel 4 |
| 2014 | Toast of London (series 1) | Kate Daughton, Arthur Mathews, Matt Berry, Michael Cumming | Channel 4 |
| 2015 | Detectorists (series 1) | Mackenzie Crook, Adam Tandy | BBC Four |
| 2015 | Harry & Paul (Special: Harry & Paul's Story of the Twos) | Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Ed Bye, Bradley Adams | BBC Two |
| 2015 | Moone Boy (series 2) | Chris O’Dowd, Nick Vincent Murphy, Ted Dowd, Ian Fitzgibbon | Sky1 |
| 2015 | The Wrong Mans (series 2) | Jim Field Smith, Mathew Baynton, James Corden, Mark Freeland | BBC Two |
| 2016 | Peter Kay's Car Share (series 1) | Peter Kay, Gill Isles, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman | BBC One |
| 2016 | Chewing Gum (series 1) | Chewing Gum (series 1) | E4 |
| 2016 | Peep Show (series 9) | Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Becky Martin, Hannah Mackay | Channel 4 |
| 2016 | People Just Do Nothing (series 2) | People Just Do Nothing (series 2) | BBC Three |
| 2017 | People Just Do Nothing (series 3) | People Just Do Nothing (series 3) | BBC Three |
| 2017 | Camping (series 1) | Julia Davis, Ted Dowd | Sky Atlantic |
| 2017 | Fleabag (series 1) | Fleabag (series 1) | BBC Three |
| 2017 | Flowers (series 2) | Will Sharpe, Naomi de Pear, Diederick Santer, Jane Featherstone | Channel 4 |
| 2018 | This Country (series 1) | Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer | BBC Three |
| 2018 | Catastrophe (series 3) | Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Ben Taylor, Jack Bayles | Channel 4 |
| 2018 | Chewing Gum (series 2) | Chewing Gum (series 2) | E4 |
| 2018 | Timewasters (series 1) | Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Josh Cole, George Kane | ITV2 |
| 2019 | Sally4ever | Sally4ever | Sky Atlantic |
| 2019 | Mum (series 2) | Stefan Golaszewski, Richard Laxton, Kenton Allen, Georgie Fallon | BBC Two |
| 2019 | Derry Girls (series 1) | Lisa McGee, Michael Lennox, Caroline Leddy, Liz Lewin | Channel 4 |
| Channel 4 ||

### 2020s

| Year | Title | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
| 2020 | Stath Lets Flats (series 2) | Jamie Demetriou, Tom Kingsley, Seb Barwell, Ash Atalla | Channel 4 |
| 2020 | Fleabag (series 2) | Fleabag (series 2) | BBC Three |
| 2020 | Catastrophe (series 4) | Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Jim O'Hanlon, Toby Welch | Channel 4 |
| 2020 | Derry Girls (series 2) | Lisa McGee, Liz Lewin, Caroline Leddy, Michael Lennox | Channel 4 |
| 2021 |
| 2021 | Inside No. 9 (series 5) | Adam Tandy, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Matt Lipsey, Guillem Morales | BBC Two |
| 2021 | Ghosts (series 2) | Ghosts (series 2) | BBC One |
| 2021 | Man Like Mobeen (series 3) | Man Like Mobeen (series 3) | BBC Three |
| 2021 | This Country (series 3) | Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer | BBC Three |
| 2022 |
| 2022 | Motherland (series 3) | Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Caroline Norris, Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford | BBC Two |
| 2022 | We Are Lady Parts (series 1) | We Are Lady Parts (series 1) | Channel 4 |
| 2022 | Stath Lets Flats (series 3) | Jamie Demetriou, Seb Barwell, Andrew Gaynord, Ash Atalla | Channel 4 |
| 2022 | Alma's Not Normal (series 1) | Sophie Willan, Gill Isles, Andrew Chaplin, Nerys Evans | BBC Two |
| 2023 |
| 2023 | Derry Girls (series 3) | Lisa McGee, Liz Lewin, Caroline Leddy, Michael Lennox, Brian J. Falconer, Jessica Sharkey | Channel 4 |
| 2023 | Am I Being Unreasonable? (series 1) | Daisy May Cooper, Selin Hizli, Jonny Campbell, Pippa Brown, Jack Thorne | BBC One |
| BBC One ||
| 2023 | Big Boys (series 1) | Jack Rooke, Jim Archer, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith, Bertie Peek | Channel 4 |
| 2024 | Such Brave Girls (series 1) | Kat Sadler, Simon Bird, Catherine Gosling Fuller, Jack Bayles, Phil Clarke | BBC Three |
| 2024 | Dreaming Whilst Black (series 1) | Thomas Stogdon, Dhanny Joshi, Adjani Salmon, Ali Hughes, Nicola Gregory, Yemi Oyefuwa | BBC Three |
| 2024 | Big Boys (series 2) | Jack Rooke, Jim Archer, Bertie Peek, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith | Channel 4 |
| 2024 | Extraordinary (series 1) | Emma Moran, Toby Macdonald, Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, Charlie Palmer, Jennifer Sheridan | Disney+ |
* Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.