# 2011 British Academy Television Awards

The 2011 British Academy Television Awards were held on 22 May 2011. The nominations were announced on 26 April. Graham Norton hosted the ceremony.

## Nominations

Winners are listed first and emboldened.
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Daniel Rigby – Eric and Ernie as Eric Morecambe (BBC Two) Jim Broadbent – Any Human Heart as Logan Mountstuart (Channel 4) Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock as Sherlock Holmes (BBC One) Matt Smith – Doctor Who as The Doctor (BBC One) | Vicky McClure – This Is England '86 as Lorraine "Lol" Jenkins (Channel 4) Anna Maxwell Martin – South Riding as Sarah Burton (BBC One) Natalie Press – Five Daughters as Paula Clennell (BBC One) Juliet Stevenson – Accused : Helen's Story as Helen Ryland (BBC One) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Martin Freeman – Sherlock as John Watson (BBC One) Brendan Coyle – Downton Abbey as John Bates (ITV1) Johnny Harris – This Is England '86 as Michael "Mick" Jenkins (Channel 4) Robert Sheehan – Misfits as Nathan Young (E4) | Lauren Socha – Misfits as Kelly Bailey (E4) Gillian Anderson – Any Human Heart as Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (Channel 4) Lynda Baron – The Road to Coronation Street as Violet Carson (BBC Four) Jessie Wallace – The Road to Coronation Street as Pat Phoenix (BBC Four) |
| Best Male Comedy Performance | Best Female Comedy Performance |
| Steve Coogan – The Trip as Steve Coogan (BBC Two) James Buckley – The Inbetweeners as Jay Cartwright (E4) Tom Hollander – Rev. as Adam Smallbone (BBC Two) David Mitchell – Peep Show as Mark Corrigan (Channel 4) | Jo Brand – Getting On as Kim Wilde (BBC Four) Dawn French – Roger and Val Have Just Got In as Val Stevenson (BBC Two) Miranda Hart – Miranda as Miranda (BBC Two) Katherine Parkinson – The IT Crowd as Jen Barber (Channel 4) |
| Best Entertainment Performance | Best Single Drama |
| Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One) Rob Brydon – The Rob Brydon Show (BBC Two) Stephen Fry – QI (BBC Two) Harry Hill – Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV1) | The Road to Coronation Street (BBC Four) Eric and Ernie (BBC Two) I Am Slave (Channel 4) The Special Relationship (BBC Two) |
| Best Drama Serial | Best Drama Series |
| Any Human Heart (Channel 4) Mad Dogs (Sky1) The Sinking of the Laconia (BBC Two) The Promise (Channel 4) | Sherlock (BBC One) Being Human (BBC Three) Downton Abbey (ITV1) Misfits (E4) |
| Best Soap and Continuing Drama | Best International Programme |
| EastEnders (BBC One) Casualty (BBC One) Coronation Street (ITV1) Waterloo Road (BBC One) | The Killing (DR1/BBC Four) Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic) Glee (Fox/E4) Mad Men (AMC/BBC Four) |
| Best Factual Series or Strand | Best Specialist Factual |
| Welcome to Lagos (BBC Two) Coppers (Channel 4) One Born Every Minute (Channel 4) The Young Ones (BBC One) | Flying Monsters (Sky 3D) Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art (The Making Of) (More4) Human Planet (BBC One) Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town (BBC Two) |
| Best Single Documentary | Best Feature |
| Between Life and Death (BBC One) The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan (More4) Pink Saris (More4) Scenes From a Teenage Killing (BBC Four) | Hugh's Fish Fight (Channel 4) Come Dine with Me (Channel 4) Mary Queen of Shops (BBC Two) Pineapple Dance Studios (Sky1) |
| Best New Media | Best Current Affairs |
| Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention (BBC One) BBC Lab UK/Brain Test Britain (BBC) Malcolm Tucker: The Missing Phone (BBC) Misfits (E4) | Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children (BBC Four) Kid's in Care – (Panorama) (BBC One) Lost Girl's of South Africa (Dispatches) (Channel 4) Secret Iraq (BBC Two) |
| Best News Coverage | Best Sport |
| ITV News at Ten: "The Cumbria Murders" (ITV1) BBC News at Ten: "Handover of Power" (BBC One/BBC News) Channel 4 News: "From Chile’s Ecstasy to Congo’s Agony" (Channel 4) Sky News: "Egypt Crisis" (Sky News) | F1 - The 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (BBC One/BBC Sport) 6 Nations – England v Wales (BBC One/BBC Sport) 2010 FA Cup Final (ITV/ITV Sport) Wimbledon 2010 (BBC One/BBC Sport) |
| Best Entertainment Programme | Best Scripted Comedy |
| The Cube (ITV1) The Graham Norton Show (BBC One) Have I Got News For You (BBC One) The X Factor (ITV1) | Rev. (BBC Two) Mrs. Brown's Boys (BBC One) Peep Show (Channel 4) The Trip (BBC Two) |
| Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme | YouTube Audience Award |
| Harry & Paul (BBC Two) Catherine Tate’s Little Crackers (Sky1) Come Fly With Me (BBC One) Facejacker (Channel 4) | The Only Way is Essex (ITV2) Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (Channel 4) Downton Abbey (ITV1) The Killing (DR1/BBC Four) Miranda (BBC Two) Sherlock (BBC One) |
| BAFTA Fellowship Award | BAFTA Special Award |
| Sir Trevor McDonald | Peter Bennett-Jones |

## Programmes with multiple nominations

Programmes that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Programme |
| 4 | Misfits |
| 4 | Sherlock |
| 3 | Any Human Heart |
| 3 | Downton Abbey |
| 3 | The Road to Coronation Street |
| 3 | This Is England '86 |
| 2 | Eric and Ernie |
| 2 | The Graham Norton Show |
| 2 | The Killing |
| 2 | Miranda |
| 2 | Peep Show |
| 2 | Rev. |
| 2 | The Trip |
Networks that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Network |
| 25 | BBC One |
| 18 | Channel 4 |
| 18 | BBC Two |
| 9 | BBC Four |
| 8 | ITV1 |
| 6 | E4 |
| 3 | BBC Sport |
| 3 | More4 |
| 3 | Sky1 |
| 2 | DR1 |

## In Memoriam

* TP McKenna
* Mary Malcolm
* Alan Plater
* Margaret John
* Edward Hardwicke
* Trevor Bannister
* Gilly Coman
* Douglas Argent
* Keith Fordyce
* Claire Rayner
* Alfred Burke
* John Sullivan
* Chris Sievey
* Brian Hanrahan
* Richard Holmes
* Geoffrey Hutchings
* Tom Bosley
* Simon MacCorkindale
* Anthony Howard
* Graham Crowden
* Gary Coleman
* Henry Cooper
* Louis Marks
* Ken Taylor
* Tim Hetherington
* Paul Marcus
* Elisabeth Sladen