# 2017 British Academy Television Awards

The 2017 British Academy Television Awards were held on 14 May 2017 at the Royal Festival Hall in London. They were hosted by Sue Perkins.
The nominations were announced on 11 April, with The Crown nominated for five awards. The BAFTA Fellowship was awarded to Joanna Lumley.
The 2017 British Academy Television Craft Awards were held on 23 April 2017.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Adeel Akhtar – Murdered by My Father as Shahzad (BBC Three) Babou Ceesay – Damilola, Our Loved Boy as Richard Taylor (BBC One) Robbie Coltrane – National Treasure as Paul Finchley (Channel 4) Benedict Cumberbatch – The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses as King Richard III (BBC Two) | Sarah Lancashire – Happy Valley as Sgt. Catherine Cawood (BBC One) Nikki Amuka-Bird – NW as Natalie Blake (BBC One) Jodie Comer – Thirteen as Ivy Moxam (BBC Three) Claire Foy – The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II (Netflix) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Tom Hollander – The Night Manager as Major "Corky" Lance Corkoran (BBC One) Jared Harris – The Crown as King George VI (Netflix) John Lithgow – The Crown as Winston Churchill (Netflix) Daniel Mays – Line of Duty as Sergeant Danny Waldron (BBC Two) | Wunmi Mosaku – Damilola, Our Loved Boy as Gloria Taylor (BBC One) Siobhan Finneran – Happy Valley as Clare Cartwright (BBC One) Vanessa Kirby – The Crown as Princess Margaret (Netflix) Nicola Walker – Last Tango in Halifax as Gillian (BBC One) |
| Best Male Comedy Performance | Best Female Comedy Performance |
| Steve Coogan – Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle as Alan Partridge (Sky Atlantic) Asim Chaudhry – People Just Do Nothing as Chabuddy G/Charlie (BBC Three) Harry Enfield – The Windsors as Charles (Channel 4) David Mitchell – Upstart Crow as Will Shakespeare (BBC Two) | Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag as Fleabag (BBC Three) Olivia Colman – Fleabag as Godmother (BBC Three) Lesley Manville – Mum as Cathy Bradshaw (BBC Two) Diane Morgan – Cunk on Shakespeare as Philomena Cunk (BBC Two) |
| Best Entertainment Performance | Best Single Drama |
| Michael McIntyre – Michael McIntyre's Big Show (BBC One) Adam Hills – The Last Leg (Channel 4) Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One) Claudia Winkleman – Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) | Damilola, Our Loved Boy (BBC One) Aberfan: The Green Hollow (BBC One) Murdered by My Father (BBC Three) NW (BBC Two) |
| Best Mini-Series | Best Drama Series |
| National Treasure (Channel 4) The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (BBC Two) The Secret (ITV) The Witness for the Prosecution (BBC One) | Happy Valley (BBC One) The Crown (Netflix) The Durrells (ITV) War and Peace (BBC One) |
| Best Soap and Continuing Drama | Best International Programme |
| Emmerdale (ITV) Casualty (BBC One) EastEnders (BBC One) Hollyoaks (Channel 4) | American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson (FX) / (BBC Two) The Night Of (HBO) / (Sky Atlantic) Stranger Things (Netflix) Transparent (Amazon Prime) |
| Best Factual Series or Strand | Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual |
| Exodus: Our Journey to Europe (BBC Two) 24 Hours in Police Custody (Channel 4) The Prosecutors: Real Crime and Punishment (BBC 4) Kids on the Edge (Channel 4) | Planet Earth II (BBC One) Alan Bennett's Diaries (BBC Two) Attenborough's Life That Glows (BBC Two) Grayson Perry's All Man (Channel 4) |
| Flaherty Award for Single Documentary | Best Feature |
| Hillsborough (BBC Two) Behind Closed Doors (BBC One) How to Die: Simon's Choice (BBC Two) HyperNormalisation (BBC iPlayer) | Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC One) The Doctor Who Gave up Drugs (BBC Two) The Great British Bake Off (BBC One) Travel Man (Channel 4) |
| Best Reality and Constructed Factual | Best Current Affairs |
| Muslims Like Us (BBC Two) First Dates (Channel 4) The Real Marigold Hotel (BBC Two) The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds (Channel 4) | Teenage Prison Abuse Exposed – Panorama (BBC One) Inside Obama's White House (BBC Two) Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks – This World (BBC Two) Unarmed Black Male – This World (BBC Two) |
| Best News Coverage | Best Sport |
| Victoria Derbyshire: Footballer's Abuse (BBC Two) BBC North West Tonight: Hillsborough Inquests (BBC One) Channel 4 News: Brexit Day One (Channel 4) Sky News Tonight – Aleppo: Death of a City (Sky News) | 2016 Open (Sky Sports 1) 2016 Rio Olympics (BBC One) 2016 Rio Paralympics (Channel 4) Six Nations – England V Wales (ITV) |
| Best Live Event | Best Entertainment Programme |
| The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration (ITV) The Centenary of the Battle of the Somme: Thiepval (BBC One) Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (BBC Two) Stand up to Cancer (Channel 4) | Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV) Britain's Got Talent (ITV) Michael McIntyre's Big Show (BBC One) Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) |
| Best Scripted Comedy | Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme |
| People Just Do Nothing (BBC Three) Camping (Sky Atlantic) Fleabag (BBC Three) Flowers (Channel 4) | Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe (BBC Two) Cunk on Shakespeare (BBC Two) The Last Leg: Live from Rio (Channel 4) Taskmaster (Dave) |
| Virgin's Must-See Moments ||
| Planet Earth II – "Snakes v iguanas chase" Game of Thrones – "Battle of the Bastards" The Late Late Show with James Corden – "Carpool Karaoke with Michelle Obama" Line of Duty – "Urgent exit required" Strictly Come Dancing – "Ed Balls’ Gangnam Style" Who Do You Think You Are – "Danny Dyer’s origins" ||

## Programmes with multiple nominations

Programmes that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Programme |
| 5 | The Crown |
| 3 | Damilola, Our Loved Boy |
| 3 | Fleabag |
| 3 | Happy Valley |
| 3 | Strictly Come Dancing |
| 2 | Cunk on Shakespeare |
| 2 | Line of Duty |
| 2 | Michael McIntyre's Big Show |
| 2 | Murdered by My Father |
| 2 | National Treasure |
| 2 | NW |
| 2 | People Just Do Nothing |
| 2 | Planet Earth II |
| 2 | The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses |
| 2 | The Last Leg |
| 2 | Who Do You Think You Are? |
Networks that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Network |
| 30 | BBC One |
| 24 | BBC Two |
| 17 | Channel 4 |
| 8 | BBC Three |
| 7 | ITV |
| 6 | Netflix |
| 4 | Sky Atlantic |
| 2 | HBO |

## In Memoriam

* Andrew Sachs
* Mary Tyler Moore
* Gareth Gwenlan
* Jean Alexander
* Darcus Howe
* Brian Rix
* Peter Vaughan
* Antony Jay
* Carla Lane
* Gorden Kaye
* Robert Vaughn
* Jimmy Perry
* Peter Morley
* Tim Pigott-Smith
* Steve Hewlett
* Ian McCaskill
* Michael Nicholson
* Barry Hanson
* Colin Dexter
* Michael Wearing
* Christopher Morahan
* Christopher Bland
* Philip Saville
* Alan Simpson
* Liz Smith
* Caroline Aherne