# 2016 British Academy Television Awards

The 2016 British Academy Television Awards were held on 8 May 2016.
The nominations were announced on 30 March, with Wolf Hall nominated for four awards.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Mark Rylance – Wolf Hall as Thomas Cromwell (BBC Two) Ben Whishaw – London Spy as Daniel "Danny" Edward Holt (BBC Two) Idris Elba – Luther as DCI John Luther (BBC One) Stephen Graham – This Is England '90 as Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne (Channel 4) | Suranne Jones – Doctor Foster as Gemma Foster (BBC One) Claire Foy – Wolf Hall as Anne Boleyn (BBC Two) Ruth Madeley – Don’t Take My Baby as Anna Watson (BBC Three) Sheridan Smith – The C-Word as Lisa Lynch (BBC One) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Tom Courtenay – Unforgotten as Eric Slater (ITV) Anton Lesser – Wolf Hall as Thomas More (BBC Two) Cyril Nri – Cucumber as Lance Sullivan (Channel 4) Ian McKellen – The Dresser as Norman (BBC Two) | Chanel Cresswell – This Is England '90 as Kelly Jenkins (Channel 4) Eleanor Worthington Cox – The Enfield Haunting as Janet Hodgson (Sky Living) Lesley Manville – River as DCI Chrissie Read (BBC One) Michelle Gomez – Doctor Who as Missy (BBC One) |
| Best Male Comedy Performance | Best Female Comedy Performance |
| Peter Kay – Peter Kay's Car Share as John Redmond (BBC iPlayer) Hugh Bonneville – W1A as Ian Fletcher (BBC Two) Javone Prince – The Javone Prince Show as various (BBC Two) Toby Jones – Detectorists as Lance Slater (BBC 4) | Michaela Coel – Chewing Gum as Tracey Gordon (E4) Miranda Hart – Miranda as Miranda (BBC One) Sian Gibson – Peter Kay's Car Share as Kayleigh Kitson (BBC iPlayer) Sharon Horgan – Catastrophe as Sharon Morris (Channel 4) |
| Best Entertainment Performance | Best Single Drama |
| Leigh Francis – Celebrity Juice (ITV2) Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One) Romesh Ranganathan – Asian Provocateur (BBC Three) Stephen Fry – QI (BBC Two) | Don't Take My Baby (BBC Three) The C-Word (BBC One) Cyberbully (Channel 4) The Go-Between (BBC One) |
| Best Mini-Series | Best Drama Series |
| This Is England '90 (Channel 4) Doctor Foster (BBC One) The Enfield Haunting (Sky Living) London Spy (BBC Two) | Wolf Hall (BBC Two) Humans (Channel 4) The Last Panthers (Sky Atlantic) No Offence (Channel 4) |
| Best Soap and Continuing Drama | Best International Programme |
| EastEnders (BBC One) Coronation Street (ITV) Emmerdale (ITV) Holby City (BBC One) | Transparent (Amazon Prime) The Good Wife (More4) Narcos (Netflix) Spiral (BBC Four) |
| Best Factual Series or Strand | Best Specialist Factual |
| The Murder Detectives (Channel 4) The Detectives (BBC Two) Great Ormond Street (BBC Two) The Tribe (Channel 4) | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners (BBC Two) Grayson Perry's Dream House (Channel 4) The Hunt (BBC One) Rudolf Nureyev – Dance to Freedom (BBC Two) |
| Best Single Documentary | Best Feature |
| My Son the Jihadi (Channel 4) Bitter Lake (BBC iPlayer) Life After Suicide (BBC One) Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids (BBC Two) | The Great British Bake Off (BBC One) Back in Time for Dinner (BBC Two) Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild (Channel 4) Travel Man (Channel 4) |
| Best Reality and Constructed Factual | Best Current Affairs |
| First Dates (Channel 4) Gogglebox (Channel 4) I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (ITV) The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds (Channel 4) | Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola (BBC Two) Children of the Gaza War (BBC Two) Escape from Isis – Dispatches (Channel 4) Jihad: A British Story (ITV) |
| Best News Coverage | Best Sport |
| Channel 4 News: Paris Massacre (Channel 4) BBC News at Six: Paris Attacks Special (BBC One) ITV News at Ten: Refugee Crisis (ITV) Sky News: From Turkey to Greece (Sky News) | The Ashes (Sky Sports) The Grand National (Channel 4) The FA Cup Final (BBC One) Six Nations – Final Day (BBC One) |
| Best Live Event | Best Entertainment Programme |
| Big Blue Live (BBC One) The Sound of Music Live! (ITV) Stargazing Live: Brit In Space, Tim Peake Special (BBC) The Vote (More4) | Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) Adele at the BBC (BBC One) Britain's Got Talent (ITV) TFI Friday (Channel 4) |
| Best Scripted Comedy | Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme |
| Peter Kay's Car Share (BBC iPlayer) Chewing Gum (E4) Peep Show (Channel 4) People Just Do Nothing (BBC Three) | Have I Got News for You (BBC One) Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe (BBC Two) QI (BBC Two) Would I Lie to You? (BBC One) |
| Radio Times Audience Award |
| Poldark (BBC One) Doctor Foster (BBC One) The Great British Bake Off (BBC One) Humans (Channel 4) Making a Murderer (Netflix) Peter Kay's Car Share (BBC iPlayer) |

## Programmes with multiple nominations

Programmes that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Programme |
| 4 | Peter Kay's Car Share |
| 4 | Wolf Hall |
| 3 | Doctor Foster |
| 3 | This Is England '90 |
| 2 | Chewing Gum |
| 2 | Don't Take My Baby |
| 2 | Humans |
| 2 | London Spy |
| 2 | The C-Word |
| 2 | The Enfield Haunting |
| 2 | The Great British Bake Off |
| 2 | QI |
Networks that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Network |
| 26 | BBC One |
| 23 | Channel 4 |
| 20 | BBC Two |
| 8 | ITV |
| 5 | BBC iPlayer |
| 4 | BBC Three |
| 2 | E4 |
| 2 | More4 |
| 2 | Netflix |
| 2 | Sky Living |

## Most major wins

Shows that received multiple awards :
| Wins | Show |
| 2 | Peter Kay's Car Share |
| 2 | This is England '90 |
| 2 | Wolf Hall |
Wins by Network :
| Wins | Network |
| 7 | BBC One |
| 6 | Channel 4 |
| 4 | BBC Two |
| 2 | BBC iPlayer |

## In Memoriam

* Victoria Wood
* Terry Wogan
* Val Doonican
* Peter Dimmock
* Tony Warren
* Hugh Scully
* Deborah Shipley
* Stephen Lewis
* Anthony Valentine
* Warren Mitchell
* Frank Kelly
* Sue Lloyd-Roberts
* Patrick Macnee
* Jon Beazley
* Hazel Adair
* George Cole
* Denise Robertson
* Jimmy Hill
* Garry Shandling
* Paul Daniels
* Jack Gold
* Jim Pullin
* Cilla Black
* David Nobbs
* Cliff Michelmore
* Ray Fitzwalter
* Ronnie Corbett