# British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Comedy

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.

## Winners and nominees
### 2010s

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

### 2020s

| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
| 2020 | Jamie Demetriou | Stath Lets Flats | Channel 4 |
| 2020 | Danny Brocklehurst | Brassic | Sky 1 |
| 2020 | Phoebe Waller-Bridge | Fleabag | BBC Three |
| 2020 | Sam Leifer, Tom Basden | Plebs | ITV2 |
| 2021 | Sophie Willan | Alma's Not Normal | BBC Two |
| 2021 | Writing Team | Ghosts | BBC One |
| 2021 | Charlie Brooker | Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe | BBC Two |
| 2021 | Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper | This Country | BBC Three |
| 2022 | Nida Manzoor | We Are Lady Parts | Channel 4 |
| 2022 | Nathan Bryon, Paul Doolan | Bloods | Sky One |
| 2022 | Stephen Merchant, Emma Jane Unsworth | The Outlaws | BBC One |
| 2022 | Sophie Willan | Alma's Not Normal | BBC Two |
| 2023 | Lisa McGee | Derry Girls | Channel 4 |
| 2023 | Nancy Harris | The Dry | Britbox |
| 2023 | Jack Rooke | Big Boys | Channel 4 |
| 2023 | Sharon Horgan, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Helen Serafinowicz, Holly Walsh | Motherland | BBC One |
| 2024 | Jack Rooke | Big Boys | Channel 4 |
| 2024 | Jamie Demetriou | A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou | Netflix |
| 2024 | Kat Sadler | Such Brave Girls | BBC Three |
| 2024 | Mawaan Rizwan | Juice | BBC Three |