2011 British Academy Television Awards Explained

Award:	British Academy Television Awards
Year:	2011
Date:	22 May 2011
Site:	Grosvenor House Hotel
Host:	Graham Norton
Best Comedy Series:	Harry & Paul
Best Drama Series:	Sherlock
Best Actor:	Daniel Rigby
Best Actor Show:	Eric and Ernie
Best Actress:	Vicky McClure
Best Actress Show:	This Is England '86
Best Comedy Perform1:	Jo Brand
Best Comedy Perform1 Show:	Getting On
Best Comedy Perform2:	Steve Coogan
Best Comedy Perform2 Show:	The Trip
Most Awards:	Sherlock (2)
Most Nominations:	Misfits/Sherlock (4)
Channel:	BBC One
Ratings:	5.4 million
Last Link:	2010 British Academy Television Awards
Last:	2010
Next:	2012

The 2011 British Academy Television Awards were held on 22 May 2011. The nominations were announced on 26 April.^[1] ^[2] Graham Norton hosted the ceremony.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

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

Nominations! style="background:#BDB76B;
Programme
4	Misfits
4	Sherlock
3	Any Human Heart
	Downton Abbey
	The Road to Coronation Street
	This Is England '86
2	Eric and Ernie
	The Graham Norton Show
	The Killing
	Miranda
	Peep Show
	Rev.
	The Trip

Nominations! style="background:#BDB76B;
Network
25	BBC One
18	Channel 4
18	BBC Two
9	BBC Four
8	ITV1
6	E4
3	BBC Sport
	More4
	Sky1
2	DR1

In Memoriam

External links

BAFTA Television Awards Official site

Notes and References

Web site: Television Awards Nominations in 2011. 26 April 2011. 26 April 2011. BAFTA.
Web site: Baftas battle between Doctor Who and Sherlock. 27 April 2011. The Guardian. 27 April 2011.
Web site: Ratings-winners dominate the Bafta shortlist. 27 April 2011. The Independent. 27 April 2011. 6 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131006161557/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/ratingswinners-dominate-the-bafta-shortlist-2275173.html. dead.
Web site: BBC's Sherlock wins best drama award at Baftas. 22 May 2011. The Guardian. 25 May 2011.
Web site: TV Baftas 2011: Sherlock named Best Drama Series. 22 May 2011. The Daily Telegraph. 25 May 2011.