2016 British Academy Television Awards Explained

Award:	British Academy Television Awards
Number:	62
Date:	8 May 2016
Site:	Royal Festival Hall
Host:	Graham Norton
Best Comedy Series:	Have I Got News for You
Best Drama Series:	Wolf Hall
Best Actor:	Mark Rylance
Best Actor Show:	Wolf Hall
Best Actress:	Suranne Jones
Best Actress Show:	Doctor Foster
Best Comedy Perform1:	Peter Kay
Best Comedy Perform1 Show:	Peter Kay's Car Share
Best Comedy Perform2:	Michaela Coel
Best Comedy Perform2 Show:	Chewing Gum
Most Awards:	Wolf Hall (2)
Most Nominations:	Wolf Hall (4)
Channel:	BBC One
Duration:	2 hours
Last:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 British Academy Television Awards were held on 8 May 2016.^[1]

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

Nominations! style="background:#BDB76B;
Programme
4	Peter Kay's Car Share
4	Wolf Hall
3	Doctor Foster
3	This Is England '90
2	Chewing Gum
	Don't Take My Baby
	Humans
	London Spy
	The C-Word
	The Enfield Haunting
	The Great British Bake Off
	QI

Nominations! style="background:#BDB76B;
Network
26	BBC One
23	Channel 4
20	BBC Two
8	ITV
5	BBC iPlayer
4	BBC Three
2	E4
	More4
	Netflix
	Sky Living

Most major wins

Shows that received multiple awards
Wins	Show
scope=row rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"	2	Peter Kay's Car Share
This is England '90
Wolf Hall

Wins by Network
Wins	Network
scope=row style="text-align:center"	7	BBC One
scope=row style="text-align:center"	6	Channel 4
scope=row style="text-align:center"	4	BBC Two
scope=row style="text-align:center"	2	BBC iPlayer

In Memoriam

Notes

Strictly Come Dancing won its first BAFTA this year.^[2]

Notes and References

News: BAFTA Television Awards 2016 – winners in full. 9 May 2016. RadioTimes. 8 May 2016.
Web site: Strictly beats Britain's Got Talent and Adele At The BBC to win its first ever TV Bafta. BT.com. 11 May 2016.