| British Academy Television Award | |
| Presenter: | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Year: | 1994 (presented in 1995) |
| Year2: | 2008 (presented in 2009) |
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. Since 1994 (presented in 1995), selected comedy performances have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Comedy Performance at an annual ceremony.
Before 1994, acting performances in comedy roles were included in the Best Light Entertainment Performance category.
Since 2009 (presented in 2010), two separate awards have been given, Best Male Comedy Performance and Best Female Comedy Performance.
In the following lists, the first titles listed are winners, these are also in bold and in blue background; those not in bold are nominees. The year given is the year of the ceremony, for programmes made the previous year. This rule has altered slightly in recent years, for the 2011 ceremony the eligibility period was from 1 March 2010 through to 28 February 2011, while for the 2012 ceremony the eligibility period was from 1 March 2011 through to 15 February 2012.[1]
| Nominees | Programme | |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Joanna Lumley | Absolutely Fabulous |
| Three Fights, Two Weddings and a Funeral | ||
| One Foot in the Grave | ||
| One Foot in the Grave | ||
| 1996 | Martin Clunes | Men Behaving Badly |
| As Time Goes By | ||
| Joanna Lumley | Absolutely Fabulous | |
| Richard Wilson | One Foot in the Grave | |
| 1997 | David Jason | Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special |
| Martin Clunes | Men Behaving Badly | |
| Joanna Lumley | Absolutely Fabulous | |
| Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special | ||
| 1998 | Steve Coogan | I'm Alan Partridge |
| Judi Dench | As Time Goes By | |
| The Vicar of Dibley | ||
| Richard Wilson | One Foot in the Grave | |
| 1999 | Dermot Morgan | Father Ted |
| The Royle Family | ||
| Father Ted | ||
| dinnerladies | ||
| 2000 | Caroline Aherne | The Royle Family |
| Dawn French | The Vicar of Dibley | |
| The Royle Family | ||
| The Royle Family | ||
| Nominees | Programme | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Sacha Baron Cohen | Da Ali G Show |
| Caroline Aherne | The Royle Family | |
| Gimme Gimme Gimme | ||
| Dawn French | The Vicar of Dibley | |
| 2002 | Ricky Gervais | The Office |
| Kathy Burke | Gimme Gimme Gimme | |
| My Family | ||
| Joanna Lumley | Absolutely Fabulous | |
| 2003 | Ricky Gervais | The Office |
| Bremner, Bird and Fortune | ||
| Steve Coogan | I'm Alan Partridge | |
| Phoenix Nights | ||
| 2004 | Ricky Gervais | The Office Christmas Specials |
| The Office Christmas Specials | ||
| Little Britain | ||
| Little Britain | ||
| 2005 | Matt Lucas, David Walliams | Little Britain |
| Bremner, Bird and Fortune | ||
| Nighty Night | ||
| Green Wing | ||
| 2006 | Chris Langham | The Thick of It |
| The Thick of It | ||
| Extras | ||
| The Catherine Tate Show | ||
| 2007 | Ricky Gervais | Extras |
| Dawn French | The Vicar of Dibley | |
| Extras | ||
| The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba | ||
| 2008 | James Corden | Gavin & Stacey |
| Peter Capaldi | The Thick of It | |
| Stephen Merchant | Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale | |
| Peep Show | ||
| 2009 | David Mitchell | Peep Show |
| Gavin & Stacey | ||
| Pulling | ||
| Outnumbered |
Number of nominations in parentheses