British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance
| British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) 2024 Recipient: Joe Lycett | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 1969 (presented in 1970) |
| Currently held by | Joe Lycett for Late Night Lycett (2024) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance is an award given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts at their annual BAFTA Television Awards ceremony.
This category has had minor name changes:
- From 1958 to 1962 it was presented as an individual award named Best Light Entertainment Artist.
- From 1963 to 1965 it was awarded as Best Light Entertainment Personality
- From 1967 to 1999 it was awarded as Best Light Entertainment Performance.[1]
- Since 2000 the award has been known as Best Entertainment Performance.
Prior to the 1994 ceremony, acting performances in comedy roles were included in this category. Since 1994 they have been recognised in the Best Comedy Performance category.
Winners and nominees
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Comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore won the award for Not Only... But Also in 1966, the first time the award presented nominees.
1950s
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| 1958 | |
| Tony Hancock | |
| 1959 | |
| Alan Melville |
1960s
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| 1960 | ||
| Tony Hancock | ||
| 1961 | ||
| Stanley Baxter | ||
| 1962 | ||
| Eric Sykes | ||
| 1963 | ||
| Michael Bentine | ||
| 1964 | ||
| Morecambe and Wise | ||
| 1965 | ||
| Millicent Martin | ||
| 1966[2] | ||
| Peter Cook, Dudley Moore | Not Only... But Also | |
| John Bird | Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life | |
| Charlie Drake | The Worker | |
| Benny Hill | The Benny Hill Show | |
| Terry Scott | Scott on Birds; Scott on Money; Scott on Food; Hugh and I; Christmas Night with the Stars | |
| 1967 | ||
| Alan Bennett | ||
| 1968 | ||
| Alan Bennett | ||
| 1969 | ||
| Marty Feldman | Marty | |
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
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2010s
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2020s
[edit]Performers with multiple wins and nominations
[edit]Multiple wins
[edit]The following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance multiple times:
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6 wins 4 wins 3 wins |
2 wins
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Multiple nominations
[edit]The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance multiple times:
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13 nominations 12 nominations 10 nominations 8 nominations 7 nominations |
5 nominations 4 nominations
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3 nominations
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2 nominations
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References
[edit]- ^ "Arqiva British Academy Television Awards". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- ^ "Television – 1965". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "Awards Database – The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- ^ "Awards Database – The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- ^ "Awards Database – The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- ^ "Awards Database – The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (2020-07-31). "BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Night Of Surprises, As 'Chernobyl' & 'The End Of The F***ing World' Take Two Prizes Each". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
- ^ "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". The Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.