British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy

The British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy is awarded annually as part of the British Academy Television Awards. Until 2015, the category was named the British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy. According to British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the category "covers both situational comedies and scripted comedy sketch shows".

It was first awarded from 1973 to 1980. From 1981 to 1999, sitcoms were included in the Best Comedy Programme or Series category instead. The category returned in 2000.

Winners and nominees 1973-1980 Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster1973 My Wife Next Door Graeme Muir BBC One Dad's Army David Croft BBC One Till Death Us Do Part Dennis Main Wilson1974 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? James Gilbert BBC One Dad's Army David Croft BBC One Last of the Summer Wine James Gilbert Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Michael Mills1975 Porridge Sydney Lotterby BBC One Dad's Army David Croft BBC One Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Bernard Thompson Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Michael Mills1976 Fawlty Towers John Howard Davies BBC Two Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Michael Mills BBC One Porridge Sydney Lotterby The Good Life John Howard Davies1977 Porridge (Special) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Sydney Lotterby || style="background:#B0C4DE;"| BBC One|- | The Good Life || John Howard Davies || rowspan="3"| BBC One |- | Are You Being Served? || David Croft |- | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin || Gareth Gwenlan |- | Two's Company || John Reardon || ITV |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|1978 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Rising Damp Ronnie Baxter ITV The Good Life John Howard Davies BBC One The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Gareth Gwenlan Porridge Sydney Lotterby1979 Going Straight Sydney Lotterby BBC One The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Gareth Gwenlan BBC One Two's Company Humphrey Barclay, John Reardon ITV Rising Damp Vernon Lawrence1980 Fawlty Towers Douglas Argent, Bob Spiers BBC Two Last of the Summer Wine Sydney Lotterby BBC One The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Gareth Gwenlan To the Manor Born

2000s Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster2000 The Royle Family (series 2) Kenton Allen, Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash BBC One Spaced (series 1) Gareth Edwards, Nira Park, Edgar Wright Channel 4 Dinnerladies (series 2) Geoff Posner, Victoria Wood BBC OneThe Vicar of Dibley (1999 Seasonal Specials) 2001 Black Books (series 1) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Nira Park, Graham Linehan, Dylan Moran || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Channel 4 |- | Blackadder (Series Finale: Blackadder: Back & Forth) || Peter Bennett-Jones, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, Paul Weiland || BBC One Sky1 |- | One Foot in the Grave (series 6) || Jonathan P. Llewellyn, Christine Gernon, David Renwick || rowspan="2"|BBC One |- | The Royle Family (series 3) || Kenton Allen, Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2002 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Office (series 1) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Anil Gupta, Ash Atalla, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Two |- | Gimme Gimme Gimme (series 3)|| Francis Matthews, Tristram Shapeero, Jonathan Harvey || BBC One |- | Happiness (series 1) || David Cummings, Declan Lowney, Rosemary McGowan, Paul Whitehouse || BBC Two |- | Spaced (series 2) || Nira Park, Edgar Wright, Jessica Stevenson, Simon Pegg || Channel 4 |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2003 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Office (series 2) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Ash Atalla, Anil Gupta, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Two |- | The Book Group (series 1)|| Annie Griffin, Anita Overland || rowspan="2"|Channel 4 |- | Phoenix Nights (series 2) || Peter Kay, Henry Klejdys, Phil McIntyre |- | colspan="2"|My Family (series 3) || BBC One |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2004 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Office (The Office Christmas Specials) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Ash Atalla, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC One |- | Hardware (series 1)|| Margot Gavan Duffy, Ben Kellett, Simon Nye || ITV |- | Marion and Geoff (series 2) || Hugo Blick, Rob Brydon, Henry Normal || BBC Two |- | Peep Show (series 1) || Phil Clarke, Andrew O'Connor || Channel 4 |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2005 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Black Books (series 3) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Nira Park, Martin Dennis, Dylan Moran || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Channel 4 |- | colspan="2"|Nighty Night (series 2) || BBC Three |- | Green Wing (series 1) || Victoria Pile, Tristram Shapeero, Dominic Brigstocke || Channel 4 |- | colspan="2"|The Vicar of Dibley (Christmas Specials: A Very Dibley Christmas) || BBC One |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2006 || colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|The Thick of It BBC Four Extras (series 1) Charlie Hanson, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant BBC Two Peep Show (series 3) Robert Popper, Tristram Shapeero, Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong Channel 4 The Worst Week of My Life (series 2) Mario Stylianides, Mark Bussell, Justin Sbresni BBC One2007 The Royle Family (Special: The Queen of Sheba) Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, John Rushton, Phil Mealey BBC One Green Wing (series 2) Victoria Pile, Dominic Brigstocke, Tristram Shapeero, Robert Harley Channel 4 The IT Crowd (series 1) Ash Atalla, Graham Linehan, Derrin Schlesinger, Lorraine Heggessey Pulling (series 1) Sharon Horgan, Dennis Kelly, Phil Bowker, Tristram Shapeero BBC Three2008 Peep Show (series 4) Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Robert Popper, Becky Martin Channel 4 Benidorm (series 1) Derren Litten, Kevin Allen, Geoffrey Perkins ITV The IT Crowd (series 2) Graham Linehan, Ash Atalla, Jamie Glazebrook, Barbara Wiltshire Channel 4The Thick of It (2007 Specials: The Rise of the Nutters & Spinners and Losers) BBC Four2009 The IT Crowd (series 3) Graham Linehan, Richard Boden, Ash Atalla Channel 4 The Inbetweeners (series 1) E4 Outnumbered (series 2) Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin BBC One Peep Show (series 5) Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Becky Martin, Izzy Mant Channel 4

2010s Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster2010 The Thick of It (series 3) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Armando Iannucci, Adam Tandy || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Two |- | The Inbetweeners (series 2) || Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, Ben Palmer, Christopher Young || E4 |- | Miranda (series 1) || Jo Sargent, Nerys Evans, Juliet May, Miranda Hart || BBC One |- | Peep Show (series 6) || Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke, Becky Martin || Channel 4 |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2011 || colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Rev. (series 1) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Two |- | Mrs. Brown's Boys (series 1) || Stephen McCrum, Martin Delany, Ben Kellett, Brendan O'Carroll || BBC One |- | Peep Show (series 7) || Phil Clarke, Becky Martin, Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong || Channel 4 |- | The Trip (series 1) || Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Michael Winterbottom || BBC Two |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2012 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Mrs. Brown's Boys (series 2) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Martin Delaney, Ben Kellett, Stephen McCrum, Brendan O'Carroll || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC One |- | Fresh Meat (series 1)|| Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Judy Counihan, Rhonda Smith || E4 |- | Friday Night Dinner (series 1) || Kenton Allen, Steve Bendelack, Caroline Leddy, Robert Popper || Channel 4 |- | colspan="2"|Rev. (series 2) || BBC Two |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2013 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Twenty Twelve (series 2) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|John Morton, Paul Schlesinger, Catherine Gosling Fuller, Jon Plowman || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Two |- | Episodes (series 2)|| David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik, Jimmy Mulville || BBC Two |- | Hunderby (series 1) || Julia Davis, Tony Dow, John Rushton || Sky Atlantic |- | The Thick of It (series 4) || Armando Iannucci, Adam Tandy || BBC Two |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2014 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Him & Her (series 4: The Wedding) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Kenton Allen, Stefan Golaszewski, Lyndsay Robinson, Richard Laxton || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Three |- | Count Arthur Strong (series 1)|| Steve Delaney, Graham Linehan, Richard Boden || BBC Two |- | The IT Crowd (Finale Special: The Internet is Coming) || Graham Linehan, Richard Boden || Channel 4 |- | Toast of London (series 1) || Kate Daughton, Arthur Mathews, Matt Berry, Michael Cumming || Channel 4 |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2015 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Detectorists (series 1) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Mackenzie Crook, Adam Tandy || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Four |- | Harry & Paul (Special: Harry & Paul's Story of the Twos)|| Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Ed Bye, Bradley Adams || BBC Two |- | Moone Boy (series 2) || Chris O’Dowd, Nick Vincent Murphy, Ted Dowd, Ian Fitzgibbon || Sky1 |- | The Wrong Mans (series 2) || Jim Field Smith, Mathew Baynton, James Corden, Mark Freeland || BBC Two |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2016 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Peter Kay's Car Share (series 1) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Peter Kay, Gill Isles, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC One |- | colspan="2"|Chewing Gum (series 1)|| E4 |- | Peep Show (series 9) || Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Becky Martin, Hannah Mackay || Channel 4 |- | colspan="2"|People Just Do Nothing (series 2) || BBC Three |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2017 || colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|People Just Do Nothing (series 3) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Three |- | Camping (series 1) || Julia Davis, Ted Dowd || Sky Atlantic |- | colspan="2"|Fleabag (series 1)|| BBC Three |- | Flowers (series 2) || Will Sharpe, Naomi de Pear, Diederick Santer, Jane Featherstone || Channel 4 |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2018 || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|This Country(series 1) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|BBC Three |- | Catastrophe (series 3) || Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Ben Taylor, Jack Bayles || Channel 4 |- | colspan="2"|Chewing Gum (series 2) || E4 |- | Timewasters (series 1) || Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Josh Cole, George Kane || ITV2 |- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2019 || colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Sally4ever Sky Atlantic Mum (series 2) Stefan Golaszewski, Richard Laxton, Kenton Allen, Georgie Fallon BBC Two Derry Girls (series 1) Lisa McGee, Michael Lennox, Caroline Leddy, Liz Lewin Channel 4Stath Lets Flats (series 1)

2020s Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster2020 Stath Lets Flats (series 2) || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Jamie Demetriou, Tom Kingsley, Seb Barwell, Ash Atalla || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Channel 4 |- | colspan="2"|Fleabag (series 2) || BBC Three |- | Catastrophe (series 4) || Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Jim O'Hanlon, Toby Welch || rowspan="2"|Channel 4 |- | Derry Girls (series 2) || Lisa McGee, Liz Lewin, Caroline Leddy, Michael Lennox |- |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2021 |-style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Inside No. 9 (series 5) |Adam Tandy, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Matt Lipsey, Guillem Morales|BBC Two |- | colspan="2"|Ghosts (series 2) || BBC One |- | colspan="2"|Man Like Mobeen (series 3) || rowspan="2"|BBC Three |- | This Country (series 3) || Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer |- |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2022 |-style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Motherland (series 3) |Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Caroline Norris, Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford, Simon Hynd|BBC Two|- | colspan="2"|We Are Lady Parts (series 1) || rowspan="2"|Channel 4 |- | Stath Lets Flats (series 3) || Jamie Demetriou, Seb Barwell, Andrew Gaynord, Ash Atalla |-