2011 British Academy Television Awards

2011 British Academy Television Awards
Date	22 May 2011
Site	Grosvenor House Hotel
Hosted by	Graham Norton
Highlights
Best Comedy Series	Harry & Paul
Best Drama	Sherlock
Best Actor	Daniel Rigby Eric and Ernie
Best Actress	Vicky McClure This Is England '86
Best Comedy Performance	Jo Brand Getting On Steve Coogan The Trip
Most awards	Sherlock (2)
Most nominations	Misfits / Sherlock (4)
Television coverage
Channel	BBC One
Ratings	5.4 million
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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

Vicky McClure, Best Actress winner

Martin Freeman, Best Supporting Actor winner

Lauren Socha, Best Supporting Actress winner

Steve Coogan, Best Male Comedy Performance winner

Jo Brand, Best Female Comedy Performance Winner

Graham Norton, Best Entertainment Performance winners

Steven Moffat, co-creator of Best Drama Series winner, Sherlock

Mark Gatiss, Co-creator of Best Drama Series winner, Sherlock

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

Programmes that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Programme
4	Misfits
	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

Networks that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Network
25	BBC One
18	Channel 4
	BBC Two
9	BBC Four
8	ITV1
6	E4
3	BBC Sport
	More4
	Sky1
2	DR1

In Memoriam

• TP McKenna
• Mary Malcolm
• Alan Plater
• Margaret John
• Edward Hardwicke
• Trevor Bannister
• Gilly Coman
• Douglas Argent
• Keith Fordyce
• Claire Rayner
• Alfred Burke
• John Sullivan
• Chris Sievey
• Brian Hanrahan
• Richard Holmes
• Geoffrey Hutchings
• Tom Bosley
• Simon MacCorkindale
• Anthony Howard
• Graham Crowden
• Gary Coleman
• Henry Cooper
• Louis Marks
• Ken Taylor
• Tim Hetherington
• Paul Marcus
• Elisabeth Sladen

References

1. "Television Awards Nominations in 2011". BAFTA. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
2. "Baftas battle between Doctor Who and Sherlock". The Guardian. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
3. "Ratings-winners dominate the Bafta shortlist". The Independent. 27 April 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
4. "BBC's Sherlock wins best drama award at Baftas". The Guardian. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
5. "TV Baftas 2011: Sherlock named Best Drama Series". The Daily Telegraph. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.

External links

• BAFTA Television Awards Official site