2015 British Academy Television Awards

Last updated
61st British Academy Television Awards
Date10 May 2015
Site Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Hosted by Graham Norton
Highlights
Best Comedy Series The Graham Norton Show
Best Drama Happy Valley
Best Actor Jason Watkins
The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies
Best Actress Georgina Campbell
Murdered by My Boyfriend
Best Comedy Performance
Most awards Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway/Marvellous/The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (2)
Most nominations The Missing (4)
Television coverage
Channel BBC One
Duration2 hours

The 61st British Academy Television Awards nominations were announced on 8 April 2015. [1]

Contents

Winners and nominees

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Stephen Rea, Best Supporting Actor winner
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Gemma Jones, Best Supporting Actress winner
Matt Berry, Best Male Comedy Performance winner Matt Berry Headshot.jpg
Matt Berry, Best Male Comedy Performance winner
Jessica Hynes, Best Female Comedy Performance winner Jessica Hynes.jpg
Jessica Hynes, Best Female Comedy Performance winner
Ant & Dec, Best Entertainment Performance winners Ant and Dec in Cardiff Bay.jpg
Ant & Dec, Best Entertainment Performance winners
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Jon Snow, BAFTA Fellowship Award winner

Winners are listed first and emboldened. [2]

Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Male Comedy Performance Best Female Comedy Performance
Best Entertainment Performance Best Single Drama
Best Mini-Series Best Drama Series
Best Soap and Continuing Drama Best International Programme
Best Factual Series or Strand Best Specialist Factual
Best Single Documentary Best Features
  • The Paedophile Hunter (Channel 4)
    • Baby P: The Untold Story (BBC One)
    • Children of Syria (BBC Two)
    • The Miners Strike and Me (ITV)
Best Reality and Constructed Factual Best Current Affairs
  • Children on the Frontline (Dispatches) (Channel 4)
    • Ebola Frontline (Panorama) (BBC One)
    • Inside Kenya's Death Squads (Al Jazeera Investigates) (Al Jazeera English)
    • Terror at the Mall (This World) (BBC Two)
Best News Coverage Best Sport and Live Events
Best Entertainment Programme Best Scripted Comedy
Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme Radio Times Audience Award
BAFTA Fellowship Award BAFTA Special Award

Programmes with multiple nominations

Programmes that received multiple nominations
NominationsProgramme
4 The Missing
3 Cilla
Happy Valley
Line of Duty
Marvellous
Strictly Come Dancing
2 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
EastEnders
Murdered by My Boyfriend
Rev
Sherlock
The Graham Norton Show
The Great British Bake Off
The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies
W1A
Networks that received multiple nominations
NominationsNetwork
28 BBC One
22 BBC Two
14 Channel 4
8 ITV
4 BBC Three
2 HBO
Netflix
Sky Atlantic

Most major wins

Shows that received multiple awards
WinsShow
2 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Marvellous
The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies
Wins by Network
WinsNetwork
6 Channel 4
5 BBC Two
ITV
3 BBC One
2 BBC Three

In Memoriam

See also

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References

  1. Alex Ritman (8 April 2015). "BAFTA TV Awards: Benedict Cumberbatch Gets Third Nomination for 'Sherlock'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. "Bafta TV awards 2015: Winners in full". BBC News. Retrieved 30 July 2016.