British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Comedy

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British Academy Television Craft Award
Country United Kingdom
Presented by British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded2013
Currently held by Lisa McGee for Derry Girls (2023)
Website http://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Comedy is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories.

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Prior to 2013, there was a united category named Best Writer for both drama and comedy series, in 2013 this category was split into two separate categories, Writer: Drama and Writer: Comedy.

Winners and nominees

2010s

YearRecipient(s)TitleBroadcaster
2013 Julia Davis Hunderby Sky Atlantic
Jo Brand, Joanna Scanlan, Vicki Pepperdine Getting On BBC Four
Writing Team The Thick of It BBC Two
John Morton Twenty Twelve
2014 Graham Linehan The IT Crowd BBC Two
Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Tom Basden Fresh Meat Channel 4
Steve Delaney, Graham Linehan Count Arthur Strong BBC Two
James Corden, Mathew Baynton The Wrong Mans
2015 Mackenzie Crook Detectorists BBC Four
Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton Inside No. 9 BBC Two
James Corden, Mathew Baynton The Wrong Mans (for "Episode 1")
Arthur Mathews, Matt Berry Toast of London Channel 4
2016 Rob Delaney, Sharon Horgan Catastrophe Channel 4
Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain Peep Show Channel 4
Julia Davis, Barunka O'Shaughnessy Hunderby Sky Atlantic
Writing Team Peter Kay's Car Share BBC One
2017 Stefan Golaszewski Mum BBC Two
Julia Davis Camping Sky Atlantic
Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Fleabag BBC Three
2018
[1]
Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith Inside No. 9 BBC Two
Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper This Country BBC Three
Paul Coleman, Peter Kay, Sian Gibson Peter Kay's Car Share BBC One
Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney Catastrophe Channel 4
2019
[2]
Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper This Country BBC Three
Peter Kay, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman Peter Kay's Car Share: The Finale BBC One
Stefan Golaszewski Mum BBC Two
Writing TeamCunk on Britain

2020s

YearRecipient(s)TitleBroadcaster
2020
[3]
Jamie Demetriou Stath Lets Flats Channel 4
Danny Brocklehurst Brassic Sky 1
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Fleabag BBC Three
Sam Leifer, Tom Basden Plebs ITV2
2021
[4]
Sophie Willan Alma's Not Normal BBC Two
Writing Team Ghosts BBC One
Charlie Brooker Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe BBC Two
Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper This Country BBC Three
2022
[5] [6]
Nida Manzoor We Are Lady Parts Channel 4
Nathan Bryon, Paul Doolan Bloods Sky One
Stephen Merchant, Emma Jane Unsworth The Outlaws BBC One
Sophie Willan Alma's Not Normal BBC Two
2023
[7] [8]
Lisa McGee Derry Girls Channel 4
Nancy Harris The Dry Britbox
Jack Rooke Big Boys Channel 4
Sharon Horgan, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Helen Serafinowicz, Holly Walsh Motherland BBC One
2024
[9]
Jack Rooke Big Boys Channel 4
Jamie Demetriou A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou Netflix
Kat Sadler Such Brave Girls BBC Three
Mawaan Rizwan Juice

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