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.
It was first awarded from 1973-1980. It has been awarded every year since 2000.
From 1981-1999, sitcoms were included in the Best Comedy Programme or Series category.
1973-1980
- 1973 My Wife Next Door
- *Graeme Muir
- 1974 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
- *James Gilbert
- 1975 Porridge
- *Sydney Lotterby
- 1976 Fawlty Towers
- *John Howard Davies
- 1977 Porridge
- *Sydney Lotterby
- 1978 Rising Damp
- *Ronnie Baxter
- 1979 Going Straight
- *Sydney Lotterby
- 1980 Fawlty Towers
- *Douglas Argent, Bob Spiers
2000s
2010s
| Year | Program | Recipients | Channel |
| 2010 | The Thick of It | Armando Ianucci, Adam Tandy | BBC Two |
| 2010 | The Inbetweeners | Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, Ben Palmer, Christopher Young | E4 |
| 2010 | Miranda | BBC One | |
| 2010 | Peep Show | Channel 4 | |
| 2011 | Rev. | BBC Two | |
| 2011 | Mrs. Brown's Boys | BBC One | |
| 2011 | Peep Show | Phil Clarke, Becky Martin, Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong | Channel 4 |
| 2011 | The Trip | Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Michael Winterbottom | BBC Two |
| 2012 | Mrs. Brown's Boys | Martin Delaney, Ben Kellett, Stephen McCrum, Brendan O'Carroll | BBC One |
| 2012 | Fresh Meat | Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Judy Counihan, Rhonda Smith | E4 |
| 2012 | Friday Night Dinner | Kenton Allen, Steve Bendelack, Caroline Leddy, Robert Popper | Channel 4 |
| 2012 | Rev. | BBC Two | |
| 2013 | Twenty Twelve | John Morton, Paul Schlesinger, Catherine Gosling Fuller, Jon Plowman | BBC Two |
| 2013 | Episodes | BBC Two | |
| 2013 | Hunderby | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2013 | The Thick of It | Armando Ianucci, Adam Tandy | BBC Two |
| 2014 | Him & Her | Kenton Allen, Stefan Golaszewski, Lyndsay Robinson, Richard Laxton | BBC Three |
| 2014 | Count Arthur Strong | BBC Two | |
| 2014 | The IT Crowd | Channel 4 | |
| 2014 | Toast of London | Channel 4 | |
| 2015 | Detectorists | Mackenzie Crook, Adam Tandy | BBC Four |
| 2015 | Harry & Paul | BBC Two | |
| 2015 | Moone Boy | Sky1 | |
| 2015 | The Wrong Mans | BBC Two | |
| 2016 | Peter Kay's Car Share | Peter Kay, Gill Isles, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman | BBC One |
| 2016 | Chewing Gum | E4 | |
| 2016 | Peep Show | Channel 4 | |
| 2016 | People Just Do Nothing | BBC Three | |
| 2017 | People Just Do Nothing | BBC Three | |
| 2017 | Camping | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2017 | Fleabag | BBC Three | |
| 2017 | Flowers | Channel 4 | |
| 2018 | This Country | Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer | BBC Three |
| 2018 | Catastrophe | Channel 4 | |
| 2018 | Chewing Gum | E4 | |
| 2018 | Timewasters | ITV2 | |
| 2019 | Sally4ever | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2019 | Derry Girls | Channel 4 | |
| 2019 | Mum | BBC Two | |
| 2019 | Stath Lets Flats | Channel 4 |
2020s
| Year | Program | Recipients | Channel |
| 2020 | Catastrophe | Channel 4 | |
| 2020 | Derry Girls | Channel 4 | |
| 2020 | Fleabag | BBC Three | |
| 2020 | Stath Lets Flats | Channel 4 |
Programmes with multiple wins and nominations
Multiple Awards
3 awards- The Office
- Black Books
- Fawlty Towers
- The Thick of It
Multiple Nominations
- Peep Show
- The IT Crowd
- The Thick of It
- The Office
- The Royle Family
- Black Books
- Catastrophe
- Chewing Gum
- Derry Girls
- Fleabag
- Green Wing
- Mrs. Brown's Boys
- People Just Do Nothing
- Rev.
- Spaced
- Strath Lets Flats
- The Inbetweeners
- The Vicar of Dibley