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.
Year |
Title |
Recipient(s) |
Broadcaster |
2000 |
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 One |
The Vicar of Dibley
(1999 Seasonal Specials) |
2001 |
Black Books
(series 1) |
Nira Park, Graham Linehan, Dylan Moran |
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 |
BBC One |
The Royle Family
(series 3) |
Kenton Allen, Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash |
2002 |
The Office
(series 1) |
Anil Gupta, Ash Atalla, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant |
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 |
2003 |
The Office
(series 2) |
Ash Atalla, Anil Gupta, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant |
BBC Two |
The Book Group
(series 1) |
Annie Griffin, Anita Overland |
Channel 4 |
Phoenix Nights
(series 2) |
Peter Kay, Henry Klejdys, Phil McIntyre |
My Family
(series 3) |
BBC One |
2004 |
The Office
(The Office Christmas Specials) |
Ash Atalla, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant |
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 |
2005 |
Black Books
(series 3) |
Nira Park, Martin Dennis, Dylan Moran |
Channel 4 |
Nighty Night
(series 2) |
BBC Three |
Green Wing
(series 1) |
Victoria Pile, Tristram Shapeero, Dominic Brigstocke |
Channel 4 |
The Vicar of Dibley
(Christmas Specials: A Very Dibley Christmas) |
BBC One |
2006 |
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 One |
2007 |
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 Three |
2008 |
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 4 |
The Thick of It
(2007 Specials: The Rise of the Nutters & Spinners and Losers) |
BBC Four |
2009 |
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 |
Year |
Title |
Recipient(s) |
Broadcaster |
2010 |
The Thick of It
(series 3) |
Armando Iannucci, Adam Tandy |
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 |
2011 |
Rev.
(series 1) |
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 |
2012 |
Mrs. Brown's Boys
(series 2) |
Martin Delaney, Ben Kellett, Stephen McCrum, Brendan O'Carroll |
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 |
Rev.
(series 2) |
BBC Two |
2013 |
Twenty Twelve
(series 2) |
John Morton, Paul Schlesinger, Catherine Gosling Fuller, Jon Plowman |
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 |
2014 |
Him & Her
(series 4: The Wedding) |
Kenton Allen, Stefan Golaszewski, Lyndsay Robinson, Richard Laxton |
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 |
2015 |
Detectorists
(series 1) |
Mackenzie Crook, Adam Tandy |
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 |
2016 |
Peter Kay's Car Share
(series 1) |
Peter Kay, Gill Isles, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman |
BBC One |
Chewing Gum
(series 1) |
E4 |
Peep Show
(series 9) |
Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Becky Martin, Hannah Mackay |
Channel 4 |
People Just Do Nothing
(series 2) |
BBC Three |
2017 |
People Just Do Nothing
(series 3) |
BBC Three |
Camping
(series 1) |
Julia Davis, Ted Dowd |
Sky Atlantic |
Fleabag
(series 1) |
BBC Three |
Flowers
(series 2) |
Will Sharpe, Naomi de Pear, Diederick Santer, Jane Featherstone |
Channel 4 |
2018 |
This Country
(series 1) |
Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer |
BBC Three |
Catastrophe
(series 3) |
Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Ben Taylor, Jack Bayles |
Channel 4 |
Chewing Gum
(series 2) |
E4 |
Timewasters
(series 1) |
Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Josh Cole, George Kane |
ITV2 |
2019[2] |
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 4 |
Stath Lets Flats
(series 1) |
Year |
Title |
Recipient(s) |
Broadcaster |
2020
[3] |
Stath Lets Flats
(series 2) |
Jamie Demetriou, Tom Kingsley, Seb Barwell, Ash Atalla |
Channel 4 |
Fleabag
(series 2) |
BBC Three |
Catastrophe
(series 4) |
Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Jim O'Hanlon, Toby Welch |
Channel 4 |
Derry Girls
(series 2) |
Lisa McGee, Liz Lewin, Caroline Leddy, Michael Lennox |
2021
[4] |
Inside No. 9
(series 5) |
Adam Tandy, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Matt Lipsey, Guillem Morales |
BBC Two |
Ghosts
(series 2) |
BBC One |
Man Like Mobeen
(series 3) |
BBC Three |
This Country
(series 3) |
Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer |
2022
[5] |
Motherland
(series 3) |
Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Caroline Norris, Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford |
BBC Two |
We Are Lady Parts
(series 1) |
Channel 4 |
Stath Lets Flats
(series 3) |
Jamie Demetriou, Seb Barwell, Andrew Gaynord, Ash Atalla |
Alma's Not Normal
(series 1) |
Sophie Willan, Gill Isles, Andrew Chaplin, Nerys Evans |
BBC Two |
2023
[6][7] |
Derry Girls
(series 3) |
Lisa McGee, Liz Lewin, Caroline Leddy, Michael Lennox, Brian J. Falconer, Jessica Sharkey |
Channel 4 |
Am I Being Unreasonable?
(series 1) |
Daisy May Cooper, Selin Hizli, Jonny Campbell, Pippa Brown, Jack Thorne |
BBC One |
Ghosts
(series 4) |
Big Boys
(series 1) |
Jack Rooke, Jim Archer, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith, Bertie Peek |
Channel 4 |
2024
[8][9] |
Such Brave Girls
(series 1) |
Kat Sadler, Simon Bird, Catherine Gosling Fuller, Jack Bayles, Phil Clarke |
BBC Three |
Dreaming Whilst Black
(series 1) |
Thomas Stogdon, Dhanny Joshi, Adjani Salmon, Ali Hughes, Nicola Gregory, Yemi Oyefuwa |
BBC Three |
Big Boys
(series 2) |
Jack Rooke, Jim Archer, Bertie Peek, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith |
Channel 4 |
Extraordinary
(series 1) |
Emma Moran, Toby Macdonald, Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, Charlie Palmer, Jennifer Sheridan |
Disney+ |
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