British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series

British Academy Television Award
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded	1992
Currently held by	The End of the F***ing World (2020)
Website	http://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. The category is described on the official BAFTA website as being open to drama series which are "of more than one episode where stand-alone storylines conclude within each episode, but in which the main characters and context continue throughout the series. Only one episode of a series may be entered."[1]

The award was first given in 1992, for the awards covering programmes screened in 1991.[2] Prior to this, drama series had been included in a joint "Best Drama Series or Serial" category with serials. From 1992 onwards, they were split in two, with a separate Best Drama Serial category also established.

Inspector Morse, Cracker, The Cops, The Street and Happy Valley have all won the category twice, all of them in successive years.

Winners

1990s

Year	Title	Production company	Broadcaster	Recipient(s)
1992	Inspector Morse	Central Independent Television	ITV	David Lascelles
	Agatha Christie's Poirot	London Weekend Television	ITV	Brian Eastman
	Casualty	BBC Bristol	BBC One	Geraint Morris
	Spender	BBC Television	BBC One	Martin McKeand
1993	Inspector Morse	Central Independent Television	ITV	Deirdre Kerr
	Between the Lines	World Productions	BBC One	Peter Norris
	Casualty	BBC Bristol	BBC One	Gerraint Morris
	Jeeves and Wooster	Carnival Films	ITV	Clive Exton Brian Eastman Ferdinand Fairfax
1994	Between the Lines	World Productions	BBC One	Peter Norris
	Casualty	BBC Bristol	BBC One	Gerraint Morris Michael Ferguson
	Cracker	Granada Television	ITV	Gub Neal Jimmy McGovern
	The Riff Raff Element	BBC Television	BBC One	Liz Trubridge Simon Cellan Jones Jeremy Ancock Debbie Horsfield
1995	Cracker	Granada Television	ITV	Paul Abbott
	The Bill	Thames Television	ITV	Michael Chapman
	Common As Muck	BBC Television	BBC One	John Chapman William Ivory
	Sharpe	Central Independent Television	ITV	Simon Lewis Tom Clegg
1996	Cracker	Granada Television	ITV	Hilary Bevan Jones
	Preston Front	BBC Television	BBC One	Chris Griffin Tim Firth
	Prime Suspect	Granada Television	ITV	Paul Marcus
	A Touch of Frost	Yorkshire Television	ITV	Don Leaver
1997	EastEnders	BBC Television	BBC One	Corinne Hollingworth Jane Harris
	Ballykissangel	BBC Northern Ireland	BBC One	Joy Lale
	Hamish Macbeth	Skyline Films Zenith Entertainment Ltd.	BBC One	Deidre Kerr
	This Life	World Productions	BBC Two	Jane Fallon
1998	Jonathan Creek	BBC Television	BBC One	Susan Belbin Sandy Johnson Marcus Mortimer David Renwick
	Common as Muck	BBC Television	BBC One	Catherine Wearing Metin Hüseyin William Ivory
	Touching Evil	Anglia Television	ITV	Jane Featherstone Paul Abbott
	Wing and a Prayer	Thames Television	Channel 5	Jacinta Peel Richard Laxton Robin Sheppard Matthew Hall
1999	The Cops	World Productions	BBC Two	Eric Coulter Harry Bradbeer Alrick Riley
	Jonathan Creek	BBC Television	BBC One	Verity Lambert Keith Washington David Renwick Sandy Johnson
	Playing the Field	Tiger Aspect Productions	BBC One	Greg Brenman Catherine Morshead Paul Seed Kay Mellor
	Undercover Heart	BBC Television	BBC One	Jane Fallon John Strickland Richard Signy Peter Bowker

2000s

Year	Title	Production company	Broadcaster	Recipient(s)
2000	The Cops	World Productions	BBC Two	Production Team
	Cold Feet	Granada Television	ITV	Christine Langan Mike Bullen
	Playing the Field	Tiger Aspect Productions	BBC One	Greg Brenman Hugh Warren Kay Mellor
	Psychos	Kudos Film & Television	Channel 4	Production Team
2001	Clocking Off	Red Production Company	BBC One	Nicola Shindler Ann Harrison-Baxter Paul Abbott
	The Cops	World Productions	BBC Two	Production Team
	Fat Friends	Rollem Productions Tiger Aspect Productions Yorkshire Television	ITV	Kay Mellor Gareth Morgan
	The Sins	BBC Television	BBC One	Liza Marshall William Ivory
2002	Cold Feet	Granada Television	ITV	Andy Harries Spencer Campbell Mike Bullen
	At Home with the Braithwaites	Yorkshire Television	ITV	Carolyn Reynolds Jacky Stoller Sally Wainright
	Clocking Off	Red Production Company	BBC One	Nicola Shindler Juliet Charlesworth Paul Abbott
	Tales from the Pleasure Beach	Blast! Film Productions	BBC Two	Madonna Baptiste Edmund Coulthard Roger Williams
2003	Spooks	Kudos Film & Television	BBC One	Production Team
	Clocking Off	Red Production Company	BBC One	Production Team
	Cutting It	BBC Television	BBC One	Debbie Horsfield Diederick Santer Andy De Emmony
	Teachers	Tiger Aspect Productions	Channel 4	Jane Fallon Rhonda Smith
2004	Buried	World Productions	Channel 4	Production Team
	Clocking Off	Red Production Company	BBC One	Production Team
	Foyle's War	Greenlit Productions	ITV	Production Team
	William and Mary	Meridian Broadcasting	ITV	Trevor Hopkins Stuart Orme Mick Ford
2005	Shameless	Company Pictures	Channel 4	Production Team
	Bodies	Hat Trick Productions	BBC Three	Mark Redhead Sue de Beauvoir Jed Mercurio
	Conviction	Red Production Team	BBC Three	Production Team
	Spooks	Kudos Film & Television	BBC One	Jane Featherstone Simon Crawford Collins Andrew Woodhead
2006	Doctor Who	BBC Wales	BBC One	Phil Collinson Russell T Davies Julie Gardner
	Bodies	Hat Trick Productions	BBC Three	Mark Redhead Sue de Beauvoir Jed Mercurio
	Shameless	Company Pictures	Channel 4	Production Team
	Spooks	Kudos Film & Television	BBC One	Production Team
2007	The Street	Granada Productions	BBC One	Jimmy McGovern Sita Williams David Blair Ken Horn
	Life on Mars	Kudos Film & Television	BBC One	Production Team
	Shameless	Company Pictures	Channel 4	Production Team
	Sugar Rush	Shine Productions	Channel 4	Production Team
2008	The Street	Granada Productions	BBC One	Jimmy McGovern Sita Williams Terry McDonough John Chapman
	Life on Mars	Kudos Film & Television	BBC One	Production Team
	Rome	HBO	BBC Two	John Melfi Anne Thomopoulos Bruno Heller Tim Van Patten
	Skins	Company Pictures	Channel 4	Production Team
2009	Wallander	Left Bank Pictures Yellow Bird TKBC	BBC One
	Doctor Who	BBC Wales	BBC One
	Shameless	Company Pictures	Channel Four
	Spooks	Kudos Film & Television	BBC One

2010s

Year	Title	Production company	Broadcaster	Recipient(s)
2010	Misfits	Clerkenwell Films	E4	Howard Overman
	Being Human	Touchpaper Television	BBC Three	Toby Whithouse
	Spooks	Kudos Film & Television	BBC One
	The Street	Granada Television	BBC One	Jimmy McGovern
2011	Sherlock	Hartswood Films BBC Wales	BBC One	Steven Moffat Mark Gatiss Sue Vertue Beryl Vertue
	Being Human	Touchpaper Television	BBC Three	Toby Whithouse
	Downton Abbey	Carnival Films	ITV1	Julian Fellowes Gareth Neame Liz Trubridge Nigel Stafford-Clark
	Misfits	Clerkenwell Films	E4	Howard Overman
2012	The Fades	BBC Television	BBC Three	Jack Thorne Susan Hogg Caroline Skinner
	Misfits	Clerkenwell Films	E4	Howard Overman
	Scott & Bailey	Red Production Company	ITV1	Sally Wainwright
	Spooks	Kudos Film & Television	BBC One	David Wolstencroft
2013	Last Tango in Halifax	BBC Television	BBC One	Sally Wainwright Nicola Shindler Karen Lewis Euros Lyn
	Ripper Street	BBC Television	BBC One	Richard Warlow Tom Shankland Stephen Smallwood Will Gould
	Scott & Bailey	Red Production Company	ITV	Sally Wainwright
	Silk	BBC Television	BBC One	Hilary Salmon Peter Moffat Richard Stokes Jeremy Webb
2014	Broadchurch	Kudos Film & Television	ITV
	Top of the Lake	See-Saw Films Screen Australia	BBC Two	Emile Sherman Iain Canning Jane Campion Philippa Campbell
	The Village	Company Pictures	BBC One
	My Mad Fat Diary	Tiger Aspect Productions	E4
2015	Happy Valley	Red Production Company	BBC One	Sally Wainwright Karen Lewis Euros Lyn Nicola Shindler
	Line of Duty	World Productions	BBC Two
	The Missing	New Pictures	BBC One
	Peaky Blinders	Tiger Aspect Productions	BBC Two
2016	Wolf Hall	Company Pictures	BBC Two
	The Last Panthers	Warp Films	Sky Atlantic
	Humans	Channel 4	Channel 4
	No Offence	AbbottVision	Channel 4
2017	Happy Valley	Red Production Company	BBC One	Sally Wainwright Karen Lewis Euros Lyn Nicola Shindler
	The Crown	Left Bank Pictures	Netflix
	The Durrells	Sid Gentle Films	ITV
	War & Peace	The Weinstein Company	BBC One
2018	Peaky Blinders	Tiger Aspect Productions	BBC Two
	Line of Duty	World Productions	BBC One
	The Crown	Left Bank Pictures	Netflix
	The End of the F*ing World	Clerkenwell Films	All 4
2019	Killing Eve	Sid Gentle Films	BBC One
	Bodyguard	World Productions	BBC One
	Informer	Neal Street Productions	BBC One	Jonny Campbell, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, Julian Stevens
	Save Me	World Productions	Sky Atlantic

2020s

Year	Title	Production company	Broadcaster	Recipient(s)
2020	The End of the Fing World*	Clerkenwell Films	Channel 4
	The Crown	Left Bank Pictures	Netflix
	Gentleman Jack	Lookout Point	BBC One
	Giri/Haji	Sister Pictures	BBC Two

Television Dramas with multiple awards nominations

Multiple awards

The following television series have won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series multiple times:

2 awards

Cracker (consecutive)
Happy Valley
The Cops (consecutive)
The Street (consecutive)

Multiple nominations

The following television series have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series multiple times:

6 nominations

Spooks

4 nominations

Clocking Off
Shameless

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

"Awards Categories". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
"TV and Craft Winners 1990–1999" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2007-04-06.

External links

List of winners at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts

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[bafta52-1] "Awards Categories". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2007-04-06.

[pdf1-2] "TV and Craft Winners 1990–1999" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2007-04-06.