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Full list of winners from the BAFTA TV Awards 2016

May 9, 2016 by Gary Collinson

The BAFTA Television Awards took place in London last night, with Wolf Hall taking home two honours in Best Drama Series and Best Leading Actor (Mark Rylance). This Is England ’90 also scooped two awards in Best Miniseries and Best Supporting Actress (Chanel Cresswell), while there were also wins for Don’t Take My Baby (Best Single Drama), Transparent (Best International Series), EastEnders (Best Soap), Suranne Jones (Best Leading Actress, Doctor Foster) and Tom Courtenay (Best Supporting Actor, Unforgotten). Check out a full list of the winners here, highlighted in red…

Leading actor
Idris Elba, Luther
Stephen Graham, This is England ’90
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Ben Whishaw, London Spy

Leading actress
Claire Foy, Wolf Hall
Suranne Jones, Doctor Foster
Ruth Madeley, Don’t Take My Baby
Sheridan Smith, The C-Word

Supporting actor
Tom Courtenay, Unforgotten
Anton Lesser, Wolf Hall
Ian McKellen, The Dresser
Cyril Nri, Cucumber

Supporting actress
Chanel Cresswell, This is England ’90
Michelle Gomez, Doctor Who
Lesley Manville, River
Eleanor Worthington-Cox, The Enfield Haunting

Entertainment performance
Leigh Francis, Celebrity Juice
Stephen Fry, QI
Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show
Romesh Ranganathan, Asian Provocateur

Male performance in a comedy programme
Hugh Bonneville, W1A
Toby Jones, Detectorists
Peter Kay, Peter Kay’s Car Share
Javone Prince, The Javone Prince Show

Female performance in a comedy programme
Michaela Coel, Chewing Gum
Sian Gibson, Peter Kay’s Car Share
Miranda Hart, Miranda
Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe

Drama series
Humans
The Last Panthers
No Offence
Wolf Hall

Single drama
The C-Word
Cyberbully
Don’t Take My Baby
The Go-Between

Mini-series
Doctor Foster
The Enfield Haunting
London Spy
This is England ’90

Soap and continuing drama
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Holby City

International
The Good Wife
Narcos
Spiral
Transparent

Entertainment programme
Adele at the BBC
Britain’s Got Talent
Strictly Come Dancing
TFI Friday Anniversary Special

Comedy and comedy entertainment programme
Charlie Brooker’s Election Wipe
Have I Got News For You
QI
Would I Lie to You

Scripted comedy
Chewing Gum
Peep Show
People Just Do Nothing
Peter Kay’s Car Share

Features
Back in Time for Dinner
The Great British Bake Off
Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild
Travel Man

Radio Times Audience Award
Doctor Foster
The Great British Bake Off
Humans
Making a Murderer
Peter Kay’s Car Share
Poldark

Current affairs
Children of the Gaza War
Escape from Isis (Dispatches)
Jihad: A British Story
Outbreak: The Truth about Ebola

Single documentary
Bitter Lake
Life After Suicide
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
My Son the Jihadi

Factual series
The Detectives
Great Ormond Street
The Murder Detectives
The Tribe

Reality and constructed factual
First Dates
Gogglebox
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds

Specialist factual
Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners
Grayson Perry’s Dream House
The Hunt
Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom

News coverage
BBC News at Six: Paris Attacks Special
Channel 4 News: Paris Massacre
ITV News at Ten: Refugee Crisis
Sky News: From Turkey to Greece

Sport
The Ashes (Sky Sports)
The Grand National (Channel 4)
MOTD Live: FA Cup Final (BBC One)
Six Nations: Final Day (BBC One)

Live event
Big Blue Live (BBC One)
The Sound of Music Live! (ITV)
Stargazing Live: Brit in Space, Tim Peake Special (BBC Two)
The Vote (More4)

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Originally published May 9, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Awards Season, Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: BAFTA, BAFTA TV Awards

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket, suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and horror franchise reboot Robert Returns. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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