2016 British Academy Television Awards
The 2016 British Academy Television Awards were held on 8 May 2016.
The nominations were announced on 30 March, with Wolf Hall nominated for four awards.
Winners and nominees
Programmes with multiple nominations
| Nominations | Programme |
| 4 | Peter Kay's Car Share |
| 4 | Wolf Hall |
| 3 | Doctor Foster |
| 3 | This Is England '90 |
| 2 | Chewing Gum |
| 2 | Don't Take My Baby |
| 2 | Humans |
| 2 | London Spy |
| 2 | The C-Word |
| 2 | The Enfield Haunting |
| 2 | The Great British Bake Off |
| 2 | QI |
| Nominations | Network |
| 26 | BBC One |
| 23 | Channel 4 |
| 20 | BBC Two |
| 8 | ITV |
| 5 | BBC iPlayer |
| 4 | BBC Three |
| 2 | E4 |
| 2 | More4 |
| 2 | Netflix |
| 2 | Sky Living |
| 2 | - |
| 2 | - |
| 2 | - |
| 2 | - |
| 2 | - |
| 2 | - |
Most major wins
| Wins | Show |
| 2 | Peter Kay's Car Share |
| 2 | This is England '90 |
| 2 | Wolf Hall |
| 2 | - |
| 2 | - |
| Wins | Network |
| 7 | BBC One |
| 6 | Channel 4 |
| 4 | BBC Two |
| 2 | BBC iPlayer |
In Memoriam
- Victoria Wood
- Terry Wogan
- Val Doonican
- Peter Dimmock
- Tony Warren
- Hugh Scully
- Deborah Shipley
- Stephen Lewis
- Anthony Valentine
- Warren Mitchell
- Frank Kelly
- Sue Lloyd-Roberts
- Patrick Macnee
- Jon Beazley
- Hazel Adair
- George Cole
- Denise Robertson
- Jimmy Hill
- Garry Shandling
- Paul Daniels
- Jack Gold
- Jim Pullin
- Cilla Black
- David Nobbs
- Cliff Michelmore
- Ray Fitzwalter
- Ronnie Corbett