British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Programme

The British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Programme is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards, the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. According to the BAFTA website, the category "includes quizzes, game shows, talent shows, music specials and all general entertainment programmes."
The category has been through several name and category changes:

From 1958 to 1970 it was presented as an individual award named Best Light Entertainment.
In 1971 the name was changed to Best Light Entertainment Programme and in 1992 it was changed again to Best Light Entertainment Programme or Series.
Since 2000 the category is presented under the name of Best Entertainment Programme.

Winners and nominees

1950s

Best Light Entertainment

Year	Recipient
1958	Brian Tesler
1959	Joan Kemp-Welch

1960s

'''Best Light Entertainment'''

1970s

Best Light Entertainment

Year	Title	Recipient	Broadcaster
1970	Just Pet	Yvonne Littlewood	BBC
1970	Please Sir!	Mark Stuart	ITV
1970	Bobbie Gentry: The Price of Fame	Stanley Dorfman	BBC
1970	The World of Beachcomber	Duncan Wood	BBC
1970	Dad's Army	David Croft	BBC One
1970	Monty Python's Flying Circus	John Howard Davies, Ian McNaughton	BBC One
1970	Not in Front of the Children	Graeme Muir	BBC One

Best Light Entertainment Programme

Year	Title	Recipient	Broadcaster
1971	Dad's Army	David Croft and team	BBC One
1971	The Benny Hill Show	John Robins	ITV
1971	The Morecambe and Wise Show	John Ammonds	ITV
1971	Monty Python's Flying Circus	Ian McNaughton	BBC One
1971	Up Pompeii!	David Croft	BBC One
1972	The Benny Hill Show	John Robins, David Bell	ITV
1972	The Goodies	John Howard Davies	BBC Two
1972	The Two Ronnies	Terry Hughes	BBC One
1972	The Comedians	Johnny Hamp	ITV
1973	Monty Python's Flying Circus	Ian McNaughton and the production team	BBC One
1973	Dave Allen at Large	Peter Whitmore	BBC Two
1973	The Two Ronnies	Terry Hughes	BBC One
1974	The Stanley Baxter Big Picture Show	David Bell	ITV
1974	Dave Allen at Large	Peter Whitmore	BBC Two
1974	The Morecambe and Wise Show	John Ammonds	ITV
1974	The Two Ronnies	Terry Hughes	BBC One
1975	The Stanley Baxter Moving Picture Show	David Bell	ITV
1975	The Two Ronnies	Terry Hughes	BBC One
1975	The Benny Hill Show	John Robins, Mark Stuart	ITV
1975	Monty Python	Ian MacNaughton	BBC Two
1976	The Two Ronnies	Terry Hughes	BBC One
1976	The Stanley Baxter Moving Picture Show Part III	Jon Scoffield	ITV
1976	Dave Allen at Large	Peter Whitmore	BBC Two
1976	The Goodies	Jim Franklin	BBC Two
1977	The Muppet Show	Production Team	ITV
1977	The Two Ronnies	Terry Hughes	BBC One
1977	The Morecambe and Wise Show	Ernest Maxin	BBC One
1977	Mastermind	Bill Wright	BBC One
1978	Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show	Ernest Maxin	BBC One
1978	The Muppet Show	Jim Henson	ITV
1978	The Two Ronnies	Peter Whitmore	BBC One
1978	Mike Yarwood in Persons	John Ammonds	BBC One
1979	The Kenny Everett Video Show	David Mallet	ITV
1979	The Two Ronnies	Peter Whitmore	BBC One
1979	The Good Life	John Howard Davies	BBC One
1979	The Muppet Show	Jim Henson	ITV

1980s

Best Light Entertainment Programme

Year	Title	Recipient	Broadcaster
1980	Ripping Yarns	Alan Bell, Jim Franklin	BBC Two
1980	The Kenny Everett Video Show	David Mallet	ITV
1980	The Muppet Show	Jim Henson	ITV
1980	The Two Ronnies	Peter Whitmore	BBC One
1981	Not the Nine O'Clock News	John Lloyd, Sean Hardie, Bill Wilson	BBC Two
1981	The Kenny Everett Video Show	David Mallet	ITV
1981	An Audience with Dame Edna Everage	Alasdair Macmillan	ITV
1981	The Two Ronnies	Michael Hurll, K Paul Jackson	BBC One
1982	The Stanley Baxter Series	David Bell, John Kaye Cooper	ITV
1982	The Two Ronnies	Paul Jackson	BBC One
1982	The Kenny Everett Video Show	Royston Mayoh	ITV
1982	Wood and Walters	Peter Eckersley, Stuart Orme	ITV
1983	Three of a Kind	Paul Jackson	BBC One
1983	Not the Nine O'Clock News	John Lloyd, Sean Hardie	BBC Two
1983	The Two Ronnies	Paul Jackson	BBC One
1983	The Stanley Baxter Hour	John Kaye Cooper	ITV
1984	Carrott's Lib	Geoff Posner	BBC One
1984	The Kenny Everett Television Show	Bill Wilson	ITV
1984	The Two Ronnies	Marcus Plantin	BBC One
1984	Three of a Kind	Paul Jackson	BBC One
1985	An Audience with Dame Edna Everage	Richard Drewett	ITV
1985	The Hot Shoe Show	Tom Gutteridge	BBC One
1985	Yes, Minister	Peter Whitmore	BBC Two
1985	Spitting Image	Jon Blair, Tony Hendra, John Lloyd	ITV
1986	Victoria Wood As Seen On TV	Geoff Posner	BBC Two
1986	Spitting Image	John Lloyd	ITV
1986	Alas Smith and Jones	John Kilby, Jimmy Mulville	BBC Two
1986	Treasure Hunt	Peter Holrnans, Malcolm Heyworth	Channel 4
1987	Victoria Wood As Seen On TV	Geoff Posner	BBC Two
1987	Spitting Image	John Lloyd, Geoffrey Perkins	ITV
1987	Clive James on Television	Nicholas Barrett	ITV
1987	Alas Smith and Jones	John Kilby	BBC Two
1987	Entertainment USA	Gordon Elsbury	BBC Two
1987	Who Dares Wins	Denise O'Donoghue, Andy Hamilton	BBC One
1988	Victoria Wood On TV Special	Geoff Posner	BBC Two
1988	Alas Smith and Jones	John Kilby, Jamie Rix	BBC Two
1988	Spitting Image	Geoffrey Perkins	ITV
1988	The Dame Edna Experience	Richard Drewett, Judith Holder	ITV
1989	An Audience With Victoria Wood	David G. Hillier	ITV
1989	French and Saunders	Geoff Posner, Kevin Bishop	BBC Two
1989	The Lenny Henry Show	Geoff Posner	BBC One
1989	Spitting Image	Geoffrey Perkins	ITV

1990s

Best Light Entertainment Programme

Year	Title	Recipient	Broadcaster
1990	Clive James on the '80s	Elaine Bedell, Richard Drewett	ITV
1990	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Dan Patterson, Chris Bould	Channel 4
1990	The Dame Edna Experience	Claudia Rosencrantz, Alasdair Macmillan	ITV
1990	Victoria Wood	Geoff Posner, Kevin Bishop	BBC One
1991	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Dan Patterson, Chris Bould	Channel 4
1991	French and Saunders	Jon Plowman, Bob Spiers	BBC Two
1991	Mr. Bean	John Howard Davies	ITV
1991	Spitting Image	Bill Dare	ITV

Best Light Entertainment Programme or Series

Year	Title	Recipient	Broadcaster
1992	Have I Got News for You	Harry Thompson	BBC Two
1992	Spitting Image	Bill Dare, Steve Bendelack, Andy De Emmony	ITV
1992	Julie Walters and Friends	Alasdair Macmillan, Nicholas Barrett	ITV
1992	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Dan Patterson, Chris Bould	Channel 4
1993	Noel's House Party	Michael Leggo	BBC One
1993	Harry Enfield's Television Programme	Geoffrey Perkins, Geoff Posner	-
1993	Have I Got News for You	Harry Thompson	BBC Two
1993	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Dan Patterson, Chris Bould	Channel 4
1994	Rory Bremner... Who Else?	Geoff Atkinson, Elaine Morris, Steve Connelly, Tom Poole	Channel 4
1994	Barrymore	Maurice Leonard, John Gorman	ITV
1994	French and Saunders	Jon Plowman, Bob Spiers	BBC One
1994	Noel's House Party	Michael Leggo, Jonathan Beazley	BBC One
1995	Don't Forget Your Toothbrush	Lisa Clark, Stephen Stewart	Channel 4
1995	Knowing Me, Knowing You... With Alan Partridge	Armando Iannucci, Dominic Brigstocke	BBC Two
1995	Rory Bremner... Who Else?	Geoff Atkinson, Elaine Morris, Steve Connelly, Juliet May	Channel 4
1995	Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era	Alison Owen, Daniel Kleinman	BBC One
1996	The Mrs Merton Show	Peter Kessler, Pati Marr, Dominic Brigstocke	BBC Two
1996	Have I Got News for You	Colin Swash, John FD Northover	BBC Two
1996	Shooting Stars	Alan Marke, Mark Mylod	BBC Two
1996	Rory Bremner... Who Else?	Geoff Atkinson, Elaine Morris, Steve Connelly, David Crean	Channel 4
1997	Shooting Stars	Alan Marke, Mark Mylod	BBC Two
1997	Rory Bremner... Who Else?	Geoff Atkinson, Elaine Morris, Steve Smith, Steve Connelly	Channel 4
1997	The Fast Show	Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Sid Robeson, Mark Mylod	BBC Two
1997	Ruby Wax Meets	Clive Tulloh, Don Boyd	BBC
1998	The Fast Show	Charlie Higson, Paul Whitehouse, Mark Mylod	BBC Two
1998	Harry Enfield and Chums	Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, Dominic Brigstocke	BBC One
1998	Harry Hill	Charlie Hanson, Robin Nash	Channel 4
1998	Have I Got News for You	Colin Swash, Richard Wilson	BBC Two
1999	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Paul Smith, Guy Freeman, Martin Scott	ITV
1999	Big Train	Sioned Wiliam, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews	BBC Two
1999	Goodness Gracious Me	Anil Gupta, Nick Wood	BBC Two
1999	Rory Bremner... Who Else?	Geoff Atkinson, Jon Magnusson, Geraldine Dowd, Henry Murray	Channel 4

2000s

'''Best Entertainment Programme'''