2011 British Academy Television Awards


The 2011 British Academy Television Awards were held on 22 May 2011. The nominations were announced on 26 April.
Graham Norton hosted the ceremony.

Nominations

Winners are listed first and emboldened.
Best ActorBest Actress

  • Vicky McClure – This Is England '86 as Lorraine "Lol" Jenkins
  • *Anna Maxwell Martin – South Riding as Sarah Burton
  • *Natalie Press – Five Daughters as Paula Clennell
  • *Juliet Stevenson – Accused : Helen's Story as Helen Ryland
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Martin Freeman – Sherlock as John Watson
  • *Brendan Coyle – Downton Abbey as John Bates
  • *Johnny Harris – This Is England '86 as Michael "Mick" Jenkins
  • *Robert Sheehan – Misfits as Nathan Young
  • Lauren Socha – Misfits as Kelly Bailey
  • *Gillian Anderson – Any Human Heart as Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
  • *Lynda Baron – The Road to Coronation Street as Violet Carson
  • *Jessie Wallace – The Road to Coronation Street as Pat Phoenix
    • Best Male Comedy PerformanceBest Female Comedy Performance
  • Steve Coogan – The Trip as Steve Coogan
  • *James Buckley – The Inbetweeners as Jay Cartwright
  • *Tom Hollander – Rev. as Adam Smallbone
  • *David Mitchell – Peep Show as Mark Corrigan
  • Jo Brand – Getting On as Kim Wilde
  • *Dawn French – Roger and Val Have Just Got In as Val Stevenson
  • *Miranda Hart – Miranda as Miranda
  • *Katherine Parkinson – The IT Crowd as Jen Barber
    • Best Entertainment PerformanceBest Single Drama
  • Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show
  • * Rob Brydon – The Rob Brydon Show
  • * Stephen Fry – QI
  • * Harry Hill – Harry Hill's TV Burp
  • The Road to Coronation Street
  • *Eric and Ernie
  • *I Am Slave
  • *The Special Relationship
    • Best Drama SerialBest Drama Series
  • Any Human Heart
  • * Mad Dogs
  • * The Sinking of the Laconia
  • * The Promise
  • Sherlock
  • * Being Human
  • * Downton Abbey
  • * Misfits
    • Best Soap and Continuing DramaBest International Programme
  • EastEnders
  • *Casualty
  • *Coronation Street
  • *Waterloo Road
  • The Killing
  • *Boardwalk Empire
  • *Glee
  • *Mad Men
    • Best Factual Series or StrandBest Specialist Factual
  • Welcome to Lagos
  • * Coppers
  • * One Born Every Minute
  • * The Young Ones
  • Flying Monsters
  • * Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art
  • * Human Planet
  • * Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town
    • Best Single DocumentaryBest Feature
  • Between Life and Death
  • * The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
  • * Pink Saris
  • * Scenes From a Teenage Killing
  • Hugh's Fish Fight
  • * Come Dine with Me
  • * Mary Queen of Shops
  • * Pineapple Dance Studios
    • Best New MediaBest Current Affairs
  • Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention
  • * BBC Lab UK/Brain Test Britain
  • *Malcolm Tucker: The Missing Phone
  • * Misfits
  • Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children
  • * Kid's in Care –
  • * Lost Girl's of South Africa
  • * Secret Iraq
    • Best News CoverageBest Sport
  • ITV News at Ten: "The Cumbria Murders"
  • *BBC News at Ten: "Handover of Power"
  • *Channel 4 News: "From Chile’s Ecstasy to Congo’s Agony"
  • *Sky News: "Egypt Crisis"
  • F1 - The 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  • * 6 Nations – England v Wales
  • * 2010 FA Cup Final
  • * Wimbledon 2010
    • Best Entertainment ProgrammeBest Scripted Comedy
  • The Cube
  • * The Graham Norton Show
  • * Have I Got News For You
  • * The X Factor
  • Rev.
  • * Mrs. Brown's Boys
  • * Peep Show
  • * The Trip
    • Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment ProgrammeYouTube Audience Award
  • Harry & Paul
  • *Catherine Tate’s Little Crackers
  • * Come Fly With Me
  • * Facejacker
  • The Only Way is Essex
  • * Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
  • * Downton Abbey
  • * The Killing
  • * Miranda
  • * Sherlock
    • BAFTA Fellowship AwardBAFTA Special Award
  • Sir Trevor McDonald
  • Peter Bennett-Jones

    • Programmes with multiple nominations

    NominationsProgramme
    4Misfits
    4Sherlock
    3Any Human Heart
    3Downton Abbey
    3The Road to Coronation Street
    3This Is England '86
    2Eric and Ernie
    2The Graham Norton Show
    2The Killing
    2Miranda
    2Peep Show
    2Rev.
    2The Trip
    2-

    NominationsNetwork
    25BBC One
    18Channel 4
    18BBC Two
    9BBC Four
    8ITV1
    6E4
    3BBC Sport
    3More4
    3Sky1
    2DR1

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