The British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance is an award given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts at their annual BAFTA Television Awards ceremony.
This category has had minor name changes:
From 1958 to 1962 it was presented as an individual award named Best Light Entertainment Artist. From 1963 to 1965 it was awarded as Best Light Entertainment Personality From 1967 to 1999 it was awarded as Best Light Entertainment Performance. Since 2000 the award has been known as Best Entertainment Performance.
Prior to the 1994 ceremony, acting performances in comedy roles were included in this category. Since 1994 they have been recognised in the Best Comedy Performance category.
Winners and nominees
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{ | class="wikitable" |-style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:5%;"| Year ! style="width:25%;"| Performer ! style="width:40%;"| Programme ! style="width:12%;"| Network |- |rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2020 (66th) |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Mo Gilligan | The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan | Channel 4 |- | Frankie Boyle | Frankie Boyle's New World Order | BBC Two |- | Lee Mack | Would I Lie To You? | rowspan="2"|BBC One |- | Graham Norton | The Graham Norton Show |- |rowspan=7 style="text-align:center"| 2021 (67th) |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Romesh Ranganathan | The Ranganation | BBC Two |- | Adam Hills | The Last Leg | Channel 4 |- | Bradley Walsh | Beat the Chasers | ITV |- | Claudia Winkleman | Strictly Come Dancing | rowspan="3"|BBC One |- | David Mitchell | Would I Lie to You? at Christmas |- | Graham Norton | The Graham Norton Show |- |rowspan=7 style="text-align:center"| 2022 (68th) |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Big Zuu | Big Zuu's Big Eats | Dave |- | Alison Hammond | I Can See Your Voice | rowspan="3"|BBC One |- | Michael McIntyre | Michael McIntyre's The Wheel |- | Graham Norton | The Graham Norton Show |- | Joe Lycett | Joe Lycett's Got Your Back | rowspan="2"|Channel 4 |- | Sean Lock | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown |- |rowspan=7 style="text-align:center"| 2023 (69th) |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Claudia Winkleman | The Traitors | BBC One|- | Lee Mack | The 1% Club | ITV |- | Mo Gilligan | The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan | rowspan="2"| Channel 4 |- | Rosie Jones | Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard |- | Big Zuu | Big Zuu's Big Eats | Dave |- | Sue Perkins | Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal | Netflix |- |}
Performers with multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins
The following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance multiple times:6 winsGraham Norton4 winsRonnie Barker Nigel Hawthorne Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise3 winsAnthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly Jonathan Ross2 winsRowan Atkinson Rory Bremner Harry Hill Richard Wilson Victoria Wood
Multiple nominations
The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance multiple times:13 nominationsGraham Norton12 nominationsRonnie Barker10 nominationsPaul Merton8 nominationsAnthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly Stephen Fry7 nominationsRowan Atkinson5 nominationsRory Bremner Ronnie Corbett Harry Hill David Jason Victoria Wood4 nominationsStanley Baxter John Bird & John Fortune John Cleese Paul Eddington Nigel Hawthorne Barry Humphries Arthur Lowe Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise Jonathan Ross Claudia Winkleman3 nominationsAlan Carr Judi Dench Adam Hills Penelope Keith Michael McIntyre Leonard Rossiter Richard Wilson Lee Mack2 nominations''' Caroline Aherne Dave Allen Kathy Burke Angus Deayton Leigh Francis Dawn French Nicholas Lyndhurst Sarah Millican David Mitchell Michael Parkinson Romesh Ranganathan Patricia Routledge Mo Gilligan Big Zuu