British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance

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.

Multiple wins
The following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance multiple times:

6 wins
 * Graham Norton

4 wins
 * Ronnie Barker
 * Nigel Hawthorne
 * Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise

3 wins
 * Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly
 * Jonathan Ross

2 wins
 * Rowan 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 nominations
 * Graham Norton

12 nominations
 * Ronnie Barker

10 nominations
 * Paul Merton

8 nominations
 * Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly
 * Stephen Fry

7 nominations
 * Rowan Atkinson

5 nominations
 * Rory Bremner
 * Ronnie Corbett
 * Harry Hill
 * David Jason
 * Victoria Wood

4 nominations
 * Stanley Baxter
 * John Bird & John Fortune
 * John Cleese
 * Paul Eddington
 * Nigel Hawthorne
 * Barry Humphries
 * Arthur Lowe
 * Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise
 * Jonathan Ross
 * Claudia Winkleman

3 nominations
 * Alan Carr
 * Judi Dench
 * Adam Hills
 * Penelope Keith
 * Michael McIntyre
 * Leonard Rossiter
 * Richard Wilson
 * Lee Mack

2 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