The British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. The category is described on the official BAFTA website as being open to drama series which are "of more than one episode where stand-alone story lines conclude within each episode, but in which the main characters and context continue throughout the series. Only one episode of a series may be entered."^[1] The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs or, to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards, are the most prestigious awards given in the British television industry, analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States. ... British television broadcasting has a range of different broadcasters, broadcasting multiple channels over a variety of distribution media. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...

The award was first given in 1992, for the awards covering programmes screened in 1991.^[2] Prior to this, drama series had been included in a joint "Best Drama Series or Serial" category with serials. From 1992 onwards, they were split in two, with a separate Best Drama Serial category also established. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

Inspector Morse, Cracker and The Cops — all police procedural dramas — have all won the category twice, all of them in successive years. Detective Chief Inspector Morse is a fictional character, who features in a series of thirteen detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, though he is better known for the 33 episode TV series produced by Central Independent Television from 1987–2000, in which he was portrayed by John Thaw. ... Cracker is the title of a television crime series in the United Kingdom, made by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. ... The Cops is a British television series made by World Productions for the BBC. The production, set in the fictional town of Stanton in Northern England, was noted for its documentary-style camerawork and uncompromising portrayal of the police force. ... The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which attempts to accurately depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. ...

1990s

• 1992: Inspector Morse - Central Independent Television / ITV - David Lascelles
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot - London Weekend Television / ITV - Brian Eastman
  • Casualty - BBC Bristol / BBC One - Gerraint Morris
  • Spender - BBC Television / BBC One - Martin McKeand

• 1993: Inspector Morse - Central Independent Television / ITV - Deidre Kerr
  • Between The Lines - World Productions / BBC One - Peter Norris
  • Casualty - BBC Bristol / BBC One - Gerraint Morris
  • Jeeves and Wooster - Carnival Films / ITV - Clive Exton, Brian Eastman, Ferdinand Fairfax

• 1994: Between The Lines - World Productions / BBC One - Peter Norris
  • Casualty - BBC Bristol / BBC One - Gerraint Morris, Michael Ferguson
  • Cracker - Granada Television / ITV - Gub Neal, Jimmy McGovern
  • The Riff Raff Element - BBC Television / BBC One - Liz Trubridge, Simon Cellan Jones, Jeremy Ancock, Debbie Horsefield

• 1995: Cracker - Granada Television / ITV - Paul Abbott
  • The Bill - Thames Television / ITV - Michael Chapman
  • Common As Muck - BBC Television / BBC One - John Chapman, William Ivory
  • Sharpe - Central Independent Television / ITV - Simon Lewis, Tom Clegg

• 1996: Cracker - Granada Television / ITV - Hilary Bevan Jones
  • Preston Front - BBC Television / BBC One - Chris Griffin, Tim Firth
  • Prime Suspect - Granada Television / ITV - Paul Marcus
  • A Touch of Frost - Yorkshire Television / ITV - Don Leaver

• 1997: EastEnders - BBC Television / BBC One - Corinne Hollingworth, Jane Harris
  • Ballykissangel - BBC Northern Ireland / BBC One - Joy Lale
  • Hamish Macbeth - Skyline Films / Zenith Entertainment Ltd / BBC One - Deirdre Kerr
  • This Life - World Productions / BBC Two - Jane Fallon

• 1998: Jonathan Creek - BBC Television / BBC One - Susan Belbin, Sandy Johnson, Marcus Mortimer, David Renwick
  • Common As Muck - BBC Television / BBC One - Catherine Wearing, Metin Huseyin, William Ivory
  • Touching Evil - Anglia Television / ITV - Jane Featherstone, Paul Abbott
  • Wing and a Prayer - Thames Television / ITV - Jacinta Peel, Richard Laxton, Robin Sheppard, Matthew Hall

• 1999: The Cops - World Productions / BBC Two - Eric Coulter, Harry Bradbeer, Alrick Riley
  • Jonathan Creek - BBC Television / BBC One - Verity Lambert, Keith Washington, David Renwick, Sandy Johnson
  • Playing the Field - Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC One - Greg Brenman, Catherine Morshead, Paul Seed, Kay Mellor
  • Undercover Heart - BBC Television / BBC One - Jane Fallon, John Strickland, Richard Signy, Peter Bowker

Detective Chief Inspector Morse is a fictional character, who features in a series of thirteen detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, though he is better known for the 33 episode TV series produced by Central Independent Television from 1987–2000, in which he was portrayed by John Thaw. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Channel 3 (UK) be merged into this article or section. ... David Henry George Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (born 21 October 1950) is a British film producer and the eldest son of the 7th Earl of Harewood and his first wife, Marion Stein. ... Agatha Christies Poirot (U.S. title Poirot) is a popular British television series starring David Suchet as Agatha Christies detective character Hercule Poirot. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Look up Casualty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... BBC West is the BBC English Region covering the local radio editorial areas of [[Bristol], Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. ... BBC One (styled BBC1 until 1997) is the most watched domestic channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... Spender was a BBC drama set in Newcastle upon Tyne, written by Ian La Frenais and Jimmy Nail, in which he also starred. ... BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1932. ... Altermative topic: Subtext_programming_language. ... World Productions is a British television production company, founded in the early 1990s by acclaimed producer Tony Garnett. ... Hugh Laurie (left) and Stephen Fry portray Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves Jeeves and Wooster was a television series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouses Jeeves stories, and produced by Granada Television for the UKs ITV network from 1990 to 1993. ... Founded by Brian Eastman in 1978 as Picture Partnership Productions Limited, Carnival Films swiftly built up a strong reputation as an independent production company. ... clive exton was a big fat ugly basterd that lived on the street eating garbage. ... This article is about the British director. ... Cracker is the title of a television crime series in the United Kingdom, made by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jimmy McGovern (born 1949 in Liverpool, England, UK) is a British television scriptwriter, known for his powerful and thought-provoking dramas often based around hard-hitting social issues or controversial real-life events. ... now. ... The Bill is a long-running British television police procedural first shown on ITV1, at 8pm, usually on Wednesdays and Thursdays. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Common As Muck was a BBC comedy drama serial about the lives of a crew of binmen. ... Sharpe is a series of TV movies based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell featuring the character of Richard Sharpe focusing on his adventures in the Napoleonic Wars. ... All Quiet On The Preston Front was a BBC comedy drama about a group of friends in the fictional Lancashire town of Roker Bridge, and their links to the local Territorial Army Unit. ... Prime Suspect is a highly-acclaimed Granada Television police procedural television drama series of the decades of the 1990s and 2000s, which has been followed up by several sequels. ... A Touch of Frost is a detective television series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV in the United Kingdom. ... Yorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. ... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[3] and continuing to date. ... Ballykissangel (DVD cover) Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama set in Ireland. ... BBC Northern Ireland Logo. ... Hamish Macbeth is a BBC series about a policeman in a tiny costal village in the Scottish Highlands. ... This Life was a BBC television drama, produced by World Productions and screened on BBC Two, running for two series in 1996 and 1997 and a reunion special in 2007. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jane Fallon is a British TV executive producer currently in a relationship with the comedian Ricky Gervais. ... Jonathan Creek is a mystery television series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. ... David Renwick (born September 4, 1951 in Luton, Bedfordshire, UK) is a British television writer, best known for creation of the sitcom One Foot in the Grave and the mystery series Jonathan Creek Before beginning his full-time comedy writing career, he worked as a journalist on his home town... Touching Evil was a 1997 British television drama serial, produced by Granada Television and screened on the ITV network. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Cops is a British television series made by World Productions for the BBC. The production, set in the fictional town of Stanton in Northern England, was noted for its documentary-style camerawork and uncompromising portrayal of the police force. ... Verity Lambert (born November 27, 1935 in London, England, UK) is a British television and film producer, best known for producing the science-fiction series Doctor Who for the BBC for its first two years, from 1963 to 1965. ... Playing The Field was a BBC television drama series which ran for five series from 1998 - 2002. ... Tiger Aspect Productions is a British television production company, particularly noted for its situation comedies. ... Kay Mellor (born 1950 in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK) is a British actress and scriptwriter, best known for her work on several successful television drama series. ...

2000s

• 2000: The Cops - World Productions / BBC Two - The Production Team
  • Cold Feet - Granada Television / ITV - Christine Langan, Mike Bullen
  • Playing the Field - Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC One - Greg Brenman, Hugh Warren, Kay Mellor
  • Psychos - Kudos Film & Television / Channel 4 - The Production Team

• 2001: Clocking Off - Red Production Company / BBC One - Nicola Shindler, Ann Harrison-Baxter, Paul Abbott
  • The Cops - World Productions / BBC Two - The Production Team
  • Fat Friends - Rollem Productions / Tiger Aspect Productions / Yorkshire Television / ITV - Kay Mellor, Gareth Morgan
  • The Sins - BBC Television / BBC One - Liza Marshall, William Ivory

• 2002: Cold Feet - Granada Television / ITV1 - Andy Harries, Spencer Campbell, Mike Bullen
  • At Home with the Braithwaites - Yorkshire Television / ITV1 - Carolyn Reynolds, Jacky Stoller, Sally Wainwright
  • Clocking Off - Red Production Company / BBC One - Nicola Shindler, Juliet Charlesworth, Paul Abbott
  • Tales from the Pleasure Beach - Blast! Film Productions / BBC Two - Madonna Baptiste, Edmund Coulthard, Roger Williams

• 2003: Spooks - Kudos Film & Television / BBC One - The Production Team
  • Clocking Off - Red Production Company / BBC One - The Production Team
  • Cutting It - BBC Television / BBC One - Debbie Horsfield, Diederick Santer, Andy De Emmony
  • Teachers - Tiger Aspect Productions / Channel 4 - Jane Fallon, Rhonda Smith

• 2004: Buried - World Productions / Channel 4 - Production Team
  • Clocking Off - Red Production Company / BBC One - The Production Team
  • Foyle's War - Greenlit Productions / ITV1 - The Production Team
  • William and Mary - Meridian Broadcasting / ITV1 - Trevor Hopkins, Stuart Orme, Mick Ford

• 2005: Shameless - Company Pictures / Channel 4 - The Production Team
  • Bodies - Hat Trick Productions / BBC Three - Mark Redhead, Sue de Beauvoir, Jed Mercurio
  • Conviction - Red Production Team / BBC Three - The Production Team
  • Spooks - Kudos Film & Television / BBC One - Jane Featherstone, Simon Crawford Collins, Andrew Woodhead

• 2006: Doctor Who - BBC Wales / BBC One - Phil Collinson, Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner
  • Bodies - Hat Trick Productions / BBC Three - Mark Redhead, Sue De Beauvoir, Jed Mercurio
  • Shameless - Company Pictures / Channel 4 - The Production Team
  • Spooks - Kudos Film & Television / BBC One - The Production Team

Cold Feet is a British comedy/drama, made by Granada Television, broadcast on the ITV network and shown in five series between 1997 and 2003. ... Kudos Film & Television is a British television production company, which has produced drama series for most of the major television networks in the UK. Its best-known series are the spy drama Spooks (known as MI5 in the United States) and con-artist thriller series Hustle for BBC One and... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ... Clocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four seasons from 2000 to 2003. ... Red Production Company is a British independent television production company, formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, an experienced television producer who had worked on such prestige dramas as Our Friends in the North and Cracker. ... Nicola Shindler (born October 8, 1968) in Rochdale, Lancashire is a British television producer and executive, the founder of Red Production Company, a UK independent television drama production company. ... Fat Friends is an ITV drama (made by Tiger Aspect), following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. ... The 2002 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday April 21, 2002. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... At Home with the Braithwaites was a British television programme about a typical dysfunctional suburban family from Leeds. ... Sally Wainwright is a British playwright and television writer. ... The 2003 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday April 13 at the Dorchester Hotel in London. ... Spooks is a British television drama series, produced by the independent production company Kudos for BBC One. ... Cutting It was a popular BBC television programme which ran for four series between 2002 and 2005. ... Teachers was a British television comedy-drama produced by Channel 4. ... The 2004 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday April 18 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London. ... Foyles War is a British detective television series. ... Meridian Broadcasting (ITV Meridian) is the holder of the ITV franchise for South and South East England. ... The 2005 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday April 17 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. ... Shameless is an offbeat British comedic drama television series set in the fictional Chatsworth Estate in Manchester, England. ... Company Pictures is an independent British television production company, who have produced drama programming for many broadcasters. ... Bodies is a 2004 medical drama from BBC3 based on the book Bodies by Jed Mercurio. ... Hat Trick Productions is a British independent television production company. ... BBC Three, the successor to the similar BBC Choice, is a British television channel from the BBC broadcasting only on digital cable, terrestrial and satellite. ... The 2006 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday May 7 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ... BBC Wales (Welsh: ) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. ... Phil Collinson is a British television producer. ... Russell T Davies, interviewed for the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential in 2005. ... She was born on September 3, 1981 in Richmond, Virginia. ...

References

BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ...

External links

• List of winners at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts