The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Comedy is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories.
Prior to 2013, there was a united category named Best Writer for both drama and comedy series, in 2013 this category was split into two separate categories, Writer: Drama and Writer: Comedy.
Winners and nominees 2010s Year Recipient(s) Title Broadcaster2013 Julia Davis Hunderby Sky Atlantic Jo Brand, Joanna Scanlan, Vicki Pepperdine Getting On BBC Four Writing Team The Thick of It BBC Two John Morton Twenty Twelve2014 Graham Linehan The IT Crowd BBC Two Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Tom Basden Fresh Meat Channel 4 Steve Delaney, Graham Linehan Count Arthur Strong BBC Two James Corden, Mathew Baynton The Wrong Mans2015 Mackenzie Crook Detectorists BBC Four Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton Inside No. 9 BBC Two James Corden, Mathew Baynton The Wrong Mans (for "Episode 1") Arthur Mathews, Matt Berry Toast of London Channel 42016 Rob Delaney, Sharon Horgan Catastrophe Channel 4 Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain Peep Show Channel 4 Julia Davis, Barunka O'Shaughnessy Hunderby Sky Atlantic Writing Team Peter Kay's Car Share BBC One2017 Stefan Golaszewski Mum BBC Two Julia Davis Camping Sky Atlantic Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle Phoebe Waller-Bridge Fleabag BBC Three2018 Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith Inside No. 9 BBC Two Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper This Country BBC Three Paul Coleman, Peter Kay, Sian Gibson Peter Kay's Car Share BBC One Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney Catastrophe Channel 42019 Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper This Country BBC Three Peter Kay, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman Peter Kay's Car Share: The Finale BBC One Stefan Golaszewski Mum BBC Two Writing Team Cunk on Britain
2020s Year Recipient(s) Title Broadcaster2020 Jamie Demetriou Stath Lets Flats Channel 4 Danny Brocklehurst Brassic Sky 1 Phoebe Waller-Bridge Fleabag BBC Three Sam Leifer, Tom Basden Plebs ITV22021 Sophie Willan Alma's Not Normal BBC Two Writing Team Ghosts BBC One Charlie Brooker Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe BBC Two Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper This Country BBC Three2022 Nida Manzoor We Are Lady Parts Channel 4 Nathan Bryon, Paul Doolan Bloods Sky One Stephen Merchant, Emma Jane Unsworth The Outlaws BBC One Sophie Willan Alma's Not Normal BBC Two2023 Lisa McGee Derry Girls Channel 4 Nancy Harris The Dry Britbox Jack Rooke Big Boys Channel 4 Sharon Horgan, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Helen Serafinowicz, Holly Walsh Motherland BBC One2024 Jack Rooke Big Boys Channel 4 Jamie Demetriou A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou Netflix Kat Sadler Such Brave Girls BBC Three Mawaan Rizwan Juice 2025 Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton Inside No. 9 BBC Two Brett Goldstein Shrinking Apple TV+ Phil Dunning Smoggie Queens BBC Three Nida Manzoor We Are Lady Parts Channel 42026 Jack Rooke Big Boys Channel 4 Daisy May Cooper, Selin Hizli Am I Being Unreasonable? BBC One Steve Coogan, Rob Gibbons, Neil Gibbons How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) Kat Sadler Such Brave Girls BBC Three
See also British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Writer: Drama Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
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