British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance

British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance
2023 Recipient: Claudia Winkleman
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded1969 (presented in 1970)
Currently held byClaudia Winkleman for The Traitors (2023)
Websitehttp://www.bafta.org/

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.[1]
  • 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.

  1. ^ "Arqiva British Academy Television Awards". Bafta.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.