British Academy Television Awards 2006
Held May 7, 2006 · 18 categories · everything in 2006
Best Drama Series
- Winner Doctor Who
- Nominee Bodies
- Nominee Shameless
- Nominee Spooks
Best Mini-Series
- Winner Bleak House
- Nominee Fingersmith
- Nominee Funland
- Nominee To the Ends of the Earth
Best Single Drama
- Winner The Government Inspector
- Nominee Much Ado About Nothing
- Nominee Red Dust
- Nominee The Queen's Sister
Best Soap and Continuing Drama
- Winner EastEnders
- Nominee Casualty
- Nominee Coronation Street
- Nominee Holby City
Best Scripted Comedy
- Winner The Thick of It
- Nominee Extras
- Nominee Peep Show
- Nominee The Worst Week of My Life
Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
- Winner Help
- Nominee Creature Comforts
- Nominee Little Britain
- Nominee The Catherine Tate Show
Best Entertainment Programme
- Winner The X Factor
- Nominee Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
- Nominee Have I Got News for You
- Nominee Strictly Come Dancing
Best Actor
- Winner Mark Rylance · The Government Inspector
- Nominee Bernard Hill · A Very Social Secretary
- Nominee Denis Lawson · Bleak House
- Nominee Rufus Sewell · The Taming of the Shrew
Best Actress
- Winner Anna Maxwell Martin · Bleak House
- Nominee Gillian Anderson · Bleak House
- Nominee Anne-Marie Duff · Shameless
- Nominee Lucy Cohu · The Queen's Sister
Best Comedy Performance
- Winner Chris Langham · The Thick of It
- Nominee Ashley Jensen · Extras
- Nominee Catherine Tate · The Catherine Tate Show
- Nominee Peter Capaldi · The Thick of It
Best Entertainment Performance
- Winner Jonathan Ross · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
- Nominee Noel Edmonds · Deal or No Deal
- Nominee Jack Dee · Jack Dee Live at the Apollo
- Nominee Jeremy Clarkson · Top Gear
Best Features
- Winner The Apprentice
- Nominee Dragons' Den
- Nominee Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
- Nominee Top Gear
Best Factual Series or Strand
- Winner Jamie's School Dinners
- Nominee 49 Up
- Nominee Coast
- Nominee Cocaine
Best Specialist Factual
- Winner Holocaust, a Memorial Film From Auschwitz
- Nominee Life in the Undergrowth
- Nominee No Direction Home
- Nominee The Boy with the Incredible Brain
Best Single Documentary
- Winner Make Me Normal
- Nominee Children of Beslan
- Nominee Taxidermy: Stuff the World
- Nominee The Real Sex Traffic
Best Current Affairs
- Winner Dispatches
- Nominee Iraq
- Nominee Panorama Special - Undercover Nurse
- Nominee Storyville
Best News Coverage
- Winner BBC Ten O'Clock News
- Nominee Channel 4 News
- Nominee ITV Evening News
- Nominee Sky News
Best Sport
- Winner The Ashes - England v Australia
- Nominee Champions League Final Live: AC Milan v Liverpool
- Nominee Formula One
- Nominee The Open Championship