The award was first given in 1992, for the awards covering programmes screened in 1991.1 Prior to this, drama series had been included in a joint "Best Drama Series or Serial" category with Serial s. From 1992 onwards, they were split in two, with a separate Best Drama Serial category also established.
'' Inspector Morse '', '' Cracker '' and '' The Cops '' — all Police Procedural dramas — have all won the category twice, all of them in successive years.
- '''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
- ''''' - 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
- ''''' - 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
- ''''' - 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
- ''' - 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
- ''''' - 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
- ''''' - 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
- ''''' - 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
- ''''' - 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
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