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 a drama series "of between two and 19 episodes, that is intended to return.
Inspector Morse, Cracker, The Cops, The Street and Happy Valley have all won the category twice, all except the last in successive years.
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The following television series have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series multiple times: 6 nominations 4 nominations 3 nominations