The BAFTA TV Awards were held over the weekend in London. The awards, the equivalent of the US Emmys, celebrates best of British television. The BBC series “Happy Valley” was the night’s big winner, taking home the top prizes of Best Drama Series and Best Actress in a Drama Series for Sarah Lancashire.
BAFTA TV Awards: complete list of winners:
DRAMA SERIES
’The Crown’
‘The Durrells’
‘Happy Valley’ WINNER
‘War And Peace’
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Adam Hills – ‘The Last Leg’
Claudia Winkleman – ‘Strictly Come Dancing’
Graham Norton – ‘The Graham Norton Show’
Michael McIntyre – ‘Michael McIntyre’s Big Show’ WINNER
SPECIALIST FACTUAL
’Alan Bennett’s Diaries’
‘Attenborough’s Life That Glows’
’Grayson Perry: All Man’
‘Planet Earth II’ WINNER
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Diane Morgan – ‘Cunk on Shakespeare’
Lesley Manville – ‘Mum’
Olivia Colman – ‘Fleabag’
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – ‘Fleabag’ WINNER
MINI-SERIES
’The Hollow Crown: The Wars Of The Roses’
‘National Treasure’ WINNER
‘The Secret’
’The Witness For The Prosecution’
BAFTA SPECIAL AWARD Nick Frasier
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Asim Chaudhry – ‘People Just Do Nothing’
David Mitchell – ‘Upstart Crow’
Harry Enfield – ‘The Windsors’
Steve Coogan – ‘Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle’ WINNER
VIRGIN TV’S MUST SEE MOMENT
’Game Of Thrones’: Battle of the Bastards
’The Late Late Show With James Corden’: Carpool Karaoke with Michelle Obama
’Line Of Duty’: Urgent Exit Required’
’Planet Earth II’: Snakes vs Iguana Chase’ WINNER
’Strictly Come Dancing’: Ed Balls’ Gangnam Style
’Who Do You Think You Are?’: Danny Dyer’s origins
REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
’First Dates’
’Muslims Like Us’ WINNER
’The Real Marigold Hotel’
’The Secret Lives Of 5-Year-Olds’
COMEDY & COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
’Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe’ WINNER
’Cunk On Shakespeare’
’The Last Leg’
‘Taskmaster’
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Daniel Mays – ‘Line of Duty’
Jared Harris – ‘The Crown’
John Lithgow – ‘The Crown’
Tom Hollander – ‘The Night Manager’ WINNER
SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA
’Casualty’
‘EastEnders’
‘Emmerdale’ WINNER
‘Hollyoaks’
SPORT
The Open (Sky Sports) WINNER
Rio 2016 Olympics (BBC)
Rio 2016 Paralympics (Channel 4)
Six Nations: England Vs Wales (ITV)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nicola Walker – ‘Last Tango In Halifax’
Siobhan Finneran – ‘Happy Valley’
Vanessa Kirby – ‘The Crown’
Wunmi Mosaku – ‘Damilola, Our Loved Boy’ WINNER
FEATURES
’The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs’
’The Great British Bake Off’
‘Travel Man: 48 Hours In’
‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ WINNER
SCRIPTED COMEDY
’Camping’
’Fleabag’
’Flowers’
’People Just Do Nothing’ WINNER
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
’Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’ WINNER
‘Britain’s Got Talent’
‘Michael McIntyre’s Big Show’
‘Strictly Come Dancing’
LEADING ACTOR
Adeel Akhtar – ‘Murdered By My Father’ WINNER
Babou Ceesay – ‘Damilola, Our Loved Boy’
Benedict Cumberbatch – ‘The Hollow Crown: The Wars Of The Roses’
Robbie Coltrane – ‘National Treasure’
LEADING ACTRESS
Claire Foy – ‘The Crown’
Jodie Comer – ‘Thirteen’
Nikki Amuka-Bird – ‘NW’
Sarah Lancashire – ‘Happy Valley’ WINNER
FELLOWSHIP Joanna Lumley
Other awards presented during the night:
SINGLE DRAMA
’Aberfan: The Green Hollow’
‘Damilola, Our Loved Boy’ WINNER
‘Murdered By My Father’
‘NW’
FACTUAL SERIES
‘24 Hours In Police Custody’
‘Exodus: Our Journey To Europe’ WINNER
‘Kids On The Edge’
’The Prosecutors: Real Crime And Punishment’
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
’Behind Closed Doors’
‘Hillsborough’ WINNER
’How To Die: Simon’s Choice’
‘Hypernormalisation’
INTERNATIONAL
’The Night Of’
‘The People Vs OJ Simpson: American Crime Story’ WINNER
‘Stranger Things’
’Transparent’
LIVE EVENT
‘The Centenary Of The Battle Of The Somme’
‘Shakespeare Live! From The RSC’
‘Stand Up To Cancer’
‘The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration’ WINNER
NEWS COVERAGE
Channel 4 News: Brexit – Day One
BBC North West Tonight: Hillsborough
Inquests Sky News Tonight
Aleppo: Death Of A City
Victoria Derbyshire – BBC News WINNER
CURRENT AFFAIRS
’Inside Obama’s White House’
‘Teenage Prison Abuse Exposed’(’Panorama’) WINNER
‘Three Days Of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks’
‘Unarmed Black Male’
