BAFTA has announced the winners of the BAFTA Television Awards with Mr Loverman the only programme to win two categories.
Lennie James won his first acting BAFTA – Leading Actor and Ariyon Bakare won Supporting Actor, also a first-time BAFTA winner, for the show.
First time nominees Marisa Abela won the Leading Actress award for her performance in Industry; and Jessica Gunning won Supporting Actress for her performance in Baby Reindeer.
In the Female Performance in a Comedy category, Ruth Jones won her first TV Awards BAFTA for Gavin & Stacey: The Finale. First-time BAFTA nominee Danny Dyer won Male Performance in a Comedy Programme for his role in Mr Bigstuff.
For the second consecutive year, Joe Lycett was awarded the BAFTA for Entertainment Performance for his show Late Night Lycett.
This year BAFTA introduced two new categories celebrating the best of children’s television. Children’s: Scripted was won by CBeebies As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe; and Disability and Me (FYI Investigates) won for Children’s: Non-Scripted.
Mr Bates vs The Post Office won Limited Drama; Blue Lights won Drama Series; and EastEnders won Soap & Continuing Drama. EastEnders had previously been presented with a BAFTA Special Award at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards last month.
Alma’s Not Normal won Scripted Comedy; Would I Lie to You? won Entertainment Programme and Clive Myrie’s Caribbean Adventure won Daytime.
Glastonbury 2024 won Live Event and Paris 2024 Olympics won Sports Coverage.
Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour won Factual Entertainment; The Jury: Murder Trial won Reality; To Catch a Copper won Factual Series; Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods won Single Documentary.
Specialist Factual was won by Atomic People; News Coverage was presented to BBC Breakfast: Post Office Special and State of Rage won Current Affairs.
Short Form was won by Quiet Life and the BAFTA for International went to Shōgun.
The P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award, the only award at tonight’s ceremony to be voted for by the public, was won by Strictly Come Dancing.
The Television Special Award was presented by Baroness Floella Benjamin to ITV for their commissioning of Mr Bates vs The Post Office.
The Fellowship was presented by the host Alan Cumming to broadcaster Kirsty Wark for her “unwavering dedication and unmatched legacy in the world of news and current affairs broadcasting.”
The full list of winners and nominees (winners in bold)
CHILDREN’S: NON-SCRIPTED
BOOSNOO! Production Team – Visionality, Mackinnon & Saunders / Sky Kids
**DISABILITY AND ME (FYI INVESTIGATES) Matt Peacock, Marshall Corwin – Fresh Start Media / Sky
Kids
OPERATION OUCH! Production Team – Maverick TV / CBBC
REU & HARPER’S WONDER WORLD Andy Mundy-Castle, Emine Yalchin – Doc Hearts / Channel 5
CHILDREN’S: SCRIPTED
**CBEEBIES AS YOU LIKE IT AT SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE Production Team – BBC Studios Kids & Family /
CBeebies
HORRIBLE HISTORIES Production Team – Lion Television / CBBC
READY EDDIE GO! James Murphy, Joseph Morpurgo, Justin Lowings – Hocus Pocus Studio / Sky Kids
TWEEDY & FLUFF Corrinne Averiss, Chris Randall, Martin Tapley – Second Home Studios, Stitchy Feet
/ Channel 5
CURRENT AFFAIRS
LIFE AND DEATH IN GAZA (STORYVILLE) Natasha Cox, Lara El Gibaly, Haya Al Badarneh, Sarah
Keeling, Simon Cox, Mustafa Khalili – BBC World Service, BBC Eye / BBC Two
MATERNITY: BROKEN TRUST (EXPOSURE) Laura Warner, Becky Southworth, Tom Keeling, Emma
Lysaght, Lewis Albrow, Martin Kayser-Landwehr – Pulse Films / ITV1
**STATE OF RAGE Marcel Mettelsiefen, Ahisha Ghafoor, Stephen Ellis, Ismail Hussam Banighorra,
Aviya Shar-Yashuv, Mayte Carrasco – Duskwater Films / Channel 4
UKRAINE’S WAR: THE OTHER SIDE (EXPOSURE) Sean Langan, Leslie Knott, Matt Scholes – Sean
Langan, Tiger Nest Films / ITV1
DAYTIME
**CLIVE MYRIE’S CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE Des Henderson, Emma Parkins, Ed Stobart, Jane
Magowan, Denis Minihan – Alleycats TV / BBC Two
LOOSE WOMEN Production Team – ITV Studios Daytime / ITV1
MORNING LIVE Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES Tamara Gilder, Breid McLoone, John Smith, Anna
Blakemore, Abby Brakewell, Tom Banks – Remarkable TV / BBC Two
DRAMA SERIES
**BLUE LIGHTS Stephen Wright, Louise Gallagher, Declan Lawn, Adam Patterson, Jack Casey,
Amanda Black – Two Cities Television, Gallagher Films / BBC One
SHERWOOD James Graham, Clio Barnard, Juliette Howell, Tessa Ross, Harriet Spencer, Kate
Ogborn – House Productions / BBC One
SUPACELL Rapman, Mouktar Mohammed, Steve Searle, Joanna Crow – Netflix, New Wave
Agency, It’s A Rap / Netflix
WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT Peter Kosminsky, Noëlette Buckley, Susanne Simpson,
Peter Straughan, Lisa Osborne, Colin Callender – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures /
BBC One
ENTERTAINMENT*
THE 1% CLUB Dean Nabarro, Andy Auerbach, Richard van’t Riet, Clare Barton, Hennie Clough –
Magnum Media / ITV1
MICHAEL MCINTYRE’S BIG SHOW Production Team – Hungry McBear / BBC One
TASKMASTER Andy Devonshire, Andy Cartwright, James Taylor, Alex Horne, Jon Thoday – Avalon
UK / Channel 4
**WOULD I LIE TO YOU? Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Barbara Wiltshire, Jake Graham, Zoe
Waterman, Charlotte Bracey-Curant – Zeppotron / BBC One
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCEANTHONY MCPARTLIN, DECLAN DONNELLY Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – Lifted
Entertainment, Mitre Studios / ITV1
CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN The Traitors – Studio Lambert / BBC One
GRAHAM NORTON The Graham Norton Show – So Television / BBC One
**JOE LYCETT Late Night Lycett – Rumpus Media, My Options Were Limited / Channel 4
ROMESH RANGANATHAN, ROB BECKETT Rob & Romesh Vs – CPL Productions / Sky Max
STACEY SOLOMON Sort Your Life Out – Optomen / BBC One
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
IN VOGUE: THE 90s Liesel Evans, Jonathan Smith, Hugo MacGregor, Vikki Miller, Charlotte Permutt,
Matthew Hill – RAW, Vogue Studios / Disney+
RACE ACROSS THE WORLD Production Team – Studio Lambert / BBC One
**ROB AND RYLAN’S GRAND TOUR Rob Rinder, Rylan Clark, Lana Salah, Simon Draper, Gwyn Jones,
Joseph Fell – Rex, Zinc Media / BBC Two
SORT YOUR LIFE OUT Production Team – Optomen / BBC One
FACTUAL SERIES
AMERICAN NIGHTMARE Bernadette Higgins, Fiona Stourton, Rebecca North, Alasdair Bayne,
Anton Short, Felicity Morris – RAW / Netflix
FREDDIE FLINTOFF’S FIELD OF DREAMS ON TOUR Andrew MacKenzie-Betty, Naomi Templeton,
Annie Hughes, Anna Stickland, Peter Benn, Drew Hill – South Shore Productions / BBC One
THE PUSH: MURDER ON THE CLIFF Anna Hall, Josephine Besbrode, Luke Rothery, Tom Whitaker, Kate
Reid, Josh Carpenter – Candour Productions / Channel 4
**TO CATCH A COPPER Hugo Pettitt, Ashley Francis-Roy, Bruce Fletcher, Peter Beard, Colette
Hodges, Martin Thompson – Story Films / Channel 4
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
ANJANA VASAN We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television / Channel 4
KATE O’FLYNN Everyone Else Burns – Jax Media, Imagine Entertainment, Universal International
Studios / Channel 4
LOLLY ADEFOPE The Franchise – Neal Street Productions, Dundee Productions, HBO / Sky Comedy
NICOLA COUGHLAN Big Mood – Dancing Ledge Productions / Channel 4
**RUTH JONES Gavin & Stacey: The Finale – Fulwell Entertainment, Tidy Productions, Baby Cow
Productions / BBC One
SOPHIE WILLAN Alma’s Not Normal – Expectation / BBC Two
INTERNATIONAL
AFTER THE PARTY Helen Bowden, Dianne Taylor, Robyn Malcolm, Peter Salmon, Liz DiFiore, Jason
Stephens – Lingo Pictures, Luminous Beast / Channel 4
COLIN FROM ACCOUNTS Production Team – CBS Studios, Easy Tiger Productions / BBC Two
SAY NOTHING Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Joshua Zetumer, Patrick Keefe, Monica Levinson,
Michael Lennox – FX Productions, Color Force / Disney+
**SHŌGUN Justin Marks, Rachel Kondo, Michaela Clavell, Jonathan van Tulleken, Hiroyuki
Sanada, Edward L. McDonnell – FX Productions / Disney+
TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY Production Team – Peligrosa, Neon Black, Anonymous Content,
Parliament of Owls, Passenger, HBO / Sky Atlantic
YOU ARE NOT ALONE: FIGHTING THE WOLFPACK Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, Katie Bryer,
Samuel R. Santana – Lucernam Films / Netflix
LEADING ACTOR
DAVID TENNANT Rivals – Happy Prince, ITV Studios / Disney+
GARY OLDMAN Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
**LENNIE JAMES Mr Loverman – Fable Pictures / BBC One
MARTIN FREEMAN The Responder – Dancing Ledge Productions / BBC One
RICHARD GADD Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix
TOBY JONES Mr Bates vs The Post Office – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1
LEADING ACTRESS
ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN Until I Kill You – World Productions / ITV1
BILLIE PIPER Scoop – The Lighthouse Film and Television, Voltage TV / Netflix
LOLA PETTICREW Say Nothing – FX Productions, Color Force / Disney+
**MARISA ABELA Industry – Bad Wolf, HBO / BBC One
MONICA DOLAN Mr Bates vs The Post Office – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1
SHARON D CLARKE Mr Loverman – Fable Pictures / BBC One
LIMITED DRAMA
BABY REINDEER Richard Gadd, Weronika Tofilska, Petra Fried, Matt Jarvis, Ed Macdonald, Matthew
Mulot – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix
LOST BOYS AND FAIRIES Rebekah Wray-Rogers, Jessica Brown Meek, Libby Durdy, Daf James,
James Kent, Adam Knopf – Duck Soup Films / BBC One
**MR BATES vs THE POST OFFICE Patrick Spence, James Strong, Gwyneth Hughes, Chris Clough,
Natasha Bondy, Joe Williams – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1
ONE DAY Nicole Taylor, Molly Manners, Roanna Benn, Jude Liknaitzky, David Nicholls, Nige Watson
– Drama Republic, Universal International Studios, Focus Features / Netflix
LIVE EVENT COVERAGE
D-DAY 80: TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
**GLASTONBURY 2024 Production Team – BBC Studios Music Productions / BBC Two
LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS Production Team – Livewire Pictures / BBC Two
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
BILAL HASNA Extraordinary – Sid Gentle Films / Disney+
**DANNY DYER Mr Bigstuff – Sky Studios, Water & Power Productions / Sky Comedy
DYLAN THOMAS-SMITH G’Wed – Golden Path Productions / ITV2
NABHAAN RIZWAN Kaos – SISTER / Netflix
OLIVER SAVELL Changing Ends – Baby Cow Productions / ITV1
PHIL DUNNING Smoggie Queens – Hat Trick Productions / BBC Three
NEWS COVERAGE
**BBC BREAKFAST: POST OFFICE SPECIAL Production Team – BBC News / BBC One
CHANNEL 4 NEWS: INSIDE SEDNAYA – THE FALL OF ASSAD Production Team – Channel 4 News /
Channel 4
CHANNEL 4 NEWS: UNDERCOVER INSIDE REFORM’S CAMPAIGN Production Team – Channel 4
News / Channel 4
REALITY
DRAGONS’ DEN Production Team – BBC Studios Factual Entertainment Productions / BBC One
**THE JURY: MURDER TRIAL Production Team – ScreenDog Productions / Channel 4
LOVE IS BLIND UK Production Team – CPL Productions / Netflix
THE TRAITORS Production Team – Studio Lambert / BBC One
SCRIPTED COMEDY
**ALMA’S NOT NORMAL Sophie Willan, Andrew Chaplin, Gill Isles, Nerys Evans – Expectation / BBC
Two
BRASSIC David Livingstone, Danny Brocklehurst, Ben Gregor, Joseph Gilgun, Jim Poyser – Calamity
Films / Sky Max
G’WED Danny Kenny, Mario Stylianides, Akaash Meeda, Penny Davies – Golden Path Productions
/ ITV2
LUDWIG Mark Brotherhood, Robert McKillop, David Mitchell, Kenton Allen, Kathryn O’Connor,
Georgie Fallon – Big Talk Studios, That Mitchell & Webb Company / BBC One
SHORT FORM
BROWN BRIT Jay Stephen, Ralph Briscoe – The Romantix / Channel 4
PEAKED John Addis, Ada Player, Bron Waugh – Boffola Pictures / Channel 4
**QUIET LIFE Production Team – Open Mike Productions / BBC Three
SPUD Siobhán McSweeney, Pippa Brown, Leah Draws – Lookout Point TV / BBC Three
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY**
HELL JUMPER Paddy Wivell, Adriana Timco, Colin Barr, Rupert Houseman, Jane Nicholson, Clancie
John-Pierre – Expectation/ BBC Two
TELL THEM YOU LOVE ME Production Team – Mindhouse Productions / Sky Documentaries
**UKRAINE: ENEMY IN THE WOODS Jamie Roberts, Kate Spankie, Jonathan Smith, Claire Walker,
Stanislav Strilets – Hoyo Films / BBC Two
UNDERCOVER: EXPOSING THE FAR RIGHT Havana Marking, Natasha Dack, Fiona Stourton, Ross
Leppard, Siobhan Sinnerton, Sandra Whipham – Marking Inc, Tigerlily Productions, Hidden Light,
Doc Society / Channel 4
SOAP
CASUALTY Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
CORONATION STREET Production Team – ITV Studios / ITV1
**EASTENDERS Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC On
SPECIALIST FACTUAL***
**ATOMIC PEOPLE Benedict Sanderson, Megumi Inman, Morgan Matthews, Otto Burnham –
Minnow Films / BBC Two
BILLY & MOLLY: AN OTTER LOVE STORY Production Team – Silverback Films / National Geographic
CHILDREN OF THE CULT Maroesja Perizonius, Alice McShane, Victoria Hollingsworth, David Modell,
Ella Newton, Ben Ferguson – DM Productions / ITV1
MINERS’ STRIKE 1984: THE BATTLE FOR BRITAIN Tom Barrow, Christian Collerton, Zora Kuettner, Neil
Crombie, Joe Evans, Miriam Walsh – Swan Films / Channel 4
SPORTS COVERAGE
EURO 2024 Production Team – BBC Sport / BBC One
**PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS Production Team – BBC Sport / BBC One
WIMBLEDON 2024 Production Team – BBC Sport, Wimbledon Broadcast Services / BBC One
SUPPORTING ACTOR
**ARIYON BAKARE Mr Loverman – Fable Pictures / BBC One
CHRISTOPHER CHUNG Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
DAMIAN LEWIS Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures /
BBC One
JONATHAN PRYCE Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
MCKINLEY BELCHER III Eric – SISTER, Little Chick / Netflix
SONNY WALKER The Gathering – World Productions / Channel 4
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
**JESSICA GUNNING Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix
KATHERINE PARKINSON Rivals – Happy Prince, ITV Studios / Disney+
MAXINE PEAKE Say Nothing – FX Productions, Color Force / Disney+
MONICA DOLAN Sherwood – House Productions / BBC One
NAVA MAU Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix
SUE JOHNSTON Truelove – Clerkenwell Films / Channel 4
P&O CRUISES MEMORABLE MOMENT AWARD (voted for by the public)
BRIDGERTON “THE” carriage scene where Colin admits his true feelings for Penelope – Shondaland
/ Netflix
GAVIN & STACEY: THE FINALE Smithy’s Wedding: Mick Stands Up – Fulwell Entertainment, Tidy
Productions, Baby Cow Productions / BBC One
MR BATES VS THE POST OFFICE Jo Hamilton phones the Horizon helpline – ITV Studios, Little Gem /
ITV1
RIVALS Rupert Campbell-Black and Sarah Stratton are caught in a game of naked tennis – Happy
Prince, ITV Studios / Disney+
**STRICTLY COME DANCING Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell Waltz to ‘You’ll Never Walk
Alone’ – BBC Studios / BBC One
TRAITORS “Paul isn’t my son… but Ross is!” – Studio Lambert / BBC One* Entertainment is given in honour of Lew Grade
** Single Documentary is given in honour of Robert Flaherty
*** Specialist Factual is given in honour of Huw Wheldon
N.B. Categories which had less than 15 programmes under consideration at entry stage announce three nominations
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