BAFTA has announced the winners of the BAFTA Television Awards with both The Sixth Commandment and Top Boy picking up two gongs each.
Sarah Lancashire won the BAFTA for Leading Actress for her role in Happy Valley, her second BAFTA for the same role. Happy Valley also won the only award voted for by the British public, P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award, for Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce’s final kitchen showdown moment.
Jasmine Jobson won her first BAFTA – Supporting Actress for her performance in Top Boy, which also won the BAFTA for Drama Series.
Timothy Spall won his first BAFTA – Leading Actor for his performance in true-crime drama The Sixth Commandment, which also won the BAFTA for the Limited Drama.
Matthew Macfadyen won the BAFTA for Supporting Actor for his role in the final series of Succession – the second time he has won for this role, having won the BAFTA for Supporting Actor in 2022.
Mawaan Rizwan, the writer, comedian and creator of Juice won his first BAFTA for Male Performance in a Comedy.
Gbemisola Ikumelo won Female Performance in a Comedy for Black Ops, which she also co-created. This is her first performance BAFTA.
Following his 2023 BAFTA win in the Features category, Joe Lycett was awarded the BAFTA for Entertainment Performance for his show Late Night Lycett.
Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan collected the BAFTA for Comedy Entertainment for Rob & Romesh VS.
Following Kat Sadler’s win at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards last month, Such Brave Girls won in Scripted Comedy.
Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family won Single Documentary; Cheltenham Festival Day One won Sports Coverage; Eurovision Song Contest 2023 won Live Event Coverage; Casualty won Soap for the second year running; Scam Interceptors won Daytime; Strictly Come Dancing won Entertainment; Factual Entertainment was won by Celebrity Race Across the World; Reality was won by Squid Game: The Challenge.
Lockerbie won Factual Series; Specialist Factual was won by White Nanny, Black Child; News Coverage was presented to Channel 4 News: Inside Gaza: Israel and Hamas At War; Current Affairs was won by The Shamima Begum Story (This World); Short Form was won by Mobility and the BAFTA for International was awarded to Class Act.
The BAFTA Special Award was presented by Brian Cox to presenter and broadcaster Lorraine Kelly for her outstanding contribution to the television industry.
The Fellowship, the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA, was presented by Clive Myrie to Baroness Floella Benjamin in recognition of her exceptional contribution to television.
The full list of awards
COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW Graham Norton, Graham Stuart, Jon Magnusson, Toby Baker, Catherine Strauss, Pete Snell – So Television / BBC One
LATE NIGHT LYCETT Production Team – Rumpus Media, My Options Were Limited / Channel 4
WINNER – ROB & ROMESH VS Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Jack Shillaker, Bill Righton, David Taylor, Graham Proud – CPL Productions / Sky Max
WOULD I LIE TO YOU? Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Jake Graham, Zoe Waterman, Liz Clare, Barbara Wiltshire – Zeppotron / BBC One
CURRENT AFFAIRS
INSIDE RUSSIA: TRAITORS AND HEROES (STORYVILLE) Paul Mitchell, Anastasia Popova, Mikhail Kozyrev, Daria Olevskaya, Monica Garnsey, Mustafa Khalili – BBC Storyville, BBC World Service, Ronachan Films / BBC Four
PUTIN vs THE WEST Norma Percy, Tim Stirzaker, Lucy Hetherington, Lotte Murphy-Johnson, Max Stern – Brook Lapping / BBC Two
RUSSELL BRAND: IN PLAIN SIGHT (DISPATCHES) Production Team – Hardcash Productions / Channel 4
WINNER – THE SHAMIMA BEGUM STORY (THIS WORLD) Joshua Baker, Sara Obeidat, Sasha Joelle Achilli, Sarah Waldron, Simon McMahon, Mustafa Al-Ali – BBC Current Affairs / BBC Two
DAYTIME
LOOSE WOMEN AND MEN Production Team – ITV Studios Daytime / ITV1
LORRAINE Production Team – ITV Studios Daytime / ITV1
MAKE IT AT MARKET Martin Connery, Aman Mistry, Iain Robson, Kim Merrick, Lauren Elliott, Andrew Snowball – Flabbergast TV, BritBox / BBC One
WINNER – SCAM INTERCEPTORS Rowland Stone, Sherry Knight, Nick Stapleton, Odin Gillies, Sue Malone, Mark Lewis – BBC Studios Documentary Unit / BBC One
DRAMA SERIES
THE GOLD Production Team – Tannadice Pictures / BBC One
HAPPY VALLEY Sally Wainwright, Sarah Lancashire, Jessica Taylor, Faith Penhale, Will Johnston, Fergus O’Brien – Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
SLOW HORSES Production Team – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
WINNER – TOP BOY Charles Steel, Alasdair Flind, Ronan Bennett, Ashley Walters, Kane Robinson, Tina Pawlik – Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / Netflix
ENTERTAINMENT*
HANNAH WADDINGHAM: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Hannah Waddingham, Hamish Hamilton, Katy Mullan, Moira Ross, Raj Kapoor, Nick Todisco – Done + Dusted / Apple TV+
LATER… WITH JOOLS HOLLAND Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC Two
MICHAEL MCINTYRE’S BIG SHOW Production Team – Hungry McBear / BBC One
WINNER: STRICTLY COME DANCING Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
ANTHONY McPARTLIN, DECLAN DONNELLY I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! – Lifted Entertainment / ITV1
BIG ZUU Big Zuu’s Big Eats – Boom, Big Productions / Dave
GRAHAM NORTON The Graham Norton Show – So Television / BBC One
HANNAH WADDINGHAM Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – BBC Studios / BBC One
WINNER – JOE LYCETT Late Night Lycett – Rumpus Media, My Options Were Limited / Channel 4
ROB BECKETT, ROMESH RANGANATHAN Rob & Romesh Vs – CPL Productions / Sky Max
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
WINNER – CELEBRITY RACE ACROSS THE WORLD Production Team – Studio Lambert / BBC One
THE DOG HOUSE Production Team – Five Mile Films / Channel 4
ENDURANCE: RACE TO THE POLE Alexis Girardet, Mike Warner, Adam Bullmore, Martin Long – October Films / Channel 5
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR Production Team – Storyvault Films / Sky Arts
FACTUAL SERIES
DUBLIN NARCOS Benedict Sanderson, Claire McFall, Sacha Baveystock, Edmund Coulthard, Megan Taylor, Laura Dunne – Blast! Films / Sky Documentaries
EVACUATION Production Team – Wonderhood Studios / Channel 4
WINNER – LOCKERBIE Nancy Strang, John Dower, Claire McFall, Barnaby Fry, Dejan Cancar, Charlie Hawryliw – Mindhouse Productions / Sky Documentaries
ONCE UPON A TIME IN NORTHERN IRELAND Production Team – KEO Films, Walk On Air Films, The Open University / BBC Two
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
BRIDGET CHRISTIE The Change – Expectation / Channel 4
WINNER – GBEMISOLA IKUMELO Black Ops – BBC Studios Comedy Productions, Mondo Deluxe Productions / BBC One
MÁIRÉAD TYERS Extraordinary – Sid Gentle Films / Disney+
ROISIN GALLAGHER The Lovers – Drama Republic / Sky Atlantic
SOFIA OXENHAM Extraordinary – Sid Gentle Films / Disney+
TAJ ATWAL Hullraisers – Fable Pictures / Channel 4
INTERNATIONAL
THE BEAR Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Matty Matheson, Tyson Bidner – FX Productions / Disney+
BEEF Lee Sung Jin, Steven Yeun , Ali Wong, Jake Schreier, Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich – A24 / Netflix
WINNER – CLASS ACT Bruno Nahon, Tristan Séguela, Olivier Demangel, Laurent Lafitte – Unité / Netflix
THE LAST OF US Production Team – Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic
LOVE & DEATH Production Team – Lionsgate, David E. Kelley Productions, Blossom Films, Texas Monthly / ITVX
SUCCESSION Production Team – Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
LEADING ACTOR
BRIAN COX Succession – Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
DOMINIC WEST The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
KANE ROBINSON Top Boy – Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / Netflix
PAAPA ESSIEDU The Lazarus Project – Urban Myth Films / Sky Max
STEVE COOGAN The Reckoning – ITV Studios / BBC One
WINNER – TIMOTHY SPALL The Sixth Commandment – Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
LEADING ACTRESS
ANJANA VASAN Demon 79 (Black Mirror) – Broke & Bones / Netflix
ANNE REID The Sixth Commandment – Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
BELLA RAMSEY The Last of Us – Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions,, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic
HELENA BONHAM CARTER Nolly – Quay Street Productions / ITVX
WINNER – SARAH LANCASHIRE Happy Valley – Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
SHARON HORGAN Best Interests – AC Chapter One / BBC One
LIMITED DRAMA
BEST INTERESTS Toby Bentley, Jenny Frayn, Sophie Gardiner, Michael Keillor, Jack Thorne – AC Chapter One / BBC One
DEMON 79 (BLACK MIRROR) Charlie Brooker, Richard Webb, Jessica Rhoades, Bisha K. Ali, Annabel Jones, Toby Haynes – Broke & Bones / Netflix
THE LONG SHADOW George Kay, Lewis Arnold, Matt Sandford, Sarah Lewis, Sacha Szwarc, Willow Grylls – New Pictures / ITV1
WINNER – THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT Derek Wax, Brian Woods, Sarah Phelps, Saul Dibb, Frances du Pille – Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
LIVE EVENT COVERAGE
THE CORONATION CONCERT Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
WINNER – EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2023 Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
ADJANI SALMON Dreaming Whilst Black – Big Deal Films, A24 / BBC Three
DAVID TENNANT Good Omens – BBC Studios Comedy Productions, Narrativia, The Blank Corporation / Prime Video
HAMMED ANIMASHAUN Black Ops – BBC Studios Comedy Productions, Mondo Deluxe Productions / BBC One
JAMIE DEMETRIOU A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou – BBC Studios Comedy Productions, Guilty Party Pictures / Netflix
JOSEPH GILGUN Brassic – Calamity Films / Sky Max
WINNER – MAWAAN RIZWAN Juice – Various Artists Limited / BBC Three
NEWS COVERAGE
WINNER – CHANNEL 4 NEWS: INSIDE GAZA: ISRAEL AND HAMAS AT WAR Production Team – ITN / Channel 4
SKY NEWS: INSIDE MYANMAR – THE HIDDEN WAR Production Team – Sky News / Sky News
SKY NEWS: ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR Production Team – Sky News / Sky News
REALITY
BANGED UP Production Team – Shine TV / Channel 4
MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT UK Danielle Lux, Murray Boland, Rachel Viner, Susy Price, James Kayler, Dermot Caulfield – CPL Productions / E4
MY MUM, YOUR DAD Production Team – Lifted Entertainment / ITV1
WINNER – SQUID GAME: THE CHALLENGE Production Team – Studio Lambert, The Garden / Netflix
SCRIPTED COMEDY
BIG BOYS Jack Rooke, Jim Archer, Bertie Peek, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith – Roughcut TV / Channel 4
DREAMING WHILST BLACK Thomas Stogdon, Dhanny Joshi, Adjani Salmon, Ali Hughes, Nicola Gregory, Yemi Oyefuwa – Big Deal Films, A24 / BBC Three
EXTRAORDINARY Emma Moran, Toby Macdonald, Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, Charlie Palmer, Jennifer Sheridan – Sid Gentle Films / Disney+
WINNER – SUCH BRAVE GIRLS Kat Sadler, Simon Bird, Catherine Gosling Fuller, Jack Bayles, Phil Clarke – Various Artists Limited / BBC Three
SHORT FORM
WINNER – MOBILITY Jack Carroll, Thomas Gregory, Akaash Meeda, David Simpson, Sam Ward – Tiger Aspect Productions, Testmouse Productions / BBC Three
THE SKEWER: THREE TWISTED YEARS Production Team – unusual / BBC iPlayer
STEALING UKRAINE’S CHILDREN: INSIDE RUSSIA’S CAMPS Production Team – VICE UK / VICE News
WHERE IT ENDS Jack Robertson, Fergal Costello, Sam Ward, David Simpson – Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC Three
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY**
DAVID HOLMES: THE BOY WHO LIVED Dan Hartley, Kevin Konak, Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Vanessa Davies, Amy Stares – Lightbox, HBO / Sky Documentaries
WINNER – ELLIE SIMMONDS: FINDING MY SECRET FAMILY Jasleen Sethi, David Thompson, Colleen Flynn, Kathryn Jein, Nick Underhill – Flicker Productions / ITV1
HATTON Daniel Dewsbury, Paul Yoshida, Sam Bergson, Ian Davies, John McKenna – Noah Media Group / Sky Documentaries
VJERAN TOMIC: THE SPIDER-MAN OF PARIS Jamie Roberts, Dan Reed – Amos Pictures / Netflix
SOAP
WINNER – CASUALTY Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
EASTENDERS Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
EMMERDALE Production Team – ITV Studios / ITV1
SPECIALIST FACTUAL***
CHIMP EMPIRE James Reed, Matt Houghton, Callum Webster, Matt Cole – KEO Films, Underdog Films / Netflix
THE ENFIELD POLTERGEIST Jerry Rothwell , Al Morrow, Stewart le Maréchal, Nicole Stott, Jonathan Silberberg, Davis Guggenheim – MetFilm, Concordia Studio / Apple TV+
FORCED OUT Luke Korzun Martin, Sophie Perrins, Chibuikem Oforka, Josh Green, Tom Pullen, Richard Bond – Dragonfly / Sky Documentaries
WINNER – WHITE NANNY, BLACK CHILD Andy Mundy-Castle, Natasha Dack Ojumu, Rochelle Newman, Zeb Achonu, Ross Leppard, Rachael McLean-Anderson – Doc Hearts, TigerLily Productions, BFI / Channel 5
SPORTS COVERAGE
WINNER – CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL DAY ONE Richard Willoughby, Paul McNamara, Mark Demuth, Bridget Toomey, Rob Oldham, Dionne Robinson-Smith – ITV Sport / ITV1
MOTD LIVE: FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2023 Production Team – IMG / BBC One
WIMBLEDON 2023 MEN’S FINAL Production Team – BBC Sport, Wimbledon Broadcast Services / BBC One
SUPPORTING ACTOR
AMIT SHAH Happy Valley – Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
ÉANNA HARDWICKE The Sixth Commandment – Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
HARRIS DICKINSON A Murder at the End of the World – FX Productions / Disney+
JACK LOWDEN Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
WINNER – MATTHEW MACFADYEN Succession – Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
SALIM DAW The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ELIZABETH DEBICKI The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
HARRIET WALTER Succession – Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
WINNER: JASMINE JOBSON Top Boy – Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment / Netflix
LESLEY MANVILLE The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
NICO PARKER The Last of Us – Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic
SIOBHAN FINNERAN Happy Valley – Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
P&O CRUISES MEMORABLE MOMENT AWARD (voted for by the public)
BECKHAM David teases Victoria about her ‘working class’ upbringing – Studio99, Ventureland / Netflix
DOCTOR WHO Ncuti Gatwa being revealed as the Fifteenth Doctor – Bad Wolf, BBC Studios Productions / BBC One
WINNER – HAPPY VALLEY Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce’s final kitchen showdown – Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
THE LAST OF US Bill and Frank’s Story – Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic
THE PIANO 13-year old Lucy stuns commuters with jaw dropping piano performance – Love Productions / Channel 4
SUCCESSION Logan Roy’s death – Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
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