Sarah Lancashire, Adeel Akhtar and Joanna Lumley were amongst the winners at tonight’s BAFTA TV Awards.
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Lancashire won Leading Actress at the ceremony for her performance as Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley, beating off competition from The Crown‘s Claire Foy, while Adeel Akhtar triumphed in the Leading Actor category. Lumley won this year’s BAFTA Fellowship, which was presented by her partner-in-crime Jennifer Saunders.
Tom Hollander scooped Supporting Actor for The Night Manager, while Wunmi Mosaku won for Damilola, Our Loved Boy. Phoebe Waller-Bridge beat her co-star Olivia Colman to Female Performance in a Comedy Programme, for The Edge-acclaimed Fleabag.
It was a triumphant night for Happy Valley as it picked up Best Drama Series as well, while the hidden gem Damilola: Our Loved Boy took home Single Drama.
Check out a list of full winners below.
Leading Actress – Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley)
Leading Actor – Adeel Akhtar (Murdered By My Father)
Supporting Actor – Tom Hollander (The Night Manager)
Supporting Actress – Wunmi Mosaku (Damilola, Our Loved Boy)
BAFTA Fellowship – Joanna Lumley
Entertainment Performance – Michael McIntyre (Michael McIntyre’s Big Show)
Female Performance in a Comedy Programme – Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag)
Male Performance in a Comedy Programme – Steve Coogan (The Scissored Isle)
Single Drama – Damilola, Our Lost Boy
Mini-series – National Treasure
Drama Series – Happy Valley
International – The People vs. OJ Simpson
Factual Series – Exodus: Our Journey to Europe
Soap & Continuing Drama – Emmerdale
Specialist Factual – Planet Earth II
Single Documentary – Hillsborough
Features – Who Do You Think You Are?
Reality & Constructed Factual – Muslims Like Us
Current Affairs – Teenage Prisons Abuse Exposed
News Coverage – Victoria Derbyshire, Footballers’ Abuse
Sport Coverage – The Open
Live Event – The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration
Entertainment Programme – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Comedy & Comedy Entertainment Programme – Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe
Scripted Comedy – People Do Nothing
Virgin TV’s Must See Moment – Planet Earth II: Snakes vs Iguna Chase
Special Award – Nick Fraser
