The 2024 BAFTA TV Awards saw a slew of stars awarded with prestigious prizes at The Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday night.
But the ceremony itself failed to come out on top in the battle of the ratings, as it was only the fifth most watched programme of the night.
According to overnight reports, the star-studded show – which aired on BBC One – had an average audience of 2.6 million and peaked slightly higher, at 3 million – the lowest in two years.
It was outstripped by Countryfile, BBC London News and BBC News itself, with Britain’s Got Talent winning the slot.
The ITV1 competition bagged an average viewership of 3.9million and peaked at an impressive 4.4 million.
The 2024 BAFTA TV Awards saw a slew of stars awarded with prestigious prizes at The Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday night (Jasmine Jobson pictured)
But the ceremony itself failed to come out on top in the battle of the ratings, as it was only the fifth most watched programme, with an average audience of 2.6 million and a peaked of 3 million (Sarah Lancashire pictured)
This was outstripped by Countryfile, BBC London News and BBC News itself, with Britain’s Got Talent winning the slot (Sunday’s BGT pictured)
It shows a marked difference from the last two BAFTA TV Awards, with both the 2022 and 2023 ceremonies peaking at 3.8 million viewers.
This year’s ceremony was hosted for a second time in a row by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan and saw Happy Valley and Top Boy crowned the night’s big winners.
Sarah Lancashire scooped the Leading Actress Award for her iconic role as Sergeant Catherine Cawood in the BBC’s Happy Valley – which follows the dramas of policing in Yorkshire – and broke down on stage accepting the award.
Accepting the gong, the actress, 59, said: ‘I feel very, very privileged to have been surrounded by these brilliant actors. Thank you to the BBC for giving this very British drama a very British home.’
Sarah beat Anne Reid (The Sixth Commandment), Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us) and Helena Bonham Carter (Nolly) to win in the Leading Actress category.
The Memorable Moment Award also went to Happy Valley for Catherine and Tommy Lee Royce’s final kitchen showdown on BBC One.
The moment saw James Norton’s character set himself on fire after Catherine finally tracked him down in her own home after years of feuding.
Meanwhile in a shock, The Crown star Elizabeth Debicki missed out on the Best Supporting Actress gong – in a mark of a disappointing night for the Netflix series which left empty-handed despite eight nominations.
The ITV1 competition bagged an average viewership of 3.9million and peaked at an impressive 4.4 million (Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli pictured on show on Sunday)
It shows a marked difference from two years ago, when the 2022 BAFTA TV Awards peaked at 3.8 million viewers (winner Jodie Comer pictured at 2022 ceremony)
This year’s ceremony was hosted for a second time in a row by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan (pictured) and saw Happy Valley and Top Boy crowned the night’s big winners
Top Boy’s Jasmine Jobson picked up the award instead for her incredible role as Jaq in the gritty Netflix drug dealing series.
She also beat the likes of Siobhan Finneran for Happy Valley and Lesley Manville for The Crown in the Best Supporting Actress category.
The actress, 29, gushed: ‘Oh my goodness, my dress is making me slide everywhere. I don’t know what to say, I’m so overwhelmed, I was not expecting this.’
She then sweetly shouted out her niece, saying: ‘My baby girl, Auntie Jasmine did it, I did it! The girl finally brought it home.’
It was a good night for Top Boy all round, as the show also won in the Drama Series category – beating favourite Happy Valley as well as The Gold and Slow Horses.
Accepting the prize, producer Charles Steel thanked Netflix and the production team for the show, while Jasmine chimed in to shout: ‘Top Boy you changed my life. We got two!’
Elsewhere, Timothy Spall won the Best Actor Award for his role in The Sixth Commandment – a true crime series based on the murders of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin.
Accepting the BAFTA, the actor, 67, joked to viewers to look on IMDB for details of those involved in the show because he hadn’t prepared a speech.
He added: ‘I’m over the moon about this. So often the bridesmaid, today I caught the bouquet. It’s lovely to win. When you keep losing awards you think they’re a load of b*****ks.
‘But acting is a dodgy, shaky and insecure profession that we sometimes congratulate ourselves on. And this is a very old award and it’s a privilege.’
While Matthew Macfadyen won the Best Supporting Actor gong for his role in the hugely-popular series Succession.
He beat the likes of Amit Shah for Happy Valley and Jak Lowden for Slow Horses, but wasn’t present at the ceremony to collect his award from Helena Bonham Carter.
Sarah Lancashire scooped the Leading Actress Award for her iconic role as Sergeant Catherine Cawood in the BBC ‘s Happy Valley – which also won the Memorable Moment Award
While Top Boy’s Jasmine Jobson picked up the award for Best Supporting Actress for her incredible role as Jaq in the gritty Netflix drug dealing series
Elsewhere, Timothy Spall won the Best Actor Award for his role in The Sixth Commandment – a true crime series based on the murders of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin
While in the Entertainment categories, Strictly Come Dancing, Joe Lycett and Eurovision were lauded.
Strictly scooped the best Entertainment Programme Award, beating Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, Later… With Jools Holland and Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas.
As hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman led the Strictly team on stage, the camera cut to actress Hannah Waddingham, who hilariously swigged from a hip flask to commiserate.
But Hannah was cheered up later in the night as she got her moment on stage after The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 won the award for Live Event Coverage.
The actress co-hosted the contest in Liverpool last year and accepted the award, saying: ‘The week we had this time last year was, I know for everybody here, the most exceptional, stressful week but so fabulous.’
Elsewhere Squid Game: The Challenge won the Best Reality gong, and Joe Lycett accepted the Entertainment Performance Award for Late Night Lycett.
The comedian stole the show as he arrived in a full on Elizabethan getup, including a silver cape, high ruff and dark red dyed hair, after losing a bet.
He had made a bet with his aunts, Margaret and Pauline, on his show that he would wear a period dress for the glitzy event, if they managed to get 100,000 followers for their new Instagram account.
Strictly scooped the best Entertainment Programme Award, and hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman led the team on stage
Joe Lycett stole the show at the BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday night as he arrived in a full on Elizabethan getup after losing a bet to his aunties Margaret, (left) and Pauline
He later accepted the Entertainment Performance Award for Late Night Lycett, while Squid Game: The Challenge won the Best Reality gong
But viewers were quick to share their confusion as Lorraine Kelly received the BAFTA Special Award for her 40-year career in broadcasting
And he ended up regretful after they managed to hit 247,000 followers, leaving Joe confessing he felt like an ‘oven-baked salmon’ in the heat.
But viewers were quick to share their confusion as Lorraine Kelly received the BAFTA Special Award for her 40-year career in broadcasting.
Accepting the award, the TV show host said it was an ‘amazing’ honour and took a moment to thank everyone she had worked with over the years.
But fans quickly took to X to question why Lorraine had been given the prize, saying: ‘Are Lorraine Kelly’s fans hiding somewhere?? Who are they??’
TV BAFTA Awards 2024: The WINNERS
Leading actress
Anjana Vasan, Demon 79 (Black Mirror) – Netflix
Anne Reid, The Sixth Commandment – BBC One
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us – Sky Atlantic
Helena Bonham Carter, Nolly – ITVX
Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley – BBC One – WINNER
Sharon Horgan, Best Interests – BBC One
Leading actor
Brian Cox, Succession – Sky Atlantic
Dominic West, The Crown – Netflix
Kane Robinson, Top Boy – Netflix
Paapa Essiedu, The Lazarus Project – Sky Max
Steve Coogan, The Reckoning – BBC One
Timothy Spall, The Sixth Commandment – BBC One – WINNER
Bella Ramsey has been nominated in Leading Actress for The Last of Us
Supporting actress
Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown – Netflix
Harriet Walter, Succession – Sky Atlantic
Jasmine Jobson, Top Boy – Netflix – WINNER
Lesley Manville, The Crown – Netflix
Nico Parker, The Last of Us – Sky Atlantic
Siobhan Finneran, Happy Valley – BBC One
Supporting actor
Amit Shah, Happy Valley – BBC One
Éanna Hardwicke, The Sixth Commandment – BBC One
Harris Dickinson, A Murder at the End of the World – Disney+
Jack Lowden, Slow Horses – Apple TV+
Matthew Macfadyen, Succession – Sky Atlantic – WINNER
Salim Daw, The Crown – Netflix
Female performance in a comedy
Bridget Christie, The Change – Channel 4
Gbemisola Ikumelo, Black Ops – BBC One – WINNER
Máiréad Tyers, Extraordinary – Disney+
Roisin Gallagher, The Lovers – Sky Atlantic
Sofia Oxenham, Extraordinary – Disney+
Taj Atwal, Hullraisers – Channel 4
David Tennant is up for male performance in a comedy fpr Good Omens
Male performance in a comedy
Adjani Salmon, Dreaming Whilst Black – BBC Three
David Tennant, Good Omens – Prime Video
Hammed Animashaun, Black Ops – BBC One
Jamie Demetriou, A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou – Netflix
Joseph Gilgun, Brassic – Sky Max
Mawaan Rizwan, Juice – BBC Three – WINNER
Drama series
The Gold – BBC One
Happy Valley – BBC One
Slow Horses – Apple TV+
Top Boy – Netflix – WINNER
Limited drama
Best Interests – BBC One
Demon 79 (Black Mirror) – Netflix
The Long Shadow – ITV1
The Sixth Commandment – BBC One – WINNER
Scripted comedy
Big Boys – Channel 4
Dreaming Whilst Black – BBC Three
Extraordinary – Disney+
Such Brave Girls – BBC Three – WINNER
Netflix’s Demon 79 (Black Mirror) is up for Limited drama
Soap
Casualty – BBC One – WINNER
EastEnders – BBC One
Emmerdale – ITV1
Entertainment programme
Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas – Apple TV+
Later… With Jools Holland – BBC Two
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show – BBC One
Strictly Come Dancing – BBC One – WINNER
Entertainment performance
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! – ITV1
Big Zuu, Big Zuu’s Big Eats – Dave
Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show – BBC One
Hannah Waddingham, Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – BBC One
Joe Lycett, Late Night Lycett – Channel 4 – WINNER
Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan, Rob & Romesh Vs – Sky Max
Comedy entertainment programme
The Graham Norton Show – BBC One
Late Night Lycett – Channel 4
Rob & Romesh Vs – Sky Max – WINNER
Would I Lie To You? – BBC One
Factual entertainment
Celebrity Race Across The World – BBC One – WINNER
The Dog House – Channel 4
Endurance: Race To The Pole – Channel 5
Portrait Artist of the Year – Sky Arts
Reality
Banged Up – Channel 4
Married At First Sight UK – E4
My Mum, Your Dad – ITV1
Squid Game: The Challenge – Netflix – WINNER
Squid Game: The Challenge is nominated in the Reality category
Daytime
Loose Women and Men – ITV1
Lorraine – ITV1
Make It At Market – BBC One
Scam Interceptors – BBC One – WINNER
International
The Bear – Disney+
Beef – Netflix
Class Act – Netflix – WINNER
The Last of Us – Sky Atlantic
Love & Death – ITVX
Succession – Sky Atlantic
Live event coverage
The Coronation Concert – BBC One
Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – BBC One – WINNER
Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance – BBC One
The Bear is nominated in the International category
Current affairs
Inside Russia: Traitors And Heroes (Storyville) – BBC Four
Putin Vs The West – BBC Two
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Dispatches) – Channel 4
The Shamima Begum Story (This World) – BBC Two – WINNER
Single documentary
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived – Sky Documentaries
Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family – ITV1 – WINNER
Hatton – Sky Crime
Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris – Netflix
Factual series
Dublin Narcos – Sky Documentaries
Evacuation – Channel 4
Lockerbie – Sky Documentaries – WINNER
Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland – BBC Two
Specialist factual
Chimp Empire – Netflix
The Enfield Poltergeist – Apple TV+
Forced Out – Sky Documentaries
White Nanny, Black Child – Channel 5 – WINNER
Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family is up for Single documentary
News coverage
Inside Gaza: Israel And Hamas At War – Channel 4 News – WINNER
Inside Myanmar – The Hidden War – Sky News
Israel-Hamas War – Sky News
Sports coverage
Cheltenham Festival Day One – ITV1 – WINNER
MOTD Live: Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023 – BBC One
Wimbledon 2023 Men’s Final – BBC One
Memorable moment
Beckham, David teases Victoria about her ‘working class’ upbringing – Netflix
Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa revealed as the 15th Doctor – BBC One
Happy Valley, Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce’s final kitchen showdown – BBC One – WINNER
The Last of Us, Bill and Frank’s Story – Sky Atlantic
The Piano, 13-year-old Lucy stuns commuters with jaw dropping piano performance – Channel 4
Succession, Logan Roy’s death – Sky Atlantic
Up for Memorable moment is: Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa revealed as the 15th Doctor
Short form
Mobility – BBC Three – WINNER
The Skewer: Three Twisted Years – BBC iPlayer
Stealing Ukraine’s Children: Inside Russia’s Camps – Vice News
Where It Ends – BBC Three
Writer: Comedy
Jack Rooke, Big Boys – Channel 4 – WINNER
Jamie Demetriou, A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou – Netflix
Kat Sadler, Such Brave Girls – BBC Three
Mawaan Rizwan, Juice – BBC Three
Writer: Drama
Charlie Brooker & Bisha K Ali, Demon 79 (Black Mirror) – Netflix – WINNER
Jesse Armstrong, Succession – Sky Atlantic
Sally Wainwright, Happy Valley – BBC One
Sarah Phelps, The Sixth Commandment – BBC One
The full list of Bafta TV Craft WINNERS is available on their website