Happy Valley and Top Boy were the big winners at the BAFTA TV Awards 2024 with P+O Cruises held at The Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday night.
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.
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.
Top Boy’s Jasmine Jobson picked up the award instead for her incredible role as Jaq in the gritty Netflix drug dealing series.
It was a good night for Top Boy as the show also won in the Drama Series category – beating favourite Happy Valley, The Gold and Slow Horses.
Elsewhere Timothy Spall won for Best Actor Award on the night for his role in The Sixth Commandment – a true crime series based on the murders of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin.
Happy Valley and Top Boy were the big winners at the BAFTA TV Awards 2024 held at The Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday night – Sarah Lancashire accepting Leading Actress award
Sarah 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
The Crown star Elizabeth Debicki missed out on the Best Supporting Actress gong at the BAFTA TV Awards 2024 – with Top Boy’s Jasmine Jobson (pictured) winning instead
Jasmine was awarded for her incredible role as Jaq in the gritty Netflix drug dealing series
Elsewhere Timothy Spall won for Best Actor Award on the night for his role in The Sixth Commandment
Elsewhere Strictly Come Dancing won the Best Entertainment Bafta, defeating shows including Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas (hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman seen)
Accepting her Best Actress Award Sarah, 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’
Accepting her Best Actress Award Sarah, 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 Cawood 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 accepting her Supporting Actress award, Top Boy’s Jasmine, 29, said: ‘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.’
Then, sweetly shouting out her niece, she said: ‘My baby girl, Auntie Jasmine did it, I did it! The girl finally brought it home.’
She looked stunning in a silver dress as she later posed backstage with her award and was every inch the proud star.
She also beat the likes of Siobhan Finneran for Happy Valley and Lesley Manville for The Crown in the Best Supporting Actress category.
Later Top Boy won in the Drama Series category – where Happy Valley was widely expected to win.
Accepting the prize, producer Charles Steel thanked Netflix and the production team for the show.
Jasmine jumped in to say thank you on stage, saying it is important to stand out. ‘Top Boy you changed my life. We got two!’ she shouted.
Timothy Spall, 67, won the Leading Actor award for his performance in The Sixth Commandment.
Accepting the BAFTA, he 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.’
Matthew Macfadyen won the Best Supporting Actor gong for his role in the hugely-popular series Succession.
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
Jeff Goldblum presented the Leading Actress Award to Sarah who was overcome with emotion
Timothy later posed with his award backstage
Timothy is seen in The Sixth Commandment – a true crime series based on the murders of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin
Favourite Elizabeth lost out on the gong to Jasmine – who broke down in tears accepting the award
Accepting the award, the actress, 29, said: ‘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 looked stunning in a silver gown on the night as she posed for the cameras with her award
She was proudly showing off the gong
Tess and Claudia Winkleman – who both looked stunning in white outfits – looked as proud as ever as they posed backstage with the awards
He scooped the gong – which was presented by Helena Bonham Carter – beating the likes of Amit Shah for Happy Valley and Jak Lowden for Slow Horses.
He wasn’t however present at the ceremony to collect the award.
Elsewhere Strictly Come Dancing won the Best Entertainment Bafta, defeating shows including Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas.
Ted Lasso and West End star Waddingham, 49, could be hilariously seen swigging from a hip flask as the camera cut to her.
Collecting the gong, Strictly host Tess Daly said: ‘We are properly and genuinely overwhelmed.
‘Thank you Bafta for making it worth putting on Spanx on the hottest day of the year.
‘We have been on for 20 years, so this is the best birthday present.’
Strictly also beat Michael McIntyre’s Big Show and Later with Jools Holland in the Entertainment category.
Tess and Claudia Winkleman – who both looked stunning in white outfits – looked as proud as ever as they posed backstage with the awards.
The Memorable Moment Award went to Happy Valley for Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce’s final kitchen showdown on BBC One.
They beat the Netflix Beckham documentary where David teases Victoria about her ‘working class’ upbringing and Logan Roy’s death in Succession.
Also during the ceremony Joe Lycett accepted the Entertainment Performance Award for Late Night Lycett and wore a quirky regal silver outfit on stage.
He dressed as Queen Elizabeth after losing a bet with his aunties.
Elsewhere Squid Game: The Challenge won the Reality gong, while The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 won the award for Live Event Coverage
Mawaan Rizwan accepted the Male Performance in a Comedy Programme Award for Juice and looked thrilled as he headed up onto the stage
Lorraine Kelly accepts the Special Award onstage during the 2024 BAFTA Television Awards
She hugged Succession’s Brian Cox as he presented her with the award
Lorraine looked incredibly proud as she later posed with her award
Also during the ceremony Joe Lycett accepted the Entertainment Performance Award for Late Night Lycett
Joe later posed backstage with the award in his silver outfit
Sarah looked chic in an all-black outfit for the glitzy event
Baroness Floella Benjamin in the press room after being presented with the BAFTA Fellowship award
Paul Ludlow, President of P&O Cruises, Sarah Lancashire who won the Leading Actress Award for Happy Valley presented by Jeff Goldblum (right)
Sarah headed up to the stage to accept her Leading Actress award
Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett with their Comedy entertainment programme gong
Rob was thrilled with the gong and even gave his co-star a kiss on the cheek in celebration
Rob pose inside the after party with his award
Elsewhere Squid Game: The Challenge won the Reality gong, while The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 won the award for Live Event Coverage.
Hannah Waddingham, who co-hosted the contest in Liverpool last year, accepted the trophy.
She said: ‘The week we had this time last year was, I know for everybody here, the most exceptional, stressful week but so fabulous.’
Mawaan Rizwan accepted the Male Performance in a Comedy Programme Award for Juice and looked thrilled as he headed up onto the stage.
Accepting the award, Rizwan said: ‘I want to thank the people in my life who go un-thanked; my partner, my bestie.
‘I’m so not boundaried as a person, so thank you for putting up with me and giving me the support you do.’
He also thanked the team who made the series, saying: ‘You lot believed in me, so thank you for making that happen.’
Ending on a joke, he said: ‘And thank you to my therapist – we had a conversation last week where we said I had to stop relying on external forms of validation.’
Meanwhile the Female performance in a Comedy Programme Award went to Gbemisola Ikumelo for her role in Black Ops – a BBC series which follows two hapless community support police officers who are unexpectedly recruited into an off-the-books undercover operation.
‘God is good,’ she shouted on the stage, with members of the audience enthusiastically repeating it back to her.
‘This is how I know diversity is working,’ she added.
She also joked her agent would be telling her next employers: ‘Yesterday’s price is not today’s price.’
The Sixth Commandment won the Limited Series Award – which was presented by Baby Reindeer stars Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning.
The BBC One show is based on a real-life story about a teacher who is courted by a student, triggering a criminal case.
Elsewhere hosts Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett accepted the Comedy Entertainment Award onstage.
Lockerbie on Sky Documentaries won the Bafta for Best Factual Series. The award was presented by Anita Rani.
It looked at the true story of Britain’s deadliest terrorist atrocity and the most fatal terrorist attack on America before 9/11: the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988.
Accepting the award, director John Dower said: ‘Our story is such a horrific one, 270 murdered and they were just travelling home for Christmas.’
He added that he wanted to thank the individuals who ‘let us make the film we wanted to make and that doesn’t happen much anymore’.
Mobility on BBC Three – a comedy short about disabled teenagers from Huddersfield – won the Short-Form Bafta, while White Nanny, Black Child won the specialist factual prize.
Director Andy Mundy-Castle became emotional on stage as he collected the gong for White Nanny, Black Child, saying: ‘This has been a tough, tough place to break into, I come from a council estate in Brixton.
‘Oh god, am I the first one to cry?
‘I’ve dreamed for many years about being on this stage.
‘I just want to say to people who come from the same background as me, keep on dreaming, keep on working, keep on getting into good trouble.’
White Nanny, Black Child is about a group of Nigerians fostered by white families in the 70s.
It reveals the heartfelt impact of their challenging upbringing, in a moving and sometimes unsettling meditation on identity, belonging and the nature of family.
Casualty won the Soap gong, beating Emmerdale and EastEnders, after Coronation Street was snubbed in the nominations this year.
Accepting the award, the team thanked the crew in Cardiff and BBC Studios for all their work.
‘Casualty is proud to be a continuing drama,’ one team member says. ‘It doesn’t get better than this,’ he added.
Such Brave Girls – which follows a single mother and her two daughters attempt to piece their lives back together after their husband and father leave – won the Scripted Comedy Award.
The show beat Channel 4’s Big Boys and Dreaming Whilst Black on BBC Three.
The Shamima Begum Story on BBC Two won the Current Affairs Award. The show beat the likes of Inside Russia: Traitors And Heroes (Storyville) on BBC Four and Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Dispatches) on Channel 4.
Cheltenham Festival Day One won the Sports Coverage Award beating Wimbledon and the Women’s World Cup in the category.
The Best International Award went to Netflix’s Class Act and the News Coverage gong went to Inside Gaza: Israel And Hamas At War (Channel 4 News).
Class Act on the streaming platform tells the story of the late Bernard Tapie, a French politician and businessman, who defines himself as an outstanding public figure – through his successes and his failures.
‘Please watch our show. It’s called Class Act. It’s quite good,’ said star Laurent Lafitte on stage.
Elsewhere Scam Interceptors on BBC One won the gong in the Daytime category – beating both Loose Women and Lorraine.
After the team accepted the award, host Romesh Ranganathan joked about the BBC One show catching his uncle.
The Factual Entertainment Award went to Celebrity Race Across The World – a series which follows stars on an epic 10,000km race from Africa to the Arctic.
Awards hosts Rob and Romesh kicked off the ceremony by issuing stern instructions to the star-studded audience.
Beckett said: ‘We are back for a second year as hosts. There were a few mistakes made last year so if you win, we love a good acceptance speech – but keep it tight.’
Ranganathan added: ‘Actually don’t say anything at all.
‘Producers, you can come up to the stage if you must, but please stand at the back and let the famous people talk.
‘To the actors, it’s impossible to ‘fall in love with a script’ – you read it, you liked it and thought it would make you some money.’
Beckett continued: ‘If you have got to make a political point, remember we have got to follow you – so keep it light.’
The Single Documentary gong went to Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family on ITV.
As she accepted the award, Ellie said she hadn’t planned anything to say, but started by thanking both her adoptive and birth parents.
‘I don’t know if you’ve watched it, but I cry a lot,’ she added as she thanked a number of her team members.
‘If you want to adopt, adopt different disabilities,’ she said.
Elsewhere during the ceremony Ella Eyre performed on stage and looked stunning in am off-the-shoulder red dress.
Hannah Waddingham, who co-hosted the contest in Liverpool last year, accepted the trophy on stage
John Dower accepts the Factual Series Award for Lockerbie on stage during the 2024 BAFTA Television Awards
Toni Ireland, John Hay, guest, guest, Stephen Lambert and Stephen Yemoh with the Reality Award for Squid Game: The Challenge
Stephen Lambert, John Hay and Toni Ireland accept the Reality Award for Squid Game: The Challenge on stage
Actor Laurent Lafitte accepts the International Award for Class Act on stage at the star-studded event
Rav Wilding accepts the Daytime Award for Scam Interceptors on the stage
Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are hosting this year’s event
Ellie Simmonds accepts the Single Documentary Award for Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family
Richard Willoughby, Ed Chamberlin, Bridget Toomey, Dionne Robinson-Smith, Paul McNamara and Producer Dylan Clark pose backstage with the Sports Coverage Award for Cheltenham Festival Day One
Esme Wren accepts the News Coverage Award for Channel 4 News: Inside Gaza: Israel and Hamas at War
Jack Carroll, Thomas Gregory, Akaash Meeda, David Simpson and Sam Ward in the press room after winning the Short Form award for Mobility
Singer Ella Eyre performed during the ceremony
Stefania Aleksander, Tess Daly, Sarah James, Claudia Winkleman, Nicola Fitzgerald, Jack Gledhill and Robin Lee-Perrella pose with the Entertainment Award for Strictly
Also during the ceremony Lorraine Kelly won the Special Award.
Accepting the BAFTA, the TV show host said it was an ‘amazing’ honour and took a moment to thank everyone she had worked with over the years.
‘I never ever take it for granted that so many people trust me with their stories,’ she said.
‘I would just say don’t pull up the ladder… I just want everyone to have the best opportunities.’
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