BAFTA TV Awards Announced

Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan present Specialist Factual Award at the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTA), Royal Festival Hall, London, 13 May 2018. Photo by James Gourley/BAFTA/REX/Shutterstock (9670141hn)

The BAFTA TV Awards (British Academy of Film & Television Arts) took place earlier this week at London’s Southbank Centre.

Sue Perkins hosted the night for BBC talent. Check out the list of the main winners below:

Male performance in a comedy program:

Asim Chaudry – People Just Do Nothing (BBC Three)
Rob Brydon – The Trip to Spain (BBC)
Samson Kayo – Famalam (BBC Three)
Toby Jones – Detectorists (BBC Four)

Female performance in a comedy program:

Anna Maxwell Martin – Motherland (BBC Two)
Daisy May Cooper – This Country (BBC Three)
Sharon Horgan – Catastrophe (Channel 4)
Sian Gibson – Peter Kay’s Car Share (Channel 4)

Single documentary:

Chris Packham: Asperger’s and Me (BBC Two)
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia (BBC Two)
One Deadly Weekend in America (BBC Three)
Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad (BBC One)

Entertainment program:

Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
Britain’s Got Talent (ITV)
Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show (BBC One)
The Voice UK (ITV)

Soap and continuing drama:

Casualty (BBC One)
Coronation Street (ITV)
Emmerdale (ITV)
Hollyoaks (Channel 4)

Single drama:

Against The Law (BBC Two)
Hang The DJ: Black Mirror (Netflix)
King Charless III (BBC Two)
Murdered For Being Different (BBC Three)

Scripted comedy:

Catastrophe (Channel 4)
Chewing Gum (Channel 4)
This Country (BBC Three)
Timewasters (ITV2)

Entertainment performance:

Adam Hill – The Last Leg (Channel 4)
Michael McIntyre – Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC One)
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
Sandi Toksvig – QI (BBC Two)

Virgin’s Must-See Moments:

Love Island – Stormzy Makes a Surprise Appearance (ITV 2)
Game of Thrones – Viserion is Killed by the Night King (Sky Atlantic)
Doctor Who – The Thirteenth Doctor Revealed (BBC One)
Love Manchester – Ariana Grande Sings ‘One Last Time’ (BBC One)
Blue Planet II – Mother Pilot Whale Grieves (BBC One)
Line of Duty – Huntley’s Narrow Escape (BBC One)