• Killing Eve triumphs with three Baftas
  • Benedict Cumberbatch wins first Bafta
  • Nicola Shindler honoured with Special Award

Jodie Comer BAFTA

BAFTA 2019: Jodie Comer wins leading actress for Killing Eve

Source: BAFTA

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) celebrated the best talent in television for programmes and performances at the Awards hosted by Graham Norton in London.

The front-runner of the night, leading the wins with three awards was Killing Eve for Drama Series, Leading Actress went to Jodie Comer and Fiona Shaw took away best Supporting Actress.

Patrick Melrose received two award wins for best Mini-Series and Benedict Cumberbatch won his first Bafta for Leading Actor.

Ben Whishaw won the Bafta for Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Norman Scott in the drama series A Very English Scandal.

In Male Performance in a Comedy Programme, Steve Pemberton won the Bafta for Inside No. 9. Jessica Hynes took home the Bafta for Female Performance in a Comedy Programme for There She Goes, while the Bafta for Scripted Comedy was won by Sally4Ever.

The Bafta for Entertainment Programme was awarded to Britain’s Got Talent for the second year running and A League of Their Own received the award for Comedy Entertainment Programme. Lee Mack won his first Bafta, in the Entertainment Performance category for Would I Lie To You?

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! received the Bafta for Reality and Constructed Factual. Who Do You Think You Are? won in the Features category. Missed Call won the Bafta for Short Form Programme.

In the International category, the Bafta was awarded to Succession, the US satirical drama.

EastEnders was awarded the Bafta for Soap and Continuing Drama. Killed By My Debt won the Bafta for Single Drama.

News Coverage was awarded to Channel 4 News’ Cambridge Analytica Uncovered, and the award for Current Affairs was presented to Myanmar’s Killing Fields (Dispatches).

2018 World Cup Quarter Final: England v Sweden triumphed in the Sport category, while the award for Live Event was presented to The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance.

The Special Award was presented to Nicola Shindler, founder of Red production company (Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, Queer As Folk), in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the TV industry.

The Fellowship, the highest accolade the Academy bestows, was presented to Joan Bakewell in recognition of an illustrious career that spans over 50 years.

The Bodyguard was awarded Virgin Media’s must-see moment as voted by the public.

The full list of winners

Fellowship Joan Bakewell

Special award Nicola Shindler

  • Comedy entertainment programme

THE BIG NARSTIE SHOW Ben Wicks, Obi Kevin Akudike, Nathan Brown, Aoife Bower - Expectation Entertainment / Dice Productions / Channel 4

THE LAST LEG Andrew Beint, Ben Knappett, Lisa Kirk, Cimran Shah - Open Mike Productions / Channel 4

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN David Taylor, Jack Shillaker, Ish Kalia, Murray Boland - CPL Productions / Sky One

WOULD I LIE TO YOU? Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Ruth Phillips, Adam Copeland – Zeppotron / BBC One

  • Current affairs

FOOTBALL’S WALL OF SILENCE (AL JAZEERA INVESTIGATIONS) Production Team - Al Jazeera/ Al Jazeera English

IRAN UNVEILED: TAKING ON THE AYATOLLAHS (EXPOSURE) Production Team - Hardcash Productions / ITV

MASSACRE AT BALLYMURPHY Callum Macrae, Gwion Owain, Mark Williams, Charlie Hawryliw - Outsider Television / Channel 4

MYANMAR’S KILLING FIELDS (DISPATCHES) Evan Williams, Patrick Wells, Eve Lucas, Dan Edge - Evan Williams Productions / Mongoose Pictures / Channel 4

  • Drama series

BODYGUARD Production Team - World Productions / BBC One

INFORMER Jonny Campbell, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, Julian Stevens - Neal Street Productions / BBC One

KILLING EVE Production Team - Sid Gentle Films / BBC One

SAVE ME Production Team - World Productions / Sky Atlantic

  • Entertainment performance

ANTHONY McPARTLIN, DECLAN DONNELLY Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway - ITV Studios / Mitre Television / ITV

DAVID MITCHELL Would I Lie To You? – Zeppotron / BBC One

LEE MACK Would I Lie To You? - Zeppotron / BBC One

leRACHEL PARRIS The Mash Report – Zeppotron / BBC Two

  • Entertainment programme*

ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY Pete Ogden, Saul Fearnley, Tom Locking, Helen Kruger Bratt - ITV Studios / Mitre Television / ITV

BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT Charlie Irwin, Amelia Brown, Nigel Hall, Dawn Gray – Thames / Syco Production / ITV

MICHAEL McINTYRE’S BIG SHOW Dan Baldwin, Claire Horton, Christian Fletcher, Michael McIntyre - Hungry McBear Media / BBC One

STRICTLY COME DANCING – Louise Rainbow, Sarah James, Robin Lee-Perrella, Jason Gilkison - BBC Studios / BBC One

  • Factual series

24 HOURS IN A&E Production Team - The Garden Productions / Channel 4

LIFE AND DEATH ROW: THE MASS EXECUTION Miles Blayden-Ryall, Alistair Martin, Becky Casey, Aysha Rafaele - BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit / BBC Three

LOUIS THEROUX’S ALTERED STATES Production Team - BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit / BBC Two

PRISON Richard Melman, Paddy Wivell, Kathy Myers, Jack Wood - Spring Films / Channel 4

  • Features

GORDON, GINO AND FRED’S ROAD TRIP Production Team - Studio Ramsay / ITV

THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF Production Team - Love Productions / Channel 4

MORTIMER & WHITEHOUSE: GONE FISHING Production Team - Owl Power / BBC Two

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Colette Flight, Sarah Feltes, Anna Kirkwood, David Vincent - Wall to Wall Media / BBC One

  • Female performance in a comedy programme

DAISY MAY COOPER This Country - BBC Studios / BBC Three

JESSICA HYNES There She Goes – Merman / BBC Four

JULIA DAVIS Sally4Ever – Various Artists / Hush Ho Productions / Sky Atlantic

LESLEY MANVILLE Mum - Big Talk Productions / The Money Men / BBC Two

  • International

54 HOURS: THE GLADBECK HOSTAGE CRISIS Regina Ziegler, Kilian Riedhof, Holger Karsten Schmidt - Ziegler Film / ARD Degeto / BBC Four

THE HANDMAID’S TALE Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss, Mike Barker – MGM / Channel 4

REPORTING TRUMP’S FIRST YEAR: THE FOURTH ESTATE (STORYVILLE) Liz Garbus, Jenny Carchman, Justin Wilkes, Dan Cogan – Radical Media / BBC Two

SUCCESSION Production Team - HBO Entertainment / Project Zeus / Gary Sanchez Productions / Sky Atlantic

  • Leading actor

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Patrick Melrose - Two Cities / SunnyMarch TV / Little Island Productions / Sky Atlantic

CHANCE PERDOMO Killed By My Debt - BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit / BBC Three

HUGH GRANT A Very English Scandal - Blueprint Pictures / BBC One

LUCIAN MSAMATI Kiri - The Forge Entertainment / Channel 4

  • Leading actress

JODIE COMER Killing Eve - Sid Gentle Films / BBC One

KEELEY HAWES Bodyguard - World Productions / BBC One

RUTH WILSON Mrs Wilson - Snowed-In Productions / BBC One

SANDRA OH Killing Eve - Sid Gentle Films / BBC One

  • Live event

OPEN HEART SURGERY: LIVE Production Team - The Garden Productions / Channel 5

THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE Production Team - BBC Studios / BBC One

THE ROYAL WEDDING: PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE Production Team - BBC Studios / BBC One

STAND UP TO CANCER Suzi Aplin, Andrew Charles Smith, Murray James, Gabe Turner - Fulwell 73 / Channel 4

  • Male performance in a comedy programme

ALEX MACQUEEN Sally4Ever - Various Artists / Hush Ho Productions / Sky Atlantic

JAMIE DEMETRIOU Stath Lets Flats - Roughcut TV / Channel 4

PETER MULLAN Mum - Big Talk Productions / The Money Men / BBC Two

STEVE PEMBERTON Inside No. 9 - BBC Studios / BBC Two

  • Mini-series

A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL Russell T. Davies, Stephen Frears, Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Dan Winch - Blueprint Pictures / BBC One

KIRI Jack Thorne, George Ormond, Toby Bentley, Euros Lyn - The Forge Entertainment / Channel 4

MRS WILSON Ruth Kenley-Letts, Richard Laxton, Anna Symon, Ruth Wilson - Snowed-In Productions / BBC One

PATRICK MELROSE Production Team - Two Cities / SunnyMarch TV / Little Island Productions / Sky Atlantic

  • News coverage

BULLYING AND HARASSMENT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (NEWSNIGHT) Production Team – BBC / BBC Two

CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA UNCOVERED Production Team – ITN / Channel 4

GOOD MORNING BRITAIN: ON A KNIFE EDGE? Production Team – ITV Studios Daytime / ITV

GOOD MORNING BRITAIN: THOMAS MARKLE EXCLUSIVE Production Team – ITV Studios Daytime / ITV

  • Reality and constructed factual

DRAGONS’ DEN – Production Team - BBC Studios / BBC Two

I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! Production Team - ITV Studios / ITV

OLD PEOPLE’S HOME FOR 4 YEAR OLDS Murray Boland, Trish Powell, Benjamin Leigh, Louise Bartmann - CPL Productions / Channel 4

THE REAL FULL MONTY: LADIES’ NIGHT Production Team - Spun Gold TV / ITV

  • Scripted comedy

DERRY GIRLS Lisa McGee, Michael Lennox, Caroline Leddy, Liz Lewin - Hat Trick Productions / Channel 4

MUM – Stefan Golaszewski, Richard Laxton, Kenton Allen, Georgie Fallon - Big Talk Productions / The Money Men / BBC Two

SALLY4EVER Production Team - Various Artists / Hush Ho Productions / Sky Atlantic

STATH LETS FLATS Production Team - Roughcut TV / Channel 4

  • Short form programme

BOVRIL PAM (SNATCHES: MOMENTS FROM 100 YEARS OF WOMEN’S LIVES) Production Team – Royal Court Theatre / BBC Studios /BBC Four

THE MIND OF HERBERT CLUNKERDUNK Spencer Jones, Jon Riche, David Simpson – Tiger Aspect / BBC iPlayer

MISSED CALL Production Team – Field Day Productions / Little Dot Studios / Real Stories

WONDERDATE Lydia Hampson, Tim Key, Jonathan van Tulleken – Two Brothers Pictures / BBC iPlayer

  • Single documentary

DRIVEN: THE BILLY MONGER STORY Caroline Hawkins, Charlie Russell, Will Grayburn, Charlie Corbett - Oxford Scientific Films / BBC Three

GUN NO. 6 James Newton, Zac Beattie, Georgina Cammalleri, Rupert Houseman - The Garden Productions / BBC Two

MY DAD, THE PEACE DEAL AND ME Leo Burley, Patrick Kielty, Richard Bond, Paula Nightingale - Dragonfly / BBC One

SCHOOL FOR STAMMERERS Jill Worsley, Rachel Bloomfield - Shiver / ITV

  • Single drama

BANDERSNATCH (BLACK MIRROR) Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, David Slade, Russell McLean - House of Tomorrow / Netflix

CARE Donna Molloy, Colin McKeown, Gillian Juckes, David Blair - LA Productions / BBC One

KILLED BY MY DEBT Joseph Bullman, Tahsin Guner, Chris Clough, Aysha Rafaele - BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit / BBC Three

THROUGH THE GATES (ON THE EDGE) Lisa Walters, Stella Corradi, Georgia Christou, Ben Bickerton – Blacklight / Channel 4

  • Soap and continuing drama

CASUALTY Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One

CORONATION STREET Production Team – ITV Studios / ITV

EASTENDERS Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One

HOLLYOAKS Bryan Kirkwood, Emily Gascoyne, Colette Chard, Kevin Rundle – Lime Pictures / Channel 4

  • Specialist factual

BROS: AFTER THE SCREAMING STOPS David Soutar, Joe Pearlman, Leo Pearlman, Heather Greenwood - Fulwell 73 / BBC Four

GRAYSON PERRY: RITES OF PASSAGE Grayson Perry, Neil Crombie, Joe Evans, James House - Swan Films / Channel 4

SUFFRAGETTES WITH LUCY WORSLEY Production Team - Brook Lapping / BBC One

SUPERKIDS: BREAKING AWAY FROM CARE Production Team - Expectation / Channel 4

  • Sport

2018 SIX NATIONS: SCOTLAND v ENGLAND Production Team - BBC Sport / BBC One

2018 WORLD CUP QUARTER FINAL: ENGLAND v SWEDEN Production Team - BBC Sport / BBC One

ENGLAND’S TEST CRICKET – COOK’S FAREWELL Production Team - Sky Sports / Sky Sports Cricket

WINTER OLYMPICS Production Team – BBC Sport / BBC Two

  • Supporting actor

ALEX JENNINGS Unforgotten - Mainstreet Pictures / ITV

BEN WHISHAW A Very English Scandal - Blueprint Pictures / BBC One

KIM BODNIA Killing Eve - Sid Gentle Films / BBC One

STEPHEN GRAHAM Save Me - World Productions / Sky Atlantic

  • Supporting actress

BILLIE PIPER Collateral - The Forge Entertainment / BBC Two

FIONA SHAW Killing Eve - Sid Gentle Films / BBC One

KEELEY HAWES Mrs Wilson - Snowed-In Productions / BBC One

MONICA DOLAN A Very English Scandal - Blueprint Pictures / BBC One

  • Virgin Media’s must-see moment (voted for by the public)

BODYGUARD Julia Montague assassinated – World Productions/BBC One

CORONATION STREET Gail’s monologue on the suicide of Aidan Connor – ITV Studios/ITV

DOCTOR WHO Rosa Parks, the Doctor and her companions ensure history remains intact – BBC Studios/BBC One

KILLING EVE Eve stabs Villanelle– Sid Gentle Films/BBC One

PETER KAY’S CAR SHARE The finale – Goodnight Vienna Productions/BBC One

QUEER EYE Tom completes his transformation – Scout Productions / ITV Entertainment LLC / Netflix

Topics