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Bafta TV Awards 2021: Michaela Coel and Paul Mescal took home some of the top prizes

Michaela Coel and Paul Mescal took home some of the top prizes at the Bafta TV Awards 2021 held on Sunday night while surprisingly, The Crown failed to register any win.

This year’s BAFTA TV Awards 2021 nominations had been packed full of the very best entertainment shows, top-quality factual programming and documentaries, and exemplary drama including Normal People, I May Destroy You, The Crown, Sex Education, and Small Axe up for multiple awards.

Michaela Coel was the night’s big winner, scooping the leading actress and best mini-series awards for her ground-breaking show I May Destroy You.

Charlie Cooper won the award for Male Performance in a Comedy Programme, for his performance in This Country, while Aimee Lou Wood took home a trophy for Female Performance in a Comedy Programme for her role in Sex Education.

Check out the full list of BAFTA TV Awards 2021 winners along with the nominees:

 

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE

WINNER – ROMESH RANGANATHAN The Ranganation – Zeppotron/BBC Two

ADAM HILLS The Last Leg – Open Mike Productions/Channel 4

BRADLEY WALSH Beat the Chasers – Potato/ITV

CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN Strictly Come Dancing – BBC Studios/BBC One

DAVID MITCHELL Would I Lie to You? At Christmas – Zeppotron/BBC One

GRAHAM NORTON The Graham Norton Show – So Television/BBC One

SCRIPTED COMEDY

WINNER – INSIDE NO. 9 Adam Tandy, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Matt Lipsey, Guillem Morales – BBC Studios/BBC Two

GHOSTS Production Team – Monumental Television/BBC One

MAN LIKE MOBEEN Production Team – Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC Three

THIS COUNTRY Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer – BBC Studios/BBC Three

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER – RAKIE AYOLA Anthony – LA Productions/BBC One

HELENA BONHAM CARTER The Crown Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

LEILA FARZAD I Hate Suzie – Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic

SIENA KELLY Adult Material – Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4

SOPHIE OKONEDO Criminal: UK – Idiotlamp Productions/Netflix

WERUCHE OPIA I May Destroy You – Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

WINNER – LIFE & RHYMES Production Team – CPL Productions, Licklemor Productions/Sky Arts

ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY Pete Ogden, Tim Dean, Ben Aston, Doran Azouelos, Kerry Shaw, Chris Power – ITV Studios, Mitre Television/ITV

STRICTLY COME DANCING Production Team – BBC Studios/BBC One

THE MASKED SINGER Daniel Nettleton, Derek McLean, Claire Horton, Marc Bassett, Simon Staffurth – Bandicoot Scotland/ITV

FEATURES

WINNER – LONG LOST FAMILY: BORN WITHOUT TRACE Sally Benton, Rosie Schellenberg, Alice Goodyear, Paddy Lynas – Wall to Wall Media/ITV

BIG ZUU’S BIG EATS Production Team – Boomerang/Dave

MORTIMER AND WHITEHOUSE: GONE FISHING Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse, Lisa Clark, Rob Gill, Stephanie Fyfe, Doug Bryson – Owl Power/BBC Two

THE REPAIR SHOP Production Team – Ricochet/BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER – MALACHI KIRBY Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

KUNAL NAYYAR Criminal: UK – Idiotlamp Productions/Netflix

MICHAEL SHEEN Quiz – Left Bank Pictures/ITV

MICHEAL WARD Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

RUPERT EVERETT Adult Material – Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4

TOBIAS MENZIES The Crown – Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

DAYTIME

WINNER – THE GREAT HOUSE GIVEAWAY Production Team – Chwarel/Channel 4

JIMMY MCGOVERN’S MOVING ON Production Team – LA Productions/BBC One

RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES Production Team – Remarkable TV/BBC Two

THE CHASE Michael Kelpie, Martin Scott, Helen Tumbridge – Potato/ITV

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

WINNER – CHARLIE COOPER This Country – BBC Studios/BBC Three

GUZ KHAN Man Like Mobeen – Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC Three

JOSEPH GILGUN Brassic -Calamity Films/Sky One

NCUTI GATWA Sex Education – Eleven Film/Netflix

PAUL RITTER Friday Night Dinner – Popper Pictures, Big Talk Productions/Channel 4

REECE SHEARSMITH Inside No.9 – BBC Studios/BBC Two

SPECIALIST FACTUAL

WINNER – THE SURGEON’S CUT James Newton, James Van Der Pool, Andrew Cohen – BBC Studios/Netflix

EXTINCTION: THE FACTS Serena Davies, Helen Thomas, Stephen Moore, Charlotte Lathane – BBC Studios/BBC One

PUTIN: A RUSSIAN SPY STORY James Rogan, Nick Green, Paul Mitchell, Adam Finch – Rogan Productions/Channel 4

THE RISE OF THE MURDOCH DYNASTY David Glover, Cate Hall, Jamie Roberts, Owen Phillips, Justin Badger, Sam Santana – 72 Films/BBC Two

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

WINNER – AIMEE LOU WOOD Sex Education – Eleven Film/Netflix

DAISY HAGGARD Breeders – Avalon, FX Productions/Sky One

DAISY MAY COOPER This Country – BBC Studios/BBC Three

EMMA MACKEY Sex Education – Eleven Film/Netflix

GBEMISOLA IKUMELO Famalam – BBC Studios/BBC Three

MAE MARTIN Feel Good – Objective Fiction, Objective Media Group Scotland/Channel 4

REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL

WINNER – THE SCHOOL THAT TRIED TO END RACISM Production Team – Proper Content/Channel 4

MASTERCHEF: THE PROFESSIONALS David Ambler, Katie Attwood, Genevieve Welch, Anthony Crumpton – Shine TV/BBC One

RACE ACROSS THE WORLD Production Team – Studio Lambert/BBC Two

THE WRITE OFFS Production Team – Shine TV/Channel 4

MINI-SERIES

WINNER – I MAY DESTROY YOU Production Team – Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

ADULT MATERIAL Lucy Kirkwood, Dawn Shadforth, Sara Hamill, Patrick Spence – Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4

NORMAL PEOPLE Lenny Abrahamson, Sally Rooney, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, Catherine Magee – Element Pictures/BBC Three

SMALL AXE Steve McQueen, Tracey Scoffield, David Tanner, Michael Elliott, Anita Overland – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA

WINNER – CASUALTY Simon Harper, Loretta Preece, Sarah Beeson, Jenny Thompson – BBC Studios/BBC One

CORONATION STREET Production Team – ITV Studios/ITV

EASTENDERS Jon Sen, Kate Oates, Sharon Batten, Liza Mellody – BBC Studios/BBC One

HOLLYOAKS Bryan Kirkwood, Hannah Sowden, Josie Day, Gary Sewell, Colette Chard – Lime Pictures/Channel 4

VIRGIN MEDIA’S MUST-SEE MOMENT (voted for by the public)

WINNER – BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT Diversity perform a routine inspired by the events of 2020  – Thames, Syco/ITV

BRIDGERTON Penelope is revealed as Lady Whistledown – Netflix Originals, Shondaland/Netflix

EASTENDERS Gray kills Chantelle – BBC Studios/BBC One

GOGGLEBOX Reactions to Boris Johnson’s press conference – Studio Lambert/Channel 4

NIGELLA’S COOK, EAT, REPEAT Mee-cro-wah-vay – BBC Studios Unscripted Productions/BBC Two

THE MANDALORIAN Luke Skywalker arrives – Lucasfilm/Disney+

FACTUAL SERIES

WINNER – ONCE UPON A TIME IN IRAQ James Bluemel, Jo Able, Miriam Walsh, Simon Sykes, Andrew Palmer, Will Anderson – Keo Films/BBC Two

CRIME & PUNISHMENT Production Team – 72 Films/Channel 4

HOSPITAL Production Team – Label1/BBC Two

LOSING IT: OUR MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY Production Team – Story Films/Channel 4

LIVE EVENT

WINNER – SPRINGWATCH 2020 Production Team – BBC Studios Natural History Unit/BBC Two

LIFE DRAWING LIVE! Emyr Afan, Sally Dixon, Josie d’Arby, Lachlan Goudie, Diana Ali, Nicky Philipps – Avanti Media/BBC Four

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

THE THIRD DAY: AUTUMN Production Team – Sky Studios, Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk Entertainment, HBO/Sky Atlantic

COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

WINNER – THE BIG NARSTIE SHOW Obi Kevin Akudike, Nathan Brown, Rina Dayalji, Ben Wicks, Toby Baker – Expectation, Dice Productions Entertainment/Channel 4

CHARLIE BROOKER’S ANTIVIRAL WIPE Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Ali Marlow – Broke & Bones, Endemol Shine Group/BBC Two

ROB & ROMESH VS Jack Shillaker, David Taylor, Murray Boland, Danielle Lux, Bill Righton – CPL Productions/Sky One

THE RANGANATION Production Team – Zeppotron/BBC Two

SINGLE DRAMA

WINNER – SITTING IN LIMBO Production Team – Left Bank Pictures/BBC One

ANTHONY Jimmy McGovern, Colin McKeown, Donna Molloy, Terry McDonough – LA Productions/BBC One

BBW (ON THE EDGE) Ben Bickerton, Philip Trethowan, Lisa Walters, William Stefan Smith, Yolanda Mercy – BlackLight Television/Channel 4

THE WINDERMERE CHILDREN Eleanor Greene, Leanne Klein, Tim Rostock, Simon Block, Michael Samuels, Alison Sterling – Wall to Wall Media, Warner Bros. ITVP Germany/BBC Two

DRAMA SERIES

WINNER – SAVE ME TOO Simon Heath, Jessica Sykes, Lennie James, Lizzie Rusbridger, Coky Giedroyc, Jim Loach – World Productions/Sky Atlantic

GANGS OF LONDON Gareth Evans, Matt Flannery, Thomas Benski, Jane Featherstone, Lucas Ochoa, Hugh Warren – Pulse Films, SISTER/Sky Atlantic

I HATE SUZIE Lucy Prebble, Billie Piper, Andrea Dewsbery, Julie Gardner, Georgi Banks-Davies, Anthony Neilson – Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic

THE CROWN Peter Morgan, Suzanne Mackie, Michael Casey, Oona O’Beirn, Andy Stebbing, Martin Harrison – Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

LEADING ACTOR

WINNER – PAUL MESCAL Normal People – Element Pictures/BBC Three

JOHN BOYEGA Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park /BBC One

JOSH O’CONNOR The Crown – Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

PAAPA ESSIEDU I May Destroy You – Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

SHAUN PARKES Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

WALEED ZUAITER Baghdad Central – Euston Films/Channel 4

LEADING ACTRESS

WINNER – MICHAELA COEL I May Destroy You – Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

BILLIE PIPER I Hate Suzie – Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic

DAISY EDGAR-JONES Normal People – Element Pictures/BBC Three

HAYLEY SQUIRES Adult Material – Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4

JODIE COMER Killing Eve – Sid Gentle Films/BBC One

LETITIA WRIGHT Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

SHORT FORM PROGRAMME

WINNER – THEY SAW THE SUN FIRST Stefan Hunt, Jess Lowe, Adam Gee – Fresh Film, Red Bull Media House/Red Bull TV

CRIPTALES Mat Fraser, Amit Sharma, Ewan Marshall, Jenny Sealey, Debbie Christie – BBC Studios/BBC Four

DISABLED NOT DEFEATED: THE ROCK BANS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES – DELTA 7 Rosie Baldwin, Holly Stimson, Dan Knight – Vice/Noisey

THE MAIN PART Rosie Westhoff, Jen Wakefield, Sara Huxley, Tom Payne, Jody Smith – Studio71 UK/BBC iPlayer

CURRENT AFFAIRS

WINNER – AMERICA’S WAR ON ABORTION (EXPOSURE) Deeyah Khan, Darin Prindle, Andrew Smith – Fuuse Films/ITV

ITALY’S FRONTLINE: A DOCTOR’S DIARY Sasha Joelle Achilli, Dan Edge, Ella Claire Newton, Paul van Dyck, Sarah Waldron – Mongoose Pictures/BBC Two

THE BATTLE FOR HONG KONG (DISPATCHES) Robin Barnwell, Gesbeen Mohammad, Guy Creasey, David Henshaw, Evan Williams – Hardcash Productions, Evan Williams Productions/Channel 4

THE CYPRUS PAPERS UNDERCOVER (AL JAZEERA INVESTIGATIONS) Phil Rees, Sarah Yeo, Leonidas Sofogiannis, James Kleinfeld, David Harrison, Jason Gwynne – Al Jazeera Media Network/Al Jazeera English

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY

WINNER – LOCKED IN: BREAKING THE SILENCE (STORYVILLE) Xavier Alford, Colette Hodges, Sacha Mirzoeff, Poppy Goodheart – Marble Films/BBC Four

AMERICAN MURDER: THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR Jenny Popplewell, James Marsh, Jonathan Stadlen, Simon Barker – Netflix Originals/Netflix

ANTON FERDINAND: FOOTBALL, RACISM & ME Sian Guerra, Jeremy Lee, Wendie Ottewill, James Ross – Wonder, New Era Global Productions/BBC One

SURVIVING COVID Production Team – Sandpaper Films/Channel 4

INTERNATIONAL

WINNER – WELCOME TO CHECHNYA: THE GAY PURGE (STORYVILLE) David France, Alice Henty, Askold Kurov, Joy A. Tomchin – Public Square Films/BBC Four

LITTLE AMERICA Lee Eisenberg, Alan Yang, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon – Apple, Universal Television/Apple TV+

LOVECRAFT COUNTRY Production Team – Afemme, Monkeypaw, Bad Robot, Warner Bros., HBO/Sky Atlantic

UNORTHODOX Anna Winger, Alexa Karolinski, Maria Schrader – Studio Airlift, RealFilm/Netflix

NEWS COVERAGE

WINNER – SKY NEWS: INSIDE IDLIB Production Team – Sky News/Sky News

BBC NEWS AT TEN: PRIME MINISTER ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE Production Team -BBC News/BBC One

CHANNEL 4 NEWS: DETERRING DEMOCRACY Production Team – ITN, Channel 4 News/Channel 4

NEWSNIGHT: COVID CARE CRISIS Production Team – BBC Newsnight/BBC Two

SPORT

WINNER – ENGLAND V WEST INDIES TEST CRICKET Production Team – Sky Sports/Sky Sports Cricket

BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX Production Team – Sky Sports F1/Sky Sports Formula 1

ENGLAND V FRANCE: THE FINAL OF AUTUMN NATIONS CUP Production Team – Sunset+Vine/Amazon Prime Video

LONDON MARATHON 2020 Alastair McIntyre, Micky Payne, Matthew Griffiths, Adam Duncan – BBC Sport/BBC One

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