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BAFTA has announced the winners of the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards, celebrating and rewarding the very best programmes and performances of 2021. Here's the full list...

Press Release

The Awards were hosted by Richard Ayoade at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s Southbank, and featured a red carpet performance by George Ezra. A host of British stars attended the event, including Olly Alexander, Olivia Colman, Mo Gilligan, Sharon Horgan, Suranne Jones, Daniel Mays, Steve McQueen, Graham Norton and many more.

Big Zuu was the big winner, picking up multiple awards on the night with Entertainment Performance and Big Zuu's Big Eats won for Features. Other multiple awards went to Help with Jodie Comer winning the Leading Actress award for her performance and Cathy Tyson winning in the Supporting Actress category. Time won for Mini-Series and saw Sean Bean won the Leading Actor award for his performance.

In My Skin won the award for Drama Series and Together won the BAFTA for Single Drama, while Matthew Macfadyen, surprisingly a first-time nominee, won for his performance in Succession in the Supporting Actor category.

In the comedy categories, Sophie Willan won in Female Performance in a Comedy Programme for playing the titular character in Alma's Not Normal and Jamie Demetriou won the BAFTA for Male Performance in a Comedy Programme for Stath Lets Flats. The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan won Comedy Entertainment Programme while the BAFTA for Scripted Comedy was won by Motherland. Entertainment Programme was awarded, very unsurprisingly, to Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, continuing the show’s success, the eighth nomination and fourth win in this category.

The Fellowship was presented to Sir Billy Connolly. The Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an individual’s outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, television or games across their career.

Finally, Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment, the only award voted for by the public, was won by Rose and Giovanni’s silent dance to ‘Symphony’, Strictly Come Dancing. Here's what they both had to say:

Here's the full list of winners and other nominees on the night (the TV Craft award winners announced previously can be found here)

COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW Graham Norton, Graham Stuart, Jon Magnusson, Toby Baker, Catherine Strauss, Pete Snell - So Television/BBC One
WINNER - THE LATEISH SHOW WITH MO GILLIGAN Rhe-an Archibald, Ben Wicks, Tim Dean, Pollyanna McGirr, David Geli, Mo Gilligan - Expectation, Momo G/Channel 4
RACE AROUND BRITAIN Ben Wicks, Andy Brown, Munya Chawawa, Trent Williams-Jones, Claire Cook, Kevin Muyolo - Expectation, Munz Made It/YouTube
THE RANGANATION Ruth Phillips, Richard Cohen, Mark Barrett, Barbara Wiltshire, Debra Blenkinsop, Helena Parkhill – Zeppotron/BBC Two

CURRENT AFFAIRS

WINNER - FEARLESS: THE WOMEN FIGHTING PUTIN (EXPOSURE) Sarah Collinson, David Henshaw, David Alter, Sasha Odynova, Ksenia Barakovskaya - Hardcash Productions, The Economist/ITV
FOUR HOURS AT THE CAPITOL Jamie Roberts, Will Grayburn, Dan Reed - AMOS Pictures/BBC Two
THE MEN WHO SELL FOOTBALL (AL JAZEERA INVESTIGATIONS) Phil Rees, David Harrison, Jason Gwynne, Sarah Yeo, Nicholas Dove, Adrian Gatton - Al Jazeera I-Unit/Al Jazeera English
TRUMP TAKES ON THE WORLD Norma Percy, Tim Stirzaker, Sam Collins, Tania Rakhmanova, Lucy Hetherington, Greg Sanderson - Brook Lapping, Les Films d’Ici, ARTE, The Open University/BBC Two

DAYTIME

WINNER - THE CHASE Michael Kelpie, Martin Scott, Helen Tumbridge, Hester Davies, Caroline Sale, Mick Thomas – Potato/ITV
MONEYBAGS David Flynn, Michelle Woods, Aaron Rosenthal, Louisa Benger, Shaun Parry, Mike Maclaine - youngest Media/Channel 4
RICHARD OSMAN'S HOUSE OF GAMES Tamara Gilder, Breid McLoone, Tom Banks, Abby Brakewell, John Smith, Sarah Boyce - Remarkable Television/BBC Two
STEPH'S PACKED LUNCH Ben Wicks, Rebecca Papworth, Vivek Sharma, Steph McGovern, Alan Clayton, Derek Hallworth – Expectation, Can Can Productions/Channel 4

DRAMA SERIES

WINNER - IN MY SKIN Kayleigh Llewellyn, Nerys Evans, Molly Manners, Sophie Francis – Expectation/BBC Three
MANHUNT: THE NIGHT STALKER Ed Whitmore, Marc Evans, Jo Willett, Evie Bergson-Korn, Philippa Braithwaite - Buffalo Pictures/ITV
UNFORGOTTEN Chris Lang, Sally Haynes, Laura Mackie, Guy de Glanville, Andy Wilson - Mainstreet Pictures/ITV
VIGIL Tom Edge, Simon Heath, Jake Lushington, Angie Daniell, James Strong, Isabelle Sieb - World Productions/BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE

ALISON HAMMOND I Can See Your Voice – Thames/BBC One
WINNER - BIG ZUU Big Zuu's Big Eats – Boom/Dave
GRAHAM NORTON The Graham Norton Show - So Television/BBC One
JOE LYCETT Joe Lycett's Got Your Back - Rumpus Media, My Options Were Limited/Channel 4
MICHAEL MCINTYRE Michael McIntyre's The Wheel - Hungry McBear Media/BBC One
SEAN LOCK 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown – Zeppotron/Channel 4

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

AN AUDIENCE WITH ADELE Adele, Jonathan Dickins, Sally Wood, Ben Winston, Lou Fox, Bex Hampson - Fulwell 73, Onward, Sony, Columbia/ITV
WINNER - ANT & DEC'S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY Production Team - Lifted Entertainment, Mitre Studios/ITV
LIFE & RHYMES Production Team - CPL Productions, Licklemor Productions/Sky Arts
STRICTLY COME DANCING Production Team - BBC Studios/BBC One

FACTUAL SERIES

THE DETECTIVES: FIGHTING ORGANISED CRIME Production Team - Minnow Films, Open University/BBC Two
9/11: ONE DAY IN AMERICA Caroline Marsden, Daniel Bogado, TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, David Glover, Ella Wright - 72 Films/National Geographic
UNDERCOVER POLICE: HUNTING PAEDOPHILES Joe Mather, Simon Ford, Jamie Pickup, Mark Casebow, Charlie MacDonald, Juliet Piper - BBC Studios/Channel 4
WINNER - UPRISING Production Team - Rogan Productions, Lammas Park, Turbine Studios/BBC One

FEATURES

WINNER - BIG ZUU'S BIG EATS Sam Grace, Alex Gilman, Chris Faith, Lucy Blatch, Big Zuu, Rohan Minhas - Boom/Dave
MORTIMER & WHITEHOUSE: GONE FISHING Paul Whitehouse, Bob Mortimer, Lisa Clark, Stephanie Fyfe, Rob Gill, Doug Bryson - Owl Power/BBC Two
SORT YOUR LIFE OUT Charlotte Brookes, Kurt Seywald, James Callum, Lucy Blatch, Michael Hyland, Demi Doyle - Optomen Television/BBC One
THE GREAT BRITISH SEWING BEE Production Team – Love Productions/BBC One

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

AIMEE LOU WOOD Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix
AISLING BEA This Way Up – Merman Television/Channel 4
ANJANA VASAN We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television/Channel 4
NATASIA DEMETRIOU Stath Lets Flats - Roughcut TV/Channel 4
ROSE MATAFEO Starstruck - Avalon/BBC Three
WINNER - SOPHIE WILLAN Alma's Not Normal – Expectation/BBC Two

INTERNATIONAL

CALL MY AGENT! Harold Valentin, Aurélien Larger, Dominique Besnehard, Michel Feller, Fanny Herrero, Victor Rodenbach - Mon Voisin Productions, Mother Productions, France Télévisions/Netflix
LUPIN George Kay, Nathan Franck, Isabelle Degeorge, Omar Sy, Louis Leterrier, François Uzan - Gaumont Television/Netflix
MARE OF EASTTOWN Production Team - wiip, Low Dweller Productions, Juggle Productions, Mayhem Pictures, Zobot Projects, HBO/Sky Atlantic
SQUID GAME Hwang Dong-hyuk, Kim Ji-yeon - Siren Pictures/Netflix
SUCCESSION Production Team - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, HBO/Sky Atlantic
WINNER - THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Barry Jenkins, Colson Whitehead, Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner - Plan B, PASTEL, Big Indie, Amazon Studios/Amazon Prime

LEADING ACTOR

DAVID THEWLIS Landscapers – SISTER, South of the River Pictures/Sky Atlantic
HUGH QUARSHIE Stephen - HTM Television, Baby Cow Productions/ITV
OLLY ALEXANDER It's A Sin - Red Production Company/Channel 4
SAMUEL ADEWUNMI You Don't Know Me - Snowed-In Productions/BBC One
WINNER - SEAN BEAN Time - BBC Studios/BBC One
STEPHEN GRAHAM Help – The Forge Entertainment, One Shoe Films/ Channel 4

LEADING ACTRESS

DENISE GOUGH Too Close - Snowed-In Productions/ITV
EMILY WATSON Too Close - Snowed-In Productions/ITV
WINNER - JODIE COMER Help - The Forge Entertainment, One Shoe Films/Channel 4
KATE WINSLET Mare of Easttown - wiip, Low Dweller Productions, Juggle Productions, Mayhem Pictures, Zobot Projects, HBO/Sky Atlantic
LYDIA WEST It's A Sin - Red Production Company/Channel 4
NIAMH ALGAR Deceit - Story Films/Channel 4

LIVE EVENT

THE BRIT AWARDS 2021 Production Team - BRITs TV/ITV
WINNER - THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE 2021 Production Team - BBC Studios/BBC One
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE Production Team - BBC Studios/BBC One
SPRINGWATCH 2021 Production Team - BBC Studio/ BBC Two

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

WINNER- JAMIE DEMETRIOU Stath Lets Flats -Roughcut TV/Channel 4
JOSEPH GILGUN Brassic – Calamity Films/Sky Max
NCUTI GATWA Sex Education - Eleven Film /Netflix
SAMSON KAYO Bloods -Roughcut TV, Sky Studios/Sky One
STEVE COOGAN This Time with Alan Partridge - Baby Cow Productions/BBC One
TIM RENKOW Jerk – Roughcut TV/BBC Three

MINI-SERIES

IT'S A SIN Russell T Davies, Nicola Shindler, Peter Hoar, Phil Collinson - Red Production Company/Channel 4
LANDSCAPERS Will Sharpe, Ed Sinclair, Katie Carpenter, Olivia Colman, Jane Featherstone, Chris Fry – SISTER, South of the River Pictures/Sky Atlantic
STEPHEN Mark Redhead, Madonna Baptiste, Alrick Riley, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Joe Cottrell Boyce,
Jessica Sharkey - HTM Television, Baby Cow Productions/ITV
WINNER - TIME Jimmy McGovern, Tom Sherry, Lewis Arnold, Simon Maloney, Michael Parke, Andrew Morrissey - BBC Studios/BBC One

NEWS COVERAGE

CHANNEL 4 NEWS: BLACK TO FRONT Production Team - Channel 4 News/ Channel 4
GOOD MORNING BRITAIN: SHAMIMA BEGUM Production Team - ITV Studios Daytime/ITV
WINNER - ITV NEWS AT TEN: STORMING OF THE CAPITOL Production Team - ITV News, ITN/ITV
SKY NEWS: AFGHANISTAN: ENDGAME Production Team - Sky News/Sky News

REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL

WINNER - GOGGLEBOX Production Team - Studio Lambert/Channel 4
MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT UK Murray Boland, Dermot Caulfield, Danielle Lux, Sharyn Mills, Rachel Viner, James Kayler - CPL Productions/E4
RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE UK RuPaul Charles, Fenton Bailey, Tom Campbell, Bruce McCoy, Sally Miles, Matt Green - World of Wonder Productions/BBC Three
THE DOG HOUSE Production Team - Five Mile Films/Channel 4

SCRIPTED COMEDY

ALMA'S NOT NORMAL Sophie Willan, Gill Isles, Andrew Chaplin, Nerys Evans – Expectation/BBC Two
WINNER - MOTHERLAND Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O’Shaughnessy, Caroline Norris, Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford – Merman Television, Twofour/BBC Two
STATH LETS FLATS Jamie Demetriou, Seb Barwell, Andrew Gaynord, Ash Atalla - Roughcut TV/Channel 4
WE ARE LADY PARTS Production Team - Working Title Television/Channel 4

SHORT FORM PROGRAMME

HOLLYOAKS SAVED MY LIFE (HOLLYOAKS IRL) Rachel Hardy, Alan Toner, Graham Gallery – Lime Pictures/YouTube
WINNER - OUR LAND Alexandra Genova, Alfred Thirolle - Alexandra Genova/Together TV
PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW Juliet Riddell, James Graham, Tom Hannen, Franklin Dow - Financial Times, Sonia Friedman Productions/Financial Times
PLEASE HELP Lucy Pearman, Ben Mallaby, David Simpson - Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC Three

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY

9/11: INSIDE THE PRESIDENT'S WAR ROOM Adam Wishart, Neil Grant, Serena Kennedy, Simon Finch - Wish/Art Films, BBC One/Apple TV+
GRENFELL: THE UNTOLD STORY James Newton, Daisy Ayliffe, Emma Lysaght, Kirsty Cunningham, Jessie Versluys, Constantine Gras – BBC Studios/Channel 4
WINNER - MY CHILDHOOD, MY COUNTRY - 20 YEARS IN AFGHANISTAN Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi, Amanda Wilkie, Clive Mattock - Seventh Art Productions/ITV
NAIL BOMBER: MAN HUNT Production Team - Expectation/Netflix

SINGLE DRAMA

DEATH OF ENGLAND: FACE TO FACE Clint Dyer, Dixie Linder, David Sabel, Rufus Norris, Christine Schwarzman, Roy Williams - National Theatre, Sabel Productions, Cuba Pictures/Sky Arts
HELP Jack Thorne, Marc Munden, Beth Willis, Jenny Frayn, Stephen Graham, Jodie Comer - The Forge Entertainment, One Shoe Films/Channel 4
I AM VICTORIA Dominic Savage, Krishnendu Majumdar, Richard Yee, Suranne Jones, Josh Hyams, David Charap - Me + You Productions/Channel 4
WINNER - TOGETHER Stephen Daldry, Dennis Kelly, Guy Heeley, Sonia Friedman, Justin Martin - Shoebox Films, Sonia Friedman Productions, BBC Film/BBC Two

SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA

CASUALTY Deborah Sathe, Loretta Preece, Debbie Biggins, Jenny Thompson, Sarah Beeson –
BBC Studios/BBC One
WINNER - CORONATION STREET Production Team – ITV Studios/ITV
EMMERDALE Production Team – ITV Studios/ITV
HOLBY CITY Production Team – BBC Studios/BBC One

SPECIALIST FACTUAL

BLACK POWER: A BRITISH STORY OF RESISTANCE George Amponsah, Helen Bart, Steve McQueen, James Rogan, Soleta Rogan, Tracey Scoffield - Rogan Productions, Lammas Park, Turbine Studios/BBC Two
FREDDIE MERCURY: THE FINAL ACT James Rogan, Daniel Hall, Chris Wilson, Mark Hedgecoe, Soleta Rogan, Simon Lupton - Rogan Productions/BBC Two
WINNER - THE MISSING CHILDREN Tanya Stephan, Rachel Cumella, Brian Woods, Anne Morrison, Paddy Garrick, Ella Newton - True Vision, Nevision/ITV
SILENCED: THE HIDDEN STORY OF DISABLED BRITAIN Production Team – Blast! Films/BBC Two

SPORT

WINNER - THE ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX Production Team - Sky Sports, Formula 1/Sky Sports Formula 1
ITV RACING: THE GRAND NATIONAL Mark Demuth, Paul McNamara, Paul Cooper, Tasleem Hasham-Laywood, Rob Oldham, Jon Harris – ITV Sport/ITV
TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS Production Team – BBC Sport/BBC One
UEFA EURO 2020 SEMI-FINAL: ENGLAND V DENMARK Mark Demuth, Paul McNamara, Phil Heslop, Maggie Price, Roger Pearce, Stuart Smith – ITV Sport/ITV

SUPPORTING ACTOR

CALLUM SCOTT HOWELLS It's A Sin - Red Production Company/Channel 4
DAVID CARLYLE It's A Sin - Red Production Company/Channel 4
WINNER - MATTHEW MACFADYEN Succession - Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, HBO/Sky Atlantic
NONSO ANOZIE Sweet Tooth - Warner Bros. Television/Netflix
OMARI DOUGLAS It's A Sin - Red Production Company/Channel 4
STEPHEN GRAHAM Time - BBC Studios/BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER - CATHY TYSON Help - The Forge Entertainment, One Shoe Films/Channel 4
CELINE BUCKENS Showtrial - World Productions/BBC One
EMILY MORTIMER The Pursuit of Love - Open Book Productions, Moonage Pictures, Amazon Studios/BBC One
JESSICA PLUMMER The Girl Before – 42/BBC One
LEAH HARVEY Foundation - Skydance Television, Phantom Four/Apple TV+
TAHIRAH SHARIF The Tower – Mammoth Screen, Windhover Films/ITV

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

AN AUDIENCE WITH ADELE Adele’s surprised by the teacher who changed her life - Fulwell 73, Onward, Sony, Columbia/ITV
I’M A CELEBRITY… GET ME OUT OF HERE! Ant and Dec dig at Downing Street’s lockdown parties - Lifted Entertainment/ITV
IT’S A SIN Colin’s devastating AIDS diagnosis - RED Production Company/Channel 4
RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE UK ‘UK Hun?’ – Bimini’s verse - World of Wonder/BBC Three
SQUID GAME Red Light, Green Light game - Siren Pictures/Netflix
WINNER - STRICTLY COME DANCING Rose and Giovanni’s silent dance to ‘Symphony’ - BBC Studios/BBC One