i’m ruth, Bad sisters, Derry girls And The traitors were the top winners at the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday.
Kate Winslet won the BAFTA for Leading Actress for her role i’m ruthwhich also won for best single drama. Bad sisters won the Best Drama Series award and Anne-Marie Duff received the Best Supporting Actress award for her portrayal of Grace Williams in the series.
Siobhán McSweeney won the award for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Program for Derry girls. The show also received the award for Best Scripted Comedy.
In addition, Ben Whishaw won the BAFTA for Leading Actor for his portrayal of Adam Kay in the autobiographical drama This is going to hurtand Adeel Akhtar won the supporting actor award for his role in the crime drama Sherwood.
The Entertainment Achievement Award went to Claudia Winkleman The traitorswhich also won Best Reality and Constructed Fact Show.
Other BAFTA Award winners included Dahmer – Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer for the best international series, and The masked singer for the best entertainment program.
The winner of each category is decided by a jury, unlike the BAFTA film awards, which many suggest lead to greater diversity.
The 2023 BAFTA TV Awards, presented by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, were held at the Royal Festival’s Hall in London on Sunday. The BAFTA TV Craft Awards were announced earlier in April.
A full list of winners follows.
DRAMA SERIES
Bad sisters (WINNER)
The answerer
Sherwood
Somewhere boy
MINI SERIES
A spy among friends
Mood (WINNER)
The thief, his wife and the canoe
This is going to hurt
ONLY DRAMA
i’m ruth (WINNER)
The House
Life and death in the warehouse
SCRIPTED COMEDY
Am I being unreasonable?
Big boys
Derry girls (WINNER)
Ghosts
MAIN ROLE
Ben Whishaw This is going to hurt (WINNER)
Chaske Spencer The English
Cillian Murphy Peaky Blinders
Garry Oldman Slow horses
Martin Freeman The answerer
Taron Egerton Black bird
LEADING ACTRESS
Billy Piper I hate Suzie too
Imelda Staunton The crown
Kate Winslet I Ben Ruth (WINNER)
Maxine Peak Anna
Sarah Lancashire Juliet
Vicky McClure Without sin
SUPPORTING ROLE
Adel Akhtar Sherwood (WINNER)
Jack Lowden Slow horses
Jose Finan The answerer
Salim Dew The crown
Samuel Bottomly Somewhere boy
Will Sharp The White Lotus
SUPPORTING FEMALE
Adelayo Adedayo De Answerer
Anne Marie Duff Bad sisters (WINNER)
Fiona ShawAndor
Jasmine Jobson Great boy
Lesley Manville Sherwood
Saffron Hocking Great boy
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM
Daniel Radcliffe Strange: The Story of Al Yankovic
Jon points Big boys
Joseph Gilgun Brassic
Lenny Rush Am I being unreasonable? (WINNER)
Matt Berry what we do in the shadows
Stephen Merchant The Bandits
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM
Daisy May Cooper Am Am I being unreasonable? –
Diane Morgan Pussy on Earth
Lucy Beaumont Meet the Richardsons
Natalia Demetriou Ellie and Natalia
Siobhan McSweeney Derry girls (WINNER)
INTERNATIONAL
The bear
Dahmer – Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer (WINNER)
Wednesday
Oussekine
Pachinko
The White Lotus
COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
Friday Night Live (WINNER)
The Graham Norton Show
Taskmaster
Would I lie to you?
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Afghanistan: no country for women (Exposure)
Children of the Taliban (WINNER)
The crossing (exposure)
Mariupol: the story of the people (Panorama)
DAY
The chase
The repair shop: a royal visit (WINNER)
Scam interceptors
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Big Zuu
Claudia Winkleman (WINNER)
Lee Mak
Mo Gilligan
Sue Perkin
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
Ant & Dec’s Saturday night takeaway
Later… With Jools Holland: Jools’ 30th birthday party
The masked singer (WINNER)
Strictly come dance
ACTUAL SERIES
Jeremy Kyle Show: Dead by Day
Libby, are you home yet? (WINNER)
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
Worlds collide: the Manchester bombing
FUNCTIONS
Big Zuu’s Big Eats
Joe Lycett vs. Beckham: supported you at Christmas (WINNER)
The Martin Lewis money show live
The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan
LIVE EVENT
Concert for Ukraine
Platinum Jubilee: Party at the Palace (WINNER)
The State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
NEWS REPORT
Bbc News At Ten: Russia Invades Ukraine
Channel 4 News: Live in Kyiv (WINNER)
Good Morning Britain: Interview with Boris Johnson
REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACT
The Field of Dreams by Freddie Flintoff
Rupaul’s Drag Race UK
The traitors (WINNER)
We are black and British
SHORT PROGRAMME
Always, Asifa
Cookieland
How to be a person (WINNER)
Kingpin cribs
SOME DOCUMENTARY
Chernobyl: the lost tapes
Escape from Kabul airport
Our Falklands War: A Front Line Story
The real Mo Farah (WINNER)
SOAP & ONGOING DRAMA
Accident (WINNER)
Eastenders
Emmerdale
SPECIALIST FACT
Tools: the unheard of tapes
The green planet
How to Survive a Dictator with Munya Chawawa
Russia 1985-1999: Trauma Zone (WINNER)
SPORT
Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022
UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 (WINNER)
Wimbledon 2022
