BAFTA TV Award Winners: I May Destroy You, Welcome to Chechnya

The BAFTA TV Awards were announced yesterday with Michaela Coel's critically acclaimed I May Destroy You winning Best Actress and Best Mini-Series (it had previously taken Writing, Directing, and Editing at the "Bafta Craft awards). The Crown did not fare well (hits too close to home?) and Steve MQueen's Small Axe picked up just one major prize (Supporting Actor for Malachi Kirby). In better news, Paul Mescal won Best Actor for his exquisite work on Normal People and the superb queer documentary Welcome to Chechnya, which Oscar so unwisely snubbed last season, picked up another award. The winners are listed after the jump...

Mini-series
ADULT MATERIAL 
I MAY DESTROY YOU  ★
NORMAL PEOPLE 
SMALL AXE

Drama Series
GANGS OF LONDON 
I HATE SUZIE 
SAVE ME TOO  ★
THE CROWN 

Leading Actor
JOHN BOYEGA Small Axe 
JOSH O’CONNOR The Crown 
PAAPA ESSIEDU I May Destroy You 
PAUL MESCAL Normal People  ★
SHAUN PARKES Small Axe
WALEED ZUAITER Baghdad Central

Leading Actress
BILLIE PIPER I Hate Suzie
DAISY EDGAR-JONES Normal People
HAYLEY SQUIRES Adult Material
JODIE COMER Killing Eve
LETITIA WRIGHT Small Axe 
MICHAELA COEL I May Destroy You  ★

Supporting Actor
KUNAL NAYYAR Criminal: UK 
MALACHI KIRBY Small Axe  ★
MICHAEL SHEEN Quiz 
MICHEAL WARD Small Axe 
RUPERT EVERETT Adult Material 
TOBIAS MENZIES The Crown

Supporting Actress
HELENA BONHAM CARTER The Crown
LEILA FARZAD I Hate Suzie
RAKIE AYOLA Anthony  ★
SIENA KELLY Adult Material
SOPHIE OKONEDO Criminal: UK
WERUCHE OPIA I May Destroy You

International
LITTLE AMERICA 
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY 
UNORTHODOX 
WELCOME TO CHECHNYA: THE GAY PURGE (STORYVILLE)  ★

Comedy Entertainment Program
CHARLIE BROOKER’S ANTIVIRAL WIPE 
ROB & ROMESH VS 
THE BIG NARSTIE SHOW  ★
THE RANGANATION 

Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
AIMEE LOU WOOD Sex Education  ★
DAISY HAGGARD Breeders 
DAISY MAY COOPER This Country
EMMA MACKEY Sex Education
GBEMISOLA IKUMELO Famalam 
MAE MARTIN Feel Good

Male Performance in a Comedy Programme
CHARLIE COOPER This Country  ★
GUZ KHAN Man Like Mobeen 
JOSEPH GILGUN Brassic
NCUTI GATWA Sex Education 
PAUL RITTER Friday Night Dinner 
REECE SHEARSMITH Inside No.9

Entertainment Program
ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY 
LIFE & RHYMES  ★
STRICTLY COME DANCING 
THE MASKED SINGER 

Entertainment Performance
ADAM HILLS The Last Leg
BRADLEY WALSH Beat the Chasers
CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN Strictly Come Dancing
DAVID MITCHELL Would I Lie To You? At Christmas
GRAHAM NORTON The Graham Norton Show
ROMESH RANGANATHAN The Ranganation  ★

Current Affairs
AMERICA’S WAR ON ABORTION (EXPOSURE)  ★
ITALY’S FRONTLINE: A DOCTOR’S DIARY
THE BATTLE FOR HONG KONG (DISPATCHES)
THE CYPRUS PAPERS UNDERCOVER (AL JAZEERA INVESTIGATIONS) 

Daytime
JIMMY MCGOVERN’S MOVING ON 
RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES 
THE CHASE 
THE GREAT HOUSE GIVEAWAY  ★

Factual Series
CRIME & PUNISHMENT 
HOSPITAL 
LOSING IT: OUR MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY 
ONCE UPON A TIME IN IRAQ  ★

Features
BIG ZUU’S BIG EATS 
LONG LOST FAMILY: BORN WITHOUT TRACE  ★
MORTIMER AND WHITEHOUSE: GONE FISHING 
THE REPAIR SHOP 

Live Event 
LIFE DRAWING LIVE!
SPRINGWATCH 2020  ★
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE
THE THIRD DAY: AUTUMN 

News Coverage
BBC NEWS AT TEN: PRIME MINISTER ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE
CHANNEL 4 NEWS: DETERRING DEMOCRACY
NEWSNIGHT: COVID CARE CRISIS 
SKY NEWS: INSIDE IDLIB  ★

Reality and Constructed Factual 
MASTERCHEF: THE PROFESSIONALS
RACE ACROSS THE WORLD 
THE SCHOOL THAT TRIED TO END RACISM  ★
THE WRITE OFFS 

Scripted Comedy
GHOSTS 
INSIDE NO. 9  ★
MAN LIKE MOBEEN 
THIS COUNTRY 

Short Form Program
CRIPTALES 
DISABLED NOT DEFEATED: THE ROCK BANS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES – DELTA 7 
THE MAIN PART 
THEY SAW THE SUN FIRST  ★

Single Documentary
AMERICAN MURDER: THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR
ANTON FERDINAND: FOOTBALL, RACISM & ME 
LOCKED IN: BREAKING THE SILENCE (STORYVILLE)  ★
SURVIVING COVID 

Single Drama
ANTHONY 
BBW (ON THE EDGE) 
SITTING IN LIMBO  ★
THE WINDERMERE CHILDREN 

Soap & Continuing Drama
CASUALTY  ★
CORONATION STREET 
EASTENDERS
HOLLYOAKS 

Specialist Factual
EXTINCTION: THE FACTS 
PUTIN: A RUSSIAN SPY STORY 
THE RISE OF THE MURDOCH DYNASTY
THE SURGEON’S CUT  ★

Sport
BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
ENGLAND V FRANCE: THE FINAL OF AUTUMN NATIONS CUP
ENGLAND V WEST INDIES TEST CRICKET  ★
LONDON MARATHON 2020 

Virgin Media's "Must-See" Moment (PUBLIC VOTING)
BRIDGERTON Penelope is revealed as Lady Whistledown 
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT Diversity perform a routine inspired by the events of 2020 ★
EASTENDERS Gray kills Chantelle 
GOGGLEBOX Reactions to Boris Johnson’s press conference
NIGELLA’S COOK, EAT, REPEAT Mee-cro-wah-vay
THE MANDALORIAN Luke Skywalker arrives

The BAFTA Craft Awards, like the Emmy Craft awards, are held earlier -- basically only the Oscars still give pride of place to talented artists behind the camera. All other awards shows now do such things on separate nights where they get almost no press, we're sad to say. Steve McQueen's anthology series Small Axe fared better there where it took five prizes (Costume Design, Makeup and Hair, Photography and Lighting, Casting, and Production Design). The Crown lost all of it scategories in Craft just as it lost them in the "above the line" categories. 

Comments

[Bushwick]

I urge everyone to watch I May Destroy You. It’s the most tremendous work of television I’ve seen in a decade.

[Joe G]

I'm a bit surprised to see Aimee Lou Wood win. She got a good storyline in her show's second season and gave a nice performance, but it didn't really scream award worthy to me (especially given all the ladies to great work on that show). It's interesting that Sex Education pulls in so many nominations...except for its biggest stars (Anderson and Butterfield) and never in the top category. Hopefully, they come back strong in season 3.

Glad Michaela Coel won. I think this more than makes up for the Golden Globe snub.

[Marshako]

So happy for Coel.
I really love the categories of the TV BAFTAS (especially for soaps and must see event).
Will check some of the nominees and winners.

[J]

Wow! They just nominated Helena Bonham Carter among all the actresses in The Crown?

[Working stiff]

I. May. Destroy. You.

[Ryan T.]

Coel and Mescal! Yes! I would've voted for them to win as well.

[Peggy Sue]

How very color purple of them to completely ignore The Crown for such a magnificient season.

Surprised that none of the phenomenal actresses in Talking Heads made it. Particularly happy with Malachi's win. I think he's adorable and steals all his scenes in Small Axe.

Please tell me that It's a Sin was uneligible.

[CC-90]

did drag race UK 2 not make it anywhere ?

[Kermit_The_Frog]

Peggy Sue - their eligibility is 1st January - 31st December so It’s A Sin will be eligible for next year’s awards...

[Peggy Sue]

Thanks, Kermit. I hope they have good memory.

[ben1283]

A well-deserved sweep for I May Destroy You, although a small part of me wishes Hayley Squires had received more traction for her astonishing performance in Adult Education, one of the most thought-provoking, thorny miniseries of last year.

I definitely don't think The Crown is too close to home! There's nothing British people love more than the royal family, so I think it's just a case of the competition being a lot stronger this year.

[Luke]

While you are here, you should definitely check out all 6 seasons of Inside No 9.

[Raul]

I'm happy to see "I May Destroy You" win a ton, and delighted that Paul Mescal was finally recognized for his starmaking performance.

[Juan Carlos]

FINALLY, Paul Mescal won something big for his tremendous performance in Normal People!