BAFTA TV Award Winners: I May Destroy You, Welcome to Chechnya
Monday, June 7, 2021 at 7:00PM 
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.
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Reader Comments (14)
I urge everyone to watch I May Destroy You. It’s the most tremendous work of television I’ve seen in a decade.
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.
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.
Wow! They just nominated Helena Bonham Carter among all the actresses in The Crown?
I. May. Destroy. You.
Coel and Mescal! Yes! I would've voted for them to win as well.
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.
did drag race UK 2 not make it anywhere ?
Peggy Sue - their eligibility is 1st January - 31st December so It’s A Sin will be eligible for next year’s awards...
Thanks, Kermit. I hope they have good memory.
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.
While you are here, you should definitely check out all 6 seasons of Inside No 9.
I'm happy to see "I May Destroy You" win a ton, and delighted that Paul Mescal was finally recognized for his starmaking performance.
FINALLY, Paul Mescal won something big for his tremendous performance in Normal People!