Mr Loverman, Mr Bates vs The Post Office lauded at BAFTA TV Awards

Lennie James won the Leading Actor prize for his role in the series, while Ariyon Bakare took home the Supporting Actor award.

ITV’s acclaimed Mr Bates vs The Post Office won the coveted Limited Drama category ahead of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer and its adaptation of One Day and BBC1’s Lost Boys and Fairies. ITV also received the BAFTA Special Award for Mr Bates vs The Post Office.

Meanwhile, BBC1’s Blue Lights won Drama Series, ahead of BBC1’s Sherwood, Netflix’s Supacell and BBC1’s Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light.

EastEnders was victorious in the Soap & Continuing Drama category. EastEnders had previously been presented with a BAFTA Special Award at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards last month.

Alma’s Not Normal won Scripted Comedy; Would I Lie to You? took the Entertainment Programme prize and Clive Myrie’s Caribbean Adventure won Daytime.

Glastonbury 2024 won Live Event and Paris 2024 Olympics took the Sports Coverage prize.

First-time nominees Marisa Abela won the Leading Actress award for her performance in BBC finance drama Industry; and Jessica Gunning was presented with Supporting Actress for her performance in Netflix’s Baby Reindeer. 

This year BAFTA introduced two new categories celebrating the best of children’s television. Children’s: Scripted was won by CBeebies As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe; and Disability and Me (FYI Investigates) won for Children’s: Non-Scripted.

Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour took Factual Entertainment; The Jury: Murder Trial was voted best Reality show; To Catch a Copper won Factual Series; Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods took Single Documentary.

Specialist Factual was won by Atomic People; News Coverage was presented to BBC Breakfast: Post Office Special and State of Rage won Current Affairs.

In the Female Performance in a Comedy category, Ruth Jones won her first TV Awards BAFTA for Gavin & Stacey: The Finale. Danny Dyer won Male Performance in a Comedy Programme for his role in Mr Bigstuff.

For the second consecutive year, Joe Lycett was awarded the BAFTA for Entertainment Performance for his show Late Night Lycett.

Short Form was won by Quiet Life and the BAFTA for International went to Shōgun.

The P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award, the only award at tonight’s ceremony to be voted for by the public, was won by Strictly Come Dancing.

The Fellowship, the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or television, was presented by the host Alan Cumming to broadcaster Kirsty Wark.

The Awards ceremony took place at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.