The winners of BAFTA TV Awards 2017, also known as British Academy Television Awards, were announced at the Royal Festival Hall on Southbank in London on Sunday, May 14. The crime drama series Happy Valley, single drama Damilola, Our Loved Boy and documentary series Planet Earth II bagged two awards each.
While the television show starring Sarah Lancashire in lead role received awards for Best Drama and Leading Actress, Levi David Addai's show about the murder of a 10-year-old Nigerian boy won awards in Single Drama and Supporting Actress category, and the BBC documentary series became the winner of Specialist Factual and Virgin TV's Must See Moment.
Other big winners of BAFTA TV Awards 2017 are Adeel Akhtar as Leading Actor for his role in Murdered By My Father, Tom Hollander as Supporting Actor for entertaining viewers with his performance in BBC show The Night Manager, Michael McIntyre for Entertainment Performance, Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Best Female Performer and Steve Coogan as Best Male Performer in comedy shows.
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However, it was quite surprising to know that The Crown, which had five nominations, did not receive any awards at the annual award show that was hosted by English comedian and broadcaster Susan Elizabeth Perkins a.k.a Sue.
Check out the complete winners list of BAFTA TV Awards 2017 below:
Drama Series
- The Crown
- The Durrells
- Happy Valley -WINNER
- War & Peace
Comedy & Comedy Entertainment Programme
- Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe - WINNER
- Cunk on Shakespeare
- The Last Leg
- Taskmaster
Leading Actor
- Adeel Akhtar – Murdered by My Father - WINNER
- Babou Ceesay – Damilola, Our Loved Boy
- Benedict Cumberbatch – The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses
- Robbie Coltrane – National Treasure
Leading Actress
- Claire Foy – The Crown
- Jodie Comer – Thirteen
- Nikki Amuka-Bird – NW
- Sarah Lancashire – Happy Valley - WINNER
Supporting Actor
- Daniel Mays – Line of Duty
- Jared Harris – The Crown
- John Lithgow – The Crown
- Tom Hollander – The Night Manager - WINNER
Supporting Actress
- Nicola Walker – Last Tango in Halifax
- Siobhan Finneran – Happy Valley
- Vanessa Kirby – The Crown
- Wunmi Mosaku – Damilola, Our Loved Boy - WINNER
Entertainment Performance
- Adam Hills – The Last Leg
- Claudia Winkleman – Strictly Come Dancing
- Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show
- Michael McIntyre – Michael McIntyre's Big Show - WINNER
Entertainment Programme
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway - WINNER
- Britain's Got Talent
- Michael McIntyre's Big Show
- Strictly Come Dancing
Male Performance in a Comedy Programme
- Asim Chaudhry – People Just Do Nothing
- David Mitchell – Upstart Crow
- Harry Enfield – The Windsors
- Steve Coogan – Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle - WINNER
Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
- Diane Morgan – Cunk on Shakespeare
- Lesley Manville – Mum
- Olivia Colman – Fleabag
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag - WINNER
Reality & Constructed Factual
- First Dates
- Muslims Like Us - WINNER
- The Real Marigold Hotel
- The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds
Scripted Comedy
- Camping
- Fleabag
- Flowers
- People Just Do Nothing - WINNER
Features
- The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs
- The Great British Bake Off
- Travel Man: 48 Hours In...
- Who Do You Think You Are? - WINNER
Current Affairs
- Inside Obama's White House
- Teenage Prison Abuse Exposed - WINNER
- Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks
- Unarmed Black Male
Factual Series
- 24 Hours in Police Custody Kids on the Edge
- Exodus: Our Journey to Europe - WINNER
- Kids on the Edge
- The Prosecutors: Real Crime and Punishment
International
- The Night Of
- The People v OJ Simpson - WINNER
- Stranger Things
- Transparent
Live Event
- The Centenary of the Battle of the Somme: Thiepval
- Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
- Stand Up to Cancer
- The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration - WINNER
Mini-Series
- The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses
- National Treasure - WINNER
- The Secret
- The Witness for the Prosecution
News Coverage
- Channel 4 News: Brexit – Day One
- BBC North West Tonight: Hillsborough Inquests
- Sky News Tonight – Aleppo: Death of a City
- Victoria Derbyshire - WINNER
Single Documentary
- Behind Closed Doors
- Hillsborough - WINNER
- How to Die: Simon's Choice
- Hypernormalisation
Single Drama
- Aberfan: The Green Hollow
- Damilola, Our Loved Boy - WINNER
- Murdered By My Father
- NW
Soap & Continuing Drama
- Casualty
- EastEnders
- Emmerdale - WINNER
- Hollyoaks
Specialist Factual
- Alan Bennett's Diaries
- Attenborough's Life That Glows
- Grayson Perry: All Man
- Planet Earth II - WINNER
Sport
- The Open - WINNER
- Rio 2016 Olympics
- Rio 2016 Paralympics
- Six Nations – England v Wales
Virgin TV's Must See Moment
- Game of Thrones: Battle of the Bastards
- The Late Late Show with James Corden: Carpool Karaoke with Michelle Obama
- Line of Duty: Urgent Exit Required
- Planet Earth II: Snakes vs Iguna Chase - WINNER
- Strictly Come Dancing: Ed Balls' Gangnam Style
- Who Do You Think You Are?: Danny Dyer's Origins
BAFTA Fellowship Award
- Joanna Lumley - WINNER
Special Award
- Nick Fraser - WINNER
