Helen Bushby
Culture reporter

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"Well this is a surprise," says the show's host, Rob Brydon.

The BBC One panel show sees celebrity contestants try to work out who is telling the truth and who is making up a tall story, with team leaders Lee Mack and David Mitchell.

It's been nominated for eight years and never won before, but it beat ITV's The 1% Club, BBC One's Michael McIntyre's Big Show and Channel 4's Taskmaster. I'll be short.

"I'll be short," said Rob Brydon, stood in front of a microphone which Mack had to bend down to speak into.

Mitchell added "we thought we didn't have a hope" of winning, as Brydon thanked the show's creators and crew.

The nominees are:

• The 1% Club - ITV1
• Michael Mcintyre's Big Show - BBC One
• Taskmaster - Channel 4
• Would I Lie To You? - BBC One

The BBC One series beat contenders Casualty and Coronation Street for this year's award.

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The Gavin & Stacey star takes home the prize for her role as Nessa in the BBC comedy, which she co-wrote with fellow James Corden.

First broadcast in 2007 on BBC Three, the audience favourite returned for a final time this Christmas in a special aptly titled Gavin & Stacey: The Finale.

The special shattered UK viewing records with an audience of nearly 20 million viewers.

"I'm not gonna lie, this is immense," Ruth Jones says in her acceptance speech.

She says she wasn't expecting to win the award although she jokes she won a Bafta before in 1976.

"It was a Barry arcade fruity technician award ... but this is cracking."

The nominees are:

• Anjana Vasan - We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)
• Kate O'Flynn - Everyone Else Burns (Channel 4)
• Lolly Adefope - The Franchise (Sky Comedy)
• Nicola Coughlan - Big Mood (Channel 4)
• Ruth Jones - Gavin & Stacey: The Finale (BBC One)
• Sophie Willan - Alma's Not Normal (BBC Two)

Helen Bushby
Culture reporter

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Former EastEnders and Rivals star Danny Dyer wins for Sky Comedy series Mr Bigstuff.

The show is about two estranged brothers - perfectionist Glen, and alpha male addict Lee - and how Lee disrupts Glen's suburban life when he turns up.

On stage, he joked "so my acting was so bad it was funny", but he didn't quite manage not to swear (oops) although this didn't make it into the TV broadcast.

Dyer paid tribute to series creator Ryan Sampson, who co-stars as Glen, and also thanked his family.

The award for the best male performance in a comedy could go to:

• Bilal Hasna - Extraordinary (Disney+)
• Danny Dyer - Mr Bigstuff (Sky Comedy)
• Dylan Thomas-Smith - G'Wed (ITV2)
• Nabhaan Rizwan - Kaos – Sister (Netflix)
• Oliver Savell- Changing Ends (ITV1)
• Phil Dunning - Smoggie Queens (BBC Three)

Helen Bushby
Culture reporter

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Sophie Willan's Alma's Not Normal has won best scripted comedy for BBC Two, beating Sky Max's Brassic, ITV2's G'Wed and BBC One's Ludwig.

The sitcom sees Alma navigate the ups and downs of life with her unpredictable mum and eccentric grandma.

A clearly delighted Willan whooshed onto the stage, saying: "All I want to do is go 'beep, beep, beep'", as she tried (and managed) not to swear.

You can read more about Alma's Not Normal here.

Here’s the nominees:

• Alma's Not Normal - BBC Two
• Brassic - Sky Max
• G'wed - ITV2
• Ludwig - BBC One

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We've reached the first musical performance of the evening.

Tom Grennan is debuting his new track Full Attention.

Also scheduled to take to the stage is Jessie J, in her first TV performance in six years.

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ITV's agenda-setting drama about the Post Office scandal has taken home the Bafta for limited drama.

Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which aired in January 2024, dramatised the fight of sub-postmasters accused of stealing money from the post office.

Led by Toby Jones' Alan Bates, the four-part drama reignited public interest in the scandal and led to compensation for hundreds of sub-postmasters and changes in the law.

Accepting the award, producer Patrick Spence says "this story only had the impact it did because the people that watched it stood up and demanded action with rage".

"Our show didn't change the law, the people of this nation did that."

Best limited drama awards a programme which is over and done with in a single series. The nominees are:

• Baby Reindeer - Netflix
• Lost Boys And Fairies - BBC One
• Mr Bates Vs The Post Office - ITV1
• One Day - Netflix

Helen Bushby
Culture reporter

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The Traitors may have generated a lot of column inches and water-cooler chats when it was on, but this wasn't enough for it to win the Bafta for best Reality show, which was won by Channel 4's The Jury: Murder Trial.

This series restaged a real-life murder trial for two juries of ordinary people to see if they both reached the same verdict. Gripping stuff.

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Ariyon Bakare, up for his role in Mr Loverman, has won the award for best supporting actor.

Accepting the prize, he says: "This award stands on the shoulders of those who came before me, those who might have been afraid to come out, to be who they want to be."

Up next is the award for best supporting actor. The nominees are:

• Ariyon Bakare - Mr Loverman (BBC One)

• Christopher Chung - Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

• Damian Lewis - Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC One)

• Jonathan Pryce - Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

• Mckinley Belcher III - Eric (Netflix)

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Culture reporter

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Jessica Gunning, who played stalker Martha in Netflix show Baby Reindeer, has won the best supporting actress.

The series, which has four nominations tonight, sees the show's creator and lead actor Richard Gadd, who plays Donny, being stalked by Martha after he serves her in a pub and their relationship becomes complicated very quickly.

Gunning says as she collects her trophy: "Gosh thank you Bafta. Wow.

"I sometimes do this kind of cheesy thing where I look back on the younger me and moments in my life, and I imagine the kind of then-me, seeing me now, and think, 'little did we know'.

"I'm so proud to be part of this show," she says, thanking Gadd, who "changed my life".

This win follows several others for the role, including an Emmy and Golden Globe.

After a quick video summary of the last year in television, Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty take to the stage to present the first award of the night.

Here's the nominees for best actress in a supporting role:

• Jessica Gunning - Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

• Katherine Parkinson - Rivals (Disney+)

• Maxine Peake - Say Nothing - (Disney+)

• Monica Dolan - Sherwood (BBC One)

• Nava Mau - Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

• Sue Johnston - Truelove (Channel 4)

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Culture reporter

It's no joke as Cumming takes aim and fires at "long boring speeches" - he's reading out a spoof children's book, getting lots of laughs about people "talking for six minutes", or "forgetting to thank the commissioning editor".

Having sat through countless awards ceremonies myself, I'm with him on asking winners to keep their speeches short... or tight and bright, as a journalism tutor once told me on writing good copy, many years ago...!

Helen Bushby
Culture reporter

As he takes to the stage in a flared electric blue suit and leopard-print shirt, Cumming introduces himself to the TV stars and creatives gathered before him.

"Be gentle with me", he says.

"The smell of eclecticism in this room is pungent," he adds, as he lists off some of the shows nominated for awards.

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Helen Bushby
Culture reporter

US Traitors host Alan Cumming appears with Ben Miller in a spoof set in the murky turret from the TV show, where the Traitors meet to scheme and plot.

He agrees to cut off anyone whose speech goes on too long; he also says he won't have a wardrobe malfunction "although whatever pops out, pops out.." he says.

He's asked not to swear... "on stage I'll have the vocabular of a nun... off stage I'll have the vocabulary of a trucker," he laughs.