Happy Valley, The Sixth Commandment and Top Boy among Bafta TV Awards winners

Summary

Bafta has given out British TV's biggest honours at a ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall this evening
The final seasons of Top Boy and Happy Valley are among the big winners at tonight's awards, along with The Sixth Commandment
Sarah Lancashire won the best leading actress award for her role in Happy Valley - the second time she has done so - while Timothy Spall won best leading actor
Lancashire said winning the award was "an honour" and thanked the "formidable cast and crew"
Top Boy won the prestigious best drama prize, with Jasmine Jobson also winning best supporting actress for her performance in the show
Special prizes were also awarded to Baroness Floella Benjamin and Lorraine Kelly

Live Reporting

Edited by Alys Davies

A Happy Valley hat-trick?published at 14:38 British Summer Time 12 May
Colin Paterson
Entertainment Correspondent at Royal Festival Hall
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Happy Valley could win score a hat-trick of wins at the Baftas
Happy Valley could make Bafta history.
Since the category began in 1958, no programme has won drama series more than twice.
Cracker, Inspector Morse, The Cops and The Street all did the double, but tonight, a Happy Valley hat-trick could be completed.
The first two series of Sally Wainwright’s Hebden Bridge set crime drama won in 2015 and 2017.
This is the show’s final chance, because last year’s series was the final one.
It would certainly be a popular winner with viewers. According to BARB (who measure ratings), the last episode was the most watched TV programme of the year (excluding live events).
There are also acting nominations for Sarah Lancashire (who won best actress for the second series), Siobhan Finneran and Amit Shah.
So, at the Baftas there could be a happy ending for Happy Valley.
And the arrivals begin…published at 14:24 British Summer Time 12 May
Imogen James
Reporting from the Royal Festival Hall
The carpet has just opened, and we’re seeing some familiar faces now.
I’ve spotted Love Island couple Farmer Will and Jessie Wynter. They’ve signed some autographs and are getting their pics snapped.
It won’t be too long until we see the big stars, stay tuned.
The BBC team on the red carpetpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 12 May
Noor Nanji
Culture reporter at the Royal Festival Hall
The BBC team has hit the red carpet!
There was just enough time to take a quick picture before all the stars descend.
We have entertainment correspondents, digital reporters, TikTok presenters, producers and crew - so in short, we have you covered throughout the night.
What’s got the most nominations?published at 14:15 British Summer Time 12 May
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Happy Valley, starring Sarah Lancashire (top) is expected to be among the winners
With Happy Valley and Succession leading the pack, here’s a list of some of the top contenders for tonight’s awards:
- Five nominations for Happy Valley and Succession
- Four nominations for The Crown, The Sixth Commandment and The Last of Us
- Three nominations for Extraordinary and Top Boy
The above tallies include nominations for the memorable moment award, voted by the public.
The numbers do not include shows' earlier nominations and wins at the Bafta Craft Awards,, external which took place last month.
The red carpet awaitspublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 12 May
Noor Nanji
Culture reporter at the Royal Festival Hall
The sun is shining, and the red carpet has been rolled out.
It’s hot - I’ve spotted at least two parasols and lots of fans.
Workers are putting the final touches to the decor at Royal Festival Hall, to make sure everything is in place before the stars descend.
In the media pen, journalists and camera crew are jostling for the best positions, but it’s a great vibe and everyone is looking forward to getting things started very soon.
Welcome to our live coveragepublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 12 May
Alys Davies
Live reporter
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the Bafta TV Awards.
Our reporters will be bringing you all the glitz and glamour from the red carpet as the crème de la crème of the TV world descend on the Royal Festival Hall in London ahead of this afternoon’s awards ceremony.
Two programmes lead the way in the nominations - Happy Valley and Succession - which both aired their final seasons last year.
The ceremony’s hosts, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, are also up for two awards for their show Rob and Romesh Vs.
Baroness Floella Benjamin will receive Bafta’s most prestigious award - the Bafta Fellowship. And Lorraine Kelly will be given a special award to celebrate her 40 years on TV.
The awards ceremony will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 19:00 BST, but it actually starts a little earlier this afternoon. We’ll bring you the results as they happen as well as all the action from the red carpet, so stay with us for all the latest.