BAFTA TV Awards 2021 winners LIVE - full list of winners as they're announced
Find out who has emerged triumphant in this year's TV BAFTAs
The Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards 2021 celebrates the best programming of 2020, a year when, more than ever, small-screen entertainment provided a valuable lifeline and escapism for us all.
Returning as host following a well-received stint last year, past BAFTA winner Richard Ayoade will be on hand to welcome the likes of Michaela Coel, Jodie Comer, Paul Mescal, Graham Norton and Billie Piper – all of whom will be attending in-person, while other big names will appear via video call.
RadioTimes.com will be bringing you live coverage of the 2021 TV BAFTAs throughout the night, including the latest news on who's won what.
This year's BAFTA TV Awards 2021 nominations are packed full of the very best entertainment shows, top-quality factual programming and documentaries, and exemplary drama – with the likes of Normal People, I May Destroy You, The Crown, Sex Education and Small Axe up for multiple awards.
The ceremony will be broadcast on BBC One from 7pm and you'll find the full list of nominees below – stick around and we'll be updating the page with the latest winners as soon as they're announced.
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BAFTA TV Awards 2021 winners - full list
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
WINNER - ROMESH RANGANATHAN The Ranganation – Zeppotron/BBC Two
ADAM HILLS The Last Leg - Open Mike Productions/Channel 4
BRADLEY WALSH Beat the Chasers – Potato/ITV
CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN Strictly Come Dancing - BBC Studios/BBC One
DAVID MITCHELL Would I Lie to You? At Christmas – Zeppotron/BBC One
GRAHAM NORTON The Graham Norton Show - So Television/BBC One
SCRIPTED COMEDY
WINNER - INSIDE NO. 9 Adam Tandy, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Matt Lipsey, Guillem Morales - BBC Studios/BBC Two
GHOSTS Production Team - Monumental Television/BBC One
MAN LIKE MOBEEN Production Team - Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC Three
THIS COUNTRY Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer - BBC Studios/BBC Three
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER - RAKIE AYOLA Anthony - LA Productions/BBC One
HELENA BONHAM CARTER The Crown - Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
LEILA FARZAD I Hate Suzie - Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic
SIENA KELLY Adult Material - Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4
SOPHIE OKONEDO Criminal: UK - Idiotlamp Productions/Netflix
WERUCHE OPIA I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
WINNER - LIFE & RHYMES Production Team - CPL Productions, Licklemor Productions/Sky Arts
ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY Pete Ogden, Tim Dean, Ben Aston, Doran Azouelos, Kerry Shaw, Chris Power - ITV Studios, Mitre Television/ITV
STRICTLY COME DANCING Production Team - BBC Studios/BBC One
THE MASKED SINGER Daniel Nettleton, Derek McLean, Claire Horton, Marc Bassett, Simon Staffurth - Bandicoot Scotland/ITV
FEATURES
WINNER - LONG LOST FAMILY: BORN WITHOUT TRACE Sally Benton, Rosie Schellenberg, Alice Goodyear, Paddy Lynas - Wall to Wall Media/ITV
BIG ZUU’S BIG EATS Production Team – Boomerang/Dave
MORTIMER AND WHITEHOUSE: GONE FISHING Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse, Lisa Clark, Rob Gill, Stephanie Fyfe, Doug Bryson - Owl Power/BBC Two
THE REPAIR SHOP Production Team – Ricochet/BBC One
SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER - MALACHI KIRBY Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
KUNAL NAYYAR Criminal: UK - Idiotlamp Productions/Netflix
MICHAEL SHEEN Quiz - Left Bank Pictures/ITV
MICHEAL WARD Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
RUPERT EVERETT Adult Material - Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4
TOBIAS MENZIES The Crown - Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
DAYTIME
WINNER - THE GREAT HOUSE GIVEAWAY Production Team – Chwarel/Channel 4
JIMMY MCGOVERN’S MOVING ON Production Team - LA Productions/BBC One
RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES Production Team - Remarkable TV/BBC Two
THE CHASE Michael Kelpie, Martin Scott, Helen Tumbridge – Potato/ITV
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
WINNER - CHARLIE COOPER This Country - BBC Studios/BBC Three
GUZ KHAN Man Like Mobeen - Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC Three
JOSEPH GILGUN Brassic -Calamity Films/Sky One
NCUTI GATWA Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix
PAUL RITTER Friday Night Dinner - Popper Pictures, Big Talk Productions/Channel 4
REECE SHEARSMITH Inside No.9 - BBC Studios/BBC Two
SPECIALIST FACTUAL
WINNER - THE SURGEON’S CUT James Newton, James Van Der Pool, Andrew Cohen - BBC Studios/Netflix
EXTINCTION: THE FACTS Serena Davies, Helen Thomas, Stephen Moore, Charlotte Lathane - BBC Studios/BBC One
PUTIN: A RUSSIAN SPY STORY James Rogan, Nick Green, Paul Mitchell, Adam Finch - Rogan Productions/Channel 4
THE RISE OF THE MURDOCH DYNASTY David Glover, Cate Hall, Jamie Roberts, Owen Phillips, Justin Badger, Sam Santana - 72 Films/BBC Two
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
WINNER - AIMEE LOU WOOD Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix
DAISY HAGGARD Breeders – Avalon, FX Productions/Sky One
DAISY MAY COOPER This Country - BBC Studios/BBC Three
EMMA MACKEY Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix
GBEMISOLA IKUMELO Famalam - BBC Studios/BBC Three
MAE MARTIN Feel Good - Objective Fiction, Objective Media Group Scotland/Channel 4
REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
WINNER - THE SCHOOL THAT TRIED TO END RACISM Production Team - Proper Content/Channel 4
MASTERCHEF: THE PROFESSIONALS David Ambler, Katie Attwood, Genevieve Welch, Anthony Crumpton - Shine TV/BBC One
RACE ACROSS THE WORLD Production Team - Studio Lambert/BBC Two
THE WRITE OFFS Production Team - Shine TV/Channel 4
MINI-SERIES
WINNER - I MAY DESTROY YOU Production Team - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One
ADULT MATERIAL Lucy Kirkwood, Dawn Shadforth, Sara Hamill, Patrick Spence - Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4
NORMAL PEOPLE Lenny Abrahamson, Sally Rooney, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, Catherine Magee - Element Pictures/BBC Three
SMALL AXE Steve McQueen, Tracey Scoffield, David Tanner, Michael Elliott, Anita Overland - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA
WINNER - CASUALTY Simon Harper, Loretta Preece, Sarah Beeson, Jenny Thompson - BBC Studios/BBC One
CORONATION STREET Production Team - ITV Studios/ITV
EASTENDERS Jon Sen, Kate Oates, Sharon Batten, Liza Mellody - BBC Studios/BBC One
HOLLYOAKS Bryan Kirkwood, Hannah Sowden, Josie Day, Gary Sewell, Colette Chard - Lime Pictures/Channel 4
VIRGIN MEDIA’S MUST-SEE MOMENT (voted for by the public)
WINNER - BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT Diversity perform a routine inspired by the events of 2020 – Thames, Syco/ITV
BRIDGERTON Penelope is revealed as Lady Whistledown - Netflix Originals, Shondaland/Netflix
EASTENDERS Gray kills Chantelle – BBC Studios/BBC One
GOGGLEBOX Reactions to Boris Johnson’s press conference - Studio Lambert/Channel 4
NIGELLA’S COOK, EAT, REPEAT Mee-cro-wah-vay - BBC Studios Unscripted Productions/BBC Two
THE MANDALORIAN Luke Skywalker arrives – Lucasfilm/Disney+
FACTUAL SERIES
WINNER - ONCE UPON A TIME IN IRAQ James Bluemel, Jo Able, Miriam Walsh, Simon Sykes, Andrew Palmer, Will Anderson - Keo Films/BBC Two
CRIME & PUNISHMENT Production Team - 72 Films/Channel 4
HOSPITAL Production Team - Label1/BBC Two
LOSING IT: OUR MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY Production Team - Story Films/Channel 4
LIVE EVENT
WINNER - SPRINGWATCH 2020 Production Team - BBC Studios Natural History Unit/BBC Two
LIFE DRAWING LIVE! Emyr Afan, Sally Dixon, Josie d'Arby, Lachlan Goudie, Diana Ali, Nicky Philipps - Avanti Media/BBC Four
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE Production Team - BBC Studios/BBC One
THE THIRD DAY: AUTUMN Production Team - Sky Studios, Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk Entertainment, HBO/Sky Atlantic
COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
WINNER - THE BIG NARSTIE SHOW Obi Kevin Akudike, Nathan Brown, Rina Dayalji, Ben Wicks, Toby Baker – Expectation, Dice Productions Entertainment/Channel 4
CHARLIE BROOKER’S ANTIVIRAL WIPE Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Ali Marlow - Broke & Bones, Endemol Shine Group/BBC Two
ROB & ROMESH VS Jack Shillaker, David Taylor, Murray Boland, Danielle Lux, Bill Righton - CPL Productions/Sky One
THE RANGANATION Production Team – Zeppotron/BBC Two
SINGLE DRAMA
WINNER - SITTING IN LIMBO Production Team - Left Bank Pictures/BBC One
ANTHONY Jimmy McGovern, Colin McKeown, Donna Molloy, Terry McDonough - LA Productions/BBC One
BBW (ON THE EDGE) Ben Bickerton, Philip Trethowan, Lisa Walters, William Stefan Smith, Yolanda Mercy - BlackLight Television/Channel 4
THE WINDERMERE CHILDREN Eleanor Greene, Leanne Klein, Tim Rostock, Simon Block, Michael Samuels, Alison Sterling - Wall to Wall Media, Warner Bros. ITVP Germany/BBC Two
DRAMA SERIES
WINNER - SAVE ME TOO Simon Heath, Jessica Sykes, Lennie James, Lizzie Rusbridger, Coky Giedroyc, Jim Loach - World Productions/Sky Atlantic
GANGS OF LONDON Gareth Evans, Matt Flannery, Thomas Benski, Jane Featherstone, Lucas Ochoa, Hugh Warren - Pulse Films, SISTER/Sky Atlantic
I HATE SUZIE Lucy Prebble, Billie Piper, Andrea Dewsbery, Julie Gardner, Georgi Banks-Davies, Anthony Neilson - Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic
THE CROWN Peter Morgan, Suzanne Mackie, Michael Casey, Oona O’Beirn, Andy Stebbing, Martin Harrison - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
LEADING ACTOR
WINNER - PAUL MESCAL Normal People - Element Pictures/BBC Three
JOHN BOYEGA Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park /BBC One
JOSH O’CONNOR The Crown - Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
PAAPA ESSIEDU I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One
SHAUN PARKES Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
WALEED ZUAITER Baghdad Central - Euston Films/Channel 4
LEADING ACTRESS
WINNER - MICHAELA COEL I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One
BILLIE PIPER I Hate Suzie - Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic
DAISY EDGAR-JONES Normal People - Element Pictures/BBC Three
HAYLEY SQUIRES Adult Material - Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4
JODIE COMER Killing Eve - Sid Gentle Films/BBC One
LETITIA WRIGHT Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
SHORT FORM PROGRAMME
WINNER - THEY SAW THE SUN FIRST Stefan Hunt, Jess Lowe, Adam Gee - Fresh Film, Red Bull Media House/Red Bull TV
CRIPTALES Mat Fraser, Amit Sharma, Ewan Marshall, Jenny Sealey, Debbie Christie - BBC Studios/BBC Four
DISABLED NOT DEFEATED: THE ROCK BANS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES – DELTA 7 Rosie Baldwin, Holly Stimson, Dan Knight – Vice/Noisey
THE MAIN PART Rosie Westhoff, Jen Wakefield, Sara Huxley, Tom Payne, Jody Smith - Studio71 UK/BBC iPlayer
CURRENT AFFAIRS
WINNER - AMERICA’S WAR ON ABORTION (EXPOSURE) Deeyah Khan, Darin Prindle, Andrew Smith - Fuuse Films/ITV
ITALY’S FRONTLINE: A DOCTOR’S DIARY Sasha Joelle Achilli, Dan Edge, Ella Claire Newton, Paul van Dyck, Sarah Waldron - Mongoose Pictures/BBC Two
THE BATTLE FOR HONG KONG (DISPATCHES) Robin Barnwell, Gesbeen Mohammad, Guy Creasey, David Henshaw, Evan Williams - Hardcash Productions, Evan Williams Productions/Channel 4
THE CYPRUS PAPERS UNDERCOVER (AL JAZEERA INVESTIGATIONS) Phil Rees, Sarah Yeo, Leonidas Sofogiannis, James Kleinfeld, David Harrison, Jason Gwynne - Al Jazeera Media Network/Al Jazeera English
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
WINNER - LOCKED IN: BREAKING THE SILENCE (STORYVILLE) Xavier Alford, Colette Hodges, Sacha Mirzoeff, Poppy Goodheart - Marble Films/BBC Four
AMERICAN MURDER: THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR Jenny Popplewell, James Marsh, Jonathan Stadlen, Simon Barker - Netflix Originals/Netflix
ANTON FERDINAND: FOOTBALL, RACISM & ME Sian Guerra, Jeremy Lee, Wendie Ottewill, James Ross – Wonder, New Era Global Productions/BBC One
SURVIVING COVID Production Team - Sandpaper Films/Channel 4
INTERNATIONAL
WINNER - WELCOME TO CHECHNYA: THE GAY PURGE (STORYVILLE) David France, Alice Henty, Askold Kurov, Joy A. Tomchin - Public Square Films/BBC Four
LITTLE AMERICA Lee Eisenberg, Alan Yang, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon - Apple, Universal Television/Apple TV+
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY Production Team - Afemme, Monkeypaw, Bad Robot, Warner Bros., HBO/Sky Atlantic
UNORTHODOX Anna Winger, Alexa Karolinski, Maria Schrader - Studio Airlift, RealFilm/Netflix
NEWS COVERAGE
WINNER - SKY NEWS: INSIDE IDLIB Production Team - Sky News/Sky News
BBC NEWS AT TEN: PRIME MINISTER ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE Production Team -BBC News/BBC One
CHANNEL 4 NEWS: DETERRING DEMOCRACY Production Team – ITN, Channel 4 News/Channel 4
NEWSNIGHT: COVID CARE CRISIS Production Team - BBC Newsnight/BBC Two
SPORT
WINNER - ENGLAND V WEST INDIES TEST CRICKET Production Team - Sky Sports/Sky Sports Cricket
BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX Production Team - Sky Sports F1/Sky Sports Formula 1
ENGLAND V FRANCE: THE FINAL OF AUTUMN NATIONS CUP Production Team - Sunset+Vine/Amazon Prime Video
LONDON MARATHON 2020 Alastair McIntyre, Micky Payne, Matthew Griffiths, Adam Duncan – BBC Sport/BBC One
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