The BAFTA Television Awards 2021
Last night the 2021 BAFTA TV Awards took place and as always it was a chance to celebrate the wonderful TV programmes that we’ve had on our screens over the last 12 months or so. While attendance wasn’t to its usual standard, it was still an action-packed night with plenty of awards handed out. Read on to check out our top pick of winners!
The 2021 BAFTA TV Award Winners!
The 67th BAFTA TV awards were held in London last night at Television Centre. Although it was a slightly different type of ceremony than we would normally expect, it was still full of remarkable nominations and winners from the British TV industry. Richard Ayoade hosted the star-studded awards, which had a number of attendees from the television world all following social distancing guidelines. Due to the pandemic, the usual red-carpet atmosphere with huge crowds couldn’t be recreated. However, for the first time ever, BAFTA allowed selected members of the public to attend the event in hologram form. Some even got to ask their chosen celebrity a question as they arrived to the event!
A handful of our productions were honoured at this year’s ceremony, with Aimee Lou Wood taking home the BAFTA for Female Performance in a Comedy Programme for her role in Sex Education. Other winners included Malachi Kirby for his performance in Small Axe and Save Me Too took home the award for Drama Series. Continue reading to find out our other top winners of the night!
Drama Series
Winner: Save Me Too
Nominees:
Gangs of London
I Hate Suzie
The Crown
Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
Winner: Aimee Lou Wood, Sex Education
Nominees:
Daisy Haggard, Breeders
Daisy May Cooper, This Country
Emma Mackey, Sex Education
Gbemisola Ikumelo, Famalam
Mae Martin, Feel Good
Male Performance in a Comedy Programme
Winner: Charlie Cooper, This Country
Nominees:
Guz Khan, Man Like Mobeen
Joseph Gilgun, Brassic
Ncuti Gatwa, Sex Education
Paul Ritter, Friday Night Dinner
Reece Shearsmith, Inside No.9
Leading Actor
Winner: Paul Mescal, Normal People
Nominees:
John Boyega, Small Axe
Josh O’Connor, The Crown
Paapa Essiedu, I May Destroy You
Shaun Parkes, Small Axe
Waleed Zuaiter, Baghdad Central
Leading Actress
Winner: Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You
Nominees:
Billie Piper, I Hate Suzie
Daisy Edgar-jones, Normal People
Hayley Squires, Adult Material
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Letitia Wright, Small Axe
Mini Series
Winner: I May Destroy You
Nominees:
Adult Material
Normal People
Small Axe
Supporting Actor
Winner: Malachi Kirby, Small Axe
Nominees:
Kunal Nayyar, Criminal: UK
Michael Sheen, Quiz
Michael Ward, Small Axe
Rupert Everett, Adult Material
Tobias Menzies, The Crown
Supporting Actress
Winner: Rakie Ayola, Anthony
Nominees:
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Leila Farzad, I Hate Suzie
Siena Kelly, Adult Material
Sophie Okonedo, Criminal: UK
Weruche Opia, I May Destroy You