Rising Stars Shine Bright at 2024 BAFTA TV Awards: Top Boy and Happy Valley Take Home Top Honors
The final season of the critically acclaimed Netflix series Top Boy was named best drama, with star Jasmine Jobson also named best supporting actress for her portrayal of Jaq Lawrence.
Happy Valley picked up the award for the most memorable moment, the only prize voted for by the public, while star Sarah Lancashire was named best actress once again for her portrayal of no-nonsense police sergeant Catherine Cawood, after first winning the prize for the role in 2017.
The Sixth Commandment picked up the awards for best limited drama and best actor for its star, Timothy Spall.
Despite leading the nominations race with eight nods in total, royal drama The Crown was left empty-handed.
‘You changed my life’
crime drama Top Boy follows the lives of Sully (Kane “Kano” Robinson) and Dushane (Ashley Walters) and deals with themes of crime, drugs and violence on the Summerhouse estate in Hackney, east London.
Picking up the best drama award ahead of Happy Valley, Slow Horses and The Gold, producer Charles Steel paid tribute to stars Walters and Robinson
“Netflix, Top Boy, you changed my life.”
The Yorkshire-based crime drama “Happy Valley” has ended. Sgt. Cawood and criminal Tommy Lee Royce, both portrayed by talented actors, concluded.
Lancashire accepted the award for best actress. She expressed that it was an honor to win. Lancashire praised Sally Wainwright, the writer and creator of the show.
“I would like to acknowledge my fellow nominees and their tremendous work,” she said. “Sally Wainwright, I shall forever be grateful to you for this opportunity.
It’s an immense honor for me to have worked with such exceptionally talented actors. I would like to thank each and every one of you.
The series also won the memorable moment award for her character’s explosive final kitchen showdown with Royce, beating fellow shortlisted moments including David Beckham teasing wife Victoria about her “working class” roots in the Beckham documentary and Logan Roy’s death in Succession.
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Picking up the lead actor award for The Sixth Commandment explores the murders of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in Buckinghamshire in numbers 2014 and NUM This true crime drama also covers subsequent investigations and trials. Veteran British star Timothy Spall joked during the production. Look up all the information on IMDB (movie database). You are about to find out who was implicated. To each and every soul, they are brilliant.
He continued: “Acting is a foolish thing.” “It’s a soppy old thing,” he added, “to stand up and pretend to be someone, p*ssing around in costume.” Sixty-seven and you think, ‘am I still doing this?’
But sometimes you get the chance to play with people who have experienced terrible things. All they wanted was love in those situations. It’s a beautiful thing to tell a story about such a longing for love. It’s about crimes, but it’s also about love.”
Looking at his award, he added, “I’ve always wanted one of these. I’m glad to be part of this group.
Elsewhere, Matthew Macfadyen won the supporting actor category for his performance in the final series of Succession, the conclusion of a drama about the struggle for power in a media dynasty, while Strictly Come Dancing won the best entertainment prize in its 20th year on the air.
Tess Daly, who co-hosts with Claudia Winkleman, described the win as “the best birthday present.”
The title “Squid Game” was crowned best in the reality TV series category, while the Eurovision Song Contest of the previous year received the award for outstanding live event coverage.
There was also a surprise in the international category when the French series Class Act beat huge shows including The Bear and Succession.
Comedy prizes include the hosts
In the comedy category, Mawaan Rizwan won the award for best male performance for his role in Juice, about a young gay man who desperately wants to be the centre of attention as his family continuously steals his thunder, while Gbemisola Ikumelo won the female performance award for Black Ops.
Accepting his award, Rizwan said, “Thank you to my therapist; we had a conversation last week where we said I had to stop relying on external forms of validation.”
The ceremony involved presenting awards. Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan received the award. They won the comedy entertainment prize for their Sky show, Rob and Romesh vs.
Baroness Floella Benjamin, a former children’s presenter at Play School, was presented with BAFTA’s highest honor.Clive Myrie presented the Fellowship. Lorraine Kelly received a special prize. Brian Cox presented the special prize to Lorraine Kelly. Clive Myrie bestowed the fellowship upon us. 5. Lorraine Kelly received a distinctive award. 6. Brian Cox presented the special prize to her.
“Don’t pull up the ladder” to those from working-class backgrounds, Kelly told the crowd as she accepted her prize.
The ceremony paid tribute to the stars of TV we have said goodbye to in the past year. Sir Michael Parkinson is a talk-show host. Bernard Hill is an actor, known for his role in The Lord of the Rings. George Alagiah is a newsreader. Dave Myers is one of the Hairy Bikers. 5. Roy Battersby is a film and TV director. 6. Matthew Perry is an actor and starred in Friends. Rising Stars Shine Bright at 2024 BAFTA TV Awards: Top Boy and Happy Valley Take Home Top Honors