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Ben Whishaw Unveils First Project Since BAFTA TV Win EXCLUSIVE: Ben Whishaw has unveiled his first project since being awarded his latest BAFTA TV Award. The This Is Going to Hurt star is leading short film Good Boy, the directorial debut from Mainstream co-writer Tom Stuart, which filmed on the…

The 2023 BAFTA Television Awards were held at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday, May 14 to celebrate the best of British television. Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan were the hosts of the night. RELATED: 2023 BAFTA TV Awards Winners List Stars that attended the event included Kate Winslet, Sharon Horgan…

UPDATED: Kate Winslet and Ben Whishaw scooped the top acting prizes at the BAFTA TV Awards in London this afternoon. The pair won in the Leading Actress and Actor categories for I Am Ruth and This is Going to Hurt respectively, with I Am Ruth also winning for Single Drama. Adam Kay’s…

Kate Winslet has won the coveted Leading Actress gong at the BAFTA TV Awards for her performance in Channel 4’s I Am Ruth. The Mare of Easttown star has won three BAFTA Film Awards during a stellar career but this is her first TV win. Winslet beat off competition in a crowded category from I Hate Suz…

Bad Sisters creator Sharon Horgan has joined the writers strike for her U.S. projects, but is continuing to work on Season 2 of the Apple TV+ series. Bad Sisters picked up the best Drama Series prize at today’s BAFTA TV Awards in London and in Horgan’s acceptance speech, she said: “Work begins and…

Derry Girls‘ concluding season has won Best Scripted Comedy at the BAFTA TV Awards. The Channel 4 comedy won in a tricky category that included BBC double Am I Being Unreasonable? and Ghosts and Channel 4’s Big Boys. Last year’s winner was the BBC’s Motherland. “In the specific there is…

Ben Whishaw has won the coveted Leading Actor gong at the BAFTA TV Awards. Whishaw beat off competition from Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy, Slow Horses’ Gary Oldman, The Responder’s Martin Freeman and Chaske Spencer, who led BBC/Amazon Prime Video’s The English. Whishaw played Adam in Adam…

“Ma’amalade sandwich, Your Majesty?” Paddington Bear’s unexpected tea with the late Queen Elizabeth II during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations last year has won the Memorable Moment gong at the BAFTA TV Awards. The moment beat the finale of Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls, when the people of…

Bad Sisters has won the competitive Best Drama Series prize at the BAFTA TV Awards. The show beat off competition from BBC double The Responder and Sherwood, and Channel 4’s Somewhere Boy. Bad Sisters has now won two gongs tonight in a huge night for Apple TV+, with Anne-Marie Duff also winning…

Sherwood star Adeel Akhtar has won Best Supporting Actor at the BAFTA TV Awards. Akhtar beat Slow Horses’ Jack Lowden and White Lotus star Will Sharpe, along with The Crown’s Salim Daw and newcomers Samuel Bottomley (Somewhere Boy) and Josh Finan (The Responder). The award was presented by…

BBC Three breakout Mood pulled off a surprise at the BAFTA TV Awards this afternoon, beating Ben Whishaw-starrer This is Going to Hurt to the Best Mini-Series gong. Nicôle Lecky’s musical drama also beat ITV double The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe and A Spy Among Friends to the prize. In Mood,…

Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has won Best International program at the BAFTA TV Awards. The Netflix hit beat off competition from fellow Netflix series Wednesday, HBO’s The White Lotus, Apple TV+’s Pachinko and Disney+ double Oussekine and The Bear. Award was presented…