Presenting All the Winners From the 2020 BAFTA Television Awards! A Night Of Surprises

BAFTA staged the industry’s biggest TV awards since the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe. And it’s an unprecedented edition for an unprecedented year. For the occasion, actors gathered around for a 90 minute virtual award ceremony, hosted by the brilliant Richard Ayoade. There was no red carpet or live audience and winners dialed in remotely to accept their prizes.

“Tonight, we reward various people while keeping the kind of distance from them that I’ve dreamed of my entire life,” joked host Richard Ayoade. “It is sad it has taken a pandemic to enforce the most basic parameters of personal space.”

Night Of Surprises!

The 2020 BAFTA’s was a night of surprises, as Fleabag was beaten for Best scripted comedy by Channel 4’s Stath Lets Flats, who also took home the award for Best comedy writer. While Jamie Demetriou won Best male performance in a comedy program. The End Of The F***ing World outmaneuvered The Crown for Best drama.

Other shocks included Fleabag creator, Phoebe Waller-Bridge losing to co-star Sian Clifford for the female performance in a comedy programme award. A tearful Clifford called her win “stupid, weird and surreal” while insisting the nominees in her category were “all winners.”

Chernobyl bagged three awards. Best actor for Jared Harris, Best miniseries, and Best costume design. The leading actress award was won by Glenda Jackson for her performance in the BBC drama, Elizabeth is Missing. Which is her first television role for more than 25 years and the second BAFTA of her career.

Naomi Ackie won supporting actress for The End Of The F***ing World, which is a Channel 4 and Netflix co-production. Giri/Haji’s Will Sharpe was named Best supporting actor for his role in the BBC show. Both actors were first-time winners as well.

Idris Elba was honoured with the Bafta Special Award for his contributions to television as an actor, writer and producer at the 2020 virtual ceremony.

Channel 4 and HBO series, Leaving Neverland received the BAFTA for factual series. In fact, it was a huge night for Channel 4, who bagged six prizes. Which means they came second to BBC.

The 2020 British Academy Television Award Winners.

LEADING ACTRESS
WINNER: Glenda Jackson, Elizabeth Is Missing— BBC One
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve — BBC One
Suranne Jones, Gentleman Jack — BBC One
Samantha Morton, I Am Kirsty — Channel 4

LEADING ACTOR

WINNER: Jared Harris, Chernobyl— Sky Atlantic
Stephen Graham, The Virtues — Channel 4
Takehiro Hira, Giri/Haji — BBC Two
Callum Turner, The Capture — BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER: Naomi Ackie, The End of the F***ing World — Channel 4
Helen Behan, The Virtues — Channel 4
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown — Netflix
Jasmine Jobson, Top Boy — Netflix

SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER: Will Sharpe, Giri/Haji— BBC Two
Joe Absolom, A Confession — ITV
Josh O’Connor, The Crown — Netflix
Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl — Sky Atlantic

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM
WINNER: Sian Clifford, Fleabag— BBC Three
Gbemisola Ikumelo, Famalam — BBC Three
Sarah Kendall, Frayed — Sky One
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag — BBC Three

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM
WINNER: Jamie Demetriou, Stath Lets Flats — Channel 4
Ncuti Gatwa, Sex Education — Netflix
Youssef Kerkour, Home — Channel 4
Guz Khan, Man Like Mobeen — BBC Three

COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
WINNER: Taskmaster— Dave
The Graham Norton Show — BBC One
The Last Leg — Channel 4
The Ranganation — BBC Two

CURRENT AFFAIRS
WINNER: Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag
Growing Up Poor: Britain’s Breadline Kids (Dispatches) — Channel 4
The Hunt For Jihadi John — Channel 4
Is Labour Anti-Semitic? (Panorama) — BBC One
Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag (Exposure) — ITV

DRAMA SERIES

WINNER: The End of the F***ing World

The Crown — Netflix
The End of the F***ing World — Channel 4
Gentleman Jack — BBC One
Giri/Haji — BBC Two

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
WINNER: The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan— Channel 4
Frankie Boyle, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order — BBC Two
Lee Mack, Would I Lie to You — BBC One
Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show — BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
WINNER: Strictly Come Dancing — BBC One
The Greatest Dancer — BBC One
The Rap Game UK — BBC Three
The Voice UK — ITV

FACTUAL SERIES
WINNER: Leaving Neverland— Channel 4
Crime and Punishment — Channel 4
Don’t F*CK With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer — Netflix
Our Dementia Choir With Vicky McClure — BBC One

INTERNATIONAL
WINNER: When They See Us— Netflix
Euphoria — Sky Atlantic
Succession — Sky Atlantic
Unbelievable — Netflix

LIVE EVENT
WINNER: Blue Planet Live — BBC One
Election 2019 Live: The Results — ITN/ITV
Glastonbury 2019 — BBC Two
Operation Live — Channel 5

MINISERIES
WINNER: Chernobyl— Sky Atlantic
A Confession — ITV
The Victim — BBC One
The Virtues — Channel 4

NEWS COVERAGE
WINNER: Hong Kong Protests— Sky News
ITV News at Ten: Election Results — ITN/ITV
Prince Andrew & The Epstein Scandal (Newsnight) — BBC News/BBC Two
Victoria Derbyshire: Men Who Lost Loved Ones to Knife Crime — BBC News/BBC Two

REALITY AND CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
WINNER: Race Across the World— BBC Two
Celebrity Gogglebox — Channel 4
Harry’s Heroes: The Full English — ITV
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK — BBC Three

SCRIPTED COMEDY
WINNER: Stath Lets Flats— Channel 4
Catastrophe — Channel 4
Derry Girls — Channel 4
Fleabag — BBC Three

WRITER: COMEDY
WINNER: Jamie Demetriou, Stath Lets Flats– Roughcut TV/Channel 4
Danny Brocklehurst, Brassic – Calamity Films/Sky 1
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag – Two Brothers Pictures/BBC Three
Sam Leifer, Tom Basden, Plebs – Rise Films/ITV2

WRITER: DRAMA

WINNER: JESSE ARMSTRONG Succession– HBO Entertainment, Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions/Sky Atlantic
CHARLIE COVELL The End of the F***ing World – Clerkenwell Films, Dominic Buchanan Productions/Channel 4
CRAIG MAZIN Chernobyl – Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
SHANE MEADOWS, JACK THORNE The Virtues – Warp Films, Big Arty Productions/Channel 4

COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER: Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Chernobyl– Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/HBO/Sky Atlantic
Caroline McCall, His Dark Materials — Bad Wolf/BBC One
Joanna Eatwell, Beecham House – Bend It TV/ITV
Michele Clapton, Game of Thrones – HBO, Bighead, Littlehead, 36 Television, Startling Television/Sky Atlantic

VIRGIN MEDIA’S MUST-SEE MOMENT (VOTED FOR BY THE PUBLIC)

WINNER: Gavin and Stacey, Nessa proposes to Smithy— BBC One
Coronation Street, the death of Sinead Osborne — ITV
Fleabag, Confessional scene — BBC Three
Game of Thrones, Arya kills the Night King — Sky Atlantic
Line of Duty, John Corbett’s death — BBC One
Love Island, Michael recouples after Casa Amor – ITV2