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BAFTA Television Awards viewers claim Happy Valley was 'ROBBED' of Best Drama win after Top Boy claimed prize and slam Lorraine Kelly's special honour during 'awkward' ceremony: 'Incandescent with rage here!'


The 2024 BAFTA Television Awards sparked a social media frenzy, with viewers quick to make their feelings known over the nights big winners, and losers.

Happy Valley did walk away with two gongs, including Leading Actress for Sarah Lancashire, and the Memorable Moment Award for Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce's final kitchen showdown. Elsewhere Timothy Spall won for Best Actor Award on the night for his role in The Sixth Commandment - a true crime series based on the murders of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin. Meanwhile the Female performance in a Comedy Programme Award went to Gbemisola Ikumelo for her role in Black Ops - a BBC series which follows two hapless community support police officers who are unexpectedly recruited into an off-the-books undercover operation.

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