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Bafta TV Awards 2018 WINNERS – Sue Perkins hosted the ceremony with Iain Stirling providing the voice over for the TV highlights

BAFTA TV Awards are over for another year and the celebration of the stars of the small screen is complete.

Here's everything you need to know about the 2018 glitzy event which took place at the Royal Festival Hall...

 Sue Perkins hosted the event for a second year running
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Sue Perkins hosted the event for a second year runningCredit: PA:Press Association

When were the Bafta TV Awards 2018 and who hosted?

The British Academy Television Awards took place on Sunday May 13, 2018.

The actual ceremony started at 7pm, and highlights were broadcast on BBC One from 8.00pm and lasted for two hours.

The big event was hosted by Sue Perkins - Sue's second year in charge of proceedings.

The voice-over commentary was provided by Love Island star Iain Stirling.

The awards ceremony took place at the Royal Festival Hall on London's Southbank.

 Sue was a big hit at the 2017 Bafta TV Awards
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Sue was a big hit at the 2017 Bafta TV AwardsCredit: Rex Features

What were the nominations for the Bafta TV Awards and who are the winners?

The roll call for the Bafta TV Awards is pretty impressive, with some of our best-loved shows and TV personalities up for gongs.

This year's nominations were:

Best Entertainment Programme

Best Entertainment Performance

Best Drama Series

Best Mini-Series

Best News Coverage

  • The Battle for Mosul (Sky News)
  • The Grenfell Tower Fire (Channel 4 News)
  • The Grenfell Tower Fire (ITV News at Ten)
  • The Rohingya Crisis (Sky News) - WINNER

Leading Actor

Leading Actress

Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme

  • Asim Chaudhry - People Just Do Nothing
  • Rob Brydon - The Trip to Spain
  • Samson Kayo - Famalam
  • Toby Jones - Detectorists - WINNER

Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme

Best Reality and Constructed Factual

Best Scripted Comedy

Best Features 

Best Factual Series

Best Current Affairs

  • Raped: My Story
  • Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad (Dispatches)
  • Undercover: Britain’s Immigration Secrets (Panorama) - WINNER
  • White Right: Meeting The Enemy (Exposure)

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