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THE Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners have been revealed with Killing Eve winning three major awards.

Actress Jodie Comer took home the best actress gong, Fiona Shaw picked up best supporting actress and the BBC America original won best drama at the bash.

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Who are the Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners?

Killing Eve had a killer impact on its rivals at the 2019 Baftas, winning three out of its five nominations.

Ssndra Oh missed out in the lead actress category - which was won by her co-star Jodie Comer so it was still a win-win for the show.

And Kim Bodnia failed to bag the Bafta for supporting actor, which instead went to Ben Wishaw for A Very English Scandal.

Drama series

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Killing Eve won the best drama award
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Killing Eve won the best drama awardCredit: Rex Features

Bodyguard (BBC One)

Season one of the BBC programme was one of the most-watched shows in the UK in 2018.

The programme is a contemporary thriller featuring the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service.

Killing Eve (BBC Three) - WINNER!

After a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.

The show is also super popular in the US where it airs on BBC America.

Save Me (Sky Atlantic)

On a tireless quest to find his missing daughter Jody, Nelly will go to any length to uncover the truth and he'll discover more about himself and those around him than he could have ever imagined.

The Sky Atlantic programme was recently confirmed to return for a second series.

Production will commence in 2019.

Informer (BBC One)

The show is centred around a Pakistani man who is coerced by an officer to work undercover.

Informer stars Paddy Considine, Nabhaan Rizwan, and Bel Powley.

Mini-series

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Patrick Melrose scooped the best mini-series gong
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Patrick Melrose scooped the best mini-series gongCredit: Getty Images - Getty

A Very English Scandal (BBC One)

The three-part series included Hugh Grant and Alex Jennings.

It focused on British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe after being accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover.
Kiri (Channel 4)

A drama dealing with the abduction and murder of a young black girl, soon to be adopted by her white foster family.

The show, starring Sarah Lancashire, follows the trail of lies, blame, guilt and notoriety which follow.

Mrs Wilson (BBC One)

Mrs Wilson follows the story of a widow who discovers her husband had other wives.

Patrick Melrose (Showtime/Sky Atlantic) -  WINNER!

It's based on a semi-autobiographical novel about Britain's upper class by Edward St Aubyn.

Leading actress

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Jodie Comer won the best actress prize for her role in Killing Eve
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Jodie Comer won the best actress prize for her role in Killing EveCredit: PA

Jodie Comer Killing Eve (BBC America/BBC Three) - WINNER!

She's played the character of Villanelle for two seasons so far.

Sandra Oh – Killing Eve (BBC America/BBC Three)

This is the actress' first Bafta nomination. She plays the Eve of the title.

Keeley Hawes  Bodyguard (BBC One)

She portrayed the role of Julia Montague.

Her character was killed after being caught in a terrorist blast.

Ruth Wilson – Mrs Wilson (BBC One)

Ruth was praised for her role as Alison Wilson in the three-part series.

Fans even demanded an extension to the true-life drama.

Leading actor

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Benedict Cumberbatch won the leading actor trophy
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Benedict Cumberbatch won the leading actor trophyCredit: PA

Hugh Grant – A Very English Scandal (BBC One)

The actor was nominated for his role as Jeremy Thorpe.

Chance Perdomo – Killed By My Debt (BBC Three)

The show tackled the shocking true story about a boy who died by suicide after having accrued debts of £1,000 from two unpaid £65 traffic fines.

Chance played Jerome Rogers in the TV movie.

Lucian Msamati – Kiri (Channel 4)

Lucian portrayed Tobi Akindele - the paternal grandfather of Kiri.

Benedict Cumberbatch – Patrick Melrose (Showtime/Sky Atlantic) - WINNER!

Benedict's character tries to overcome his addictions rooted in abuse by his evil father and less-than-caring mother.

Female performance in a comedy programme

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Jessica Hynes won best comedy actress
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Jessica Hynes won best comedy actressCredit: PA

Daisy May Cooper – This Country (BBC Three)

The actress won the 2018 Bafta TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance as Kerry Mucklowe.

Jessica Hynes – There She Goes (BBC Four) - WINNER!

Jessica stars as Emily, a mother who learns that her daughter Rosie Yates was born with a chromosomal disorder.

The series consisted of five episodes lasting 30 minutes each.

Julia Davis – Sally4Ever (Sky Atlantic/HBO)

Not only is Julia Davis nominated for female performance in a comedy programme, but she's also the creator of the comedy.

Lesley Manville – Mum (BBC Two)

Lesley plays 59-year-old Cathy, whose husband tragically passed away a year prior.

Cathy and her family are still coming to terms with the loss, but luckily she has her best friend Michael supporting her.

Male performance in a comedy programme

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Steve Pemberton scooped the best comedy actor gong
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Steve Pemberton scooped the best comedy actor gongCredit: Rex Features

Alex MacQueen – Sally4Ever (Sky Atlantic/HBO)

Alex did a tremendous job playing the recurring role of David in the Sky Atlantic series.

Jamie Demetriou – Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4)

Jamie not only acted in Sthath Lets Flats, but he's also the co-creator of the Channel 4 show.

Peter Mullan – Mum (BBC Two)

He's played the role of Michael for a whopping 13 episodes so far.

Mullan previously earned himself two Bafta Film nominations for 2003's The Magdalene Sisters.

Steve Pemberton  Inside No 9 (BBC Two) - WINNER!

As well as being a quarter of the award-winning comedy team The League of Gentlemen, his previous work has centred mainly around fringe theatre, being a founder member of 606 Theatre, and he has produced, performed in and directed stage productions.

Steve has written for Variety International and has been the assistant editor of the International Film Guide since 1990.

International

54 Hours: The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis (ARD/BBC Four)

Acclaimed series based on the true story of an unprecedented hostage crisis which shocked Germany in the summer of 1988.

The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu/Channel 4)

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.

Reporting Trump’s First Year: The Fourth Estate (Showtime/BBC Two)

Following the inner workings of The New York Times, one of the most prolific American media outlets, during the first 12 months of Donald Trump's presidency.
Succession (HBO/Sky Atlantic) - WINNER!

Succession follows a dysfunctional American global-media family.

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Succession has proved a big hit for HBO and Sky Atlantic
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Succession has proved a big hit for HBO and Sky Atlantic

Supporting actor

Alex Jennings – Unforgotten (ITV)

Alex appeared in two films that were nominated for Best Picture Oscar in the same year:  (2006) and  (2006). He played killer Dr Tim Finch in Unforgotten.
Ben Whishaw – A Very English Scandal (BBC One) - WINNER!

Won the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television category for his role as Norman Scott in A Very English Scandal.

Kim Bodnia – Killing Eve (BBC One)

In 2018, Kim played the role as Konstantin in the successful TV series Killing Eve and the TV series has already been a huge success worldwide and has been nominated as Best TV series at the 2019 Golden Globes and The Critics' Choice Awards. Killing Eve II will be shown in 2019.

Stephen Graham – Save Me (Sky Atlantic)

Graham stars as Fabio "Melon" Melonzola, Nelly's best friend, a computer expert and convicted sex offender.

Supporting actress

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Killing Eve star Fiona Shaw won best supporting actress
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Killing Eve star Fiona Shaw won best supporting actressCredit: Getty Images - Getty

Billie Piper – Collateral (BBC Two)

She plays Karen Mars; David's ex-wife and a key witness to the murder of Abdullah Asif
Fiona Shaw – Killing Eve (BBC One) - WINNER!

Killing Eve's Fiona Shaw stars as Carolyn Martens, head of the Russia Section at MI6.
Keeley Hawes – Mrs Wilson (BBC One)

Keeley plays Dorothy, who finds out that Alison had an affair with her husband Alec.

She married him in a sham ceremony when she became pregnant.

Monica Dolan – A Very English Scandal (BBC One)

It's never easy to portray a character that's not fictional, but Monica does a superb job at depicting Austrian-born British concert pianist Marion Stein.

In the series, she's named as Marion Thorpe.

Entertainment performance

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Lee Mack won the award
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Lee Mack won the awardCredit: Rex Features

Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)

The ITV game show is hosted by Ant and Dec filled with stunts, sketches and special guest appearances.

David Mitchell – Would I Lie To You? (BBC One)

Mitchell is a frequent participant on British panel shows, being a team captain on Would I Lie to You? The show is currently in its 12th series and has shot over 112 episodes.

Lee Mack – Would I Lie To You? (BBC One) - WINNER!

Lee's nomination for entertainment performance makes it his first ever Bafta nomination.

Rachel Parris – The Mash Report (BBC Two)

Rachel Parris has proven herself to be a great presenter on The Mash Report after a segment of her mocking the idea that men are afraid to compliment women went viral.

The video clip earned itself 11 million hits in two days and would go on to reach over 40 million views to date.

Specialist factual

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Lucy Wolsley won for her documentary on the Suffragettes
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Lucy Wolsley won for her documentary on the SuffragettesCredit: Getty Images - Getty

Bros: After the Screaming Stops (BBC Four)

A raw and emotional look into the aftermath of fame and the re-connection between two twins torn apart by their past.
Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage (Channel 4)

Artist Grayson Perry sets out to explore the landmark events in all our lives - birth, coming of age, marriage and death - and tries to reinvent them for our modern secular age.

Suffragettes With Lucy Worsley (BBC One) - WINNER!

An overview of the events of the Suffragette Movement for Votes For Women.

It follows the individual women who were part of the movement and uses dramatised testimony to tell their stories at key points of their dangerous campaign.
Superkids: Breaking Away From Care (Channel 4)

Lemn Sissay meets seven young people who are in the care of their council and sets out to help them express their experiences through words and perform them to a packed theatre of decision-makers

Reality and constructed factual

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! wins Reality and constructed factual gong
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! wins Reality and constructed factual gongCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Bafta TV Awards 2019 - Ant looks on as Holly and Dec accept award for reality and constructed factual with I'm a Celebrity

Dragons’ Den (BBC Two)

Budding entrepreneurs, inventors and small businessmen (and women) pitch their ideas to the five "dragons" - real-life business leaders and millionaires, with real cash to invest in the companies they feel will make it.

I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! ( ITV) - WINNER!

The reality show has been nominated in this category consecutively. In 2018 it was hosted by Holly Willoughby and Declan Donnelly and was won by Harry Redknapp.

Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds (Channel 4)

One of the UK's biggest retirement villages opens a nursery where the classmates' ages range from three to 102. What can the very young and the very old learn from each other?

The Real Full Monty: Ladies’ Night (ITV)

Eight female celebrities gave the performance of their lives to raise awareness for cancer.

Entertainment programme

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - David Walliams and the team behind Britains Got Talent win Entertainment Programme award
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - David Walliams and the team behind Britains Got Talent win Entertainment Programme awardCredit: EPA
Bafta TV Awards 2019: Britain's Got Talent wins the award for Best Entertainment Programme

Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)

The show won this gong in 2013.

Britain’s Got Talent (ITV) - WINNER!

A variety of acts perform in front of a live audience and a panel of judges, for a chance to win £250,000 and to perform at the Royal variety.

Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC One)

Michael presents Saturday night entertainment for the BBC from London's prestigious Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

A dance competition where celebrities compete to be crowned the winner.

Who is kicked out of the competition each week is decided by the judges' scores and viewer votes.

Scripted comedy

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Sally4Ever was awarded the best scripted comedy
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Sally4Ever was awarded the best scripted comedyCredit: Rex Features

Derry Girls (Channel 4)

The personal exploits of a 16-year-old girl and her family and friends during the Troubles in the early 1990s.

Mum (BBC Two)

After the death of her husband, a woman attempts to rebuild her life while surrounded by her sometimes problematic family and friends.

Sally4Ever (Sky Atlantic/HBO) - WINNER!

For 10 years Sally has lived a dull suburban life with David.

But on the night he asks her to marry him, Sally has a crisis and embarks on a wild affair with Emma, a seductive, charismatic, boho actress, singer, musician, poet, and author.

Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4)

This show is a comedy following incompetent Greek-Cypriot lettings agent Stath who works for the family business Michael and Eagle.

Comedy entertainment programme

 A League Of Their Own, hosted by James Corden, won Comedy entertainment programme at the TV Baftas 2019
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A League Of Their Own, hosted by James Corden, won Comedy entertainment programme at the TV Baftas 2019

The Big Narstie Show (Channel 4)

Rapper Big Narstie and comedian Mo Gilligan are joined by celebrity guests for a late night chat show mixing comedy segments and live music filmed in front of a studio audience.

The Last Leg (Channel 4)

Aussie comedian and amputee athlete, Adam Hills, British comedian Josh Widdicombe, UK's most famous amputee comedian Alex Brooker, and their celebrity guests provide topical commentary on the week.

A League of Their Own (Sky One) - WINNER!

Two teams comprised of comedians, celebrities and sports stars compete against each other in a test of their sporting knowledge, taking place over three rounds.

Would I Lie to You? (BBC One)

Two teams, led by their team leader (either Lee Mack or David Mitchell), have to try and make the other team believe their crazy stories.

Factual series

 Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Documentary maker Louis Theroux collected his Bafta
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Bafta TV Awards 2019 winners - Documentary maker Louis Theroux collected his BaftaCredit: PA

24 Hours in A&E (Channel 4)

British television series following the hard and dedicated work of the NHS doctors and nurses battling to keep Britain alive and well.

Life and Death Row: The Mass Execution (BBC Three)

A BBC documentary that follows the lives of three American citizens on death row.

Louis Theroux’s Altered States (BBC Two) - WINNER!

Louis Theroux explores the unusual ways modern America deals with birth, love and death.

Prison (Channel 4)

Features

 Great British Bake Off did not win the TV Bafta for 2018 but the show will return in 2019
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Great British Bake Off did not win the TV Bafta for 2018 but the show will return in 2019

Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip (ITV)

Gordon Ramsay, Italian stallion Gino D'Acampo and French master maitre d' Fred Sirieix take quite the entertaining road trip.

The Great British Bake Off (Channel 4)

Bakers attempt three challenges each week trying to impress the judges enough to go through to the next round and eventually are crowned Britain's best amateur baker.

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (BBC Two)

After life-changing heart surgeries, good friends Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse embark on a relaxing yet epic journey around Britain, eating great food and attempting to catch some of the nation's iconic fish.

Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC One) - WINNER!

Well-known faces within the British media each embark on individual journeys to answer some questions in regards to their own family history.

Single documentary

 School For Stammerers features the McGuire Programme, an intensive and emotionally-charged residential course run by former stammerers.
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School For Stammerers features the McGuire Programme, an intensive and emotionally-charged residential course run by former stammerers.

Driven: The Billy Monger Story (BBC Three)

Following the remarkable story of 18-year-old Billy Monger as he attempts to become the first ever amputee to race competitively in a single-seater racing car.
Gun No 6 (BBC Two) - WINNER!

Docudrama following the story of Britain's deadliest illegal gun, charting every shooting of Gun No 6 and exposing the realities of modern gun crime.

My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me (BBC One)

Patrick Kielty, an Irish Comedian, travels back to Northern Ireland to see how successful the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement has been 20 years later.

School for Stammers (ITV)

Six people whose lives have been blighted by severe stammers undergo the intensive McGuire Programme as they attempt to transform their speech over the course of 4 days using physical and psychological techniques.

Single drama

 Killed By My Debt tells the harrowing story of Jerome Rogers, played here by actor Chance Perdomo
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Killed By My Debt tells the harrowing story of Jerome Rogers, played here by actor Chance Perdomo

Bandersnatch – Black Mirror (Netflix)

In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he works to adapt a fantasy novel into a video game.

Care (BBC One)

Jenny, a single mother raising two daughters after her husband leaves, is aided by her mother, Mary.

But Jenny struggles to stay afloat after Mary suffers a string of medical issues.

Killed By My Debt (BBC Three) - WINNER!

Jerome had managed to get a motorbike and a job as a courier when he got two traffic fines and bailiffs started calling.

On a zero hour contract and wages sometimes less than £20, under increasing pressure, Jerome couldn't see a way out.

Through the Gates – On the Edge (Channel 4)

Young offender Aimee and her disillusioned parole officer Tessa are from different worlds.

Soap and Continuing Drama

 EastEnders won the TV Bafta 2019 for Soap and Continuing Drama
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EastEnders won the TV Bafta 2019 for Soap and Continuing Drama
Bafta TV Awards 2019: EastEnders win best soap as crisis-hit Coronation Street misses out on two gongs

Casualty (BBC One)

The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City hospital.

Coronation Street (ITV)

The U.K.'s longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.

EastEnders (BBC One) - WINNER!

The everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terraced houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough. The square includes the Queen Vic pub and a street market.

Hollyoaks (Channel 4)

Hollyoaks takes a look at the lives, loves and careers of a group of teenage friends and their families as they graduate through GCSE's, A-Levels and College into the world of work.

 England's World Cup match against Sweden won the TV Bafta for sport
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England's World Cup match against Sweden won the TV Bafta for sport

Current affairs

Football’s Wall of Silence (Al Jazeera English)

Iran Unveiled: Taking on the Ayatollahs – Exposure (ITV)

Massacre at Ballymurphy (Channel 4)

Myanmar’s Killing Fields (Channel 4) - WINNER!

Sport

2018 Six Nations: Scotland v England (BBC One)

2018 World Cup: England v Sweden (BBC One) - WINNER!

England’s Test Cricket: Cook’s Farewell (Sky Sports Cricket)

Winter Olympics (BBC Two)

News coverage

Bullying and Harassment in the House of Commons – Newsnight (BBC Two)

Cambridge Analytica Uncovered (Channel 4) - WINNER!

Good Morning Britain: On a Knife Edge (ITV)

Good Morning Britain: Thomas Markle Exclusive (ITV)

 BBC's Bodyguard won the TV Bafta as Julia Montague was killed off
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BBC's Bodyguard won the TV Bafta as Julia Montague was killed off

Virgin Media Must-See Moment nominees

Bodyguard – the assassination of Julia Montague (BBC) - WINNER!

Coronation Street – Gail’s monologue on the suicide of Aidan Connor (ITV)
Doctor Who – The Doctor meets Rosa Parks (BBC)

Killing Eve – Eve stabs Villanelle (BBC)

Peter Kay’s Car Share – the finale (BBC)

Queer Eye – Tom’s transformation (Netflix)

How can I watch the Bafta TV Awards 2019?

The Bafta TV Awards aired on BBC One on Sunday, May 12.

The awards weren't broadcast live, but were shown on a delay so that an edited down version hits the screens.

If you missed it you can catch it again on iPlayer.

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