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Adolescence and Celebrity Traitors Triumph at Bafta TV Awards

The Netflix limited drama took the most awards of the night with four, while Stephen Graham won his first Bafta after eight nominations.

  • On Sunday night, the Netflix drama Adolescence won four BAFTA Television Awards at London's Royal Festival Hall, including Best Limited Drama, making it the most successful series in the ceremony's history.
  • Stephen Graham, who co-wrote the script with Jack Thorne, won Best Leading Actor, while supporting actors Christine Tremarco and Owen Cooper also secured prizes for their performances.
  • Narges Rashidi won Best Leading Actress for her portrayal of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Prisoner 951, dedicating the prize to the British-Iranian woman imprisoned in Tehran. Dame Mary Berry received the BAFTA fellowship.
  • Graham celebrated his first BAFTA win after eight nominations, noting that the project proved 'anything is possible' for young actors. The production outperformed record-holders Killing Eve and Happy Valley.
  • Hosted by Greg Davies at the Royal Festival Hall, the ceremony featured director Olaide Sadiq, who used her acceptance speech for Grenfell: Uncovered to call for victims to 'deserve justice.
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The annual BAFTA Television Awards ceremony took place at the Royal Festival Hall in London with presenter Greg Davies, while among the evening's most mentioned titles were “Adolescence,” “Amandaland” and “The Celebrity Traitors.” The main winner of the night was Netflix's drama mini-series, “Adolescence,” which received the most awards.Meanwhile, Steve Coogan was awarded as 'Best Actor' for “How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge),” while the award …

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Adolescence makes history and Celebrity Traitors triumphs at Baftas

The Netflix series won four prizes at the ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall.

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Adolescence and Celebrity Traitors triumph at Bafta TV Awards

The hit Netflix drama won four awards at the ceremony.

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