Here’s who won what at the Baftas
Everyone's a winner, but not at awards shows
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The Bafta Television Awards celebrate the biggest and best in TV. And the awards itself is a must-watch.
You probably won't be surprised to hear Killing Eve absolutely cleaned up at the awards, held last night in London.
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The cult TV show, which has amassed a pretty impressive following since its release last year, won best drama series. And Jodie Comer, who so compellingly plays assassin Villanelle, picked up best actress.
She beat a number of other actresses, including co-star Sandra Oh, for the accolade.
Congratulations @KillingEve !!! BATFA for Best Series Fiona Shaw and @jodiecomer !!! Yay yay yay!!
— Sandra Oh (@IamSandraOh) May 12, 2019May 12, 2019
And Fiona Shaw, who plays MI5 boss Carolyn Martens, won best supporting actress.
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Elsewhere, Benedict Cumberbatch picked up the coveted best actor award for his role in Sky Atlantic’s Patrick Melrose. Ben Whishaw won best supporting actor for A Very English Scandal.
Steve Pemberton, who you probably know best from The League of Gentleman, won best male performance in a comedy programme for his role in creepy ensemble show Inside No. 9, and Jessica Hynes of Spaced fame won best female performance for There She Goes.
Eastenders picked up best soap.
And everyone’s favourite documentarian Louis Theroux picked up an award for his series Altered States.
Congrats to all the winners.
Emily Reynolds is a freelance journalist and author specialising in mental health, tech, science and gender. Emily has also written about music, dating, TV and pretty much anything else you can think of. Emily worked at WIRED for a year, writing news and features and appearing on the weekly podcast, and regularly writes for the Guardian, NY Mag, the Observer, New Statesman, the BBC and more.