8 May 2016
The 2016 British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Awards ceremony for Television was held at the Royal Feestival Hall in London, United Kingdom on Sunday, 8 May 2016. The star-studded event was attended by both large and small screen celebrities and power houses.
BBC’s Wolf Hall took home the Drama Series and Lead Actor in a Drama Series or Mini-Series (going to Mark Rylance) awards, and This is England ’90 took home the Mini-series and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama or Mini-Series awards (going to Chanel Cresswell).
In the International Series award categrory, Neflix’ Transparent came home with the trophy, with lead actor Jeffrey Tambor graciously accepting the award.
Some of the esteemed guests that appeared at the event besides Rylance, Cresswell and Tambor included Anna Kendrick, Archie Panjabi, Hugh Bonneville, Idris Elba, Kunal Nayyar, Justin Timberlake, Maisie Williams, Martin Freeman, and Tom Hiddleston.
Below the list of winners is a photo gallery. See list of winners immediately below.
LIST OF WINNERS
Leading actor
Winner: Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Idris Elba, Luther
Stephen Graham, This is England ’90
Ben Whishaw, London Spy
Leading actress
Winner: Suranne Jones, Doctor Foster
Claire Foy, Wolf Hall
Ruth Madeley, Don’t Take My Baby
Sheridan Smith, The C-Word
Supporting actor
Winner: Tom Courtenay, Unforgotten
Anton Lesser, Wolf Hall
Ian McKellen, The Dresser
Cyril Nri, Cucumber
Supporting actress
Winner: Chanel Cresswell, This is England ’90
Michelle Gomez, Doctor Who
Lesley Manville, River
Eleanor Worthington-Cox, The Enfield Haunting
Entertainment performance
Winner: Leigh Francis, Celebrity Juice
Stephen Fry, QI
Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show
Romesh Ranganathan, Asian Provocateur
Male performance in a comedy programme
Winner: Peter Kay, Peter Kay’s Car Share
Hugh Bonneville, W1A
Toby Jones, Detectorists
Javone Prince, The Javone Prince Show
Female performance in a comedy programme
Winner: Michaela Coel, Chewing Gum
Sian Gibson, Peter Kay’s Car Share
Miranda Hart, Miranda
Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe
Drama series
Winner: Wolf Hall
Humans
The Last Panthers
No Offence
Single drama
Winner: Don’t Take My Baby
The C-Word
Cyberbully
The Go-Between
Mini-series
Winner: This is England ’90
Doctor Foster
The Enfield Haunting
London Spy
Soap and continuing drama
Winner: EastEnders
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Holby City
International
Winner: Transparent
The Good Wife
Narcos
Spiral
Entertainment programme
Winner: Strictly Come Dancing
Adele at the BBC
Britain’s Got Talent
TFI Friday Anniversary Special
Comedy and comedy entertainment programme
Winner: Have I Got News For You
Charlie Brooker’s Election Wipe
QI
Would I Lie to You
Scripted comedy
Winner: Peter Kay’s Car Share
Chewing Gum
Peep Show
People Just Do Nothing
Features
Winner: The Great British Bake Off
Back in Time for Dinner
Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild
Travel Man
Radio Times Audience Award
Winner: Poldark
Doctor Foster
The Great British Bake Off
Humans
Making a Murderer
Peter Kay’s Car Share
Current affairs
Winner: Outbreak: The Truth about Ebola
Jihad: A British Story
Children of the Gaza War
Escape from Isis (Dispatches)
Single documentary
Winner: My Son the Jihadi
Bitter Lake
Life After Suicide
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
Factual series
Winner: The Murder Detectives
The Detectives
Great Ormond Street
The Tribe
Reality and constructed factual
Winner: First Dates
Gogglebox
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds
Specialist factual
Winner: Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners
Grayson Perry’s Dream House
The Hunt
Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom
News coverage
Winner: Channel 4 News: Paris Massacre
BBC News at Six: Paris Attacks Special
ITV News at Ten: Refugee Crisis
Sky News: From Turkey to Greece
Sport
Winner: The Ashes (Sky Sports)
The Grand National (Channel 4)
MOTD Live: FA Cup Final (BBC One)
Six Nations: Final Day (BBC One)
Live event
Winner: Big Blue Live (BBC One)
The Sound of Music Live! (ITV)
Stargazing Live: Brit in Space, Tim Peake Special (BBC Two)
The Vote (More4)
PHOTO GALLERY
