With awards season all but done and dusted, Oscars. Golden Globes, SAGs, and BAFTAs all having been dutifully doled out over the past few months, this evening saw the BAFTA TV Awards 2025 — hosted by Avengers: Doomsday's Alan Cumming and held at London's Royal Festival Hall — take centre stage for a night of red carpet walking and shiny statue giving. And during a telecast in which the two most nominated shows — Netflix stalker thriller Baby Reindeer and ITV drama Mr Bates Vs The Post Office — took home one award apiece, the likes of Mr Loverman, Shōgun, and Blue Lights all scored big wins in major categories.
On the night, Baby Reindeer's sole win saw Jessica Gunning's turn as Richard Gadd's crazed stalker Martha recognised in the Supporting Actress race, while Mr Bates Vs Post Office, which was elsewhere nominated in both Lead acting categories, took home the coveted accolade for Limited Drama. In the other primary show categories, Drama Series and International, BBC cop drama Blue Lights took the former while Disney+ feudal epic Shōgun landed an expected victory in the latter.
Elsewhere, Mr Loverman's two acting awards for Lennie James and first-time BAFTA winner Ariyon Bukare for Lead and Supporting Actor respectively were both met with rapturous responses at the Southbank Centre, while Industry star Marisa Abela also scored her first BAFTA in a fiercely contested Leading Actress race. Abela's win, beating out the likes of Anna Maxwell Martin, Billie Piper, and Monica Dolan, is the latest success in what's becoming a hell of a year for the actor, who impressed in last year's Back To Black and recently gave a standout performance in Steven Soderbergh's Black Bag. Also, amid live performances from Jessie J and Tom Grennan and a touching In Memoriam section that honoured the likes of Michelle Trachtenberg, Tony Slattery, and original Shōgun star Richard Chamberlain, Danny Dyer and Ruth Jones' triumphs in the Comedy Lead categories for Mr Big Stuff and Gavin & Stacey were real highlights of the show.
Find the full list of the night’s major winners below. [Winners highlighted in bold.]
Drama Series
Blue Lights (BBC)
Sherwood (BBC)
Supacell (Netflix)
Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light (BBC)
International
After The Party (Channel 4)
Colin From Accounts (BBC)
Say Nothing (Disney+)
Shōgun (Disney+)
True Detective: Night Country (Sky Atlantic)
You Are Not Alone: Fighting The Wolfpack (Netflix)
Limited Drama
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Lost Boys And Fairies (BBC One)
Mr Bates Vs the Post Office (ITV)
One Day (Netflix)
Leading Actress
Anna Maxwell Martin — Until I Kill You (ITV)
Billie Piper — Scoop (Netflix)
Lola Petticrew — Say Nothing (Disney+)
Marisa Abela — Industry (BBC)
Monia Dolan — Mr Bates Vs the Post Office (ITV)
Sharon D Clarke — Mr Loverman (BBC)
Leading Actor
David Tennant — Rivals (Disney+)
Gary Oldman — Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Lennie James — Mr Loverman (BBC)
Martin Freeman — The Responder (BBC)
Richard Gadd — Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Toby Jones — Mr Bates Vs the Post Office (ITV)
Supporting Actress
Jessica Gunning — Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Katherine Parkinson — Rivals (Disney+)
Maxine Peake — Say Nothing (Disney+)
Monica Dolan — Sherwood (BBC One)
Nava Mau — Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Sue Johnston — Truelove (Channel 4)
Supporting Actor
Ariyon Bakare — Mr Loverman (BBC)
Christopher Chung — Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Damian Lewis — Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light (BBC)
Jonathan Pryce — Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
McKinley Belcher III — Eric (Netflix)
Sonny Walker — The Gathering (Channel 4)
Female Performance In A Comedy Programme
Anjana Vasan — We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)
Kate O’Flynn — Everyone Else Burns (Channel 4)
Lolly Adefope — The Franchise (Sky)
Nicola Coughlan — Big Mood (Channel 4)
**Ruth Jones — Gavin & Stacey (BBC)
**Sophie Willan — Alma’s Not Normal (BBC)
Male Performance In A Comedy Programme
Bilal Hasna — Extraordinary (Disney+)
Danny Dyer — Mr Big Stuff (Sky)
Dylan Thomas-Smith — G’wed (ITV)
Nabhaan Rizwan — Kaos (Netflix)
Oliver Savell — Changing Ends (ITV)
Phil Dunning — Smoggie Queens (BBC)
Scripted Comedy
Alma’s Not Normal (BBC)
Brassic (Sky Max)
G’Wed (ITV1)
Ludwig (BBC)
Single Documentary
Hell Jumper (BBC Two)
Tell Them You Love Me (Sky Documentaries)
Ukraine: Enemy In The Woods (BBC Two)
Undercover: Exposing The Far Right (Channel 4)
P&O Cruises Memorable Moment
Bridgerton: The carriage scene, where Colin admits his true feelings for Penelope (Netflix)
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale: Smithy’s wedding, when Mick stands up (BBC)
Mr Bates vs the Post Office: Jo Hamilton phones the Horizon helpline (ITV)
Rivals: Rupert Campbell-Black and Sarah Stratton are caught in a game of naked tennis (Disney+)
Strictly Come Dancing: Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell waltz (BBC)
The Traitors: “Paul isn’t my son … but Ross is!” (BBC)
BAFTA Special Award
ITV
BAFTA Fellowship
Kirsty Wark
And for the BAFTA Television Craft Award winners, announced at an earlier ceremony in April, please head on over to the BAFTA website.