2022 British Academy Television Awards Winners

On the 8^th of May 2022, the British Academy Television Awards were held at the Royal Festival Hall in London to recognise the excellence in British television of 2021; the nominations had been announced on the 30^th of March earlier this year alongside the nominations for the British Academy Television Craft Awards. This is the first awards ceremony since 2019 to have an in-person audience! With Richard Ayoade returning as host for the third year, the night was very eventful with its wins, so read on for the full list.

Best Entertainment Programme

• An Audience with Adele
• Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – WINNER
• Life & Rhymes
• Strictly Come Dancing

Leading Actor

• David Thewlis, Landscapers
• Hugh Quarshie, Stephen
• Olly Alexander, It’s A Sin
• Samuel Adewunmi, You Don’t Know Me
• Sean Bean, Time – WINNER
• Stephen Graham, Help

Leading Actress

• Denise Gough, Too Close
• Emily Watson, Too Close
• Jodie Comer, Help – WINNER
• Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown
• Lydia West, It’s A Sin
• Niamh Algar, Deceit

Best Supporting Actress

• Cathy Tyson, Help – WINNER
• Celine Buckens, Showtrial
• Emily Mortimer, The Pursuit of Love
• Jessica Plummer, The Girl Before
• Leah Harvey, Foundation
• Tahirah Sharif, The Tower 

Best Supporting Actor

• Callum Scott Howells, It’s A Sin
• David Carlyle, It’s A Sin
• Matthew Macfadyen, Succession – WINNER
• Nonso Anozie, Sweet Tooth
• Omari Douglas, It’s A Sin
• Stephen Graham, Time

Female Performance in a Comedy Programme

• Aimee Lou Wood, Sex Education
• Aisling Bea, This Way Up
• Anjana Vasan, We Are Lady Parts
• Natasia Demetriou, Stath Lets Flats 
• Rose Matafeo, Starstruck
• Sophie Willan, Alma’s Not Normal – WINNER

Male Performance in a Comedy Programme

• Jamie Demetriou, Stath Lets Flats – WINNER
• Joseph Gilgun, Brassic
• Ncuti Gatwa, Sex Education
• Samson Kayo, Bloods
• Steve Coogan, This Time with Alan Partridge 
• Tim Renkow, Jerk

Entertainment Performance

• Alison Hammond, I Can See Your Voice
• Big Zuu, Big Zuu’s Big Eats – WINNER
• Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show
• Joe Lycett, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back
• Michael McIntrye, Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel 
• Sean Lock, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 

Single Drama

• Death of England: Face to Face
• Help
• I Am Victoria
• Together – WINNER 

Scripted Comedy

• Alma’s Not Normal
• Motherland – WINNER
• Stath Lets Flats
• We Are Lady Parts

News Coverage

• Channel 4 News, Black to Front
• Good Morning Britain, Shamima Begum
• ITV News at 10, Storming of the Capitol – WINNER
• Sky News, Afghanistan: Endgame 

Current Affairs

• Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin – WINNER
• Four Hours At the Capitol
• The Men Who Sell Football
• Trump Takes on the World

Factual Series

• The Detectives: Fighting Organised Crime
• 9/11: One Day in America
• Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles
• Uprising – WINNER

Specialist Factual

• Black Power: A British Story of Resistance 
• Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
• The Missing Children – WINNER 
• Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain

Single Documentary

• 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room
• Grenfell: The Untold Story
• My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan – WINNER
• Nail Bomber: Manhunt

Live Event

• The BRIT Awards 2021
• The Earthshot Prize 2021 – WINNER
• The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance
• Springwatch 2021 

Daytime

• The Chase – WINNER
• Moneybags
• Richard Osman’s House of Games
• Steph’s Packed Lunch

Sport

• The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – WINNER
• ITV Racing: The Grand National
• Tokyo 2020 Olympics
• UEFA Euro 2020 Semi Final: England v Denmark

International

• Call My Agent! 
• Lupin
• Mare of Easttown
• Squid Game
• Succession
• The Underground Railroad – WINNER

Short Form Programme

• Hollyoaks Saved My Life
• Our Land – WINNER
• People You May Know
• Please Help

Features 

• Big Zuu’s Big Eats – WINNER
• Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
• Sort Your Life Out
• The Great British Sewing Bee

Reality and Constructed Factual

• Gogglebox – WINNER
• Married At First Sight
• RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
• The Dog House

Mini Series

• It’s A Sin
• Landscapers
• Stephen
• Time – WINNER 

Soap and Continuing Drama

• Casualty
• Coronation Street – WINNER
• Emmerdale
• Holby City

Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment

• An Audience with Adele, Adele’s surprised by the teacher who changed her life
• I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, Ant and Dec’s dig at Downing Street’s lockdown parties
• It’s A Sin, Colin’s devastating AIDS diagnosis 
• RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, ‘UK Hun?’ – Bimini’s verse 
• Squid Game, Red Light, Green Light game 
• Strictly Come Dancing, Rose and Giovanni’s silent dance to ‘Symphony’ – WINNER