BAFTA handed out its TV Awards in London this evening with ITV drama Broadchurch scoring a trifecta of prizes. The series, which is heading into production on its second season in the UK and is being remade in the U.S. as Gracepoint, won best drama, best actress for Olivia Colman and best supporting actor for David Bradley. The wins marked Colman’s third BAFTA and Bradley’s first. Colman’s previous nods were for comedy Twenty Twelve and drama Accused. 
Netflix had its first ever BAFTA win with Breaking Bad voted Best International series. Netflix is the series broadcaster in the UK where BAFTA late last year said it was updating its rules to include web-based broadcasters to be eligible for TV awards. Channel 4 drama Southcliffe and the same network’s comedy The IT Crowd led the overall nominations going in with four nods apiece. Southcliffe‘s Sean Harris was voted best actor in a drama and The IT Crowd‘s Katherine Parkinson and Richard Ayoade took the top comedy acting prizes. Best Situation Comedy honors went to BBC Three’s Him & Her: The Wedding. Supporting Actress winner was Sarah Lancashire in the BBC’s Last Tango In Halifax. Gogglebox, Channel 4’s reality show that watches people as they watch television, was voted tops in reality. Graham Norton hosted the ceremony at London’s Theatre Royal where presenters included Aaron Paul, Hugh Dancy, Jeremy Piven, Martin Freeman, Naomi Campbell, Sam Neill and Sheridan Smith. A full list of winners follows:
BAFTA FELLOWSHIP
Julie Walters
SPECIAL AWARD
Cilla Black
LEADING ACTOR
Sean Harris, Southcliffe – Channel 4
LEADING ACTRESS
Olivia Colman, Broadchurch – ITV
SUPPORTING ACTOR
David Bradley, Broadchurch – ITV
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sarah Lancashire, Last Tango In Halifax – BBC One
ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Ant And Dec, Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – ITV
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Katherine Parkinson, The IT Crowd – Channel 4
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Richard Ayoade, The IT Crowd – Channel 4
SINGLE DRAMA
Complicit, Guy Hibbert, Niall MacCormick, Kevin Toolis, Jolyon Symonds – Many River Films/Channel 4
MINI-SERIES
In The Flesh, Hilary Martin, Ann Harrison-Baxter, Dominic Mitchell, Jonny Campbell – BBC Drama Production Salford/BBC America/BBC Three
DRAMA SERIES
Broadchurch Production Team – Kudos and Imaginary Friends (a co-production)/ITV
SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA
Coronation Street, Production Team – ITV Studios/ITV
INTERNATIONAL
Breaking Bad, Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, George Mastras, Sam Catlin – High Bridge Productions, Inc. and Gran Via Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
FACTUAL SERIES
Bedlam, Production Team – The Garden Productions/Channel 4
SPECIALIST FACTUAL
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive 3D, David Attenborough, Anthony Geffen, Mike Davis, Dan Smith – Colossus Productions/Sky 3D
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
The Murder Trial, Nick Holt, Marina Parker, Kate Barker, Ben Brown – Windfall Films/ Channel 4
FEATURES
Long Lost Family, Duncan Coates, Kate Scholefield, Sally Benton, Leanne Klein – Wall To Wall Productions/ITV
REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
Gogglebox, Tania Alexander, Paul Broadbent, Chantal Boyle, Stephen Lambert – Studio Lambert/Channel 4
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Syria: Across The Lines (Dispatches), Chris Swayne, Eamonn Matthews, Olly Lambert – Quicksilver Productions/Channel 4
NEWS COVERAGE
ITV News At Ten: Woolwich Attacks, Production Team – ITN for ITV News/ITV
SPORT & LIVE EVENT
The Ashes 2013 – 1st Test, Day 5, Production Team – BSKYB, Sky Sports/Sky Sports 2
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Production Team – ITV Studios/Mitre TV Ltd/ITV
COMEDY AND COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
A League Of Their Own, Danielle Lux, Murray Boland, David Taylor, Jim Pullin – CPL Productions/Sky One
SITUATION COMEDY
Him & Her: The Wedding, Kenton Allen, Stefan Golaszewski, Lyndsay Robinson, Richard Laxton – Big Talk Productions/BBC Three
RADIO TIMES AUDIENCE AWARD (voted for by members of the public)
Doctor WHo: The Day Of The Doctor
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