Netflix drama Adolescence was the big winner at this year's BAFTA Television Awards, taking home four prizes on a night when Irish nominees missed out.
The series won Limited Drama, Leading Actor for Stephen Graham, Supporting Actor for Owen Cooper and Supporting Actress for Christine Tremarco.
Irish nominees included Cork broadcaster Graham Norton’s The Graham Norton Show, which had been shortlisted in the Entertainment category, and Dublin actor Philippa Dunne, who was nominated for Actress in a Comedy for Amandaland.
The Belfast-set police drama Blue Lights was also nominated for Drama Series, while Trespasses, based on Louise Kennedy’s acclaimed Northern Ireland-set novel, was in the running for Limited Drama.
However, the night belonged to Adolescence, which was the only programme to win four BAFTAs at the ceremony in London.
Graham, who co-created and starred in the series, won the final award of the ceremony and told the audience: "I’ve been nominated eight times and this is the first time I’ve won.
"Nice one BAFTA, this is lovely."
Reflecting on his own childhood, he said he had been inspired by watching Alan Bleasdale’s Scully and seeing actor Drew Schofield, who lived near his grandmother, on television.
"He showed me that I could be on the telly," Graham said.
"For any other young kid, no matter where you’re from, anything is possible."
Cooper won Supporting Actor for Adolescence and said: "A year ago I was presenting an award and now I’m collecting one. This is a bit mad."
He added: "In the words of John Lennon, you won’t get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it.
"So in my eyes I think you only need three things to succeed: one, you need an obsession; two, you need a dream; and three, you need The Beatles."
Tremarco, who won Supporting Actress for the drama, said she felt "so honoured to be part of Adolescence".
The Leading Actress BAFTA went to Narges Rashidi for her portrayal of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Prisoner 951.
Dedicating the award to Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family, Rashidi said: "Your resilience, your dignity, your love through impossible circumstances have moved us all.
"Your courage will stay with me for the rest of my life. This is for you."
Steve Coogan won Actor in a Comedy for How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) and pledged to keep playing the character.
"Doing comedy in these troubled times is so important," he said.
"It’s a privilege to make people laugh after all these years.
"If anyone wants to know when Alan Partridge is going to die, it’s about the same time that I am going to die."
Katherine Parkinson won Actress in a Comedy for Here We Go, while Amandaland took the Scripted Comedy prize.
The Celebrity Traitors won Reality and also picked up the P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award, the only prize voted for by the British public, for Alan Carr’s victory in the series.
Carr joked: "Was I good? Was I really? Or were the other celebrities just thick?"
Accepting the Reality award earlier in the night, host Claudia Winkleman said it was "such an honour" to be part of the show.
"This is absolutely for our extraordinary cast who played with dignity, gusto and their entire hearts and we love them," she said.
Last One Laughing won Entertainment, with Bob Mortimer also taking Entertainment Performance for the same show.
Code of Silence won Drama Series, while EastEnders won Soap for the second year in a row.
In factual categories, Grenfell: Uncovered won Single Documentary, See No Evil won Factual Series, and Go Back to Where You Came From won Factual Entertainment.
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which was commissioned by the BBC before being shelved and later aired by Channel 4, won Current Affairs.
Channel 4 News won News Coverage for Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War, while Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz won Specialist Factual.
The International award went to The Studio, while Crongton won Children’s: Scripted and World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates) won Children’s: Non-Scripted.
Mary Berry received the BAFTA Fellowship, the academy’s highest honour, in recognition of a television career spanning six decades.
Accepting the award from her former Great British Bake Off colleagues Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, she said: "I’m really bowled over by this accolade. I’m a cook, I’m a teacher, so I feel very honoured to be given BAFTA’s highest award."
Martin Lewis received the BAFTA Special Award in recognition of his television work and impact on British audiences.
The ceremony was hosted by Greg Davies at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London, with performances from Cat Burns and AURORA.
Source: Press Association
