2025 BAFTA TV Awards: ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office,’ Marisa Abela, Jessica Gunning Share Top Wins

The 2025 BAFTA TV Awards were held last night where first time nominees Marisa Abela, who won the Leading Actress award for her performance in Industry; and Jessica Gunning won Supporting Actress for her performance in Baby Reindeer.

Mr Bates vs The Post Office won Limited Drama, besting Baby Reindeer; Blue Lights won Drama Series; and EastEnders won Soap & Continuing Drama. EastEnders had previously been presented with a BAFTA Special Award at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards last month.

Lennie James won Leading Actor and Ariyon Bakare won Supporting Actor, both first-time BAFTA winners, for the drama Mr Loverman. In the Female Performance in a Comedy category, Ruth Jones won her first TV Awards BAFTA for Gavin & Stacey: The Finale. First-time BAFTA nominee Danny Dyer won Male Performance in a Comedy Program for his role in Mr Bigstuff.

Shōgun was the winner for international series.

This year BAFTA introduced two new categories celebrating the best of children’s television.  Children’s: Scripted was won by CBeebies As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe; and Disability and Me (FYI Investigates) won for Children’s: Non-Scripted.

The P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award, the only award at tonight’s ceremony to be voted for by the public, was won by Strictly Come Dancing.

The Television Special Award was presented by Baroness Floella Benjamin to ITV for their commissioning of Mr Bates vs The Post Office.

The Fellowship was presented by the host Alan Cumming to broadcaster Kirsty Wark for her “unwavering dedication and unmatched legacy in the world of news and current affairs broadcasting.”

Here is the complete list of BAFTA TV winners from last night and craft winners from last week.

Leading Actress: Marisa Abela – Industry

Leading Actor: Lennie James – Mr Loverman

Supporting Actor: Ariyon Bakare – Mr Loverman

Supporting Actress: Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer

Female Performance in a Comedy: Ruth Jones – Gavin and Stacey: The Finale

Male Performance in a Comedy: Danny Dyer – Mr Bigstuff

Drama Series: Blue Lights

Limited Drama: Mr Bates Vs The Post Office

Writer, Comedy: Alma’s Not Normal

Soap: EastEnders

Factual Entertainment: Rob And Rylan’s Grand Tour

Entertainment Performance: Late Night Lycett

Entertainment Program Would I Lie To You?

Reality: The Jury: Murder Trial

Daytime: Clive Myrie’s Caribbean Adventure

International: Shōgun

Live Event Coverage: Glastonbury 2024

Current Affairs:

State of Rage Single Documentary:

Ukraine: Enemy In The Woods

Factual Series: To Catch A Copper

Specialist Factual: Atomic People

News Coverage: BBC Breakfast: Post Office Special

Sports Coverage: Paris 2024 Olympics

Memorable Moment: Strictly Come Dancing – Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell Waltz to You’ll Never Walk Alone

Short Form: Quiet Life

Fellowship: Kirsty Wark

Children’s Craft Team
The Velveteen Rabbit

Costume Design
Eric

Director: Factual
Charlie Hamilton James, Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story

Director: Fiction
Weronika Tofilska, Baby Reindeer

Director: Multi-Camera
Janet Fraser Crook, Glastonbury 2024

Editing: Factual
Life and Death in Gaza

Editing: Fiction
Slow Horses (Episode 1)

Emerging Talent: Factual
Jaber Badwan (Director of Photography), Kill Zone: Inside Gaza

Emerging Talent: Fiction
Lucia Keskin (Writer), Things You Should Have Done

Entertainment Craft Team
Taskmaster

Make Up & Hair Design
Rivals

Original Music: Factual
Rage Against the Regime: Iran

Original Music: Fiction
Bad Sisters

Photography: Factual
State of Rage

Photography and Lighting: Fiction
Shōgun (Disney+)

Production Design
Rivals

Scripted Casting
Supacell (Netflix)

Sound: Factual
Secret World of Sound With David Attenborough

Sound: Fiction
Slow Horses

Special, Visual and Graphic Effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Titles and Graphic Identity
Sweetpea

Writer: Comedy
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, Inside No. 9

Writer: Drama
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer