BAFTA TV Awards 2024 RECAP: Happy Valley's Sarah Lancashire and Timothy Spall win best acting gongs while Top Boy scoops best drama as The Crown leaves empty handed despite EIGHT nominations

We are ending our live coverage here of the BAFTA TV awards on a night when Top Boy and Happy Valley were the big winners and The Crown failed to land a single award despite eight nominations.

But there remains plenty of content on the MailOnline website.

Here are some stories we have published tonight:

BAFTA TV Awards WINNERS: The Crown's Elizabeth Debicki MISSES OUT

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The hit Netflix series was up for eight BAFTA awards on Sunday but unfortunately came home empty handed.

The nominations included for Dominic West (who played King Charles); Elizabeth Debicki (Princess Diana); and Lesley Manville (Margaret).

However the series six stars missed out to Timothy Spall, The Sixth Commandment - BBC One, Jasmine Jobson, Top Boy - Netflix and Matthew Macfadyen, Succession - Sky Atlantic.

Leading Actress - Sarah Lancashire - Happy Valley

Leading Actor - Timothy Spall - The Sixth Commandment

Drama Series - Top Boy

Supporting Actress - Jasmine Jobson Top Boy

Supporting Actor - Matthew Macfadyen - Succession

Entertainment Show - Strictly Come Dancing

The hosts of tonight's BAFTA ceremony Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan have won the best comedy entertainment programme award for their Sky Max show Rob & Romesh Vs.

The pair were joined by producers when accepting the award and also thanked their wives even though Romesh quipped neither of them were 'massively supportive' which drew laughs from the audience.

The nominations were:

• The Graham Norton Show - BBC One
• Late Night Lycett - Channel 4
• Rob & Romesh Vs - Sky Max
• Would I Lie To You? - BBC One

Happy Valley has won one of the major BAFTA awards after landing most memorable moment for a tense confrontation in the series finale.

The emotional scenes showed characters Catherine Cawood, played by Sarah Lancashire, and Tommy Lee Royce, portrayed by James Norton, encounter one another in the detective's kitchen.

The award is the only one of the evening to be chosen by the public.

Nominations were:

• David Beckham teases Victoria about her "working class" upbringing - Netflix
• Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa revealed as the 15th Doctor - BBC One
• Happy Valley, Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce's final kitchen showdown - BBC One
• The Last of Us, Bill and Frank's Story - Sky Atlantic
• The Piano, 13-year-old Lucy stuns commuters with jaw dropping piano performance - Channel 4
• Succession, Logan Roy's death - Sky Atlantic

BAFTA shared a heartfelt video from Prince William who awarded Baroness Floella Benjamin the BAFTA Fellowship award.

The Prince of Wales said he was 'thrilled' to be a part of the ceremony to congratualte Benjamin.

Benjamin received tonight's BAFTA Fellowship - a lifetime achievement award given in recognition of 'outstanding achievement in the art forms of the moving image'.

Benjamin first appeared on our screens in the 1970s and is known for her various presenting roles of children's programmes such as Play School, Play Away, Jamboree and Fast Forward. She was

She was presented with the BAFTA by BBC News presenter Clive Myrie who paid tribute to her 'infectious smile, boundless energy and genuine affection for young viewers'.

Prince William sent a heartfelt video to Bejamin before she accepted the award.

Receiving the award, Benjamin said: 'I am so proud of my work for children. Childhood lasts a lifetime.'

The final award to be handed out this evening goes to Sarah Lancashire for her portrayal of Catherine Cawood in the BBC series Happy Valley.

Breaking into tears as she accepts her award, Lancashire says 'It's an honour, thank you,' and pays tribute to her fellow nominees.

She added: 'I feel priveldged to have been surrounded by these brilliant actors. And of cource thank you to my family and the BBC'.

Nominations were:

• Anjana Vasan, Demon 79 (Black Mirror) - Netflix
• Anne Reid, The Sixth Commandment - BBC One
• Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us - Sky Atlantic
• Helena Bonham Carter, Nolly - ITVX
• Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley - BBC One
• Sharon Horgan, Best Interests - BBC One

Timothy Spall has won the BAFTA award for best actor for his role as murder victim Peter Farquhar in The Sixth Commandment.

Mr Farquhar was murdered in Maids Moreton, a Buckinghamshire village, in 2015 by a churchwarden who went on to defraud the victim's elderly neighbour.

Accepting the award on stage, Spall said: 'The reality is sometimes you get a chance to play people that have had a terrible thing happen to them and all they wanted was love and it's a beautiful thing to be able to tell a story about something like that.

'This is a story about many things... terrible crimes... but it's also about love.'

Comedian Joe Lycett has won the BAFTA for best entertainment performance for his show Late Night Lycett.

Arriving at Royal Festival Hall dressed in a silver Queen Elizabeth I costume, he told the audience: 'I lost a bet'.

Nominations were:

• Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly, I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! - ITV1
• Big Zuu, Big Zuu's Big Eats - Dave
• Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show - BBC One
• Hannah Waddingham, Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - BBC One
• Joe Lycett, Late Night Lycett - Channel 4
• Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan, Rob & Romesh Vs - Sky Max