Adolescence dominates BAFTA TV ceremony in final awards season haul

It was another huge night for the drama that sparked a national conversation on misgogyny - Adolescence cleaning up at the BAFTA TV Awards.

After big wins at the Emmys and Golden Globes following its release last year, the Netflix show has now added several BAFTAs to the trophy cabinet - including best limited drama and acting prizes for stars Owen Cooper and Christine Tremarco, and star and co-creator Stephen Graham.

Other big BAFTA winners included The Celebrity Traitors, which took home two prizes - best reality show and most memorable moment - comedies including Amandaland, Last One Laughing and The Studio, while Code Of Silence was named best drama.

Steve Coogan - for How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge), Narges Rashidi - for Prisoner 951, and Katherine Parkinson - for Here We Go, also took home individual acting gongs.

But the night belonged to Adolescence.

"I've been nominated eight times and this is the first time I've won," Graham told the audience as he picked up the final award, for leading actor. "Nice one BAFTA, this is lovely."

He also had some advice for young hopefuls: "For any other young kid, wherever you're from, anything is possible."

The success started from the very first award, handed to the show's young star, Cooper.

"In the words of John Lennon, you won't get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it," he said during his speech.

"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."

Collecting her award, Tremarco added: "I feel so honoured to be part of Adolescence. I hold this BAFTA high."

The four wins come on top of two prizes for directing and sound at the BAFTA Craft Awards, held in April.

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Elsewhere, TV cook and former Great British Bake Off judge Dame Mary Berry was presented with the BAFTA fellowship, the organisation's highest honour.

The 91-year-old said she was "bowled over" by the accolade, saying it seemed like "no time ago when I left Bath High School with two O-levels in needlework and cookery".

She used her speech to praise the BBC, calling it "the broadcaster that we must cherish", and revealed her future plans.

"So what's next for me, at the age of 91?" she said. "I have just started my own YouTube channel. We shall see."

Financial journalist and broadcaster Martin Lewis also received a special award, acknowledged for his dedication to helping the nation learn about money and budgeting.

Other winners included the documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which was honoured with the current affairs prize.

The programme was originally commissioned by the BBC and then shelved due to impartiality concerns - but later aired by Channel 4.

In his speech, executive producer Ben De Pear thanked the journalists who made the film, then asked: "Finally, just a question for the BBC: Given you dropped our film, will you drop us from the BAFTA screening later tonight?"

The TV coverage of the awards was screened on BBC One from 7pm, with a delay of slightly more than two hours after the ceremony began, and De Pear's speech was included in the edit.

The BBC previously said it was "committed to covering the conflict in Gaza and has produced powerful coverage".

Historian Sir Simon Schama won the BAFTA for best specialist factual for The Road To Auschwitz. He said the award would mean "a lot to the Jewish community", and praised the BBC for being "brave enough" to commission it.

And in the children's categories, Crongton was named the best scripted show, while World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates) took the non-scripted prize.

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