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EXCLUSIVE: Anna Higgs has resigned from Casarotto Ramsay & Associates a year after being named as the British agency’s managing director. Higgs, who also serves as the BAFTA Film Committee chair, has left the business with immediate effect. Casarotto Ramsay’s clients include Steve McQueen, Chiwetel…

The spring sun blazed down on London's Royal Festival Hall for the BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday and the conditions were right for Baby Reindeer to bask in its success.  Richard Gadd's dazzling "true story" of his experience with an alleged stalker won't be eligible for prizes until next year, but he…

Lorraine Kelly received a special award at the 2024 BAFTA TV Awards, and Judi Love’s reaction to her acceptance speech went viral. After Kelly took the stage in London to receive her award, cameras cut to reactions from the public and caught the Loose Woman co-host rolling her eyes. “I’m on…

Fresh from winning her BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress, Top Boy star Jasmine Jobson said she is not done with playing Jaq Lawrence. Speaking at the winners’ press conference, Jaq told Deadline that she wanted to be part of a Top Boy spin-off series featuring her character. “Netflix…

UPDATED with complete winners list: Despite being up for four acting category awards, The Crown‘s final season left the BAFTA TV Awards empty handed tonight in London. Elizabeth Debicki, Lesley Manville, Salim Daw and Dominic West were all snubbed, as the the likes of Matthew Macfadyen, Jasmine…

Happy Valley‘s Sarah Lancashire today took home the BAFTA TV Award for Leading Actress for the second time. She beat the likes of Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us), Sharon Horgan (Best Interests) and Helena Bonham Carter (Nolly) to bag the final award of the evening. The award is Lancashire’s third…

Timothy Spall has won the BAFTA TV Award for Leading Actor this evening, beating out top-name competition. Spall emerged as the winner ahead of Brian Cox for Succession, Dominic West for The Crown, Kane Robinson for Top Boy, Papa Essiedu for The Lazarus Project and Steve Coogan for The…

Netflix drama Top Boy has beaten off competition from Apple TV+’s Slow Horses to win Best Drama Series at the BAFTA TV Awards. Also competing in the category were the BBC’s Happy Valley and The Gold, but Top Boy walked away with its second award of the night. Earlier in the evening, Jasmine Jobson…

EXCLUSIVE: The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant has reacted to news that the show is coming back in the U.S., joking that it could all be based on Zoom following the pandemic. Merchant was the creative force behind the UK Office alongside Ricky Gervais and will be an executive producer on the…

Squid Game — The Challenge has won the Reality category at the BAFTA TV Awards. The UK-produced Netflix show beat off competition from shows such as Banged Up and Married At First Sight. A competition version of Korean drama Squid Game, it pitted 456 payers against each other in a big to win a…

EXCLUSIVE: An unlikely dream contestant has emerged for The Traitors: Liz Truss. Stephen Lambert, executive producer of the hit BBC reality series, said the former UK prime minister would be a perfect candidate for the show. A celebrity version is all but confirmed for 2025 and Deadline asked…

Matthew Macfadyen has won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Succession. The star, who plays the scheming executive Tom Wambsgams in Jesse Armstrong’s HBO drama, has twice before the award, once for Succession in 2022 and also for Criminal Justice in 2010. He beat off…