BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Complete List

Upon receiving the award for best drama series, helmer Peter Kosminsky attacked the U.K. government’s treatment of the BBC, warning that its future was “under threat, make no mistake about that.”

British comedian Peter Kay snapped up the award for best male comedy performance for his laffer “Peter Kay’s Car Share” as well as the BAFTA for scripted comedy.

The ceremony, which was hosted by Graham Norton, saw BBC2’s “Wolf Hall” win best drama series as well as leading actor for Mark Rylance’s depiction of Thomas Cromwell’s rise to power through Henry VIII’s royal court.