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 Fans ‘seething’ as Happy Valley ‘robbed’ after Top Boy wins Best Drama award at BAFTAs

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Updated 22:16 12 May 2024 GMT+1Published 20:39 12 May 2024 GMT+1

Fans ‘seething’ as Happy Valley ‘robbed’ after Top Boy wins Best Drama award at BAFTAs

Some people were not happy with the results

Rhiannon Ingle

Rhiannon Ingle

Fans have been left absolutely 'seething' believing Happy Valley was 'robbed' at the TV BAFTAs tonight (12 May).

From Joe Lycett's Queen Elizabeth I getup to Hannah Waddingham's iconic response to losing to Strictly Come Dancing in the Best Entertainment Programme category - it's clear we've already seen a whole bunch of celebrity buzz online during the star-studded event.

And the latest sees viewers rushing to social media to share their outrage at BBC's Happy Valley losing the Best Drama Series award to Netflix's beloved Top Boy series and they've not held back.

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Fans have hit out at Happy Valley losing to Top Boy for Best Drama Series. (BBC)
Fans have hit out at Happy Valley losing to Top Boy for Best Drama Series. (BBC)

One X user penned: "Happy Valley not winning Best Drama is the biggest travesty since Glen Close lost out to Cher for an Oscar!!"

"I expected Happy Valley to win. It’s my winner anyway #BAFTAs," hit out a second, while a third slammed: "#BAFTAs what????? Happy Valley was the best thing on TV last year!"

And a final user added: "Proper seething that #happyvalley didn’t win! #BAFTAs."

Though fans of the Netflix show were buzzing at the result.

One wrote: "Top Boy winning at the BAFTA’s is the most deserved gong. The best drama I’ve seen on TV for a very long time."

Another added: "Seeing Top Boy win Best Drama at the BAFTAs has made my day!!"

However, Happy Valley fans will be pleased to know that Sarah Lancashire did go on to win the award for Best Leading Actress.

One person called Happy Valley 'the best thing on TV last year'. (BBC)
One person called Happy Valley 'the best thing on TV last year'. (BBC)

The full list of nominees and winners from tonight's TV BAFTAs are as follows:

Comedy entertainment programme

The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)

Late Night Lycett (Channel 4)

Rob & Romesh Vs... (Sky Max) - WINNER

Would I Lie To You? (BBC One)

Current affairs

Inside Russia: Traitors And Heroes (BBC Four)

Putin vs the West (BBC Two)

Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Channel 4)

The Shamima Begum Story (BBC Two) - WINNER

Daytime

Loose Women and Men (ITV1)

Lorraine (ITV1)

Make It at Market (BBC One)

Scam Interceptors (BBC One) - WINNER

Drama series

The Gold (BBC One)

Happy Valley (BBC One)

Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

Top Boy (Netflix) - WINNER

Entertainment programme

Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas (Apple TV+)

Later… with Jools Holland (BBC Two)

Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC One)

Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) - WINNER

Entertainment performance

Ant & Dec - 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 Content 2023 (BBC One)

Joe Lycett - Late Night Lycett (Channel 4) - WINNER

Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan - Rob & Romesh Vs... (Sky Max)

Factual entertainment

Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC One) - WINNER

The Dog House (Channel 4)

Endurance: Race to the Pole (Channel 5)

Portrait Artist of the Year (Sky Arts)

Factual series

Dublin Narcos (Sky Documentaries)

Evacuation (Channel 4)

Lockerbie (Sky Documentaries) - WINNER

Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (BBC Two)

Female performance in a comedy

Bridget Christie - The Change (Channel 4)

Gbemisola Ikumelo - Black Ops (BBC One) - WINNER

Máiréad Tyers - Extraordinary (Disney+)

Roisin Gallagher - The Lovers (Sky Atlantic)

Sofia Oxenham - Extraordinary (Disney+)

Taj Atwal - Hullraisers (Channel 4)

International

The Bear (Disney+)

Beef (Netflix)

Class Act (Netflix) - WINNER

The Last of Us (Sky Atlantic)

Love & Death (ITVX)

Succession (Sky Atlantic)

Leading actor

Brian Cox - Succession (Sky Atlantic)

Dominic West - The Crown (Netflix)

Kane Robinson - Top Boy (Netflix)

Paapa Essiedu - The Lazarus Project (Sky Max)

Steve Coogan - The Reckoning (BBC One)

Timothy Spall - The Sixth Commandment (BBC One) - WINNER

Leading actress

Anjana Vasan - Black Mirror's Demon 79 (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) - WINNER

Sharon Horgan - Best Interests (BBC One)

Limited drama

Best Interests (BBC One)

Black Mirror's Demon 79 (Netflix)

The Long Shadow (ITV1)

The Sixth Commandment (BBC One) - WINNER

Live event coverage

Coronation Concert (BBC One)

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (BBC One) - WINNER

Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance (BBC One)

Male performance in a comedy

Adjani Salmon - Dreaming Whilst Black (BBC Three)

David Tennant - Good Omens (Prime Video)

Hammed Animashaun - Black Ops (BBC One)

Jamie Demetriou - A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou (Netflix)

Joseph Gilgun - Brassic (Sky Max)

Mawaan Rizwan - Juice (BBC Three) - WINNER

News coverage

Inside Gaza: Israel and Hamas at War (Channel 4) - WINNER

Inside Myanmar: The Hidden War (Sky News)

Israel-Hamas War (Sky News)

Reality

Banged Up (Channel 4)

Married at First Sight UK (E4)

My Mum, Your Dad (ITV1)

Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix) - WINNER

Scripted comedy

Big Boys (Channel 4)

Dreaming Whilst Black (BBC Three)

Extraordinary (Disney+)

Such Brave Girls (BBC Three) - WINNER

Short form

Mobility (BBC Three) - WINNER

The Skewer: Three Twisted Years (BBC iPlayer)

Stealing Ukraine’s Children: Inside Russia’s Camps (Vice News)

Where It Ends (BBC Three)

Single documentary

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (Sky Documentaries)

Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family (ITV1) - WINNER

Hatton (Sky Crime)

Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris (Netflix)

Soap

Casualty (BBC One) - WINNER

EastEnders (BBC One)

Emmerdale (ITV1)

Specialist factual

Chimp Empire (Netflix)

The Enfield Poltergeist (Apple TV+)

Forced Out (Sky Documentaries)

White Nanny, Black Child (Channel 5) - WINNER

Sports coverage

Cheltenham Festival Day One (ITV1) - WINNER

MOTD Live: FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 (BBC One)

Wimbledon 2023 Men’s Final (BBC One)

Supporting actor

Amit Shah - Happy Valley (BBC One)

Éanna Hardwicke - The Sixth Commandment (BBC One)

Harris Dickinson - A Murder at the End of the World (Disney+)

Jack Lowden - Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

Matthew Macfadyen - Succession (Sky Atlantic) - WINNER

Salim Daw - The Crown (Netflix)

Supporting actress

Elizabeth Debicki - The Crown (Netflix)

Harriet Walter - Succession (Sky Atlantic)

Jasmine Jobson - Top Boy (Netflix) - WINNER

Lesley Manville - The Crown (Netflix)

Nico Parker - The Last of Us (Sky Atlantic)

Siobhan Finneran - Happy Valley (BBC One)

Memorable moment award

Beckham - David teases Victoria about her ‘work class’ upbringing (Netflix)

Doctor Who - Ncuti Gatwa being revealed as the 15th Doctor (BBC One)

Happy Valley - Catherine Cawed and Tommy Lee Royce’s final kitchen showdown (BBC One) - WINNER

The Last of Us - Bill and Frank’s Story (Sky Atlantic)

The Piano - 13-year-old Lucy stuns commuters with performance (Channel 4)

Succession - Logan Roy’s death (Sky Atlantic)

Featured Image Credit: BBC

Topics: Baftas, Celebrity, TV And Film, UK News, Netflix, BBC

Rhiannon Ingle
Rhiannon Ingle

Rhiannon Ingle is a Senior Journalist at Tyla, specialising in TV, film, travel, and culture. A graduate of the University of Manchester with a degree in English Literature, she honed her editorial skills as the Lifestyle Editor of The Mancunian, the UK’s largest student newspaper. With a keen eye for storytelling, Rhiannon brings fresh perspectives to her writing, blending critical insight with an engaging style. Her work captures the intersection of entertainment and real-world experiences.

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