"Killing Eve" Wins Big At British TV Awards
Actress Jodie Comer poses for photographers on arrival at the 2019 BAFTA Television Awards in London, Sunday, May 12, 2019. Comer won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her performance as Villanelle in "Killing Eve." (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)
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Sharp-edged spy thriller “Killing Eve” has won three major trophies at the British Academy Television Awards, including best drama series.

Jodie Comer was named best actress for her performance as ruthless assassin Villanelle. She beat co-star Sandra Oh, who plays Villanelle’s secret-agent nemesis Eve.

Fiona Shaw was named best supporting actress on Sunday for playing a spy chief in the BBC series.

The show’s creator, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, thanked her cast “for taking risks. Jodie Comer almost swallowed a wasp in Tuscany. It was a really edgy moment that we did capture on camera.”

Benedict Cumberbatch was named best actor in a drama for playing a man confronting a lifetime of demons in “Patrick Melrose.”

The supporting actor trophy went to Ben Whishaw for political drama “A Very English Scandal.”

Here’s a rundown of the British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards recipients:

Virgin Media British Academy Television Award Winners

COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN David Taylor, Jack Shillaker, Ish Kalia, Murray Boland - CPL Productions / Sky One

CURRENT AFFAIRS
MYANMAR’S KILLING FIELDS (DISPATCHES) Evan Williams, Patrick Wells, Eve Lucas, Dan Edge - Evan Williams Productions / Mongoose Pictures / Channel 4

DRAMA SERIES
KILLING EVE Production Team - Sid Gentle Films / BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
LEE MACK Would I Lie To You? - Zeppotron / BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM (given in honor of Lew Grade)
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT Charlie Irwin, Amelia Brown, Nigel Hall, Dawn Gray – Thames / Syco Production / ITV

FACTUAL SERIES
LOUIS THEROUX’S ALTERED STATES Production Team - BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit / BBC Two

FEATURES
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Colette Flight, Sarah Feltes, Anna Kirkwood, David Vincent - Wall to Wall Media / BBC One

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM
JESSICA HYNES There She Goes – Merman / BBC Four

INTERNATIONAL
SUCCESSION Production Team - HBO Entertainment / Project Zeus / Gary Sanchez Productions / Sky Atlantic

LEADING ACTOR
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Patrick Melrose - Two Cities / SunnyMarch TV / Little Island Productions / Sky Atlantic

LEADING ACTRESS
JODIE COMER Killing Eve - Sid Gentle Films / BBC One

LIVE EVENT
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE Production Team - BBC Studios / BBC One

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM
STEVE PEMBERTON Inside No. 9 - BBC Studios / BBC Two

MINI-SERIES
PATRICK MELROSE Production Team - Two Cities / SunnyMarch TV / Little Island Productions / Sky Atlantic

NEWS COVERAGE
CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA UNCOVERED Production Team – ITN / Channel 4

REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! Production Team - ITV Studios / ITV

SCRIPTED COMEDY
SALLY4EVER Production Team - Various Artists / Hush Ho Productions / Sky Atlantic

SHORT FORM PROGRAM
MISSED CALL Production Team – Field Day Productions / Little Dot Studios / Real Stories

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY (given in honor of Robert Flaherty)
GUN NO. 6 James Newton, Zac Beattie, Georgina Cammalleri, Rupert Houseman - The Garden Productions / BBC Two

SINGLE DRAMA
KILLED BY MY DEBT Joseph Bullman, Tahsin Guner, Chris Clough, Aysha Rafaele - BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit / BBC Three

SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA
EASTENDERS Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One

SPECIALIST FACTUAL (given in honor of Huw Wheldon)
SUFFRAGETTES WITH LUCY WORSLEY Production Team - Brook Lapping / BBC One

SPORT
2018 WORLD CUP QUARTER FINAL: ENGLAND v SWEDEN Production Team - BBC Sport / BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEN WHISHAW A Very English Scandal - Blueprint Pictures / BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
FIONA SHAW Killing Eve - Sid Gentle Films / BBC One

VIRGIN MEDIA’S MUST-SEE MOMENT (voted for by the public)
BODYGUARD Julia Montague assassinated – World Productions / BBC One
 

British Academy Television Craft Awards - The Winners

BREAKTHROUGH TALENT
AKEMNJI NDIFORNYEN (Composer, Producer and Writer) Famalam – BBC Studios / BBC Three

COSTUME DESIGN 
SUZANNE CAVE A Very English Scandal – Blueprint Pictures/BBC One

DIRECTOR: FACTUAL
BEN ANTHONY Grenfell – Minnow Films / BBC One

DIRECTOR: FICTION 
STEPHEN FREARS A Very English Scandal – Blueprint Pictures / BBC One

DIRECTOR: MULTI-CAMERA
BARBARA WILTSHIRE Inside No.9 Live: Dead Line – BBC Studios / BBC Two

EDITING: FACTUAL
WILL GILBEY Bros: After the Screaming Stops – Fulwell 73 / BBC Four

EDITING: FICTION
PIA DI CIAULA A Very English Scandal – Blueprint Pictures / BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT CRAFT TEAM 
NIGEL CATMUR, DAVID COLE, KATE DAWKINS, KEVIN DUFF The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance – BBC Studios / BBC One

MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN 
VICKIE LANG Vanity Fair – Mammoth Screen / ITV

ORIGINAL MUSIC
DAVID HOLMES, KEEFUS CIANCIA Killing Eve – Sid Gentle Films / BBC One

PHOTOGRAPHY: FACTUAL 
LINDSAY McCRAE Dynasties: Emperor – BBC Studios / BBC One

PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION
WOO-HYUNG KIM The Little Drummer Girl – The Ink Factory / 127 Wall / BBC / AMC / BBC One

PRODUCTION DESIGN
TOM BURTON Patrick Melrose - Two Cities / SunnyMarch / Little Island Productions / Sky Atlantic

SOUND: FACTUAL
SOUND TEAM Later Live…with Jools Holland – BBC Studios / BBC Two

SOUND: FICTION
SOUND TEAM Killing Eve – Sid Gentle Films / BBC One

SPECIAL, VISUAL & GRAPHIC EFFECTS
ADAM McINNES, JOHN SMITH, KEVIN HORSEWOOD Troy: Fall of a City – Wild Mercury / Kudos / BBC One

TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY
SMITH & FOULKES, MARK ROALFE ‘The Fearless Are Here’- The 2018 Winter Olympics - BBC Sport / Nexus Studios / Y&R / BBC One

WRITER: COMEDY
DAISY MAY COOPER, CHARLIE COOPER This Country – BBC Studios / BBC Three

WRITER: DRAMA
DAVID NICHOLLS Patrick Melrose - Two Cities / SunnyMarch / Little Island Productions / Sky Atlantic

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