BAFTA 2023 Television Awards winners list in full: Derry Girls, Kate Winslet, and The Traitors win big

Kate Winslet at the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards
(Image credit: Getty Images for BAFTA)

It's been a glamorous night at the BAFTA 2023 Television Awards. Everyone from (deep breath) Claudia Winkleman to Kate Winslet to Gary Oldman to David Tennant were in attendance at the Royal Festival Hall, and it was a great night for I Am... Ruth, The Traitors, Derry Girls, and Bad Sisters, with all winning two awards each. 

We've rounded up all the wins from the night below, so you can get up to speed on the BAFTA 2023 Television Awards at a glance. Plus, we were on the ground to watch all the stars arrive and hear them celebrate their wins as the ceremony progressed. So, for even more, head to the Total Film Twitter and Instagram for all the updates from the red carpet and the winners' press conference. 

The BAFTA Television Awards 2023 Winners List In Full

The Traitors at the BAFTAs

(Image credit: Getty Images for BAFTA)

Drama Series

  • Bad Sisters WINNER
  • The Responder
  • Sherwood
  • Somewhere Boy

Mini-Series

  • A Spy Among Friends
  • Mood WINNER
  • The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
  • This Is Going to Hurt

International Show

  • The Bear (Disney Plus)
  • Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix) WINNER
  • Wednesday (Netflix)
  • Oussekine (Itineraire)
  • Pachinko (Apple TV Plus)
  • The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)

Leading Actress

  • Billie Piper – I Hate Suzie Too (Sky Atlantic)
  • Imelda Staunton – The Crown (Netflix)
  • Kate Winslet – I Am Ruth (Channel 4) WINNER
  • Maxine Peake – Anne (Channel 4)
  • Sarah Lancashire – Julia (Sky Atlantic)
  • Vicky McClure – Without Sin (ITVX)

Leading Actor

  • Ben Whishaw – This is Going to Hurt (BBC One) WINNER
  • Chaske Spencer – The English (BBC Two)
  • Chaske Spencer – The English (BBC Two)
  • Cillian Murphy – Peaky Blinders (BBC One)
  • Gary Oldman – Slow Horses (Apple TV Plus)
  • Martin Freeman – The Responder (BBC One)
  • Taron Egerton – Black Bird (Apple TV Plus)

Female Performance In A Comedy Programme

  • Daisy May Cooper – Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One)
  • Diane Morgan – Cunk on Earth (BBC Two)
  • Lucy Beaumont – Meet the Richardsons (Dave)
  • Natasia Demetriou – Ellie & Natasia (BBC Three)
  • Siobhán McSweeney – Derry Girls (Channel 4) WINNER
  • Taj Atwal – Hullraisers (Channel 4)

Male Performance In A Comedy Programme

  • Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)
  • Jon Pointing – Big Boys (Channel 4)
  • Josept Gilgun – Brassic (Sky Max)
  • Lenny Rush – Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One) WINNER
  • Matt Berry – What We Do In The Shadows (Disney Plus)
  • Stephen Merchant – The Outlaws (BBC One)

Supporting Actor

  • Adeel Akhtar – Sherwood (BBC One)
  • Jack Lowden – Slow Horses (Apple TV Plus)
  • Josh Finan – The Responder (BBC One)
  • Salim Daw – The Crown (Netflix)
  • Samuel Bottomley – Somewhere Boy (Channel 4)
  • Will Sharpe – The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)

Supporting Actress

  • Adelayo Adedayo – The Responder (BBC One)
  • Anne-Marie Duff – Bad Sisters (Apple TV Plus) WINNER
  • Fiona Shaw – Andor (Disney Plus)
  • Jasmine Jobson – Top Boy (Netflix)
  • Lesley Manville – Sherwood (BBC One)
  • Saffron Hocking – Top Boy (Netflix)

Reality And Constructed Factual

  • Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams (BBC One)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race UK (BBC Three)
  • The Traitors (BBC One) WINNER
  • We Are Black and British (BBC Two)

Entertainment Programme

  • Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
  • Later … With Jools Holland (BBC Two)
  • The Masked Singer (ITV) WINNER
  • Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

Entertainment Performance

  • Big Zuu – Big Zuu's Big Eats (Dave)
  • Claudia Winkleman – The Traitors (BBC One) WINNER
  • Lee Mack – The 1% Club (ITV1)
  • Mo Gilligan – The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan (Channel 4)
  • Rosie Jones – Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard (Channel 4)
  • Sue Perkins – Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal (Netflix)

Specialist Factual

  • Aids: The Unheard Tapes (BBC Two)
  • The Green Planet (BBC One)
  • How to Survive a Dictator With Munya Chawawa (Channel 4)
  • Russia 1985-1999: Traumazone (iPlayer) WINNER

Current Affairs

  • Afghanistan: No Country for Women: Exposure (ITV1)
  • Children of the Taliban (Channel 4) WINNER
  • The Crossing: Exposure (ITV1)
  • Mariupol: The People's Story – Panorama (BBC One)

Scripted Comedy

  • Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One)
  • Big Boys (Channel 4)
  • Derry Girls (Channel 4) WINNER
  • Ghosts (BBC One)

Comedy Entertainment Programme

  • Friday Night Live (Channel 4) WINNER
  • The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
  • Taskmaster (Channel 4)
  • Would I Lie To You? (BBC One)

Short Form Programme

  • Always, Asifa (Together TV)
  • Biscuitland (All 4)
  • How to Be A Person (E4) WINNER
  • Kingpin Cribs (YouTube/Channel 4)

Factual Series

  • Jeremy Kyle Show: Death on Daytime (Channel 4)
  • Libby, Are You Home Yet? (Sky Crime) WINNER
  • Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (Netflix)
  • Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing (ITV1)

Features

  • Big Zuu's Big Eats (Dave)
  • Joe Lycett Vs Beckham: Got Your Back (Channel 4)
  • The Martin Lewis Money Show Live (ITV1)
  • The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan (BBC Two)

Live Event

  • Concert for Ukraine (ITV1)
  • Platinum Jubilee: Party at the Palace (BBC One) WINNER
  • The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II (BBC One)

News Coverage

  • BBC News at 10: Russia Invades Ukraine (BBC One)
  • Channel 4 News: Live in Kyiv (Channel 4)
  • Good Morning Britain: Boris Johnson Interview (ITV1)

Single Documentary

  • Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (Sky Documentaries)
  • Escape from Kabul Airport (BBC Two)
  • Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story (BBC Two)
  • The Real Mo Farah (BBC One) WINNER

Single Drama

  • I Am Ruth (Channel 4) WINNER
  • The House (Netflix)
  • Life and Death in the Warehouse (BBC Three)

Soap & Continuing Drama

  • Casualty (BBC One)
  • EastEnders (BBC One)
  • Emmerdale (ITV1)

Sport

  • Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games (BBC One)
  • UEFA Women's Euro 2022 (BBC One) WINNER 
  • Wimbledon 2022 (BBC One)

Daytime In 2023

  • Scam Interceptors
  • The Chase
  • The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit WINNER

Memorable Moment

  • Derry Girls
  • Heartstopper
  • Platinum Jubilee – Party at the Palace (Paddington Sketch) WINNER
  • Stranger Things
  • The Real Mo Farah 
  • The Traitors

That's a wrap on the BAFTA Television Awards 2023! You can fill out your watchlist with our guide to the best Netflix shows streaming now. 

Molly Edwards
Senior Entertainment Writer

I'm a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English. 

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