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The series took the Best Drama prize, and its leading actress
Sarah Lancashire also pipped "The Crown" star Claire Foy to the
best actress award at the British Academy of Film and Television
Arts awards.
The Netflix royal drama had been nominated for five awards, but
failed to pick any up on the night, with actors John Lithgow,
Jared Harris and Vanessa Kirby losing out in their respective
acting categories.
U.S. actor Cuba Gooding Jr. was on hand to accept the
International award on behalf of "The People Vs. OJ Simpson:
American crime story," in which he played the title role,
beating out Netflix's critically-acclaimed "Stranger Things,"
and Amazon's "Transparent."
Adeel Akhtar took the honors for best actor in "Murdered By My
Father," a BBC drama focused on an honor killing in a
British-Asian family. He beat out competition from actors
Benedict Cumberbatch and Robbie Coltrane.
Actress Joanna Lumley accepted the BAFTA Fellowship award, a
prize for lifetime achievement, from her "Absolutely Fabulous"
co-star Jennifer Saunders, and delighted the crowd by briefly
slipping into her character from the show during her acceptance
speech.
Speaking to reporters on the red carpet before the event, Lumley
hailed the standards in the modern television industry.
"Terrific standards both in acting and production values and
everything so really thrilling - really, really good. It's just
that I think it's so diffused now, so spread out that sometimes
you go through rather sulkily going 'Oh there's nothing on
television tonight'. What? Look again," she said.
(Writing by Mark Hanrahan in London; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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