The highly regarded best drama prize went to Netflix for its revival of Top Boy, which had originally shown on Channel 4.
Happy Valley tried to overtake it, but the drama managed to win both the memorable moment award and best actress for Sarah Lancashire.
Additionally, Baroness Floella Benjamin and daytime TV sensation Lorraine Kelly received special prizes.
The actor from Happy Valley praised the news “for giving this very British drama a very British home.”
Pictured: The red carpet at the Baftas
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She hailed the “formidable cast and crew” of the program and described receiving the prize as “an honour”.
The actress gave writer and creator Sally Wainwright an homage. “I shall forever be grateful to you for this opportunity,” she declared.
