"The four-part series where each episode was filmed in a single take won the award for best limited drama, while Stephen Graham, who co-created the show, took the best leading actor prize. Graham, who had been nominated eight times before, talked about being inspired by the TV show Scully as a child. For any other young kid, no matter where you're from, anything is possible. We're not saving lives, he said. But we have the opportunity to tell the human condition. And we have the obligation to tell beautiful stories."
"Owen Cooper, who became a household name for his performance as 13-year-old Jamie Miller, who is arrested for murdering a girl at his school, also bagged the best supporting actor award, while Christine Tremarco claimed the title of best supporting actress. While accepting his award, 16-year-old Cooper said: In the words of John Lennon, you won't get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it I think you only need three things to succeed in life: one, an obsession, two, a dream, and three, the Beatles. So thank you so much."
"Other winners on the night included the crime series Code of Silence for best drama and Narges Rashidi for best leading actress in Prisoner 951, the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the Briton imprisoned for six years in Iran. The documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack took the spoils in the current affairs category."
"The film was picked up by Channel 4 after first being commissioned by the BBC, then dropped over impartiality fears, which sparked uproar from within the corporation and the wider media. Ramita Navai, the film's reporter, criticised the BBC and paid tribute to the 1,700 Palestinian doctors and healthcare workers killed by I"
Adolescence won best limited drama at the Bafta TV awards, with each of its four episodes filmed in a single take. Stephen Graham, co-creator of the series, won best leading actor. Owen Cooper won best supporting actor for playing 13-year-old Jamie Miller, who is arrested for murdering a girl at his school. Christine Tremarco won best supporting actress. Narges Rashidi won best leading actress for Prisoner 951, a story about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Code of Silence won best drama. Gaza: Doctors Under Attack won the current affairs category after commissioning by the BBC, later dropped over impartiality concerns, and drew criticism and tributes to Palestinian healthcare workers killed in Gaza.
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