2020 British Academy Television Awards

This led to the interesting acceptance speech of Naomi Ackie, whose immediate reaction was to text people while live on video call – something for which she was humorously berated by presenter Himesh Patel.

Other presenters at the ceremony included Aisling Bea, Greg Davies, Stacey Dooley, Jessica Hynes, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jeff Goldblum, Ruth Madeley, Paul Mescal, Chris O'Dowd, Billy Porter, Michael Sheen, Nina Sosanya, David Tennant, Kermit the Frog, and Miss Piggy.

[2][3][6][7] Rotten Tomatoes' editorial on the event wrote that the ceremony "held all the drama of regular awards shows, regardless of location, mostly due to some big surprises".

[8] Surprise results included both the Best Drama and Best Scripted Comedy winners: The End of the F***ing World won drama over favourite The Crown (both Netflix), while Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4) won comedy instead of the much-celebrated Fleabag (BBC Three).

Additionally, Phoebe Waller-Bridge lost Best Female Comedy Performance to her Fleabag co-star Sian Clifford.

[2][8] The two Fleabag stars watched the ceremony together at Waller-Bridge's house but separated on video for their nominations to prevent audio feedback.

The two wins on top of seven at the Craft Awards increased the show's BAFTA total to a new record of nine in one year.

The Best Actor winner for his role in Chernobyl, Jared Harris, said to reporters in the 'backstage' video call after his win: "[it is] incredibly generous of BAFTA, to award that many.

Best Actor award winner Jared Harris . In his acceptance speech, he said the first choice for his role had actually been Daniel Day-Lewis . [ 2 ]
Best Actress winner Glenda Jackson , photographed in 1971. Her previous BAFTA was awarded 27 years prior. [ 3 ]
Richard Ayoade hosted the ceremony; announced in May 2020, he joked that he was "as surprised as you are that this is still going ahead". [ 5 ]