Celebrity Traitors scoops top Bafta after record-breaking 15,400,000 viewers ahead of season 2

The Bafta TV awards are here for another year, and it is already proving to be a doozy.

It’s been a stacked year of British and global TV with mammoth hits, media personalities, creatives, and actors all hoping to get their hands on one of the biggest awards of the season.

This year’s nominees included award season darling Adolescence, in all the major categories, hit reality shows like Last One Laughing and TV shows such as Blue Lights, A Thousand Blows, and The White Lotus, all dominating the lists.

As might be expected, Adolescence has picked up the top awards, including for limited drama and supporting actor, where 16-year-old Owen Cooper added another award to his collection.

And, with the night still young, Celebrity Traitors is already reaping the rewards of its mega-success after it broke viewership records last autumn with a whopping 15.4million viewers for season one.

With the star-studded second season kicking off filming in Scotland just this week, the BBC series scooped up the prize for best reality show, beating out The Jury: Murder Trial, Squid Game: The Challenge, Squid Game: The Challenge.

In the acceptance speech for best reality show, Claudia said: ‘Bafta, thank you so, so much for this. This is unbelievable.

‘Thank you to every single person who works on the show. It is such an honour to be part of this extraordinary show.

‘This is absolutely for our extraordinary cast who played with dignity, gusto and their entire hearts, and we love them.’

Alan has also scooped up the audience-voted prize for memorable moment for his epic Traitors win.

‘It was Nick (Mohammed) who made me cry – we were round that round table and he went, ‘We’ve got this’, and I was like, ‘No, I’ve got this’.

‘When I laughed in their faces and went “I’m a faithful”, I was packing my bags. But I had the best time ever.’

Referring to the cast filming the second series in Scotland, he said: ‘I’m so jealous of all the celebs up there doing it, I wish I could do it all again.

‘Sometimes when I’m a bit sad I remember the laughter. I can even smell Celia’s fart.

‘I dedicate this to Paloma (Faith), there is no-one else I would rather murder than you.’

No doubt it will have high hopes for the other categories as well, including a win for the face of the show, Claudia Winkleman.

Meanwhile, accepting his latest major award, Wuthering Heights star Owen said: ‘Wow, it’s heavy that, to be fair.

‘A year ago I was presenting an award and now I’m collecting one. This is a bit mad.”

He added: ‘In the words of John Lennon, you won’t get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it.

‘So in my eyes I think you only need three things to succeed: one, you need an obsession; two, you need a dream; and, three, you need The Beatles.’

Other winners from the night – hosted by Gregg Davies – have included Katherine Parkinson for Here We Go and Steve Coogan for How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge).

Meanwhile, after a standout first season, hit Motherland spin-off Amandaland secured best scripted comedy, with season two already raking in rave reviews.

The Bafta TV Awards will broadcast on BBC One from 7pm tonight.

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