It was a night of sweeping success for the BBC as the stars of British telly came together to celebrate the 63rd BAFTA Television Awards.

Despite a dominant nominations haul for Netflix’s The Crown, it was BBC One’s Happy Valley that took the plaudits as it walked away with two key prizes.

The second series of the hit crime drama from Sally Wainwright picked up the coveted Drama Series accolade ahead of The Crown and fellow BBC One programme War and Peace, while celebrated star Sarah Lancashire overcame stiff competition from Claire Foy to win the Leading Actress gong for her lauded turn as Yorkshire sergeant Catherine Cawood.

Despite impressing at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild earlier this year, The Crown failed to make a dent during last night’s ceremony and had to settle for just two successes from last week’s Craft Awards.

BBC One’s Damilola, Our Loved Boy, which focuses on the murder of ten-year-old Damilola Taylor, and his family’s fight for justice, picked up two major awards including the Single Drama accolade.

Additionally, cast member Wunmi Mosaku won the Supporting Actress prize for her portrayal of Damilola’s mother Gloria and dedicated her award to the Taylor family.

Meanwhile, history was made in the Leading Actor category, as Adeel Akhtar became the first non-white performer to win for his powerful performance as strict Muslim father Shahzad in the one-off drama Murdered by My Father.

Having overcome the likes of Robbie Coltrane (National Treasure) and Benedict Cumberbatch (The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses), Akhtar dedicated the award to his wife and nine-month-old child.

Elsewhere, Tom Hollander defeated The Crown duo Jared Harris and John Lithgow to win Supporting Actor for his colourful turn as Major “Corky” Lance Corkoran in BBC One’s The Night Manager, while the Channel 4 drama National Treasure deservedly clinched the Miniseries honour.

On the comedy front, there was a surprise result in the Scripted Comedy field as the pirate radio sitcom People Just Do Nothing edged out fellow BBC3 series Fleabag to persevere.

Despite her programme’s loss, Fleabag star and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge took home the Female Comedy Performance gong for her role as sex-obsessed singleton Fleabag, ahead of co-star Olivia Colman.

In a witty speech, Waller-Bridge said:

“I promised I wouldn’t say anything rude, but I have been wet-dreaming about getting a BAFTA my whole life.”

Most of all I want to thank my mother who said: ‘Darling, you can be anything you want to be as long as you’re outrageous.'”

Meanwhile, the Male Comedy Performance category saw Steve Coogan clinch yet another BAFTA for his reprised role as hapless Norwich presenter Alan Partridge in the one-off Sky Atlantic special Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle.

Elsewhere, ITV’s Emmerdale and the multi-award-winning miniseries The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story were the respective victors of the Soap & Continuing Drama and International honours, while Michael McIntyre picked up the Entertainment Performance prize for his work on Michael McIntyre’s Big Show.

It was also a special night for BBC One’s Planet Earth II as the acclaimed nature documentary nabbed Specialist Factual while the ‘Snakes v Iguana Chase’ was voted Virgin TV’s Must-See Moment ahead of popular sequences from Game of Thrones, Line of Duty and Strictly Come Dancing.

The other standout BAFTA wins were Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe (Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme), Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (Entertainment Programme), Hillsborough (Single Documentary), Who Do You Think you Are? (Features), Muslins Like Us (Reality and Constructed Factual), Victoria Derbyshire: Footballer’s Abuse (News Coverage) and The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration (Live Event).

Finally, actress and presenter Joanna Lumley was honoured with the prestigious BAFTA Fellowship for her contributions to the small-screen over many decades, including hit roles in Coronation Street (1973), The New Avengers (1976-77), Sapphire & Steel (1979-82), and Absolutely Fabulous (1992-2012).

The full list of major BAFTA winners are…

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Adeel Akhtar, MURDERED BY MY FATHER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Wunmi Mosaku, DAMILOLA, OUR LOVED BOY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Hollander, THE NIGHT MANAGER

BEST SCRIPTED COMEDY
PEOPLE JUST DO NOTHING

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, FLEABAG

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Steve Coogan, ALAN PARTRIDGE’S SCISSORED ISLE

BEST SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA
EMMERDALE

BEST INTERNATIONAL
THE PEOPLE V. O. J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY

BEST COMEDY AND COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
CHARLIE BROOKER’S 2016 WIPE

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Michael McIntyre, MICHAEL MCINTYRE’S BIG SHOW

BEST FACTUAL SERIES
EXODUS: OUR JOURNEY TO EUROPE

BEST SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
HILLSBOROUGH

BEST FEATURES
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

BEST REALITY AND CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
MUSLIMS LIKE US

BEST SPECIALIST FACTUAL
PLANET EARTH II

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS
TEENAGE PRISON ABUSE EXPOSED

BEST NEWS COVERAGE
VICTORIA DERBYSHIRE: FOOTBALLER’S ABUSE

BEST LIVE EVENT
THE QUEEN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

BEST SPORT
2016 RIO OLYMPICS

VIRGIN TV’S MUST-SEE MOMENTS (VOTED FOR BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC)
PLANET EARTH II (Snakes v Iguana chase)

Meanwhile, the BAFTA Craft winners can be found in the following link: https://awards.bafta.org/award/2017/tvcraft