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

Celebrity Traitors has had a fine start to the night (Picture: Jeff Spicer/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)

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.

The BBC reality series is proving it is a cultural mainstay (Picture: Jeff Spicer/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA) Elsewhere, Adolescence has kept up its winning streak, including for young breakout Owen Cooper (Picture: Jeff Spicer/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)

No doubt it will have high hopes for the other categories as well, including a nomination for the face of the show, Claudia Winkleman and Alan Carr’s epic win.

In the acceptance speech, 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.’

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

Katherine Parkinson won in one of the major award categories for best actress in a comedy (Picture: Getty)

‘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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