Billie Piper, Kate Winslet, Tess Daly and Emma Willis lead BAFTA TV Awards arrivals

London’s Royal Festival Hall provided the glamorous backdrop as the great and the good of British TV and film converged for the annual British Academy Television Awards with P&O Cruises on Sunday evening. 

Making an early entrance at the Southbank venue, Kate Winslet, Billie Piper, Tess Daly and Emma Willis looked appropriately glamorous as they posed for photos on the red carpet. 

The stars were among the first arrivals on a busy night at the annual ceremony, and Billie ensured all eyes were on her as she slipped into a bold electric blue sequinned catsuit with matching heels.

The Doctor Who star, who is nominated for Best Actress for I Hate Suzy Too, sported her raven tresses in an edgy new hairstyle as she posed on the red carpet.

Hollywood star Kate, 47, looked elegant in a figure-hugging evening dress as she joined her daughter and co-star Mia Threapleton at the star-studded event.

The Hollywood actress, 47, who is nominated for Best Actress for drama I Am Ruth, in which she starred alongside her daughter, 22, slipped into a gorgeous black evening dress for the event. 

She looked sensational in the little black number which featured an asymmetrical highneck design and hugged every inch of her figure.

Meanwhile Mia, who’s father is Kate’s ex Jim Threapleton, opted for a plunging black silk jumpsuit with a large white sash. 

She was joined by Tess, who dazzled in a backless metallic gown with a highneck, scooping low back and floaty pleated skirt. 

The TV presenter, 54, styled her blonde hair into loose curls, added a dusting of gold eyeshadow and boosted her height with a pair of matching heels.

Emma Willis brought the glamour in a bold red gown with unusual silver ringed detailing which boasted a dramatic frilled layered skirt.

The presenter’s dress was adorned with unusual silver ringed embellishments, and she accessorised with matching scarlet heels. 

Joining her at the award ceremony, Vogue Williams, 37, looked sensational in a sheer lace gown with a plunging black bodice. 

The Irish model and media personality showed off the back of her gown and slicked her long blonde hair back into a neat ponytail. 

Elsewhere, Mollie King, 35, stunned in a shimmering, sheer gown with a corseted bodice, complete with daring opaque skirt.

Stepping out on to the red carpet Georgia Toffolo, 28, looked sensational in a red satin gown with a semi-sheer white lace bodice and puff sleeves. 

Featuring a plunging neckline the vintage-inspired number gathered under the bust with a red rose embellishment and fanned to the ground with a straight full length skirt. 

Catherine Tyldesley ensured she stood out in a sweeping ice blue gown with a voluminous  skirt and intricate floral detail throughout. 

The actress, 39, added to her dramatic look with delicate diamond earrings, while her hair was side-parted tightly pulled into a neat, conventional bun. 

Joining Catherine, presenter Vick Hope, 33 – who announced her engagement to DJ Calvin Harris last May – caught the eye in an equally stylish emerald green gown with a distinctive cut out chest panel that drew attention to her cleavage. 

Perhaps more noticeable than the dress, her glimmering engagement ring stood out beneath the red carpet lights as she greeted photographers outside the London venue. 

Meanwhile Clara, 38, turned heads in a multi-tiered red gown with a sweeping train and thigh-skimming hemline, a look she teamed with strappy black heels. 

Kate Winslet was awarded Best Actress for her critically-acclaimed performance in I Am Ruth, and during her speech she paid tribute to her co-star and daughter Mia Threapleton.

One of the big winners proved to be BBC’s runaway hit The Traitors, which scooped the Reality And Constructed Factual award, while host Claudia Winkleman won Entertainment Performance for fronting the show.

While Anne-Marie Duff was awarded Supporting Actress for Bad Sisters, the viewer-voted BAFTA for the The P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award was given the moment Paddington Bear enjoyed tea with The Queen during her Platinum Jubilee concert.

Ben, who won critical acclaim for his performance as NHS junior Adam Kay in This Is Going To Hurt, was awarded the Best Actor prize, beating out competition including Gary Oldman, Martin Freeman, Cillian Murphy and Chaske Spencer.

On stage, the actor, 42, said: ‘Oh goodness me, I really didn’t think that would happen and I love so much the actors in this category.’

Whishaw also said ‘everybody in the show is just mind-blowing’ and ‘most of all thank you, Adam Kay, for writing this wonderful role. I’m very humbled, and blessed.’

The medical drama is based on Kay’s book This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor which chronicles his work training to be a doctor in the NHS. 

The night also saw Sir Mo Farah win for his BBC One documentary The Real Mo Farah which revealed he had been illegally trafficked to the UK as a child.

Collecting the best single documentary prize, the four-time Olympic champion dedicated the award to ‘children who are being trafficked’.

In his speech, he said: ‘The kids have no say at all, they are just kids and no child should ever go through what I did, I hope my story shows they aren’t alone, we are in it together.’

The 40-year-old thanked the team at the BBC because it ‘wasn’t easy’ to film and he wouldn’t have been able to it ‘without them’, while his wife Tania Nell said it was the couples children who ’empowered’ them to tell the story.

At the start of the show, Siobhan McSweeney won her first BAFTA TV award for Best Female Performance in a comedy programme, for playing Sister Michael, the eye-rolling principal of the show’s Our Lady Immaculate College in the Channel 4 programme Derry Girls.

The reality and constructed factual award was given to psychological adventure show, The Traitors, and collecting the prize, presenter Claudia Winkleman, 51, said she and the team are ‘blown away by this, thank you so much’.

Things got even better for Claudia, as later that evening she received the Entertainment Performance award for hosting The Traitors.

Lenny Rush took home the award for Best Male Comedy Performance for his lauded performance in Am I Being Unreasonable?

Anne-Marie Duff won the Supporting Actress Award for the comedy Bad Sisters, said she was ‘completely shocked’ and thanked the cast and production team. 

It was a huge night for the Irish Apple TV+ drama, which also won the award for Drama Series. 

Adeel Akhtar received Best Supporting Actor for his role in Sherwood, and he thanked his mum for ‘smuggling’ him into youth theatre when his father wanted him to be a lawyer, and his wife who ‘seven years ago agreed to go on a date with me’, before referencing diversity and inclusion in his speech.

The BAFTAs also paid tribute to stars including talk show host Jerry Springer, Strictly Come Dancing’s Len Goodman and presenter and drag queen Paul O’Grady who have died over the last year.

Doctor Who actor Bernard Cribbins, comedian Barry Humphries, Hi-De-Hi! actress Ruth Madoc and Emmerdale star Dale Meeks were also named by the ceremony.

In a shocking upset, The Masked Singer beat Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and Strictly Come Dancing to win Best Entertainment Programme.

Presented by Doctor Who returnees David Tennant and Catherine Tate, Joe Lycett Vs Beckham: Got Your Back At Xmas won the TV Features award, thought the host was not present to accept,

The Memorable Moment TV BAFTA was given to Paddington Bear having tea with the late Queen during the Platinum Jubilee: Party At The Palace celebrations on the BBC.

The Daytime award was given to The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit which saw the King, then Prince of Wales, take part.

Comedy legend Meera Syla placed a Bindi on her Bafta Fellowship award after taking to the stage to accept the coveted honour.

The coveted BAFTA Fellowship was given to comedy legend Meera Syal for her illustrious career.