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.

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.’

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