Netflix's East London gang drama, "Top Boy" (Netflix photo)
Netflix Wins 7 BAFTA TV Awards, Led by ‘Top Boy’ as ‘The Crown’ Final Season Fails to Win Single Award
May 13, 2024
Netflix led all streamers with seven BAFTA Television Award wins May 12 in London. The streamer had earned 36 BAFTA TV nominations across 15 series, second among all studios. Notably, the long-running royals drama, “The Crown,” didn’t win a single award despite receiving eight nominations for the show’s sixth and final season.
The streamer won the International award for “Class Act,” a miniseries about the late Bernard Tapie, a French businessman whose ambition propelled him to great success and scandal.
Netflix won “Photography & Lighting: Fiction” and “Writer: Drama — Charlie Brooker, Bisha K Ali” awards for “Demon 79,” the fifth and final episode of the sixth season of British sci-fi anthology series “Black Mirror”.
The streamer also won best Reality award for “Squid Game: The Challenge,” best “Drama Series” for “Top Boy,” which also won Best Supporting Actress award for Jasmine Jobson, and “Special, Visual & Graphic Effects” award for “The Witcher”.
“Top Boy” topped Apple TV+ comedy/drama “Slow Horses,” the third season of gritty British deama, “Happy Valley,” and Brinks robbery drama “The Gold” on Paramount+.
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