英國電影和電視藝術學院（British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA）頒完電影獎項後，緊接著也頒布了電視節目類的獎項。其中，描述倫敦女作家遭受強暴後試圖重建生活的《生命轉彎那一天》(I May Destroy You) 獲得最佳迷你劇集以及最佳女主角獎，堪稱典禮上最大贏家。
男主角則由首次提名就獲獎的 Paul Mescal 奪得。透過正常人（Normal People）一劇名氣滿載的愛爾蘭演員，在正常人裡頭飾演大學生 Connor 並與女主角瑪莉安發展出耐人尋味的真摯感情。
值得一提的是Aimee Lou Wood 也是首次提名就得獎。她在《性愛自修室》(Sex Education) 中飾演來自富裕家庭，卻遭到性騷擾以及生活沒自信的 Aimee Gibbs。
得獎名單 Winner List
Save Me Too won Drama Series
Sitting in Limbo won Single Drama
The Big Narstie Show won Comedy Entertainment Programme
Life & Rhymes won Entertainment Programme
Inside No 9 won Scripted Comedy
The School That Tried to End Racism won Reality & Constructed Factual.
Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace won in the Features category.
They Saw the Sun First won Short Form Programme.
Casualty won Soap & Continuing Drama
The Great House Giveaway won new Daytime category
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the winners of this year’s Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards, celebrating and rewarding the very best programmes and performances of 2020.
Following its three wins at the British Academy Television Craft Awards in May, I May Destroy You, the drama series featuring a woman who seeks to rebuild her life after a sexual assault, won two more BAFTAs, for Mini-Series and Leading Actress for Michaela Coel.
The Leading Actor award was won by first-time nominee Paul Mescal for his performance as Connor in Normal People.
Another first-time nominee, Aimee Lou Wood won in Female Performance in a Comedy Programme for playing Aimee Gibbs in Sex Education. Male Performance in a Comedy Programme was awarded to Charlie Cooper for his performance in This Country. Romesh Ranganathan received the BAFTA for Entertainment Performance for The Ranganation.
