Where to watch the big winners from the BAFTA 2025 TV awards

It was one of the biggest nights in British television. The BAFTA TV awards recognised the great and good of the industry in a star-studded ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London. 

From a raunchy drama set in the toxic world of high finance to a real-life battle for justice, the best shows to grace the small screen were all honoured.

But where can you watch the winners? To save you the trouble of searching for each programme, we’ve compiled the ultimate where-to-watch guide to the best of the TV BAFTAS.

So sit back and enjoy the best of British TV talent…   
    Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Real-life, BAFTA-winning drama about a terrible miscarriage of justice

Year: 2024

Certificate: 12

Watch now on ITVX

This superb, BAFTA-winning four-part drama tells the story of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. In the early 2000s, hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system. Many of the wronged workers were prosecuted, some were imprisoned, all had their lives irreparably damaged by the scandal. 

Toby Jones is his usual brilliant self as sub-postmaster Alan Bates, who refused to believe his colleagues were responsible for the mysterious financial losses and led the fightback against the Post Office. Julie Hesmondhalgh plays his long-suffering wife, while Monica Dolan, Shaun Dooley and Ian Hart are among the strong support cast in a story that will make your blood boil. (Four episodes) 

Blue Lights (Series 1)

Smart, fast and BAFTA-winning police drama set in post-Troubles Belfast

Year: 2023

Certificate: 15

Watch now on BBC iPlayer

Think you’ve seen enough cop shows? Then here’s a reminder of what a really good one looks like. It’s gritty and unvarnished but also upbeat and shot through with humour as we follow a trio of rookie cops having a baptism of fire in post-Troubles Belfast. 

Written by the team behind The Salisbury Poisonings, like that drama it’s an ensemble piece that blends and contrasts the differing perspectives of its well-drawn characters. There’s rookie single mum Grace (Sian Brooke), whose past career as a social worker drives her approach to the job, while among the wearier senior officers is Gerry (Fortitude’s Richard Dormer), less of a team player but a good cop all the same. 

Underpinning it all is a decent story about a crime family headed by John Lynch, an undercover operation (‘sneaky peakies’) and enough police jargon to give Line Of Duty a run for its money. No wonder it picked up a BAFTA for best drama. (Six episodes)

The Jury: Murder Trial

BAFTA-winning legal experiment that re-stages a real-life murder trial – with not one but two juries

Year: 2024

Certificate: 12

Watch now on Channel 4

This compelling, BAFTA-winning four-parter is sure to get you talking. It’s the recreation of a murder trial. The twist is that we will follow the jurors as they deliberate throughout – something which is strictly prohibited during actual proceedings. Not only that, but there are not one, but two sets of 12 jurors, all chosen completely at random, just as they are in the real world. 

The case itself is far from cut and dried: a man accused of killing his wife, who admits causing her death, but denies murder. You get a clear sense of the extreme pressure the jurors are under, and the differences of opinion. 

There is also the very real prospect of two different verdicts, and although it is staged and there are no real-world consequences, this is not pure fantasy; this is how the juror system really works. (Four episodes)

Alma’s Not Normal

Sophie Willan’s BAFTA-winning comedy of hard knocks

Year: 2022

Certificate: 15

Watch now on BBC iPlayer

This show is full-on, but it’s got a huge heart and never ceases to be as surprising as it is shocking. That’s all down to Alma, the flame-haired hurricane at its centre – played by Sophie Willan, who also wrote the show, and won BAFTAs for her writing and her performance.

It’s essentially a comedy drama about life after growing up in care, and is based on Willan’s own experiences. Most controversially, Alma dips a toe into sex work in series one (in series two, she discovers she’s even barred from that career path), but the show mainly focuses on her attempts to reconcile her upbringing and build bridges with her chaotic family, while trying to remain positive and envisioning a fabulous future for herself. You can’t help but root for her as you laugh and cry along. (Two series)

Mr Loverman

Dapper Barry is hiding a secret in Bernadine Evaristo’s life-affirming story

Year: 2024

Certificate: 15

Watch now on BBC iPlayer

Bernadine Evaristo was the first black woman to win the prestigious Booker prize for her 2019 novel Girl, Woman, Other, and this is the first of her highly readable, multi-layered books to make it to the screen. 

Lennie James is magnificent as Barrington Jedidiah Walker, Barry to his friends, the dapper gent from Hackney, by way of Antigua, whose inner monologues we hear as he approaches his 75th birthday, with a drink and a literary quote never far from his lips. 

His wife Carmel (Sharon D Clarke) thinks he cheats on her – and says so with no shortage of colourful language of her own – and he is in indeed unfaithful, though not in the way she thinks. Barry and his best friend Morris (Ariyon Bakare, BAFTA-winning for his performance, along with James) have been soulmates in secret for many years, but this is more than a story of love in the closet. It paints a vivid and thoughtful picture of multi-generational family life, built by immigrants of Barry and Carmel’s vintage. When this family are together sparks fly and the result is by turns chaotic, invigorating, bitter and joyful. (Eight episodes)

Mr Bigstuff

Danny Dyer is on BAFTA-winning form as an outlandish returning brother in Ryan Sampson’s comedy

Year: 2024

Certificate: 15

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Danny Dyer has always had a flair for comedy and he’s certainly made funny films, but this show is, incredibly, his first, actual proper TV comedy series. Dyer is BAFTA-winning as Lee, the returning estranged older brother of Glen, a meek carpet salesmen played by series creator Ryan Sampson (Brassic). Lee re-enters Glen’s life like a drunken bowling ball, turning up at his place of work and instantly making a nuisance of himself. 

So, will Lee’s return ruin Glen’s life, or will it be the making of him? What is Lee hiding? Those are the questions you’re left with in the first episode of this six-parter, and the process of having them answered provides a steady stream of laughs, not least of which is Glen and Lee’s dance routine to M People’s Moving On Up in the opening episode. The language is pretty strong at times but then, this is Dyer, so you’d expect that. A second series is on the way. (Six episodes) 

Shogun

BAFTA-winning adaptation of James Clavell’s epic novel about an Englishman in 17th-century Japan

Year: 2024

Certificate: 18

Watch now on Disney+

Fans of a certain generation will fondly remember the 1980s adaptation of James Clavell’s novel, which saw Richard Chamberlain star as John Blackthorne, a shipwrecked English sailor trying to survive dangerous political and military machinations in 17th-century Japan. 

This BAFTA-winning, ten-part adaptation doesn’t let down the good name of that show, presenting an impressively atmospheric rendering of a tale full of murky betrayal, forbidden romance and truly epic war. British actor Cosmo Jarvis is tough and battered as the indomitable Blackthorne, guided through the dangerous waters of Japanese society by Anna Sawai as his translator Lady Mariko. 

The series actually presents Clavell’s story with considerably more edge and scale than the 1980s version did, and comes from FX. That’s the US TV brand that has given us such shows as The Shield, Sons Of Anarchy and The Americans down the years, so think of this very much in that tradition, rather than the soapy miniseries mould the 1980s version sprang from. The cast is terrific – Jarvis is reminiscent of Tom Hardy in the lead, while Sawai delivers an intriguing mix of composure and subtly bubbling emotion as Mariko, and Hiroyuki Sanada is riveting as Toranaga, a local lord who strikes an uneasy alliance with Blackthorne. 

The series itself evolves with a surely handled mix of action, intrigue, humour and real moments of pure, soul-stirring emotion that has earned it fans across the board, not to mention a history-making 18 Emmy Award wins at the 2024 ceremony. All that positive attention, along with the massive financial investment it took to make the whole thing in the first place, has led to two more series being ordered. (Ten episodes) 

Baby Reindeer

Riveting drama based on comedian Richard Gadd’s experiences with a stalker

Year: 2024

Certificate: 18

Watch now on Netflix

Described as ‘not your typical bunny-boiler story’, this bracing seven-part drama is based on Scottish comedian Richard Gadd’s award-winning debut play of the same name.  That play came from his horrifying real-life experiences with a stalker who, at the very mild end of things, sent him 41,000 emails. 

When Gadd performed that play on stage, Martha was represented by a bar stool. In this TV series which he wrote, produced and stars in she’s a loud and colourful presence, played with vulnerability and a dark, dangerous hilarity by a BAFTA-winning Jessica Gunning. She’s a woman who Donny (Gadd) wants to understand – not your typical bunny boiler, in short, and it’s this rounded approach to character that really marks the show out as something special. 

Gadd has been very clear that he made mistakes in the way he handled his stalker, and the honesty he’s poured into the script translates into a show that’s very hard to stop watching even when, at some points, you may really want to.

While far from an easy watch, Baby Reindeer (the title comes from Martha’s nickname for him) is certainly a gripping one that plays with your sympathies throughout. And don’t forget that Gadd is also, fundamentally, a comedian – so it’s also a very funny show at times too, sometimes when you least expect it to be. (Seven episodes)

Industry

Addictive drama about ruthless bankers and their raunchy after-hours antics

Year: 2020-

Certificate: 18

Watch now on BBC iPlayer

This exhilarating drama is set in the toxic world of high finance in the City of London. There, at fictional bank Pierpoint & Co, a group of recent graduates, both British and American, are keen to make a name for themselves – and if that means indulging in a huge amount of drug-taking and sex, then so be it! There’s certainly no shortage of the last element in Industry, and the show pushed the envelope for BBC audiences when it came to how it dealt with bedroom kinks on screen, especially in series one and three.  

Brits Harry Lawtey (You & Me) and the BAFTA-winning Marisa Abela (who landed the role when she was still in drama school) lead the cast of bright young things who are sucked in by the promise of big money – but soon find that the ‘greed is good’ culture has its inevitable dark side.

Series two begins after the pandemic when Pierpoint’s employees return to the trading floor to find that the London and New York teams have been pitted against each other in a fight for survival. The unlikeable cohort of young bankers are even more hedonistic to offset the cut-throat office antics, but we also understand them better after learning more of their respective backstories. 

For the third series, Game Of Thrones’ Kit Harington joins the cast as the CEO of a green tech company who has some surprising sexual preferences – brace yourselves for the shower scene – while Harper eyes a new start and Yasmin starts to come into her own. (Three series)

Gavin & Stacey: The Finale

What’s occurin’? It’s the last episode of the comedy hit!

Year: 2024

Certificate: 12

Watch now on BBC iPlayer

Talk about a cliffhanger – we were left waiting for five years to find out what happened next after Nessa went down on one knee during the Christmas special of 2019. If you’re one of the few who haven’t watched it yet we won’t spoil this festive special for you, suffice to say that it provides a lovely last time to hang out with James Corden, Mathew Horne, Joanna Page and a BAFTA-winning Ruth Jones (who accepted her award in character) – and their rowdy friends and family. 

It was certainly popular with audiences on Christmas Day, with 12.3 million tuning in to see how it all ended. (94 minutes)

Atomic People

Testimony from the rare survivors of the first nuclear bombs

Year: 2024

Certificate: 15

Watch now on BBC iPlayer

It’s almost 80 years since the bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with a combined death toll of more than 210,000. Those who survived, known as ‘Hibakusha’, now have an average age of 85 and won’t be with us for ever. This BAFTA-winning film then, as harrowing as it might be to watch, will be the last chance to hear what they endured, not only as the bombs fell, but for many years afterwards. 

Combining archive footage (including very distressing scenes) with the personal accounts of Hibakusha from both cities, it describes ‘what happened under the mushroom cloud that day’. The Hibakusha recall the violence of their small bodies being thrown around, blown away and pinned down, with debris raining down on them, clothes torn from their bodies. Don’t forget, they were all school children or younger at the time. Now in their old age, they have lived with these memories all of their lives: ‘Seared into my eyes, mind and soul.’

For those who survived, the ordeal was not over. Japan surrendered unconditionally but while America celebrated the atomic bomb as a great achievement in human history, the true civilian human cost was suppressed for years. (90 minutes)

To Catch A Copper

Jaw-dropping, BAFTA-winning series which, like the real Line Of Duty, unearths shocking cases of corrupt officers

Year: 2024

Certificate: 15

Watch now on Channel 4

This jaw-dropping series is a bold move by Avon And Somerset police, who let cameras follow the work of their anti-corruption unit in an act of ‘radical transparency’. When the first episode aired, even chief constable Sarah Crew was shocked by what she saw.

The three episodes follow allegations against officers that range from assault to revenge porn and that take in shocking racism and misogyny and a disregard for the vulnerable in society whom police are sworn to protect. 

There are clearly ‘bad cops’ – many with ‘old school’ attitudes that are wildly outdated and not shared by new cadets – but there are far more good cops, including DC Amber Redman. She’s one of the anti-corruption officers the series follows, yet even she admits, ‘I don’t think all of the public trust the police. And I think that is sadly part of a culture where perhaps policing has gone wrong.’ (Three episodes)