Bafta for Diversity Black Lives Matter routine
Ashley Banjo thanked the thousands of people who complained about Diversity's performance on Britain's Got Talent as the routine was honoured with a TV Bafta.
The Black Lives Matter routine won the only award voted for by the public, the must-see moment. The performance saw a man in a police uniform kneel on Banjo, echoing the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd and sparking more than 24,000 complaints to Ofcom.
But the TV watchdog dismissed the complaints, concluding that the routine's "central message was a call for social cohesion and unity".
Banjo and his brother Jordan covered their faces in their hands as it was announced the dance troupe had won.
A shley Banjo said: "This is mad, this is so much more than just an award. I want to just say first thank you to every single person who voted for us, it means so much.”
Michaela Coel's powerful drama about consent, I May Destroy You, won the best mini-series prize at the ceremony, where gongs are being handed out at Television Centre in west London in front of a live but socially distanced audience of nominees.
Comedian Romesh Ranganathan was the first winner of the night, taking the Bafta for entertainment performance for his comedy series The Ranganation.
Inside No 9 was named best scripted comedy and the prize was collected by Reece Shearsmith, who joked: "We are in our sixth season, we have more episodes now than Countryfile, so we are going to keep going."
Actress Rakie Ayola paid a moving tribute to murdered black teenager Anthony
Walker and his mother as she won a Bafta for her role in a TV drama about the life he might have lived. She was recognised for her performance as Gee Walker in Anthony, a one-off film written by Jimmy Mcgovern about the life her son might have lived had he not been murdered by two white men in an unprovoked racist attack in a Liverpool park in 2005 when he was just 18.
Casualty was named best soap or continuing drama, with the cast accepting the award remotely, standing in front of the entrance to the hospital set.