It’s a very Happy Valley as show stars at Baftas

HAPPY VALLEY has been named the best drama series at the Bafta TV awards, defeating the The

Crown for the coveted prize. The police drama starring Sarah Lancashire, set and shot in Yorkshire, also triumphed over

The Durrells and War & Peace. Lancashire was also named best leading actress.

Comedian Michael McIntyre, inset, claimed the Bafta for entertainment performance for his programme Michael McIntyre’s

Big Show, while

Hillsborough won the single documentary prize.

The production team was joined on stage by Hillsborough campaigner Professor Phil Scraton, who wore a Liverpool football scarf around his neck and appeared tearful as he was told: “This is about the horrors and injustice of Hillsborough and we would like to pay tribute to all those who shared their testimony.”

“Phil Scraton worked tirelessly and diligently. He has worked with dogged determination to expose the truth of Hillsborough.” The father of schoolboy Damilola Taylor begged young people to stop the string of killings in London as he collected the Bafta for single drama for Damilola, Our Loved Boy. Richard Taylor said: “I want to dedicate this to the memory of Damilola and Gloria, my late wife, and first and foremost send a strong appeal to young people on the street killing themselves. “Parents are crying, others are crying, the surge of killing has gone up in the city of London, I beg you all to stop this unnecessary killing of innocent people. “Young people, spread the message.” Meanwhile The People V OJ Simpson, a drama about the trial and acquittal of the former American football star for the murder of his wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman, won the international prize.