Happy Valley wins big at TV Choice Awards 2024
'Happy Valley' was among the big winners at this year's TV Choice Awards, after scooping two prizes.
The BBC thriller clinched the Best Drama Series gong at the London Hilton hotel on Park Lane on Monday (12.02.24), and Sarah Lancashire - who plays police sergeant Catherine Cawood in the show - scooped the Best Actress accolade.
Sarah overcome competition from Call The Midwife's Jenny Agutter, 'Vera' legend Brenda Blethyn, and Yasmin Finney, who appears in 'Heartstopper'.
Netflix's 'Heartstopper' and ITV's 'Vera' also lost out to 'Happy Valley' in the Best Drama Series category, as did Channel 5's 'All Creatures Great and Small'.
'Emmerdale' was another double winner on the night, after the ITV show won the Best Soap prize, and Jeff Hordley clinched the Best Soap Actor accolade, while Coronation Street's Dame Maureen Lipman winning Best Soap Actress.
Other big TV Choice Awards winners included 'Doc Martin' star Martin Clunes, who won Best Actor, while 'Call The Midwife' won the Best Family Drama award, and 'Death in Paradise' spin-off 'Beyond Paradise' won Best New Drama.
Netflix won the Favourite Channel/ Streaming Site accolade, but Channel 4 tasted success with 'Gogglebox'/ 'Celebrity Gogglebox' being named Best Entertainment Show over 'Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway', 'The Graham Norton Show' and 'Taskmaster'.
What's more, Channel 4's 'The Great British Bake Off' won Best Talent Show, defeating 'Strictly Come Dancing', 'Britain's Got Talent', and 'The Masked Singer'.
'Animal Park' scooped the Best Daytime Show award, beating off competition from the likes of 'This Morning' and 'Loose Women'.
The TV Choice Awards 2024 Full Winners List:
Best New Drama
Beyond Paradise
Best Drama Series
Happy Valley
Best Family Drama
Call The Midwife
Best Actor
Martin Clunes, Doc Martin
Best Actress
Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley
Best Comedy Show
Mrs Browns Boys
Best Reality Show
I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Best Entertainment Show
Gogglebox/ Celebrity Gogglebox
Best Lifestyle Show
The Martin Lewis Money Show Live
Best Daytime Show
Animal Park
Best Food Show
James Martin’s Saturday Morning
Best Factual Show
Winter on the Farm/ Springtime on the Farm
Favourite Channel/ Streaming Site
Netflix
Best Game Show
The Chase
Best Talent Show
The Great British Bake Off
Best Soap Actor
Jeff Hordley, Emmerdale
Best Soap Actress
Dame Maureen Lipman, Coronation Street
Best Soap
Emmerdale