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Alan Carr and Paloma Faith are still friends, and nine other Bafta TV moments

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There were tears, there were surprises, there were fabulous outfits – as one of the biggest nights for UK television, the Bafta TV awards, took place.

The ceremony is now over and we know all the winners and losers.

Netflix's mega hit Adolescence scooped up multiple awards on the night, while there was also a special prize for the high queen of the kitchen, Dame Mary Berry.

We were on the red carpet before heading backstage to get all the gossip from the winners. Here are all the moments you may have missed.

Famous faithful and traitors mingled on the red carpet at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.

They included the winner of the first ever series of Celebrity Traitors, Alan Carr, who, awkwardly, also caught up with Paloma Faith – who he famously "murdered" in the show, much to everyone's surprise given the pair were friendly in real life.

But they smiled and posed for pictures, leading Bafta to post on its X account: "Breaking news: Alan Carr and Paloma Faith are still friends."

Inside the ceremony, there was a further nod to the row.

"Celebrity Traitors managed to turn Alan Carr into a manipulative serial killer," host Greg Davies deadpanned, adding: "We all know he's a good person".

Sitting next to Carr, Faith begged to differ, smiling as she wags her finger at the camera.

Later in the night, Carr scooped up the memorable moments award for the scene in which he hoodwinked his fellow finalists into believing he was a faithful.

Accepting his award, his final word was for none other than – Paloma Faith.

"I dedicate this to Paloma – there 's no one else I would rather murder more than you, I love you," he said.

It was a father-daughter double act at the Baftas, as Rivals star Danny Dyer and his daughter, Love Islander Dani, teamed up to present an award.

Taking to the stage to hand out the prize for best reality show, Danny quipped: "Two Danny Dyers at the Baftas. Do you know how people tell us apart? My chins."

"I love your chins, dad," Dani responded, sweetly.

Backstage, I asked Danny senior what it feels like to have become a heartthrob for Gen Z, thanks to his role in the Disney+ show.

"Who's Gen Z again?" he asked, before his daughter jumped in: "I'm on the cusp of a Gen Z."

"Nah, I don't think I'm a heartthrob to that age group," Danny said. "It's more older women, in their 40s."

He went on to say that in the new series of Rivals, "I'm very much exposed, naked a lot. So I do apologise for that… I will shatter the myth."

Broadcaster, journalist and campaigner Martin Lewis has made a career out of advising people about their money.

But when he arrived backstage after receiving the Bafta Television special award, he was asked the question many of us have wondered – has he ever made an impulse purchase?

Lewis admitted he has. And the answers may surprise you – a Van de Graaff generator and a theremin. (I hope I'm not the only one who had to Google what a theremin is).

The Baftas are the end of a victory run for Adolescence, which has already swept up almost every available award of the past year.

But 16 year old Owen Cooper, who won best supporting actor for his role as young teen Jamie Miller, still remembers where it all began.

"Every time we are at these sort of events, and your name gets called out, your mind just flashes back to the first audition, the first time on set, the first time meeting the cast and stuff like that," he told reporters backstage.

Stephen Graham, who starred in and co-wrote Adolescence, said backstage he was "exceptionally proud" of what they had created, but insisted he was "just one piece in the puzzle" as he paid tribute to his colleagues.

The current affairs prize went to Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which was pulled by the BBC last year, which the broadcaster said was because of impartiality concerns. It was later shown by Channel 4 instead.

Ben de Pear, the founder of Basement Films behind Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, added he had a question for the BBC: "Given you dropped our film, will you drop us from the Bafta screening later tonight?" He also thanked the journalists on the ground in Gaza.

Extracts of De Pear's speech were later included in BBC One's broadcast of the awards, as part of a round-up of some of the winners.

When the BBC shelved the documentary, it said in a statement that it "was determined to report all aspects of the conflict in the Middle East impartially and fairly".

Speaking to reporters backstage, De Pear said it was "the commissioners at the BBC who had the problem engaging with the material, not the doctors who lost their families or the viewers".

I'm always impressed at how celebrities don't seem to feel the cold.

It was a chilly day in London, but that didn't stop the stars turning up to Royal Festival Hall in strappy dresses and sleeveless gowns.

And if Sunday's red carpet is anything to go by, orange is here to stay.

We spotted Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh wearing an orange pantsuit, content creator Ayamé Ponder in a flowy orange dress, and Amandaland star Lucy Punch in an orange outfit that would find the approval of her vainglorious character – Amanda.

During the ceremony, host Greg Davies tried to persuade veteran BBC News presenter Kirsty Wark – the winner of last year's Bafta fellowship – to help present the next award, but she wasn't keen.

Staying in the audience, he went over to her in her seat, while she made him repeat his request, more politely each time.

She then simply turned away and playing the diva, gave an emphatic "No".

This left Davies mock-floundering next to her, before she winked at the camera and grinned.

Dame Mary Berry knew in advance she was getting the Bafta fellowship at the annual television awards.

But speaking backstage to reporters, she said waiting in the front row for it all to happen was still "agony".

"I listened to everybody giving the most wonderful speeches and laughs and so on, but [I was thinking] it's going to be me soon. I hope they'll laugh," she said.

The 91-year-old TV cook was awarded the British Academy's highest honour for her exceptional contribution to television.

Earlier on stage, she thanked her three children, including her son William, who died in 1989, aged 19. "William is in heaven, but I thank him."

Comedian Judi Love was hilarious on stage when she presented the Daytime award.

She did a mini-routine, with jokes including one about having a fling with host Greg Davies.

She went on to flirt with Louis Theroux in the audience, calling him "sexy", and then joked that Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, who are currently filming the next series, would be seen together on TV yet AGAIN.

She then pointed to her own face, indicating she should be in the next series, to much laughter.

Finally, it wasn't just Alan Carr's antics on Celebrity Traitors that were highlighted during the show.

Host Greg Davies also said he hoped Celia Imrie wasn't feeling too relaxed, not sparing her blushes as he reminded her of the moment when she accidentally farted during filming, a moment which went viral.

Seth Rogen also joked about the actress, after a video of her time on the BBC reality show was aired during the ceremony.

He said: "I assume this woman in the green dress is a very skilled and talented woman. All I know is that she farted on a reality show. I'm interested in your other work now, obviously – what else have you done?"

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Chris Mason: Another crunch moment for Starmer as he pleads with Labour MPs not to topple him

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It feels like the prime minister has to give the speech of his life today.

Those within the Labour Party who want to see him succeed acknowledge that you can't change everything in one speech.

But it is clearly imperative for Sir Keir Starmer to try to calm down a party that is hurting and anxious.

Many Labour MPs have spent the weekend observing the politically scorched earth around them locally – their friends and colleagues in local and devolved government wiped out. There are fraught emotions and there is anger.

And for the last few days now there has been the drip, drip of revolt, with Labour MP after Labour MP coming out publicly to say Starmer has to go.

With every one, a little more of the prime minister's authority drains away.

Incidentally, don't underestimate what a big deal it is for any individual MP to go over the top and say their boss should go – not least because, for now at least, those that have done so are a tiny fraction of the total number of Labour MPs.

And it was his name up in lights as their leader when many of them won their seats for the first time, and often in parts of the country where Labour rarely if ever win. So to say now, out loud, that you think he is a dud is a big deal.

Wherever you look in the Labour Party right now there are knots of anxiety.

Firstly, there is anxiety in Downing Street, of course. They are acutely aware of what is at stake.

Secondly, there is anxiety among the potential challengers, weighing up if, when or whether to go for it. Timing can be everything: get it right, and the premiership can be yours. Get it wrong, and what might be your only chance to be prime minister is gone.

Thirdly, there is anxiety among the many, many Labour MPs keeping their heads down and who really don't want the prime minister to leave right now, nor for there to be a leadership contest.

Then there are those who would like Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham to be Labour's next leader and so don't want a contest right now – because he needs time to firstly find and then win a Westminster seat, having been blocked from standing in one just a few months ago.

So what happens after the speech tomorrow? How do Labour MPs react? Does Catherine West, the former minister who has said she is willing to challenge the prime minister to try to force a contest, decide to back down, or press ahead?

Does the prime minister manage to put people off challenging him, at least for now?

Or is there a flood of anguish that leaves his position untenable and tempts one of the challengers to go for it?

Health Secretary Wes Streeting, in particular, faces a massive call in the next couple of days. He has said he won't challenge Sir Keir, but is prepared to make his case if it becomes clear the prime minister is a goner.

So does he go for it, or not? Some who would like to see him replace Sir Keir think this might be his very best chance, before Burnham can get back to Westminster.

It is worth emphasising that it is not easy to dislodge a sitting prime minister who doesn't want to budge and, up until now at least, Sir Keir has given every indication he wants to stick around.

But what a moment he confronts and his party confronts.

The Labour Party is in a glum swirl right now, where no one can be certain what will happen next.

Whatever does – or doesn't – happen will have consequences for us all.

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Ailing Iran Nobel laureate given bail and hospital transfer

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Iranian human rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi has been transferred from jail to a Tehran hospital amid concern over her deteriorating health.

Iranian authorities granted Mohammadi "a sentence suspension on heavy bail", a foundation run by her family said on Sunday.

Last week Mohammadi's family and supporters warned she could die in prison after suffering two suspected heart attacks earlier this year.

Mohammadi, 54, was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her activism against female oppression in Iran and promoting human rights.

After pleas from her family for her to be transferred from prison, Mohammadi is "now at Tehran Pars Hospital to be treated by her own medical team", ​the Narges Mohammadi Foundation said in a statement.

She had spent 10 days hospitalised in Zanjan in northern Iran, where she had been serving her sentence.

Mohammadi's Paris-based husband said "she is not in a favourable general condition" and that "her status remains unstable", in a statement over the weekend.

The activist is believed to have lost about 20kg (three stone) while in prison, and has difficulty speaking and is barely recognisable, according to her lawyer Chirinne Ardakani.

In 2021, Mohammadi began serving a 13-year sentence on charges of committing "propaganda activity against the state" and "collusion against state security", which she denied.

In December 2024, she was given a temporary release from Tehran's notorious Evin prison on medical grounds.

Mohammadi was arrested last December for making "provocative remarks" at a memorial ceremony, Iranian authorities said at the time. Her family said she was taken to hospital after being beaten during the arrest.

In early February, Mohammadi was sentenced by a Revolutionary Court to an additional seven-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of "gathering and collusion" and "propaganda activities", her lawyer said.

Last month, Mohammadi's brother Hamidreza said his sister had been found unconscious by fellow inmates at Zanjan prison after suffering a suspected heart attack.

The foundation's statement on Sunday said "a suspension is not enough" and that the human rights activist requires "permanent, specialised care".

"We must ensure she never returns to prison to face the 18 years remaining on her sentence," it read.

"Now is the time to demand her unconditional freedom and the dismissal of all charges. No human and women's rights activists should ever be imprisoned for their peaceful work," it said.

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