Hannah Waddingham left viewers during the BAFTA TV Awards in hysterics with another meme-worthy moment, after missing out on the Entertainment prize.
The Ted Lasso star, 49, had been nominated for her festive Apple TV+ special Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas, but lost out to BBC favourite Strictly Come Dancing.
Following the loss, cameras caught Hannah drinking from a hip flask attached to her bracelet, sparking a flurry of reaction from fans watching the ceremony unfold.
Tweets included: ‘Hannah Waddingham drinking a shot out of a bracelet whilst Joe Lycett is dressed as Queen Elizabeth I in the background. ICONIC;’
‘Not Hannah with the hip flask bracelet QUEEEN!!!’
Hannah Waddingham left viewers during the BAFTA TV Awards in hysterics with another meme-worthy moment, after missing out on the Entertainment prize
‘OBSESSED; HANNAH WADDINGHAM YOU DID NOT JUST DO THAT.’
Luckily the night ended on a happier note for Hannah, as she took to the stage to accept the prize for Live Event Coverage, for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.
Hannah was praised by fans when she co-hosted the event in Liverpool last year, along with Alesha Dixon, Graham Norton and Ukranian star Julia Sanina, who was also in attendance for the ceremony.
She said: ‘The week we had this time last year was, I know for everybody here, the most exceptional, stressful week but so fabulous.’
Elsewhere during the ceremony, The Crown star Elizabeth Debicki missed out on the Best Supporting Actress gong.
Top Boy’s Jasmine Jobson scooped the award instead for her incredible role as Jaq in the Netflix drug dealing series.
It was a good night for Top Boy as the show also won in the Drama Series category – beating favourite Happy Valley, The Gold and Slow Horses.
Later Top Boy won in the Drama Series category – where Happy Valley was widely expected to win.
The Ted Lasso star had been nominated for her festive Apple TV+ special Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas, but lost out to BBC favourite Strictly Come Dancing
Following the loss, cameras caught Hannah drinking from a hip flask attached to her bracelet, sparking a flurry of reaction from fans watching the ceremony unfold
Fans branded Hannah ‘an icon’ and ‘a legend’ after she drowned her sorrows over the loss
Luckily the night ended on a happier note for Hannah, as she took to the stage to accept the prize for Live Event Coverage, for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest
Matthew Macfadyen won the Best Supporting Actor gong for his role in the hugely-popular series Succession.
He scooped the gong – which was presented by Helena Bonham Carter – beating the likes of Amit Shah for Happy Valley and Jak Lowden for Slow Horses.
He wasn’t however present at the ceremony to collect the award.
Elsewhere Strictly Come Dancing won the Best Entertainment Bafta, defeating shows including Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas.
The Memorable Moment Award went to Happy Valley – Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce’s final kitchen showdown on BBC One.
They beat the Netflix Beckham documentary where David teases Victoria about her ‘working class’ upbringing and Logan Roy’s death in Succession.
Also during the ceremony Joe Lycett accepted the Entertainment Performance Award for Late Night Lycett and wore a quirky regal silver outfit on stage.
Elsewhere hosts Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett accepted the Comedy Entertainment Award onstage.
Lockerbie on Sky Documentaries won the Bafta for Best Factual Series. The award was presented by Anita Rani.
Such Brave Girls – which follows a single mother and her two daughters attempt to piece their lives back together after their husband and father leave – won the Scripted Comedy Award.
The show beat Channel 4’s Big Boys and Dreaming Whilst Black on BBC Three.
The Shamima Begum Story on BBC Two won the Current Affairs Award. The show beat the likes of Inside Russia: Traitors And Heroes (Storyville) on BBC Four and Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Dispatches) on Channel 4.
Cheltenham Festival Day One won the Sports Coverage Award beating Wimbledon and the Women’s World Cup in the category.
The Best International Award went to Netflix’s Class Act and the News Coverage gong went to Inside Gaza: Israel And Hamas At War (Channel 4 News).