BAFTAs: Real-life dramas crowned at awards as royal saga deposed

It was a night of art imitating life, as shows based on reality cleaned up at the BAFTA TV Awards as hot favourite The Crown failed to sparkle.

Damilola Taylor's father gave the most emotional speech of the evening when the moving BBC drama Damilola, Our Loved Boy won in the Best Single Drama category.

Since the 10-year-old schoolboy Damilola Taylor was killed in south London in 2000, his father Richard has campaigned tirelessly against gang violence in the capital.

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Richard Taylor used the BAFTA acceptance speech as an opportunity to appeal to end the stabbings on the streets of London.

Dedicating the award to Damilola's memory, he said: "I want to appeal to young people on the streets killing themselves. Parents are crying... killing has gone up recently in the city of London. I beg you: stop unnecessary killing of innocent people, spread the message."

The drama won its second award of the night when Wunmi Mosaki took Best Supporting Actress, and also dedicated it to Damilola and his late mother Gloria Taylor.