BAFTA viewers were left fuming as the stars of Amandaland missed out on winning a major category in last night’s awards.
Actress Lucy Punch, who plays the title character Amanda Hughes in the BBC comedy, failed to walk away with the the Best Actress In a Comedy gong, despite her being hailed as a “comedy icon”.
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Amandaland fans were fuming that Amandaland stars did not with Best Comedy Actress Credit: PA
But it wasn’t a bad night as the BBC sitcom did win the Best Comedy category Credit: Getty
Lucy, 48, and fellow co-stars Jennifer Saunders and Phillipa Dunne were also nominated for the same category.
They were up against tough competition from Diane Morgan for BBC sitcom Mandy, Rosie Jones for Pushers and Katherine Parkinson for Here We Go.
In the end Katherine’s portrayal of Rachel Jessop won her the award.
But some fans were left disappointed by the result and insisted the Amandaland stars were “robbed”.
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Lucy Punch looked incredible in an orange dress at last night’s BAFTA Awards Credit: Alamy
One wrote: “Three iconic women from Amandaland nominated for best comedy actress, plus OG Motherland actress Diane Morgan and none of them won?! Robbery I tell you.”
A second posted: “It should have been Philippa Dunne, her character of Anne in Amandaland is very funny and she’s particularly good in this second series.”
“Should’ve been Lucy Punch but I think the winners are determined by a small jury so it could’ve gone to anyone really,” a third added.
But it wasn’t a bad night for Amandaland as they picked up the award for Best Scripted Comedy.
The popular sitcom returned to BBC this month for a new six-part series.
It is the spin-off from Motherland with Lucy reprising the role of Amanda.
Amanda told Woman & Home this week that she finds it easy to get into the role of her character.
She said: “The hair, heels, gels and all the primping that’s involved to look like Amanda helps hugely. I know her so well after 10 years that it’s alarmingly easy to get into this character.”
Taskmaster‘s Greg Davies hosted the lavish ceremony as stars of the small screen gathered at London’s Royal Festival Hall for this year’s awards.
It was a huge night for Netflix‘s Adolescence, with Owen Cooper and Christina Tremarco winning in Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
A beaming Stephen Graham won Leading Actor and the show also won the award for Limited Drama.
Stephen shared his delight at finally winning, having been nominated eight times during his career but missing out until now.
Celebrity Traitors won in the Reality category and host Claudia Winkleman was delighted.
She said: “Bafta thank you so so much. This is unbelievable. It is such an honour to be part of it.
“This is for our extraordinary cast who played with gusto and their entire hearts.”
She then handed the Bafta to a smiling Alan Carr, who also won Most Memorable TV Moment.
Elsewhere, EastEnders triumphed over Coronation Street and Casualty in the Soap category, and Last One Laughing picked up two awards; Entertainment Programme and Best Entertainment Performance to Bob Mortimer who won the first series.
