Baftas for Kat Sadler, Jack Rooke and Bisha K Ali

Watch their acceptance speeches

Kat Sadler and Jack Rooke have won Baftas for their comedy writing.

Sadler won the Emerging Talent: Fiction category for Such Brave Girls, the BBC Three family sitcom about trauma and 'narcissistic losers who are pathetically obsessed’ with what people think about them.

She dedicated her award to her best friend Joanne, who she lost to suicide last year, commenting: ‘She always said I was funniest when I was saddest’.

Accepting his award, Rooke said: ‘Oh my god! I’ve written a speech in my Notes app like I’m a cancelled celebrity.’

He acknowledged fellow nominees Jamie Demetriou, Mawaan Rizwan and Sadler saying: ‘I fancy you all so much and now you all have to sleep with me because I won.’

Comedian Bisha K Ali also won an Bafta alongside Charlie Brooker for co-writing the Black Mirror episode Demon 79.

They beat tough competition from Jesse Armstrong for Succession; Sally Wainwright for Happy Valley; and Sarah Phelps for The Sixth Commandment.

Collecting the award, Brooker said: ‘Thank you for this kind error’.

And posing with the Bafta on Instagram, Ali said: ‘One for the grid. Nothing to say, except thank you.’

Demon 79 film stars Anjana Vasan as Nida, a mild-mannered sales assistant who accidentally releases a demon, Gaap (Paapa Essiedu), who tells her she must commit three murders to prevent the end of the world.

The accolades were handed out at Bafta’s Television Craft Awards celebrating offstage talent. The main Bafta awards, hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, take place on Sunday May 12.

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Published: 29 Apr 2024