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Baftas 2017: BBC sweeps the board as Netflix challenge fails to materialise

Happy Valley walked away with best drama series, while Sarah Lancashire won best actress

Winners of Bafta Awards, 2017 (Photo: Twitter)
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Winners of Bafta Awards, 2017 (Photo: Twitter)

Lyndsay Duthie | The Conversation

The big question of this year’s BAFTAs was how many awards Netflix would romp home with. Most of the industry attention was focused on the way the various subscription video on-demand services have grown to prominence over the past few years and most people expected Netflix’s much-lauded £100m drama, The Crown, to walk away with a hatful of awards – after all, it dominated with five nominations, including best drama, and for three of its actors.

But it wasn’t to be. On the night the spoils went to the BBC’s Happy Valley, which was made on a fraction