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The Sun
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Brit TV star reveals she's pregnant with first baby after sweary speech at BAFTAs
A BRIT TV star has revealed her happy pregnancy news just days after scooping a BAFTA. The Bolton-born actress, 37, turned the air blue with her very sweary acceptance speech at one of telly's biggest events of the year. 5 5 Yet now Sophie Willan has confirmed she is expecting her first child. The Alma's Not Normal star took to her Instagram page to share an image of her in a red dress, having dinner with partner Carniel Francis Levy. They flashed smiles as they posed on opposite sides of their table, which was adorned with a white table cloth and menus and surrounded by flowers. The snapshot itself gave no hint as to the announcement, before Sophie made the big reveal in her caption and in subsequent pictures showing her scan. She wrote: "WE'RE HAVING A BABY BOY! "Coming November 2025. Our lives are about to change forever, in the most chaotic, joyful, and magical way… "And yes, we're already arguing about baby names." Sophie voiced reality show The Circle since 2018. She has also appeared in person on a number of TV programmes including Still Open All Hours and Click And Collect. She has also been on a number of comedy shows including The Tez O Clock Show, Class Dismissed and Live from The Comedy Store. BBC star confirms their comedy has been axed after two series - but there's a twist More recently, she created Alma's Not Normal which is set to be released in 2021. On stage, Sophie's Branded tour was a national sell-out including spending three weeks at SOHO Theatre in London. She was also named on The Times Best Living Comedians List in 2018. The mum-to-be claimed the Herald Angel Award in 2017, while also bagging the 2018 BBC Caroline Aherne Bursary title. FAN SHOCK Sophie stunned fans - with her sweary acceptance speech cut - at the recent BAFTA ceremony in London. The star, who took home her second Bafta for comedy series Alma's Not Normal, couldn't resist cursing when taking to the stage – though made multiple efforts not to. The excitable star admitted as she took to the stage: "I'm not allowed to swear and all I want to do is Beep Beep, Bl**dy Beep!!" before attempting to replace swears with something else. "I just want to say, these lot are flupping brilliant. Blimming fabulous!" she joked. However, she later slipped up and let a few out. The offensive words were edited out by the time they made it to broadcast on BBC One. 5 5
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Success for Bolton's famous faces at this year's Bafta TV Awards
Bolton's Sophie Willan had the famous faces gathered for this year's The Bafta TV Awards in stitches of laughter as she accepted an award - and refrained from swearing. Alma's Not Normal, starring and created by the actress, won best scripted comedy for the second season. Sophie said: "I'm not allowed to swear and all I want to do is beep beep. "This is so exciting, thank you very much. "I just want to say they are flopping brilliant (looking at cast and crew) "I have got this amazing cast. "Thank you everyone." Sophie was up for two awards this evening for her Alma's Not Normal, with the second for female performance in a comedy, which went to Ruth Jones of Gavin and Stacey's The sitcom is inspired by her experiences growing up in the town. It features familiar sights and businesses, including Tapaz on Bradshawgate. Sophie has often been spotted filming around Bolton, where she still lives, and is patron of charity Back-up North West. READ MORE: BBC's Alma's Not Normal features Tapaz Restaurant in Bolton Sophie Willan and Alma's Not Normal win at RTS Programme Awards 2025 Sophie Willan names Olympus chippy Bolton as her last supper BBC News anchor and Bolton Clive Myrie has won the daytime Bafta gong for his Caribbean Adventure programme on BBC Two. 'It's a tough industry, no doubt, it's really tough,' Myrie said. 'I just want to put a plea out to the big (networks), be kind to our indies (independent TV production companies).' Baby Reindeer has snapped up an early Bafta win, with Jessica Gunning earning the best supporting actress prize for playing a stalker in the hit Netflix series. Elsewhere, the Bafta for limited drama was awarded to ITV's Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, which has renewed public attention on the subpostmasters who fought to clear their names in the wake of the Horizon scandal. This starred Bolton's Amy Nuttall. (Image: ITVX) The best supporting actor prize went to Ariyon Bakare for the BBC LGBT+ drama Mr Loverman, based on the Bernardine Evaristo novel of the same name. In the comedy performance categories former EastEnders star Danny Dyer won for Sky's Mr Bigstuff, with Welsh actress Ruth Jones winning for her role playing Vanessa Shanessa 'Nessa' Jenkins in the Gavin And Stacey finale. Yorkshire-born Gunning beat her fellow Baby Reindeer star, trans actress Nava Mau, who played Donny's girlfriend Teri. Collecting the limited drama prize, Mr Bates producer Patrick Spence said that they would never have been able to make the show without ITV and the journalists who had covered the scandal. He said that people such as Sir Alan Bates 'demanded action with such rage' and that the airing of the drama proved the public 'cannot abide liars and bullies'. Mr Spence also said that 'maybe it is a warning' to others in power, adding: 'Our show didn't change the law, the people of this nation did that.' More than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 after faulty Horizon accounting software made it look as though money was missing from their accounts. Jones, co-creator of BBC series Gavin And Stacey, became emotional as she thanked her writing partner and friend James Corden as she picked up the female performance in a comedy gong. She said: 'The person I would like to thank most is my dear, dear, talented, lovely, kind, funny friend, James Corden with whom I have shared this astonishing journey for the past 17 years, and without whom, Nessa Shanessa Jenkins would simply not exist. I love you, James. I love writing with you. Long may it continue. Thank you so much.' The ceremony was opened by host and Scottish actor Alan Cumming, who referenced his presenting role on The Traitors US in a sketch with footage of him shown in the Scottish Highlands castle where the hit reality series takes place. On stage, Cumming also joked about his acting career, Facebook, and brought out a fake children's book about long speeches and who winners are supposed to thank.
Sky News
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News
BAFTA TV Awards live: Mr Bates Vs The Post Office and Baby Reindeer take home early prizes
Alma's Not Normal wins scripted comedy After a brief musical interlude from Tom Grennan, we're back underway with the award from scripted comedy. This one is presented by stars of Rivals - Danny Dyer and Katherine Parkinson. Alma's Not Normal takes the win, with Sophie Wilan coming up to accept the award. She doesn't last long before we get our first swear word of the night. Here's who missed out: Brassic - Sky Max G'wed - ITV2 Ludwig - BBC One Mr Bates Vs The Post Office wins limited drama BAFTA It's the first award of the night for Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, which takes home the limited drama BAFTA. Russell Tovey and Daniel Mayes hand over the award, which is accepted by Patrick Spence. "This story only had the impact it did because the people that watched it stood up and demanded action with rage," he says. "Our show didn't change the law, the people of this nation did that." He says the show is the "greatest privilege" of their lives. Here's who else was nominated in this category: Baby Reindeer - Netflix Lost Boys And Fairies - BBC One One Day - Netflix The Jury: Murder Trial takes home the entertainment award The Jury: Murder Trial has just been handed the award for the entertainment category. Here are the other nominees: Dragons' Den (BBC One) Love Is Blind (Netflix) The Traitors (BBC One) Mr Loverman star takes best supporting actor BAFTA Next up is the supporting actor award, which has been given to Ariyon Bakare for his role in BBC One's Mr Loverman. Accepting the award from Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace, Bakare says he left his speech in his chair, "so this will be short". "This award stands on the shoulders of those before me, those who have been afraid to come out and be who they want to be. This is for you." He gets emotional in his speech, thanking his sister, who is also in attendance tonight. Here's who else was nominated in this category: Christopher Chung - Slow Horses (Apple TV+) Damian Lewis - Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC One) Jonathan Pryce - Slow Horses (Apple TV+) Mckinley Belcher III - Eric (Netflix) Baby Reindeer takes first prize of the night The first award of the night has gone to Jessica Gunning for best supporting actress. She plays Martha in the hit show Baby Reindeer, which is up for seven other awards tonight. Her performance has already been rewarded in the US with an Emmy, a Golden Globe and SAG award, and she now has her first ever BAFTA. "Thank you BAFTA, wow," she says, accepting the award. "This time last year, Richard [Gadd] and I were stood back stage waiting to go out to present an award. Little did we know what the year had in store for us." Here's who else was nominated in the category: Katherine Parkinson - Rivals (Disney+) Maxine Peake - Say Nothing - (Disney+) Monica Dolan - Sherwood (BBC One) Nava Mau - Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Sue Johnston - Truelove (Channel 4) Alan Cumming kicks off the show We start with a skit from our host, the self-styled "devilishly handsome host" of the US Traitors, Alan Cumming. He calls hosting the show the "12th biggest honour of my life" before swearing a special "BAFTA oath" that includes promising to cut off any acceptance speeches that run on too long. "This is my first time hosting a major television awards show on British soil," he says as he walks onto the stage. Cumming offers some housekeeping rules for the audience, warning winners not to take too many people on stage with them, to remember to thank their commissioners and not to swear or risk an Ofcom fine. The ceremony begins And it's finally time, the ceremony has started and we should be hearing the first awards announced very soon. Before we get going, there's a short welcome speech from Sarah Putt, BAFTA chair. There's a warm round of applause at the mention of Kirsty Wark, who is receiving the BAFTA Fellowship tonight. There's an even bigger cheer for another Fellowship recipient - Sir David Attenborough - who turned 99 this week. In pictures: The stars you might have missed It's almost time... We're all Andy Serkis right now. The ceremony is due to get underway at 5pm, so strap in as we get going here at the Southbank Centre. All the best BAFTA red carpet outfits For some, the red carpet is a bigger event than the awards themselves. That certainly felt the case for some of today's attendees, some of whome looked sensational in the London sun at the Royal Festival Hall. Here's a look at all the outfits.
