Matt Berry and Jessica Hynes celebrated wins at the 2015 British Academy Television Awards this weekend, for their roles in Toast of London and W1A respectively.

The duo were the real toast of London on Sunday evening, alongside other winnners including Jason Watkins (Being Human, Psychoville, Trollied) for his performance in The Lost Honour of Christopher Jeffries, and Mackenzie Crook (Game of Thrones, The Office, Ant Muzak), who wrote, directed and starred in winning sitcom Detectorists.

Up for Male Performance in a Comedy Programme, Matt Berry was up against stiff competition in the form of Hugh Bonneville (for W1A), Tom Hollander (for Rev) and Brendan O’Carroll (for Mrs Brown’s Boys), but the award went to the great man himself, currently knee deep in preparation for the third series of his runaway smash hit.

Collecting his award, Matt’s surprise was and constant humility was apparent. “Good god,” he began. “I certainly didn’t expect this to happen. I’ve got to pay tribute to the other nominees, who are all fantastic. I sort of came in through the back door, so this is kinda something else. But I was also very, very lucky in that I got to work with the best. I worked with Graham Linehan, Arthur Matthews, Vic and Bob. I’ve been very lucky there.”

Berry went on to thank Channel 4 for making the show, and above all else, his mum and dad, Charlie and Pauline, who he explained “have had a roughish time, this year”, and dedicated the award to them. Ever the gentleman, and we’re naturally chuffed about this most deserved award.

Jessica Hynes, winner of Female Performance in a Comedy Programme, had even tougher competition: Olivia Colman (for Rev), Tamsin Grieg (for Episodes) and Catherine Tate (for Nan). All incredible talents, of course, but Hynes was triumphant, and as well as praising her fellow nominees and thanking the W1A team, took the opportunity to tackle the austerity cuts facing the arts.

Collecting her award, she stated: “I am from a single-parent family, and my mum was a full-time worker to support me and my sister. I’m really worried about the cuts that are coming to state education for people in low-income families. Because I don’t think low-income means low talent or low education or low intelligence. Without organisations like [mentoring scheme Arts Emergency], people who have supported me all the way through my career – thank you, everyone, this is for you – without them, I wouldn’t be here.” Right on.

Elsewhere, TVO had a good innings in the Situation Comedy catagory, with all four nominations having links to our pages. However, Chris O’Dowd‘s Moone Boy, action-comedy The Wrong Mans (directed by Jim Field Smith and starring Matt Baynton & James Corden alongside Rebecca Front and a host of TVO regulars making guest appearances), and Harry & Paul’s Story of the Twos (featuring Justin Edwards, Kevin Eldon and Lucy Montgomery) all came home empty handed. The winner was Mackenzie Crook’s brilliant Detectorists, which also starred Toby Jones, Lucy Benjamin and Simon Farnaby, and currently has a second season expected to air later this year.

Other winners on the night included The Lost Honor of Christopher Jeffries, which won the Mini-Series BAFTA, and Leading Actor for Jason Watkins; Marvellous, which won both Supporting Actress for Gemma Jones and Single Drama. Also winning two awards was Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, whilst The Graham Norton Show beat Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe, Would I Lie To You and Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle (which featured Chris Morris in a rare TV appearance) to the prize of Comedy & Comedy Entertainment Programme.

For a full list of winners, check out the BAFTA website. And check out their YouTube channel for a series of videos from the event, such as this one featuring Chris O’Dowd, below.