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Katie Fitzpatrick

Catherine Tyldesley dazzles on red carpet at BAFTA Television Awards in princess gown as Corrie is snubbed for an award

Former Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley looked the epitome of elegance at Britain's most anticipated TV awards. Catherine, who played Eva Price in the ITV soap, looked a world away from the famous cobbles as she walked the red carpet at the 2023 British Academy Television Awards.

The actress, from Walkden, stunned at the Royal Festival Hall in London in a gorgeous blue floor-length gown with full skirt. Catherine, 39, wore her brunette tresses pulled back and she accessorised with delicate earrings to match her princess-style dress.

The mother-of-two added a small white clutch bag to complete the look. She completed the look with a nude lip, fluttery eyelashes and perfectly-groomed brows.

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The awards look at some of the most-loved shows to have appeared on our small screen. This year is the 69th edition of the annual awards, screened on BBC One at 7pm.

Nominees include fellow former Corrie star Sarah Lancashire, from Oldham, for Leading Actress in the Sky Atlantic show Julia about the life of American television chef Julia Child, who pioneered the cooking-show genre. And Maxine Peake, 48, from Westhoughton, is nominated for her portrayal of Anne Williams and her fight for the truth about her son's death in the 1989 the Hillsborough disaster in ITV's Anne.

Catherine stunned in her princess dress (Getty Images)

Loose Women star Frankie Bridge, 34, also turned heads at the awards in a black high-neck cutaway detail dress, while Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly, 54, was going for gold in a shimmering halter neck dress. Tess is already looking ahead to the next series of the BBC One dance show, which starts in the autumn, as she told fans on her Instagram: "Found these pics from last years Strictly fitting! only 4 months to go… (not that I’m counting)."

Her co-host Claudia Winkleman, 51, gave a nod to her hit BBC gameshow The Traitors by rocking the red carpet in a black jacket with a 'Faithful' slogan. The gripping reality programme is up for Reality and Constructed Factual and Claudia is up for Best Entertainment Performance.

And, looking a far cry from the I'm a Celebrity jungle, Georgia 'Toff' Toffolo posed for the cameras in a romantic red dress with white lace detail and red rose detail. The awards will be hosted by comedy duo Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranaganathan.

Tess Daly (David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)

Corrie fans have been left disappointed this year that the Salford-based soap has missed out on a nomination this year. Last year Corrie paid a special tribute as the world's longest-running soap picked up a BAFTA TV award for Best Soap and Continuing Drama.

The long-running soap fought off competition from Casualty, Emmerdale and Holby City for the gong and Sally Dynevor, who plays the show's Sally Metcalfe, dedicated the win to Sophie Lancaster and her mother Sylvia, who died in April last year. Sylvia founded the Sophie Lancaster Foundation in memory of her daughter, who was kicked to death in 2007 because she was dressed as a goth.

The soap had the help and support of Sylvia when they portrayed a shocking hate crime on-screen in 2021 with goth Nina Lucas and boyfriend Seb Franklin, played by Mollie Gallagher and Harry Visinoni. The heartbreaking scenes saw the pair set upon and attacked before Seb died from his injuries in hospital.

On stage after accepting the award Sally said: "We weren’t expecting this tonight, we really weren’t, so thank you so much Bafta for this award. Working on this show is just a privilege – and the drama and the comedy go so well on Corrie.

Claudia had a message (PA)

"And one of the most important stories we have told this year was the hate crime story. So we would like to dedicate this to Sophie Lancaster and her mother Sylvia Lancaster."

Here's a full list of the nominations for the Baftas:

Leading actress

Billie Piper, I Hate Suzie Too - Sky Atlantic

Imelda Staunton, The Crown - Netflix

Kate Winslet, I Am Ruth - Channel 4

Maxine Peake, Anne - ITV1

Sarah Lancashire, Julia - Sky Atlantic

Vicky McClure, Without Sin - ITVX

Frankie Bridge (David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)

Leading actor

Ben Whishaw, This Is Going To Hurt - BBC One

Chaske Spencer, The English - BBC Two

Cillian Murphy, Peaky Blinders - BBC One

Gary Oldman, Slow Horses - Apple TV+

Martin Freeman, The Responder - BBC One

Taron Egerton, Black Bird - Apple TV+

Supporting actress

Adelayo Adedayo, The Responder - BBC One

Anne-Marie Duff, Bad Sisters - Apple TV+

Fiona Shaw, Andor - Disney+

Jasmine Jobson, Top Boy - Netflix

Lesley Manville, Sherwood - BBC One

Saffron Hocking, Top Boy - Netflix

Georgia Toffolo (Getty Images)

Supporting actor

Adeel Akhtar, Sherwood - BBC One

Jack Lowden, Slow Horses - Apple TV+

Josh Finan, The Responder - BBC One

Salim Daw, The Crown - Netflix

Samuel Bottomley, Somewhere Boy - Channel 4

Will Sharpe, The White Lotus - Sky Atlantic

Entertainment performance

Big Zuu, Big Zuu's Big Eats - Dave

Claudia Winkleman, The Traitors - BBC One

Lee Mack, The 1% Club - ITV1

Mo Gilligan, The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan - Channel 4

Rosie Jones, Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard - Channel 4

Sue Perkins, Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal - Netflix

Kate Winslet and Mia Threapleton (David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)

Male performance in a comedy programme

Daniel Radcliffe, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - The Roku Channel

Jon Pointing, Big Boys - Channel 4

Joseph Gilgun, Brassic - Sky Max

Lenny Rush, Am I Being Unreasonable? - BBC One

Matt Berry, What We Do In The Shadows - Disney+

Stephen Merchant, The Outlaws - BBC One

Female performance in a comedy programme

Daisy May Cooper, Am I Being Unreasonable? - BBC One

Diane Morgan, Cunk On Earth - BBC Two

Lucy Beaumont, Meet The Richardsons - Dave

Natasia Demetriou, Ellie & Natasia - BBC Three

Siobhán Mcsweeney, Derry Girls - Channel 4

Taj Atwal, Hullraisers - Channel 4

Michelle Visage (David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)

Drama series

Bad Sisters - Apple TV+

The Responder - BBC One

Sherwood - BBC One

Somewhere Boy - Channel 4

Single drama

I Am Ruth - Channel 4

The House - Netflix

Life and Death in the Warehouse - BBC Three

Clara Amfo (David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)

Mini-series

A Spy Among Friends - ITVX

Mood - BBC Three

The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe - ITV1

This Is Going To Hurt - BBC One

Soap and continuing drama

Casualty - BBC One

EastEnders - BBC One

Emmerdale - ITV1

Dannii Minogue (PA)

International

The Bear - Disney+

Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story - Netflix

Wednesday - Netflix

Oussekine - Disney+

Pachinko - Apple TV+

The White Lotus - Sky Atlantic

Entertainment programme

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway - ITV1

Later... With Jools Holland: Jools' 30th Birthday Bash - BBC Two

The Masked Singer - ITV1

Strictly Come Dancing - BBC One

Emma Willis (David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)

Comedy entertainment programme

Friday Night Live - Channel 4

The Graham Norton Show - BBC One

Taskmaster - Channel 4

Would I Lie To You? - BBC One

Scripted comedy

Am I Being Unreasonable? - BBC One

Big Boys - Channel 4

Derry Girls - Channel 4

Ghosts - BBC One

Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton (PA)

Live event

Concert For Ukraine - ITV1

Platinum Jubilee: Party At The Palace - BBC One

The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II - BBC One

Features

Big Zuu's Big Eats - Dave

Joe Lycett vs Beckham: Got Your Back At Xmas - Channel 4

The Martin Lewis Money Show Live - ITV1

The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan - BBC Two

Zara McDermott (David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)

Daytime

The Chase - ITV1

The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit - BBC One

Scam Interceptors - BBC One

Current affairs

Afghanistan: No Country For Women (Exposure) - ITV1

Children of the Taliban - Channel 4

The Crossing (Exposure) - ITV1

Mariupol: The People's Story (Panorama) - BBC One

AJ Odudu (TOLGA AKMEN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Single documentary

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes - Sky Documentaries

Escape From Kabul Airport - BBC Two

Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story - BBC Two

The Real Mo Farah - BBC One

Factual series

Jeremy Kyle Show: Death On Daytime - Channel 4

Libby, Are You Home Yet? - Sky Crime

Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi - Netflix

Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing - ITV1

Martin Freeman and Rachel Mariam (Anthony Harvey/REX/Shutterstock)

Reality and constructed factual

Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams - BBC One

RuPaul's Drag Race UK - BBC Three

The Traitors - BBC One

We Are Black and British - BBC Two

Specialist factual

Aids: The Unheard Tapes - BBC Two

The Green Planet - BBC One

How To Survive a Dictator With Munya Chawawa - Channel 4

Russia 1985-1999: Traumazone - BBC iPlayer

Oti Mabuse (David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)

News coverage

BBC News at Ten: Russia Invades Ukraine - BBC One

Channel 4 News: Live in Kyiv - Channel 4

Good Morning Britain: Boris Johnson Interview - ITV1

Sport

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games - BBC One

Uefa Women's Euro 2022 - BBC One

Wimbledon 2022 - BBC One

Vick Hope (Getty Images)

Short-form programme

Always, Asifa - Together TV

Biscuitland - All 4

How To Be a Person - E4

Kingpin Cribs - Channel 4

Writer: Comedy

Jack Rooke, Big Boys - Channel 4

Lisa McGee, Derry Girls - Channel 4

Nancy Harris, The Dry - Britbox

Sharon Horgan/Barunka O'Shaughnessy/Helen Serafinowicz/Holly Walsh, Motherland - BBC One

Writer: Drama

Adam Kay, This Is Going to Hurt - BBC One

Alice Oseman, Heartstopper - Netflix

Pete Jackson, Somewhere Boy - Channel 4

Tony Schumacher, The Responder - BBC One

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