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Bafta’s Best TV Drama winners ranked, from Happy Valley to Shameless

Bafta’s Best TV Drama winners ranked, from Happy Valley to Shameless

As the Bafta TV Awards return for another year, The Independent’s chief TV critic Nick Hilton recommends the best of the past winners in the drama category – from supernatural tales to working-class stories and crime capers

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