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TV stars Hannah Waddingham and Floella Benjamin are both set for glittering evenings at tonight’s glamorous Bafta TV awards. The Ted Lasso actress has two nominations for Baftas, while the

former Play School presenter will pick up the prestigious Bafta fellowship. The American streamer Apple leads the way in TV nominations tonight with 13 entries. This includes one for

Waddingham, for her original holiday special, Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas in the Best Entertainment category, while the actress/presenter is also tipped to win for presenting last

year's Eurovision Song Contest on the BBC. Children’s campaigner and life peer Floella Benjamin said her “heart was full of joy and happiness” after hearing she would receive a Bafta

Fellowship at tonight’s TV Bafta Awards in London. The Baroness, 74, said: “I feel as if I’m standing on the summit of life’s mountain, looking down at the wonderful experiences I have had

in my career in the television industry for over 50 years.” Sara Putt, the chair of Bafta, said Baroness Benjamin was an “unstoppable force for good”, adding, “with a determination to create

opportunities and positive role models for future generations”. Born in Trinidad in 1949, Baroness Benjamin first came to public attention in the UK when she presented Play School and Play

Away on the BBC between 1976 and 1988, but she’d begun her career as an actress on the West End in the early Seventies with hit stage musicals, Jesus Christ Superstar and Black Mikado. She

later acted in various productions on both BBC and ITV, including Within These Walls, The Gentle Touch, Angels, Waterloo Sunset and Bergerac. From the very beginning of her career in

broadcasting, Floella promoted diversity both in front and behind the camera and now advises the BBC and ITV on their diversity policies. In 2010 she became the first Trinidadian woman to

become a Baroness in the House of Lords. Her legislative work focuses on children’s rights, diversity and media. “It’s been an adventurous journey,” she said, “with many challenges and

adversities, but here I am, receiving the highest accolade BAFTA can bestow. “I am delighted that my work, which has predominantly been for children, is being recognised and celebrated in

this way.” BAFTA TV AWARDS, BBC ONE, TONIGHT, 7PM