Mum writer Stefan Golaszewski wins BAFTA Award
- Stefan Golaszewski, the creator of BBC Two's Mum has won the 2017 BAFTA Craft award for Comedy Writing
- The writer thanked his wife, the cast, the producers and his director in his acceptance speech
- Mum is set to return to BBC Two later this year for a second series
Stefan Golaszewski, the writer of BBC Two sitcom Mum, has won the 2017 British Academy Craft award for Comedy Writing.
He was presented with the trophy at a ceremony in central London last night. In his acceptance speech he paid tribute to producer Kenton Allen and director Richard Laxton at Big Talk Productions explaining how, before he met them and made Him & Her, he was completely broke and "nothing was going well."
Also nominated in the category was Julia Davis for Camping, Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag, and Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle writing team Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons and Rob Gibbons.
It is second BAFTA award for the former Cambridge Footlights performer, following on from Him & Her winning best sitcom in 2014.
The BAFTA Craft Awards are presented to those who make behind-the-scenes contributions to television shows. In next month's TV BAFTA Awards, Lesley Manville, star of Mum, is in the running for the Female Performance in A Comedy Programme award.
Mum has been commissioned for a second series, and thus is expected to return to screens later this year.
Below is the video of Golaszewski accepting the award from Oliver Chris and then talking backstage with Alice Levine:
The ceremony was hosted by Stephen Mangan. Here is the star's comic opening sketch and monologue: