Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jodie Comer, Ben Whishaw and Succession writer Jesse Armstrong among winners

Fleabag and its creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge led a strong showing by British talent at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night, with the series winning the best comedy prize and three other awards.

Meanwhile, Sister Pictures’ Sky Atlantic/HBO drama Chernobyl took home three awards, including one for writer Craig Mazin and one for its Swedish director Johan Renck. With an additional seven awards at the previous weekend’s Creative Emmys, the drama led the field of British winners.

Also recognised were Jodie Comer, named best lead actress in a drama series for BBC America’s Killing Eve;  Jesse Armstrong, who won the drama series writing Emmy for his HBO show Succession; and Ben Whishaw, named best supporting actor in a limited series for his performance in A Very English Scandal, also made for the BBC and Amazon.

Accepting his award, Armstrong joked: “Quite a lot of British winners. Maybe too many? Maybe you should have a think about those immigration restrictions.”

Audio on Fox network’s broadcast cut out for the next few seconds of Armstrong’s speech, most likely so as not to air inappropriate language. According to Twitter posts from people at the ceremony he mentioned “shithole countries,” an apparent reference to reports of comments about immigration made earlier this year by US president Donald Trump.

Fleabag, produced by Two Brothers Pictures for BBC3 and Amazon, prevously won two creative Emmys and last night it beat Amazon’s strongly favoured The Marvelous Mrs Maisel to the ceremony’s top comedy award.

Waller-Bridge was on the receiving end of an even bigger surprise when she took the lead actress in a comedy series Emmy, which had been expected to go to Julia Louis-Dreyfus (a six-time past winner) for her work on the final season of HBO’s Veep, which was completely shut out on the night.

The Fleabag creator also won the writing for a comedy series prize, and the show delivered the best comedy series directing award for Harry Bradbeer.

Other UK talents who took to the stage to receive awards were Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker, whose Bandersnatch anthology instalment won the best television movie Emmy (a third win in the category for Black Mirror episodes), and John Oliver, whose Last Week Tonight With John Oliver was named best variety talk series.

Among other British talent who were nominated but came away from the ceremony empty-handed were Game Of Thrones cast members Emilia Clark, Kit Harrington, Gwendoline Christie, Leana Headey, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams and Alfie Allen.

On a mixed night for the series, Game Of Thrones won the best drama but only produced one acting win out of multiple nominations, for Peter Dinklage in the supporting actor category.

Key winners (in bold) and nominees.

DRAMA SERIES

Better Call Saul

Bodyguard

Game Of Thrones

Killing Eve

Ozark

Pose

Succession

This Is Us

 

COMEDY SERIES

Barry

Fleabag

The Good Place

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Russian Doll

Schitt’s Creek

Veep

 

LIMITED SERIES

Chernobyl

Escape At Dannemora

Fosse/Verdon

Sharp Objects

When They See Us

 

LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Emilia Clarke, Game Of Thrones

Jodie Comer, Killing Eve

Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder

Laura Linney, Ozark

Mandy Moore, This Is Us

Sandra Oh, Killing Eve

Robin Wright, House Of Cards

 

LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jason Bateman, Ozark

Sterling K Brown, This Is Us

Kit Harington, Game Of Thrones

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Billy Porter, Pose

Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us

 

LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Christina Applegate, Dead To Me

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll

Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

 

LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish

Don Cheadle, Black Monday

Ted Danson, The Good Place

Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method

Bill Hader, Barry

Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek

 

LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

Amy Adams, Sharp Objects

Patricia Arquette, Escape At Dannemora

Aunjanue Ellis, When They See Us

Joey King, The Act

Niecy Nash, When They See Us

Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon

 

LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

Mahershala Ali, True Detective

Benicio del Toro, Escape At Dannemora

Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal

Jared Harris, Chernobyl

Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us

Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Gwendoline Christie, Game Of Thrones

Julia Garner, Ozark

Lena Headey, Game Of Thrones

Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve

Sophie Turner, Game Of Thrones

Maisie Williams, Game Of Thrones

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game Of Thrones

Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul

Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul

Michael Kelly, House Of Cards

Alfie Allen, Game Of Thrones

Chris Sullivan, This Is Us

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Anna Chlumsky, Veep

Sian Clifford, Fleabag

Olivia Colman, Fleabag

Betty Gilpin, GLOW

Sarah Goldberg, Barry

Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method

Anthony Carrigan, Barry

Tony Hale, Veep

Stephen Root, Barry

Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Henry Winkler, Barry

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

Patricia Arquette, The Act

Emily Watson, Chernobyl

Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects

Vera Farmiga, When They See Us

Margaret Qualley, Fosse/Verdon

Marsha Stephanie Blake, When They See Us

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal

Paul Dano, Escape At Dannemora

Michael Kenneth Williams, When They See Us

Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl

John Leguizamo, When They See Us

Asante Blackk, When They See Us

 

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

David Benioff, D B Weiss, Game Of Thrones‘The Iron Throne’

David Nutter, Game Of Thrones, ‘The Last Of The Starks’

Miguel Sapochnik, Game Of Thrones, ‘The Long Night’

Daina Reid, The Handmaid’s Tale, ‘Holly’

Lisa Brühlmann, Killing Eve, ‘Desperate Times’

Jason Bateman, Ozark, ‘Reparations’

Adam McKay, Succession, ‘Celebration’

 

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

Alec Berg, Barry, ‘The Audition’

Bill Hader, Barry ‘Ronny/Lily’

Mark Cendrowski, The Big Bang Theory, ‘The Stockholm Syndrome’

Harry Bradbeer, Fleabag, Episode 1

Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, ‘All Alone’

Daniel Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, ‘We’re Going To The Catskills!’

 

DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL

Johan Renck, Chernobyl

Ben Stiller, Escape At Dannemora

Jessica Yu, Fosse/Verdon

Thomas Kail, Fosse/Verdon

Stephen Frears, A Very English Scandal

Ava DuVernay, When They See Us

 

WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

Peter Gould, Thomas Schnauz, Better Call Saul, ‘Winner’

Jed Mercurio, Bodyguard, Episode 1

David Benioff, D B Weiss, Game Of Thrones, ‘The Iron Throne’

Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, The Handmaid’s Tale ‘Holly’

Emerald Fennell, Killing Eve, ‘Nice And Neat’

Jesse Armstrong, Succession, ‘Nobody Is Ever Missing’

 

WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

Alec Berg, Bill Hader, Barry, ‘Ronny/Lily’

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag, Episode 1

Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan, The Good Place, ‘Janet(s)’

Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, PEN15, ‘Anna Ishii-Peters’

Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, Russian Doll, ‘Nothing In This World Is Easy’

Allison Silverman, Russian Doll, ‘A Warm Body’

David Mandel, Veep, ‘Veep’

 

WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL

Craig Mazin, Chernobyl

Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin, Jerry Stahl, Escape At Dannemora, Episode 6

Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin, Escape At Dannemora, Episode 7

Steven Levenson, Joel Fields, Fosse/Verdon, ‘Providence’

Russell T Davies, A Very English Scandal

Ava DuVernay, Michael Starrbury, When They See Us, Part Four