Steve Coogan, who plays the lead character in How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge), shared an insight into Helena Bonham Carter's abrupt departure from the HBO show before his BAFTA win. He hinted that disagreements over her character and a possible clash with her co-star led to her sudden exit.
Get the week's hottest showbiz gossip from Katie Hind in the Spotlight newsletter. Sign up for Steve Coogan has shared details on co-star Helena Bonham Carter 's sudden White Lotus exit at the BAFTA TV Awards at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.
The comedian, 60, shared an insight into the surprise departure ahead of his BAFTA win for Actor In A Comedy for his performance in How Are You? It's Alan . Helena abruptly left the fourth series of the HBO show after three days of filming because of disagreements over her character, which has now been rewritten for Laura Dern, 59.
But a source has suggested the star's departure may have had more to do with a 'clash' with one of her co-stars. Speaking on the red carpet to Deadline, Steve said: 'It just went in a different direction. It was like, sometimes you find that something isn't working the way you want it to, in terms of, like, the character and the dynamic of the whole story'.
Before adding: 'So that was just a mutual decision … The whole part was rewritten from scratch.
' Steve Coogan has shared details on co-star Helena Bonham Carter's sudden White Lotus exit at the BAFTA TV Awards at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday The comedian, 60, shared an insight into the surprise departure ahead of his BAFTA win for Actor In A Comedy for his performance in How Are You?
It's Alan ‘The White Lotus’ star Steve Coogan on Helena Bonham Carter’s surprise exit from Season 4: “It just went in a different direction… The whole part was rewritten from scratch” #BAFTATVAwards pic.twitter.com/3CPhuVdanC — Deadline May 10, 2026 Taking to the stage to collect his BAFTA, Steve said in his speech: 'If anyone wants to know when Alan Partridge is going to die, it's probably about the same time as I am going to die - I will keep doing it.
'Doing comedy in times like this is so important and it's a privilege to make people laugh. I'm not going to be very funny because my comedy writers haven't written anything funny for me to say.
' It comes after a White Lotus source said: 'The word is Helena left because of a clash with Sandra Bernhard. ' However, Helena's camp denied the claim, insisting the pair had never even met, though they declined to say what had happened. The hit HBO show follows the antics of a group of disparate characters in a luxury holiday resort, with each series set in a different location and boasting a new cast of characters.
The latest series is mainly set at the Airelles Chateau de la Messardiere in Saint-Tropez in the South of France. Sunday's ceremony saw Owen Cooper continue his award winning streak at the British Academy Television Awards. The actor, 16, who has made history by becoming the youngest winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at both the Golden Globes and the Emmy Awards, took home the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. Steve said: 'It just went in a different direction.
It was like, sometimes you find that something isn't working the way you want it to, in terms of, like, the character and the dynamic' Taking to the stage to collect his BAFTA, Steve said in his speech: 'If anyone wants to know when Alan Partridge is going to die, it's probably about the same time as I am going to die' Pictured as Alan Partridge Meanwhile, his onscreen mum Christine Tremarco won Best Supporting Actress in a surprise result beating co-star Erin Doherty, who previously took home the Golden Globe and Emmy Award.
Nominations were announced in March with Stephen Graham leading the way with a total of 11 nominations for his drama, Adolescence and seven for his Disney+ series, A Thousand Blows - for which he is an executive producer. Adolescence, which was created by actor Stephen, 52, and writer Jack Thorne, tells the story of British teenager Jamie Miller, who is found guilty of murdering a female classmate after being sucked in by the manosphere online.
Each episode is filmed in one continuous shot and has been widely praised for addressing topics such as online radicalisation and misogyny. It also won in the Limited Drama category, beating the shows; Fought The Law , Trespasses and What It Feels Like For A Girl . Producer Mark Herbert of Warp films said: 'Big thanks to Stephen Graham for bringing this gang together. The script ripped our hearts and it punched us in the guts'.
He also thanked Netflix boss Anne Mensah who had picked up the project after Amazon Prime Video had passed on it. Amandaland starring Lucy Punch won the BAFTA for scripted comedy. Writer Holly Walsh said she loved when people said they watched the show with their children. She said: 'We can all enjoy watching a posh woman from Chiswick getting hit in the face with a football.
' However, Lucy missed out on the Actress In A Comedy gong, which went to Katherine Parkinson for her performance in BBC One's Here We Go. BAFTA TV AWARDS 2026: THE WINNERS Actor in a Comedy Jim Howick - Here We Go Jon Pointing - Big Boys Lenny Rush - Am I Being Unreasonable? Mawaan Rizwan - Juice Oliver Savell - Changing Ends Steve Coogan - How Are You?
Its Alan - WINNER Actress in a Comedy Diane Morgan - Mandy Jennifer Saunders - Amandaland Katherine Parkinson - Here We Go - WINNER Lucy Punch - Amandaland Philippa Dunne - Amandaland Rosie Jones - Pushers Daytime The Chase Lorraine Richard Osman’s House of Games Scam Interceptors - WINNER Drama Series A Thousand Blows Blue Lights Code of Silence This City is Ours Entertainment The Graham Norton Show Last One Laughing - WINNER Michael McIntyre’s Big Show Would I Lie to You Entertainment Performance Amanda Holden - Alan Carr Amanda & Alan’s Spanish Job Bob Mortimer - Last One Laughing Claudia Winkleman - The Celebrity Traitors Lee Mack - The 1% Club Rob Beckett - Romesh Ranganathan Rob & Romesh vs… Romesh Ranganathan - Romesh: Can’t Knock the Hustle International The Bear The Diplomat Pluribus Severance The Studio The White Lotus Leading Actor Colin Firth - Lockerbie: A Search for Truth Ellis Howard - What It Feels Like for a Girl James Nelson-Joyce - This City is Ours Matt Smith - The Death of Bunny Munro Stephen Graham - Adolescence Taron Egerton - Smoke Leading Actress Aimee Lou Wood - Film Club Erin Doherty - A Thousand Blows Jodie Whittaker - Toxic Town Narges Rashidi - Prisoner 951 Sheridan Smith - I Fought The Law Siân Brooke - Blue Lights Limited Drama Adolescence - WINNER Fought The Law Trespasses What It Feels Like for a Girl News Coverage BBC Newsnight - Grooming Survivors Speak Production TeamChannel 4 News - Israel-iran: The Twelve Day War Production TeamSky News: Gaza - Fight for Survival Production Team Reality The Celebrity Traitors - WINNER The Jury: Murder Trial Squid Game: The Challenge Virgin Island Scripted Comedy Amandaland - WINNER Big Boys How Are You?
Its Alan Things You Should Have Done Single Documentary Grenfell: Uncovered - WINNER Louis Theroux: The Settlers One Day in Southport Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire Soap Casualty Coronation Street EastEnders - WINNER Sports Coverage The 2025 Ryder Cup Production Team The FA Cup Final UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Wimbledon 2025 Supporting Actor Ashley Walters - Adolescence Fehinti Balogun - Down Cemetery Road Joshua Mcguire - The Gold Owen Cooper - Adolescence - WINNER Paddy Considine - Mobland Rafael Mathé - The Death of Bunny Munro Supporting Actress Aimee Lou Wood - The White Lotus Christine Tremarco - Adolescence - WINNER Chyna Mcqueen - Get Millie Black Emilia Jones - Task Erin Doherty - Adolescence Rose Ayling-Ellis - Reunion Specialist Factual Belsen: What They Found Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz - WINNER Surviving Black Hawk Down Vietnam: The War That Changed America Short Form Donkey Hustle and Run - WINNER Rocket Fuel Zoners Factual Series Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park Educating Yorkshire See No Evil - WINNER The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed Children's Non-Scripted A Real Bug’s Life BooSnoo!
Deadly 60: Saving Sharks World. War.
Me - WINNER Children's Scripted Crongton - WINNER Horrible Science Shaun the Sheep The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball Live Event Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 Last Night of the Proms: Finale VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember - WINNER Sports Coverage The 2025 Ryder Cup The FA Cup Final UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 - WINNER Wimbledon 2025 P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award Adolescence - Jamie snaps at the psychologist Big Boys - I didn’t make it, did I?
Blue Lights - The police are warned of an ambush to plot to silence a key witness The Celebrity Traitors - Alan Carr wins The Celebrity Traitors - Studio Lambert Scotland / BBC One Last One Laughing - Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade’s speed date What It Feels Like for a Girl - Byron leaves for Brighton to start Uni, where she introduces herself as Paris
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