(L-R) 'Adolescence,' 'A Thousand Blows,' 'Andor.' Courtesy of Netflix/Disney+ Unsurprisingly, Adolescence leads the nominations for the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards, unveiled in London on Tuesday.
The smash-hit Netflix phenomenon earned 11 nods, followed by Disney+’s A Thousand Blows with seven, Andor and Trespasses with six apiece, and The Celebrity Traitors with five.
The Emmy-winning cast of Adolescence has continued to garner critical acclaim, with a best lead actor nod for creator-star Stephen Graham. He’ll go up against 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) and Taron Egerton (Smoke) at the May 10 ceremony, hosted by Taskmaster‘s Greg Davies.
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In the leading actress category, Aimee Lou Wood is nominated for her turn in Film Club alongside Erin Doherty (A Thousand Blows), Jodie Whittaker (Toxic Town), Narges Rashidi (Prisoner 951), Sheridan Smith (I Fought the Law), and Sian Brooke (Blue Lights).
Best drama series nominations have gone to A Thousand Blows, Blue Lights, Code of Silence, and This City Is Ours, as Adolescence competes in the limited series category. In the international category, The Bear, The Diplomat, Pluribus, Severance, The Studio, and The White Lotus are set to vie for the BAFTA TV Award.
Also up for BAFTAs are first-time nominees Ashley Walters (Adolescence), Christine Tremarco (Adolescence), Fehinti Balogun (Down Cemetery Road), Owen Cooper (Adolescence), and Paddy Considine (MobLand).
This year’s BAFTA TV Awards with P&O Cruises will take place at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in the British capital. The ceremony will air that same evening on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer. The BAFTA Television Craft Awards — nominations for which were also revealed Tuesday — will be handed out on Apr. 26.
Check out the BAFTA TV Awards and BAFTA Television Craft Awards nominations below.
Children’s: Non-Scripted
A Real Bug’s Life Boosnoo! Deadly 60 Saving Sharks Word.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates)
Children’s: Scripted
Crongton Horrible Science Shaun the Sheep The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball
Current Affairs
Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War (Exposure) The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money Gaza: Doctors Under Attack Undercover in the Police
Daytime
The Chase Lorraine Richard Osman’s House of Games Scam Interceptors
Drama Series
A Thousand Blows Code of Silence This City Is Ours
Entertainment
The Graham Norton Show Last One Laughing 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
Factual Entertainment
The Assembly Go Back to Where You Came From Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars Race Across the World
Factual Series
Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park Educating Yorkshire See No Evil The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed
Actress in a Comedy
Diane Morgan, Mandy Jennifer Saunders, Amandaland Katherine Parkinson, Here We Go Lucy Punch, Amandaland Philippa Dunne, Amandaland Rosie Jones, Pushers
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 Sian Brooke, Blue Lights
Limited Drama
Adolescence I Fought the Law Trespasses What It Feels Like For a Girl
Live Event Coverage
Holocaust Memorial Day 2025, BBC Studios / BBC One Last Night of the Proms: Finale, Livewire Pictures / BBC One VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember, BBC Studios / BBC One
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? It’s Alan (Partridge)
News Coverage
BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak, BBC Newsnight / BBC Two Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War, Channel 4 News / Channel 4 Sky News: Gaza: Fight for Survival, Sky News / Sky News
Reality
The Celebrity Traitors The Jury: Murder Trial Squid Game: The Challenge Virgin Island
Scripted Comedy
Amandaland Big Boys How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) Things You Should Have Done
Short Form
Donkey Hustle and Run Rocket Fuel Zoners
Single Documentary
Grenfell: Uncovered Louis Theroux: The Settlers One Day in Southport Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire
Soap
Casualty Coronation Street Eastenders
Specialist Factual
Belsen: What They Found Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz Surviving Black Hawk Down Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Sports Coverage
The 2025 Ryder Cup, Sky Sports The FA Cup Final, BBC Sport UEFA Women’s Euro 2025, BBC One Wimbledon, BBC Sport
Supporting Actor
Ashely Walters, Adolescence Fehinti Balogun, Down Cemetery Road Joshua McGuire, The Gold Owen Cooper, Adolescence Paddy Considine, MobLand Rafael Mathe, The Death of Bunny Munro
Supporting Actress
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus Christine Tremarco, Adolescence Chyna McQueen, Get Millie Black Emilia Jones, Task Erin Doherty, Adolescence Rose Ayling-Ellis, Reunion
P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award (voted for by the public)
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 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
Children’s Craft Team
BEN BOCQUELET, JOE SPARROW, LUKE ALLEN, JAMES LANCETT, ADRIAN CATHIE, ANDY GOODMAN The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball – Hanna Barbera Studios Europe / Cartoon Network LUCY IZZARD, ANDREW MITCHELL, FERNANDO LECHUGA, JEAN-MARC PETSAS, OWEN PETERS, BRONWEN SLATER The Very Small Creatures – Aardman / Sky Kids SAMANTHA CUTLER, JEROEN JASPAERT, STEVEN BLOOMER, TERRY DAVIES, ADRIAN RHODES, SHANNAN TAYLOR The Scarecrows’ Wedding – Magic Light Pictures / BBC One SIMON PARTINGTON, ANDY FARAGO, SIMON COUZENS, SANDY NUTTGENS, ALEX COPLEY, ANDY BRITTAIN BooSnoo! – Visionality Media, Mackinnon and Saunders / Sky Kids
Costume Design
EMMA O’LOUGHLIN Trespasses – Wildgaze Films / Channel 4 MAJA MESCHEDE A Thousand Blows – The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions, Water & Power Productions / Disney+ MICHAEL WILKINSON Andor – LucasFilm / Disney+ RHONA RUSSELL Lockerbie: A Search for Truth – Carnival Films, Universal International Studios, Sky Studios / Sky Atlantic
Director: Factual
BENEDICT SANDERSON See No Evil – Passion Pictures / Channel 4 KARIM SHAH Gaza: Doctors Under Attack – Basement Films / Channel 4 OLAIDE SADIQ Grenfell: Uncovered – Rogan Productions / Netflix ROB COLDSTREAM Vietnam: The War That Changed America – Apple, 72 Films / Apple TV
Director: Fiction
DAWN SHADFORTH Trespasses – Wildgaze Films / Channel 4 JANUS METZ Andor – LucasFilm / Disney+ PHILIP BARANTINI Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / Netflix SAM DONOVAN Severance – Fifth Season / Apple TV
Director: Multi-Camera
BEN ARCHARD, EDDIE LEWIS, MARIEKE BARKER-BENFIELD The Celebrity Traitors – Studio Lambert Scotland / BBC One BEN HARDY Last One Laughing – Initial, Zeppotron / Prime Video DICCON RAMSAY VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember – BBC Studios / BBC One LAURENCE CAWSEY Super Sunday – Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur – Sky Sports / Sky Sports Main Event
Editing: Factual
JENNIFER ASHEITU HAMPSON Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers – The Garden Productions / Netflix MEL QUIGLEY, ANDY KEMP Gaza: Doctors Under Attack – Basement Films / Channel 4 PAUL HAMMACOTT Louis Theroux: The Settlers – Mindhouse / BBC Two SAMUEL R. SANTANA Grenfell: Uncovered – Rogan Productions / Netflix
Editing: Fiction
FIONA BRANDS Slow Horses (Episode 6) – See-Saw Films, Apple / Apple TV ÚNA NÍ DHONGHAÍLE Prisoner 951 – Dancing Ledge Productions / BBC One SIMON SMITH The Last of Us – Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, Naughty Dog, HBO / Sky Atlantic YAN MILES Andor – LucasFilm / Disney+
Emerging Talent: Factual
ALEXANDRA LACEY (Writer/Director) – The Twister: Caught in the Storm – Netflix, Raw / Netflix ELLE MOWER (Director) – Convicting My Ex – Story Films / BBC Three OLAIDE SADIQ (Director) – Grenfell: Uncovered – Rogan Productions / Netflix
Emerging Talent: Fiction
CHLOE ENGLISH (Director) G’wed – Golden Path Productions / ITV2 EMILY MCDONALD (Director) Am I Being Unreasonable? – Boffola Pictures / BBC One EROS V (Director) Juice – Various Artists Limited / BBC Three JANICE OKOH (Writer) Just Act Normal – The Forge Entertainment / BBC Three
Entertainment Craft Team
BEN ARCHARD, SIGGI ROSEN-RAWLINGS, JAMES TINSLEY, STUART FROSSELL, MARTIN ADAMS, NATHAN LINDLEY The Celebrity Traitors – Studio Lambert Scotland/ BBC One DICCON RAMSAY, RIKKI FINLAY, MAT WEEKES, BEN NORMAN, JAMES TINSLEY, ROBERT MANSFIELD Squid Game: The Challenge – Studio Lambert, The Garden / Netflix GRAHAM PROUD, TOBY WILKINSON, SAM TURNER, ALEX WEEKS, JENNIFER FORD Rob & Romesh Vs… – CPL Productions / Sky Max PHILIP BARANTINI, NYK ALLEN, JACOB SMITH, JOE BLODGETT, FRANK LARSON, BRENDAN POUTIER ONE SHOT: With Ed Sheeran – Fulwell Entertainment / Netflix
Make Up & Hair Design
LUCY SIBBICK, VICTORIA MONEY Slow Horses – SeeSaw Films, Apple / Apple TV SJAAN GILLINGS Lockerbie: A Search for Truth – Carnival Films, Universal International Studios, Sky Studios / Sky Atlantic SIAN WILSON, CAROLINE GREENOUGH, CLARE RAMSEY, CHERYL GARVEY, MADLEN MIERZWIAK A Thousand Blows – The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions, Water & Power Productions / Disney+ VICKIE LANG, NIK WILLIAMS, BARRIE GOWER Amadeus – Two Cities / Sky Atlantic
Original Music: Factual
ANNE NIKITIN Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey – Anonymous Content, Dog Star Films, Water Creature Films, Netflix / Netflix JESSICA DANNHEISSER The Last Musician of Auschwitz – Two Rivers Media / BBC Two LOUIS DODD, MATTHEW SANCHEZ The Sycamore Gap Mystery – Candour Productions / Channel 4 SOPHY PURNELL Moon: Nature’s Secret Force – Humble Bee Films / Sky Nature
Original Music: Fiction
ARIEL MARX Hotel Reverie (Black Mirror) – Broke & Bones / Netflix FEDERICO JUSID A Thousand Blows – The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions, Water & Power Productions / Disney+ NICK CAVE, WARREN ELLIS The Death of Bunny Munro – Clerkenwell Films, Sky Studios / Sky Atlantic TOM ROWLANDS Mussolini: Son of the Century – Sky Studios, The Apartment, Pathé, Small Forward Productions, Fremantle, Cinecittà S.p.A. / Sky Atlantic
Photography: Factual
CAMERA TEAM Secrets of the Penguins – Talesmith, Lightstorm Entertainment, National Geographic / Disney+ JORDAN BRYON Our Land: Israel’s Other War – Hardcash Productions / ITV1 MARCEL METTELSIEFEN State of War: Fighting the Narcos (Exposure) – Duskwater Films / ITV1 STEFANO FERRARI, TIM CRAGG Surviving Black Hawk Down – RSA / Netflix
Photography & Lighting: Fiction
CATHERINE GOLDSCHMIDT The Last of Us – Sony Pictures Television, Playstation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, Naughty Dog, HBO / Sky Atlantic MATTHEW LEWIS Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B, Netflix / Netflix RYAN KERNAGHAN Trespasses – Wildgaze Films / Channel 4 SUZIE LAVELLE Severance – Fifth Season / Apple TV
Production Design
GILLIAN DEVENNEY Trespasses – Wildgaze Films / Channel 4 LUKE HULL, REBECCA ALLEWAY, TOBY BRITTON Andor – LucasFilm / Disney+ PHILIPPA MUMFORD Juice – Various Artists Limited / BBC Three TOM BURTON, GRANT BAILEY, BARBARA HERMAN-SKELDING A Thousand Blows – The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions, Water & Power Productions / Disney+
Scripted Casting
NATHAN TOTH What it Feels Like for a Girl – Hera Pictures / BBC Three NATHAN TOTH, JULIE HARKIN Reunion – Warp Films / BBC One SHAHEEN BAIG Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / Netflix SHAHEEN BAIG Get Millie Black – Motive Pictures / Channel 4
Sound: Factual
ANDY DEACON, KEVIN DUFF, WILL THOMAS JONATHAN GIBSON The Lost Music of Auschwitz – Windfall Films / Sky Arts SOUND TEAM The Celebrity Traitors – Studio Lambert Scotland/ BBC One SOUND TEAM Formula 1: Drive to Survive – Box to Box Films / Netflix TRISTAN POWELL, WILL CHAPMAN The Last Musician of Auschwitz – Two Rivers Media / BBC Two
Sound: Fiction
ANDREW SISSONS, MARTIN JENSEN, BEN TISDALL, JOE BEAL, DUNCAN PRICE, CONOR THOMPSON Slow Horses – See-Saw Films, Apple / Apple TV DANNY HAMBROOK, DAVID ACORD, MARGIT PFEIFFER, JAMES SPENCER, JOSH GOLD, JOHN FINKLEA Andor – LucasFilm / Disney+ JAMES DRAKE, JULES WOODS, ROB ENTWISTLE, KIFF MCMANUS, KYLE PICKFORD, ADAM MÉNDEZ Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / Netflix LEE WALPOLE, STUART HILLIKER, SAOIRSE CHRISTOPHERSON, ANDY KENNEDY, LEE CRICHLOW, CHRIS CAMPION Lockerbie: A Search for Truth – Carnival Films, Universal International Studios, Sky Studios / Sky Atlantic
Special, Visual & Graphic Effects
JAMES MACLACHLAN, JOSIE HENWOOD, UNION VFX, STARGATE STUDIOS MALTA, MAGIC LAB STUDIOS, SAM CHYNOWETH USS Callister: Into Infinity (Black Mirror) – Broke & Bones / Netflix LUKE MURPHY, MOHEN LEO, NEAL SCANLAN, JEAN-CLÉMENT SORET Andor – LucasFilm / Disney+ RUSSELL DODGSON, FRAMESTORE, ANDY JONES, SIMON BLAND, FRANÇOIS DUMOULIN, GAVIN MCKENZIE Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age – BBC Studios Natural History Unit / Apple TV SARA BENNETT, RICHARD REED, DAVID STEPHENS, JET OMOSHEBI, CAIMIN BOURNE, SCANLINE The Witcher – Netflix / Netflix
Titles & Graphic Identity
HUGE DESIGNS Code of Silence – Mammoth Screen / ITV1 ISABELLA EKLÖF, LUKE DUNKLEY, MIKE HOLLIDAY, TONY KEARNS, DEAN WARES The Death of Bunny Munro – Clerkenwell Films, Sky Studios / Sky Atlantic LIGHT CREATIVE A Thousand Blows – The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions, Water & Power Productions / Disney+ NICOS LIVESEY, BART YATES, REBECCA LITTLE, ARON SIDHU, STEVEN LOWNES UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 – Sunset+Vine Scotland / BBC One
Writer: Comedy
DAISY MAY COOPER, SELIN HIZLI Am I Being Unreasonable? – Boffola Pictures / BBC One JACK ROOKE Big Boys – Roughcut TV / Channel 4 KAT SADLER Such Brave Girls – Various Artists Limited / BBC Three STEVE COOGAN, ROB GIBBONS, NEIL GIBBONS How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) – Baby Cow Productions / BBC One
Writer: Drama
AILBHE KEOGAN Trespasses – Wildgaze Films / Channel 4 JACK THORNE, STEPHEN GRAHAM Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / Netflix PARIS LEES What it Feels Like for a Girl – Hera Pictures / BBC Three WILL SMITH Slow Horses – See-Saw Films, Apple / Apple TV
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