The BAFTA Award BAFTA/Marc Hoberman Oscar season may be over, but London is in awards mode again on Sunday thanks to the BAFTA TV Awards.
The 2026 BAFTA TV honors are being handed out at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in the British capital. Netflix drama Adolescence led the nominations with 11, followed by Disney+’s A Thousand Blows with seven. Comedian and Taskmaster host Greg Davies is hosting the awards ceremony.
Adolescence and The Celebrity Traitors were the biggest winners of the recent BAFTA Television Craft Awards, with each show receiving two prizes. Other honors went to Slow Horses, Andor, Amadeus, Reunion, Trespasses, The Celebrity Traitors, The Last Musician of Auschwitz and Mussolini: Son of the Century.
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Sunday’s ceremony comes a month after BAFTA apologized “unreservedly” for the controversy surrounding John Davidson’s Tourette’s Syndrome outbursts at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards ceremony, following an independent review that found “a number of structural weaknesses in BAFTA’s planning, escalation procedures and crisis coordination arrangements.” In particular, the review highlighted that BAFTA “did not fully appreciate the nature of the risk associated with a live broadcast appearance, early warning signs were not escalated, and the absence of a clear operational command structure limited BAFTA’s ability to respond effectively once the incident occurred.”
Outgoing BAFTA chair Sara Putt, in her opening remarks, wished a happy 100th birthday to David Attenborough, which he celebrated on Friday, and said that “TV isn’t going anywhere” but will endure despite disruption and challenges.
Davies quipped in the opening monologue that “a quick AI search” showed him that TV started when Attenborough “first hugged a monkey.” He also welcomed such nominees as Colin Firth, mentioning how attractive his aunt finds him, Ashley Walters and Stephen Graham and the whole team behind Adolescence.
With the TV craft honors complete, the stage is set for the remaining TV awards to celebrate the best of British TV. Who will win in London? Find out here.
THR will update the list of Sunday’s 2026 BAFTA TV Awards below throughout the ceremony, with winners highlighted in bold.
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
Supporting Actor
Ashley Walters, Adolescence Fehinti Balogun, Down Cemetery Road Joshua McGuire, The Gold Owen Cooper, Adolescence Paddy Considine, MobLand Rafael Mathe, The Death of Bunny Munro
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
Blue Lights 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
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
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
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