The 2026 British Academy Television Awards ceremony was held on 10 May 2026, at the Royal Festival Hall in London, to recognise the excellence in British television of 2025. The ceremony was hosted by Welsh comedian Greg Davies and was broadcast on BBC One.
The nominations were announced on 24 March 2026, alongside the nominations for the 2026 British Academy Television Craft Awards. Netflix limited series Adolescence led the nominations with seven, followed by BBC One comedy Amandaland with five. Ultimately, Adolescence won the most awards with four, including Best Limited Drama, becoming the first series to win more than three awards in a single year at the main BAFTA TV Awards ceremony.
The Norwegian artist Aurora performed an a cappella version of her song "Through the Eyes of a Child" from her debut album All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend (2016). The song was featured on the soundtrack of Adolescence.
Ceremony information
Category changes BAFTA announced some changes in the voting process for the 2026 ceremony:
For Best International Programme, all voting members are allowed to vote for both the nominees and winners. For the craft categories, an exemption was created to recognize rising international co-productions. A senior team member who is not UK-eligible can be eligible as long as at least 80% of the team holds UK eligibility.
Winners and nominees The nominations were announced on 24 March 2026.
Best Drama Series Best Scripted Comedy Code of Silence (ITV1) A Thousand Blows (Disney+) Blue Lights (BBC One) This City Is Ours (BBC One) Amandaland (BBC One) Big Boys (Channel 4) How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) (BBC One) Things You Should Have Done (BBC Three) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Limited Drama ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Soap |- | valign="top" | Adolescence (Netflix) I Fought the Law (ITV1) Trespasses (Channel 4) What It Feels Like for a Girl (BBC Three) | valign="top" | EastEnders (BBC One) Casualty (BBC One) Coronation Street (ITV1) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Factual Entertainment ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best International Programme |- | valign="top" | Go Back to Where You Came From (Channel 4) The Assembly (ITV1) Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars (Apple TV) Race Across the World (BBC One) | valign="top" | The Studio (Apple TV) The Bear (Disney+) The Diplomat (Netflix) Pluribus (Apple TV) Severance (Apple TV) The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B; width: 50%"| Best Actor ! style="background:#BDB76B; width: 50%"| Best Actress |- | valign="top" | Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller – Adolescence (Netflix) Taron Egerton as Dave Gudsen – Smoke (Apple TV) Colin Firth as Jim Swire – Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (Sky Atlantic) Ellis Howard as Byron / Paris – What It Feels Like for a Girl (BBC Three) James Nelson-Joyce as Michael Kavanagh – This City Is Ours (BBC One) Matt Smith as Bunny Munro – The Death of Bunny Munro (Sky Atlantic) | valign="top" | Narges Rashidi as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe – Prisoner 951 (BBC One) Siân Brooke as Constable Grace Ellis – Blue Lights (BBC One) Erin Doherty as Mary Carr – A Thousand Blows (Disney+) Sheridan Smith as Ann Ming – I Fought the Law (ITV1) Jodie Whittaker as Susan McIntyre – Toxic Town (Netflix) Aimee Lou Wood as Evie – Film Club (BBC Three) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Supporting Actor ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Supporting Actress |- | valign="top" | Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller – Adolescence (Netflix) Fehinti Balogun as Amos Crane – Down Cemetery Road (Apple TV) Paddy Considine as Kevin Harrigan – MobLand (Paramount+) Rafael Mathé as Bunny Junior – The Death of Bunny Munro (Sky Atlantic) Joshua McGuire as Douglas Baxter – The Gold (BBC One) Ashley Walters as DI Luke Bascombe – Adolescence (Netflix) | valign="top" | Christine Tremarco as Manda Miller – Adolescence (Netflix) Rose Ayling-Ellis as Miri – Reunion (BBC One) Erin Doherty as Briony Ariston – Adolescence (Netflix) Emilia Jones as Maeve Prendergrast – Task (Sky Atlantic) Chyna McQueen as Hibiscus – Get Millie Black (Channel 4) Aimee Lou Wood as Chelsea – The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Male Comedy Performance ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Female Comedy Performance |- | valign="top" | Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge – How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) (BBC One) Jim Howick as Paul Jessop – Here We Go (BBC One) Jon Pointing as Danny – Big Boys (Channel 4) Mawaan Rizwan as Jamal "Jamma" Jamshidi – Juice (BBC Three) Lenny Rush as Ollie – Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One) Oliver Savell as Young Alan Carr – Changing Ends (ITV1) | valign="top" | Katherine Parkinson as Rachel Jessop – Here We Go (BBC One) Philippa Dunne as Anne Flynn – Amandaland (BBC One) Rosie Jones as Emily Dawkins – Pushers (Channel 4) Diane Morgan as Mandy Carter – Mandy (BBC Two) Lucy Punch as Amanda Hughes – Amandaland (BBC One) Jennifer Saunders as Aunt Joan – Amandaland (BBC One) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Entertainment Performance ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Entertainment Programme |- | valign="top" | Bob Mortimer – Last One Laughing (Prime Video) Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan – Rob and Romesh vs... (Sky Max) Alan Carr and Amanda Holden – Amanda and Alan's Spanish Job (BBC One) Lee Mack – The 1% Club (ITV1) Romesh Ranganathan – Romesh: Can't Knock the Hustle (Sky Max) Claudia Winkleman – The Celebrity Traitors (BBC One) | valign="top" | Last One Laughing (Prime Video) The Graham Norton Show (BBC One) Michael McIntyre's Big Show (BBC One) Would I Lie to You? (BBC One) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Factual Series ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Specialist Factual |- | valign="top" | See No Evil (Channel 4) Bibaa and Nicole: Murder in the Park (Sky Documentaries) Educating Yorkshire (Channel 4) The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed (ITV1) | valign="top" | Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz (BBC Two) Belsen: What They Found (BBC Two) Surviving Black Hawk Down (Netflix) Vietnam: The War That Changed America (Apple TV) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Single Documentary ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Reality |- | valign="top" | Grenfell: Uncovered (Netflix) Louis Theroux: The Settlers (BBC Two) One Day in Southport (Channel 4) Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire (BBC Two) | valign="top" | The Celebrity Traitors (BBC One) The Jury: Murder Trial (Channel 4) Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix) Virgin Island (Channel 4) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Sports Coverage ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Live Event Coverage |- | valign="top" | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 (BBC One) The 2025 Ryder Cup (Sky Sports) The FA Cup Final (BBC One) Wimbledon 2025 (BBC One) | valign="top" | VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember (BBC One) Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 (BBC One) Last Night of the Proms: Finale (BBC One) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Current Affairs ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best News Coverage |- | valign="top" | Gaza: Doctors Under Attack (Channel 4) The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money (ITV1) Exposure: "Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War" (ITV1) Panorama: "Undercover in the Police" (BBC One) | valign="top" | Channel 4 News: "Israel–Iran: The Twelve Day War" (Channel 4) BBC Newsnight: "Grooming Survivors Speak" (BBC Two) Sky News: "Gaza: Fight for Survival" (Sky News) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Short Form Programme ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Daytime |- | valign="top" | Hustle and Run (Channel 4) Donkey (BBC Three) Rocket Fuel (BBC iPlayer) Zoners (BBC Three) | valign="top" | Scam Interceptors (BBC One) The Chase (ITV1) Lorraine (ITV1) Richard Osman's House of Games (BBC Two) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Children's: Scripted ! style="background:#BDB76B;"| Best Children's: Non-Scripted |- | valign="top" | Crongton (BBC iPlayer) Horrible Science (BBC iPlayer) Shaun the Sheep (CBBC) The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball (Cartoon Network) | valign="top" | Sky Kids Investigates: "World.War.Me" (Sky News) BooSnoo! (Sky Kids) Deadly 60: "Saving Sharks" (CBBC) A Real Bugs Life (Disney+) |- ! style="background:#BDB76B;" colspan="2"| Memorable Moment |- | valign="top" colspan="2" | The Celebrity Traitors: "Alan Carr wins The Celebrity Traitors''" (BBC One) Adolescence: "Jamie snaps at the psychologist" (Netflix) Big Boys: "I didn't make it, did I?" (Channel 4) Blue Lights: "The police are warned of an ambush to plot to silence a key witness" (BBC One) Last One Laughing: "Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade's speed date" (Prime Video) What It Feels Like for a Girl'': "Byron leaves for Brighton to start university, where she introduces herself as Paris" (BBC Three) BAFTA Fellowship Special Award Mary Berry Martin Lewis
In Memoriam
Danielle Scott-Haughton Jilly Cooper Judy Loe Pik-Sen Lim Nabil Shaban Patrick Murray Loretta Swit Tchéky Karyo John Virgo Desmond Morris Biddy Baxter Roger Laughton George Wendt Stanley Baxter Eric Dane James Van Der Beek Prunella Scales Quentin Willson Humphrey Burton Kenith Trodd John Stapleton Fred Emery Will Daws Stuart Prebble Jane Lapotaire Yvonne Brewster Samantha Eggar Malcolm-Jamal Warner Mel Schilling Andy Kershaw Jack Shepherd Sandy Gall Derek Martin Tom Georgeson Angela Pleasence Ozzy Osbourne Kim Woodburn Alan Yentob Patricia Routledge
References
See also 2026 British Academy Television Craft Awards
External links Official website