Edinburgh TV Awards 2025 winners list in full as Adolescence and Bridgerton win major awards

The ceremony saw Netflix named Streamer of the Year in the ceremony, beating off all of its other major competitors in the space.

Meanwhile, Adolescence won Best Drama and young star Owen Cooper took home the award for Breakthrough Performance.

Elsewhere, Jessica Gunning won Best TV Actor - Drama for her acclaimed turn in the streamer's Baby Reindeer.

Finally, Netflix also won Best TV Moment of the Year as voted for by the public for THAT carriage scene between Penelope and Colin in Bridgerton season 3.

Edinburgh TV Awards 2025 winners list in full

Best Drama

Adolescence - WINNER
Baby Reindeer
Blue Lights
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
Rivals
Slow Horses

Best International Drama

After the Party - WINNER
Dope Thief
Mussolini: Son of the Century
Ripley
Severance
The Studio

Best Documentary

7/7: The London Bombings
Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher
Children of the Cult (Exposure)
D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
Jamali Maddix: Follow the Leader
Our Land: Israel's Other War - WINNER

Best Comedy Series

Alma’s Not Normal
Big Boys - WINNER
Dinosaur
Ludwig
Mr Bigstuff
We Are Lady Parts

Best Entertainment Series

I Kissed a Girl
Last One Laughing - WINNER
Taskmaster
The Graham Norton Show
The Piano
The Traitors

Best Popular Factual Series

DNA Journey
Getting Filthy Rich
Go Back to Where You Came From
Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour - WINNER
Sort Your Life Out
Swiped: The School that Banned Smartphones

Best Branded Entertainment

Batch from Scratch : Cooking for Less
Champions Full Gallop
Cooking with the Stars Series
DNA Journey - WINNER
M&S Dress the Nation

Climate Storytelling Award

Big Brother
Emmerdale - WINNER
Gabon: Earth’s Last Chance
Our Living World
Ready Meals, What They Really Mean for You
Spirit Rangers

Best TV Actor - Drama

Danny Dyer in Rivals
Jessica Gunning in Baby Reindeer - WINNER
Katherine Parkinson in Rivals
Owen Cooper in Adolescence
Richard Gadd in Baby Reindeer
Stephen Graham in Adolescence

Best TV Actor - Comedy

Anjana Vasan in We Are Lady Parts
Lucy Punch in Amandaland
Nabhaan Rizwan in Kaos
Oliver Savell in Changing Ends
Philippa Dunne in Amandaland
Sophie Willan in Alma's Not Normal - WINNER

Breakthrough Performance

Ashley Storrie
Bella Maclean
Maximilian Fairley
Owen Cooper - WINNER
Sekou Diaby
Thaddea Graham

Best TV Presenter - Factual

Joe Tracini – Me and the Voice in My Head
Mobeen Azhar – The Soldiers That Saved Britain
Munya Chawawa – How to Survive a Dictator: North Korea
Poppy Jay – Young, British and Anti-Abortion - WINNER

Best TV Presenter - Entertainment

Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Claudia Winkleman – The Traitors - WINNER
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show
Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan – Rob & Rom Vs…

Channel of the Year

5 - WINNER
BBC One
BBC Scotland
BBC Two
Channel 4
ITV1

Production Company of the Year

Big Talk Studios
Clapperboard Studios
CPL Productions
See-Saw Films
SISTER
Warp Films - WINNER

Streamer of the Year

BBC iPlayer
Channel 4
ITVX
Netflix - WINNER
U

Small Indie of the Year

Afro-Mic Productions
Alleycats TV
Black Camel Pictures
Listen
Rockerdale Studios - WINNER
Synchronicity Films

Agency of the Year

Insanity - WINNER
Mirador Talent Group
Strange Town Agency

Production Group of the Year

Banijay UK
BBC Studios Productions
Fremantle UK
ITV Studios - WINNER
STV Studios
Universal International Studios

Outstanding Achievement Award 2025

Sir Lenny Henry

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