BAFTA TV Awards 2026 winners: Full list of winners as Adolescence and Celebrity Traitors win big - updated LIVE

The biggest night in UK TV has arrived, with the winners of the BAFTA TV Awards 2026 being unveiled at a ceremony hosted in London by Greg Davies.

Going into the ceremony, which featured performances by Cat Burns and AURORA, the most-nominated shows included Adolescence, Amandaland, The Celebrity Traitors and A Thousand Blows, all vying to win big on the night.

So, who will reign supreme and who will fall at the final hurdle?

Well, early signs are looking good for an Adolescence sweep, with Owen Cooper and Christine Tremarco taking home acting gongs and the series winning for Limited Drama.

The memorable moment award is the only category which is voted for by the public, so that is a special one to keep an eye on.

Read the full list of nominees and winners below, as Radio Times updates in real time.

BAFTA TV Awards 2026 winners - full list of winners revealed

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) - 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

Children’s: Non-Scripted

• A Real Bug's Life
• Boosnoo! Production Team
• Deadly 60 Saving Sharks
• World.war.me (Sky Kids Investigates) - WINNER

Children’s: Scripted

• Crongton - WINNER
• 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 (Panorama)

Daytime

• The Chase
• Lorraine
• Morning Live - WINNER
• Richard Osman’s House of Games
• Scam Interceptors

Drama Series

• A Thousand Blows
• Blue Lights
• Code of Silence
• This City Is Ours

Entertainment

• The Graham Norton Show
• Last One Laughing UK - WINNER
• Michael McIntyre’s Big Show
• Would I Lie to You

Entertainment Performance

• Amanda Holden and Alan Carr, Amanda & Alan’s Spanish Job
• Bob Mortimer, Last One Laughing
• Claudia Winkleman, The Celebrity Traitors
• Lee Mack, The 1% Club
• Rob Beckett and 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 - WINNER
• The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed

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
• I Fought the Law
• Trespasses
• What It Feels Like for a Girl

Live Event Coverage

• Holocaust Memorial Day 2025
• Last Night of the Proms: Finale
• Ve Day 80: a Celebration to Remember - WINNER

News Coverage

• BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak
• Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve-Day War
• Sky News: Gaza: Fight for Survival

Reality

• The Celebrity Traitors - WINNER
• The Jury: Murder Trial
• Squid Game: The Challenge
• Virgin Island

Scripted Comedy

• Amandaland - WINNER
• Big Boys
• How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)
• Things You Should Have Done

Short Form

• Donkey
• Hustle and Run - WINNER
• Rocket Fuel
• Zoners

Single Documentary

• Grenfell: Uncovered - WINNER
• Louis Theroux: The Settlers
• One Day in Southport
• Unforgotten: the Bradford City Fire

Soap

• Casualty
• Coronation Street
• EastEnders - WINNER

Specialist Factual

• Belsen: What They Found
• Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz - WINNER
• Surviving Black Hawk Down
• Vietnam: the War That Changed America

Sports Coverage

• The 2025 Ryder Cup Production Team
• The FA Cup Final - Richard Hughes, Sarah Williams, Nicola Kirk, Stephen Lyle, Andrew Clement, Andy Underhill
• UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Production Team - WINNER
• Wimbledon 2025 Production Team

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

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 silence a key witness
• The Celebrity Traitors - Alan Carr wins The Celebrity Traitors
• 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

The BAFTA Television Awards 2026 airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 8pm on Sunday 10 May 2026.

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