The winners of the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards were announced at a star-studded ceremony held at the Royal Festival Hall on May 10. Some of the biggest names from the television industry came together to celebrate the best shows, actors, and presenters of the year. Hosted by Greg Davies, the ceremony saw shows like Adolescence, The Celebrity Traitors, and Code of Silence taking home major honours.
Major Winners
Jack Thorne's Netflix drama Adolescence led the nominations this year with 11 nods. The show eventually won the award for Limited Drama, while Stephen Graham bagged the Leading Actor trophy for his performance in the series. Christine Tremarco and young actor Owen Cooper also won in the Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor categories respectively for the same show.
Meanwhile, Code of Silence emerged victorious in the Drama Series category, beating shows like A Thousand Blows and Blue Lights.
Reality show The Celebrity Traitors won the Reality category, while its host Claudia Winkleman was also nominated in the Entertainment Performance category. However, the award eventually went to Bob Mortimer for Last One Laughing UK.
Complete Winners List
Drama Series
- Code of Silence — Winner
Limited Drama
- Adolescence — Winner
International
- The Studio — Winner
Leading Actress
- Narges Rashidi for Prisoner 951 — Winner
Leading Actor
- Stephen Graham for Adolescence — Winner
Actress in a Comedy
- Katherine Parkinson for Here We Go — Winner
Actor in a Comedy
- Steve Coogan for How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) — Winner
Supporting Actress
- Christine Tremarco for Adolescence — Winner
Supporting Actor
- Owen Cooper for Adolescence — Winner
Entertainment
- Last One Laughing UK — Winner
Entertainment Performance
- Bob Mortimer for Last One Laughing UK — Winner
Scripted Comedy
- Amandaland — Winner
Specialist Factual
- Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz — Winner
Reality
- The Celebrity Traitors — Winner
Current Affairs
- Gaza: Doctors Under Attack — Winner
Shortform
- Hustle and Run — Winner
Factual Entertainment
- Go Back to Where You Came From — Winner
Factual Series
- See No Evil — Winner
Live Event Coverage
- VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember — Winner
News Coverage
- Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War — Winner
Single Documentary
- Grenfell: Uncovered — Winner
Soap
- EastEnders — Winner
Sports Coverage
- UEFA Women's Euro 2025 — Winner
Daytime
- Scam Interceptors — Winner
Children's Non-Scripted
- World.War.Me — Winner
Children's Scripted
- Crongton — Winner
Memorable Moment
- The Celebrity Traitors — Alan Carr wins — Winner
