Kamal Ghorui
The winners of the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards 2026 were announced at a star-studded ceremony held at Royal Festival Hall on May 10, where 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.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.
Here’s the complete winners list from the 2026 BAFTA TV Awards:
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
