2026 BAFTA Television Awards: Here's the complete list of winners

London hosted the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday, May 10, 2026. Greg Davies hosted the ceremony that honored the best actors, programmes, and presenters on the small screen.

The famous Netflix drama Adolescence led this year’s nominations with eleven nods, Disney’s A Thousand Blows with 7, and Andor & Trespasses with 6 nominations each.

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Leading Actor

• WINNER: Stephen Graham - Adolescence (Netflix)
• Colin Firth - Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (Sky Atlantic)
• Ellis Howard - What it Feels Like for a Girl (BBC Three)
• James Nelson-Joyce - This City is Ours (BBC One)
• Matt Smith - The Death of Bunny Munro (Sky Atlantic)
• Taron Egerton - Smoke (Apple TV)

Best Leading Actress

• WINNER: Narges Rashidi - Prisoner 951 (BBC One)
• Aimee Lou Wood - Film Club (BBC Three)
• Erin Doherty - A Thousand Blows (Disney+)
• Jodie Whittaker - Toxic Town (Netflix)
• Sheridan Smith - I Fought The Law (ITV1)
• Siân Brooke - Blue Lights (BBC One)

Best Supporting actor

• WINNER: Owen Cooper - Adolescence (Netflix)
• Ashley Walters - Adolescence (Netflix)
• Fehinti Balogun - Down Cemetery Road (Apple TV)
• Joshua Mcguire - The Gold (BBC One)
• Paddy Considine - MobLand (Paramount+)
• Rafael Mathé - The Death of Bunny Munro (Sky Atlantic)

Best Supporting actress

• WINNER: Christine Tremarco - Adolescence (Netflix)
• Aimee Lou Wood - The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)
• Chyna McQueen - Get Millie Black (Channel 4)
• Emilia Jones - Task (Sky Atlantic)
• Erin Doherty - Adolescence (Netflix)
• Rose Ayling-Ellis - Reunion (BBC One)

Best Drama series

• WINNER: Code Of Silence (ITV1)
• A Thousand Blows (Disney+)
• Blue Lights (BBC One)
• This City Is Ours (BBC One)

Best Limited drama

• WINNER: Adolescence (Netflix)
• I Fought The Law (ITV1)
• Trespasses (Channel 4)
• What It Feels Like For A Girl (BBC Three)

Best Scripted Comedy

• WINNER: Amandaland (BBC One)
• Big Boys (Channel 4)
• How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) (BBC One)
• Things You Should Have Done (BBC Three)

Best Actor in a Comedy

• WINNER: Steve Coogan - How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) (BBC One)
• Jim Howick - Here We Go (BBC One)
• Jon Pointing - Big Boys (Channel 4)
• Lenny Rush - Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One)
• Mawaan Rizwan - Juice (BBC Three)
• Oliver Savell - Changing Ends (ITV1)

Best Actress in a Comedy

• WINNER: Katherine Parkinson - Here We Go (BBC One)
• Diane Morgan - Mandy (BBC Two)
• Jennifer Saunders - Amandaland (BBC One)
• Lucy Punch - Amandaland (BBC One)
• Philippa Dunne - Amandaland (BBC One)
• Rosie Jones - Pushers (Channel 4)

Best Entertainment

• WINNER: 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)

Best Entertainment Performance

• WINNER: Bob Mortimer - Last One Laughing (Prime Video)
• Amanda Holden & Alan Carr - Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job (BBC One)
• Claudia Winkleman - The Celebrity Traitors (BBC One)
• Lee Mack - The 1% Club (ITV1)
• Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan - Rob & Romesh Vs... (Sky Max)
• Romesh Ranganathan - Romesh: Can't Knock the Hustle (Sky Max)

Best Factual Entertainment Show

• WINNER: 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)

Best Soap

• WINNER: EastEnders (BBC One)
• Casualty (BBC One)
• Coronation Street (ITVX)

Best Reality Show

• WINNER: The Celebrity Traitors (BBC One)
• The Jury: Murder Trial (Channel 4)
• Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix)
• Virgin Island (Channel 4)

Best Daytime Show

• WINNER: Scam Interceptors (BBC One)
• The Chase (ITV1)
• Lorraine (ITV1)
• Richard Osman's House of Games (BBC Two)

Best International Show 

• WINNER: The Studio (Apple TV)
• The Bear (Disney+)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Pluribus (Apple TV)
• Severance (Apple TV)
• The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)

Best Children's Scripted Show 

• WINNER: Crongton (BBC iPlayer)
• Horrible Science (BBC iPlayer)
• Shaun the Sheep (CBBC)
• The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball (Cartoon Network)

Best Children's Non-scripted Show 

• WINNER: World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates) (Sky News)
• A Real Bugs Life (Disney+)
• Boosnoo! (Sky Kids)
• Deadly 60 Saving Sharks (BBC Studios / CBBC)

Best Factual Show

• WINNER: See No Evil (Channel 4)
• Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park (Sky Documentaries)
• Educating Yorkshire (Channel 4)
• The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed (ITV1)

Best Specialist Factual Show

• WINNER: 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)

Best News Coverage

• WINNER: 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)

Best Current Affairs

• WINNER: Gaza: Doctors Under Attack (Channel 4)
• Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War (Exposure) (ITV1)
• The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money ( ITV1)
• Undercover in the Police (Panorama) (BBC One)

Best Live Event Coverage

• WINNER: VE Day 80: A Celebration To Remember (BBC One)
• Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 (BBC One)
• Last Night of the Proms: Finale (BBC One)

Best Single Documentary

• WINNER: Grenfell: Uncovered (Netflix)
• Louis Theroux: The Settlers (BBC Two)
• One Day In Southport (Channel 4)
• Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire (BBC Two)

Best Sports Coverage

• WINNER: Uefa Women's Euro 2025 (BBC One)
• The 2025 Ryder Cup (Sky Sports Main Event)
• The FA Cup Final (BBC One)
• Wimbledon 2025 (BBC One)

Best Short Form TV Programme

• WINNER: Hustle And Run (Channel 4)
• Donkey (BBC Three)
• Rocket Fuel (BBC iPlayer)
• Zoners (BBC Three)

P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award (voted for by the public)

• WINNER: The Celebrity Traitors - Alan Carr wins (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 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 Uni, where she introduces herself as Paris (BBC Three)

Bafta Fellowship

• WINNER: Dame Mary Berry

Special award

• WINNER: Martin Lewis