Adolescence Breaks Records At The BAFTA TV Awards 2026

It may feel like Netflix’s Adolescence landed on our screens yonks ago, but as awards season draws to a close, there was one final opportunity for the hugely successful one-shot drama to bag some gongs. And last night at the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards, stars Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Christine Tremarco and series creator Jack Thorne proved the shocking four-part drama turned conversation-starter truly is unlike anything else we’ve seen before. Not only did Adolescence win every award it was nominated for, but the series has broken the record for the most wins at the BAFTA TV Awards in a single year, while Cooper, aged just 16, became the youngest ever winner of the award for Best Supporting Actor (following his similar record-breaking win at the Primetime Emmy Awards earlier this year).

Of course, Adolescence isn’t the only TV show that aired in Britain over the past 12 months. Gathering at a glitzy ceremony in London last night, the 2026 BAFTA TV Awards were presented to the best and brightest stars on the small screen right now. With highlights including The Celebrity Traitors and Last One Laughing, find the full list of winners below.

(L to R) Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller, Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller, in Adolescence. (Courtesy of Netflix © 2024)

BAFTA Television Awards 2026: All The Winners

Drama series

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

Limited drama

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

Leading actor

• 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)
• Stephen Graham – Adolescence (Netflix) – WINNER
• Taron Egerton – Smoke (Apple TV)

Aimee Lou Wood as Evie & Nabhaan Rizwaan as Noah in Film Club. (© BBC)

Leading actress

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

Supporting actor

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

Supporting actress

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

Amanda (LUCY PUNCH) & Felicity (JOANNA LUMLEY) in Amandaland. (© Merman/Natalie Seery/BBC)

Scripted comedy

• Amandaland (BBC One) – WINNER
• 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

• 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)
• Steve Coogan – How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) (BBC One) – WINNER

Best actress in a comedy

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

Alan Carr in Last One Laughing. (Prime Video)

Entertainment

• The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
• Last One Laughing (Prime Video) – WINNER
• Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show (BBC One)
• Would I Lie To You (BBC One)

Entertainment performance

• Amanda Holden & Alan Carr – Amanda & Alan’s Spanish Job (BBC One)
• Bob Mortimer – Last One Laughing (Prime Video) – WINNER
• 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)

Factual entertainment

• The Assembly (ITV1)
• Go Back To Where You Came From (Channel 4) – WINNER
• Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars (Apple TV)
• Race Across the World (BBC One)

Alan Carr beat out a stellar cast of celebs to win the inaugural series of The Celebrity Traitors. (© BBC/Studio Lambert/Paul Chappells

Reality

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

Soap

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

Daytime

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

Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff, Jason Isaacs as Timothy Ratliff, Parker Posey as Victoria Ratliff & Patrick Schwarzenegger as Saxon Ratliff in The White Lotus Season 3 (c) HBO

International

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

Children’s: Scripted

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

Children’s: Non-scripted

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

Grenfell: Uncovered. (Courtesy of Netflix © 2025)

Factual series

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

Specialist factual

• Belsen: What They Found (BBC Two)
• Simon Schama: The Road To Auschwitz (BBC Two) – WINNER
• Surviving Black Hawk Down (Netflix)
• Vietnam: The War That Changed America (Apple TV)

Current affairs

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

News coverage

• BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak (BBC Two)
• Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War (Channel 4) – WINNER
• Sky News: Gaza: Fight For Survival (Sky News)

Single documentary

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

Live event coverage

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

Sports coverage

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

Short form

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

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

• 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 to plot to silence a key witness (BBC One)
• The Celebrity Traitors – Alan Carr wins (BBC One) – WINNER
• 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)