BAFTA has announced the winners of the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises, with Adolescence emerging as the biggest winner of the night after taking home four awards.
The ceremony, hosted by Greg Davies at London’s Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, celebrated the best television broadcast in 2025 and featured performances from Cat Burns and AURORA. Broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK, the night saw major wins for Adolescence, The Celebrity Traitors, Code of Silence, Amandaland, EastEnders and The Studio.
Netflix drama Adolescence was the only programme to win four BAFTAs, claiming Limited Drama, Leading Actor for Stephen Graham, Supporting Actor for Owen Cooper and Supporting Actress for Christine Tremarco. It was a huge night for the series, with Graham, Cooper and Tremarco all receiving their first BAFTA wins. Cooper’s win adds another major award to a remarkable run for his performance as a boy accused of murdering a female classmate, following previous recognition at the Emmys, Golden Globes, National Television Awards, Royal Television Society Awards and Actors Awards. In his acceptance speech, he paid tribute to The Beatles, telling the room: “You won’t get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it.” He added that success, in his eyes, comes down to obsession, a dream and, naturally, The Beatles.
In the Leading Actress category, Narges Rashidi won her first BAFTA for Prisoner 951, while Steve Coogan took home Actor in a Comedy for How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge). Katherine Parkinson won Actress in a Comedy for Here We Go.
The public-voted P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award went to The Celebrity Traitors, with viewers naming Alan Carr winning the series as the most memorable television moment of 2025. The BBC hit also won Reality, continuing its massive run as one of the UK’s most talked-about shows.
Elsewhere, Code of Silence won Drama Series, Amandaland picked up Scripted Comedy, and EastEnders won Soap for the second year running. Prime Video’s Last One Laughing also had a strong night, winning Entertainment, while Bob Mortimer won Entertainment Performance for the same show.
In factual programming, Grenfell: Uncovered won Single Documentary, See No Evil won Factual Series, and Go Back to Where You Came From won Factual Entertainment. Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz won Specialist Factual, while Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War won News Coverage and Gaza: Doctors Under Attack won Current Affairs.
The night also included two major honorary moments. Martin Lewis CBE received the BAFTA Television Special Award in recognition of his work and lasting positive impact on British audiences. Dame Mary Berry DBE received the BAFTA Fellowship, BAFTA’s highest honour, for her exceptional contribution to television across a career spanning six decades.
For CultureCues, it was a night that balanced heavyweight drama, public favourites and proper television legacy. Adolescence clearly became the story of the evening, but between Alan Carr’s Celebrity Traitors victory being crowned the public’s favourite moment, Mary Berry receiving the Fellowship and Martin Lewis being honoured for turning consumer advice into essential viewing, the ceremony felt like a reminder of just how wide British television’s impact can be.
Full List Of BAFTA TV Awards 2026 Winners
Fellowship
Dame Mary Berry
Special Award
Martin Lewis
Actor in a Comedy
Steve Coogan, How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge)
Actress in a Comedy
Katherine Parkinson, Here We Go
Children’s: Non-Scripted
World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates)
Children’s: Scripted
Crongton
Current Affairs
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
Daytime
Scam Interceptors
Drama Series
Code of Silence
Entertainment
Last One Laughing
Entertainment Performance
Bob Mortimer, Last One Laughing
Factual Entertainment
Go Back to Where You Came From
Factual Series
See No Evil
International
The Studio
Leading Actor
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Leading Actress
Narges Rashidi, Prisoner 951
Limited Drama
Adolescence
Live Event Coverage
VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember
News Coverage
Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War
Reality
The Celebrity Traitors
Scripted Comedy
Amandaland
Short Form
Hustle and Run
Single Documentary
Grenfell: Uncovered
Soap
EastEnders
Specialist Factual
Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
Sports Coverage
UEFA Women’s Euro 2025
Supporting Actor
Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Supporting Actress
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence
P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award
The Celebrity Traitors — Alan Carr wins The Celebrity Traitors
Nikki Murray is a UK-based writer, screenwriter and founder & editor of CultureCues, covering film, television, music and pop culture. Her work focuses on storytelling and the moments shaping modern entertainment.