The winners of the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards 2026 were announced at a star-studded event held at the Royal Festival Hall on 10 May, where some of the biggest names in the television industry came together to celebrate the year’s best shows, actors and presenters.Hosted by Greg Davies, the event saw shows such as Adolescence, The Celebrity Traitors and Code of Silence take home top honours.Jack Thorne’s Netflix drama Adolescence leads this year’s nominations with 11 nods. In the end, the show won the award for Limited Drama, and Stephen Graham took home the trophy for Lead Actor for his work in the series. Young actors Christine Tremarco and Owen Cooper also won in the Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor categories at 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 in the Reality category, while 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 is the full list of winners for the 2026 BAFTA TV Awards:
Drama Series
Code of Silence — Winner
Limited drama
Adolescence — Winner
international
The Studio — Winner
Starring actor
Narges Rashidi Prisoner 951 – Winner
Starring actor
Stephen Graham for Teens — Winner
An actor in a comedy
Katherine Parkinson Here We Go – Winner
An actor in a comedy
Steve Coogan How are you? It’s Alan (Partridge) — The Winner
Supporting actor
Christine Tremarco for Teens — Winner
Secondary Actor
Owen Cooper for Adolescence — Winner
entertainment
Last One Laughing UK — Winner
Entertainment performance
Bob Mortimer Last One Laughing UK – Winner
Scripted Comedy
Amandaland – Winner
Factual specialist
Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz — Winner
the reality
The Celebrity Traitors — Winner
Actuality
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack — Winner
Short form
Hustle and Run — Winner
Factual Entertainment
Back to where you came from — Winner
Factual series
See No Evil — Winner
Live Event Coverage
VE Day 80: A Celebration Remember — Winner
News coverage
Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War — Winner
Single Documentary
Grenfell: Uncovered — Winner
the soap
EastEnders — Winner
Sports Coverage
UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 — Winner
during the day
Scam Interceptors — Winner
Unscripted for children
World.War.Me — Winner
Script for children
Cronton – Winner
A memorable moment
The Celebrity Traitors — Alan Carr wins — Winner
