Unsurprisingly, Adolescence leads the nominations for the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards, unveiled in London on Tuesday.
The smash-hit Netflix phenomenon earned 11 nods, followed by Disney+’s A Thousand Blows with seven, Andor and Trespasses with six apiece, and The Celebrity Traitors with five.
The Emmy-winning cast of Adolescence has continued to garner critical acclaim, with a best lead actor nod for creator-star Stephen Graham. He’ll go up against Colin Firth (Lockerbie: A Search for Truth), Ellis Howard (What It Feels Like For a Girl), James Nelson-Joyce (This City Is Ours), Matt Smith (The Death of Bunny Munro) and Taron Egerton (Smoke) at the May 10 ceremony, hosted by Taskmaster‘s Greg Davies.
In the leading actress category, Aimee Lou Wood is nominated for her turn in Film Club alongside Erin Doherty (A Thousand Blows), Jodie Whittaker (Toxic Town), Narges Rashidi (Prisoner 951), Sheridan Smith (I Fought the Law), and Sian Brooke (Blue Lights).
Best drama series nominations have gone to A Thousand Blows, Blue Lights, Code of Silence, and This City Is Ours, as Adolescence competes in the limited series category. In the international category, The Bear, The Diplomat, Pluribus, Severance, The Studio, and The White Lotus are set to vie for the BAFTA TV Award.
Also up for BAFTAs are first-time nominees Ashley Walters (Adolescence), Christine Tremarco (Adolescence), Fehinti Balogun (Down Cemetery Road), Owen Cooper (Adolescence), and Paddy Considine (MobLand).
This year’s BAFTA TV Awards with P&O Cruises will take place at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in the British capital. The ceremony will air that same evening on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer. The BAFTA Television Craft Awards — nominations for which were also revealed Tuesday — will be handed out on Apr. 26.
Check out the BAFTA TV Awards and BAFTA Television Craft Awards nominations below.
Children’s: Non-Scripted
A Real Bug’s LifeBoosnoo!Deadly 60 Saving SharksWord.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates)
Children’s: Scripted
CrongtonHorrible ScienceShaun the SheepThe Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball
Current Affairs
Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War (Exposure)The Covid Contracts: Follow the MoneyGaza: Doctors Under AttackUndercover in the Police
Daytime
The ChaseLorraineRichard Osman’s House of GamesScam Interceptors
Drama Series
A Thousand BlowsCode of SilenceThis City Is Ours
Entertainment
The Graham Norton ShowLast One LaughingMichael McIntyre’s Big ShowWould I Lie To You?
Entertainment Performance
Amanda Holden, Alan Carr, Amanda & Alan’s Spanish JobBob Mortimer, Last One LaughingClaudia Winkleman, The Celebrity TraitorsLee Mack, The 1% ClubRob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Rob & Romesh Vs…Romesh Ranganathan, Romesh: Can’t Knock the Hustle
Factual Entertainment
The AssemblyGo Back to Where You Came FromKnife Edge: Chasing Michelin StarsRace Across the World
Factual Series
Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the ParkEducating YorkshireSee No EvilThe Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed
Actress in a Comedy
Diane Morgan, MandyJennifer Saunders, AmandalandKatherine Parkinson, Here We GoLucy Punch, AmandalandPhilippa Dunne, AmandalandRosie Jones, Pushers
International
The BearThe DiplomatPluribusSeveranceThe StudioThe White Lotus
Leading Actor
Colin Firth, Lockerbie: A Search for TruthEllis Howard, What it Feels Like for a GirlJames Nelson-Joyce, This City is OursMatt Smith, The Death of Bunny MunroStephen Graham, AdolescenceTaron Egerton, Smoke
Leading Actress
Aimee Lou Wood, Film ClubErin Doherty, A Thousand BlowsJodie Whittaker, Toxic TownNarges Rashidi, Prisoner 951Sheridan Smith, I Fought The LawSian Brooke, Blue Lights
Limited Drama
AdolescenceI Fought the LawTrespassesWhat It Feels Like For a Girl
Live Event Coverage
Holocaust Memorial Day 2025, BBC Studios / BBC OneLast Night of the Proms: Finale, Livewire Pictures / BBC OneVE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember, BBC Studios / BBC One
Actor in a Comedy
Jim Howick, Here We GoJon Pointing, Big BoysLenny Rush, Am I Being Unreasonable?Mawaan Rizwan, JuiceOliver Savell, Changing EndsSteve Coogan, How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge)
News Coverage
BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak, BBC Newsnight / BBC TwoChannel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War, Channel 4 News / Channel 4Sky News: Gaza: Fight for Survival, Sky News / Sky News
Reality
The Celebrity TraitorsThe Jury: Murder TrialSquid Game: The ChallengeVirgin Island
Scripted Comedy
AmandalandBig BoysHow Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge)Things You Should Have Done
Short Form
DonkeyHustle and RunRocket FuelZoners
Single Documentary
Grenfell: UncoveredLouis Theroux: The SettlersOne Day in SouthportUnforgotten: The Bradford City Fire
Soap
CasualtyCoronation StreetEastenders
Specialist Factual
Belsen: What They FoundSimon Schama: The Road to AuschwitzSurviving Black Hawk DownVietnam: The War That Changed America
Sports Coverage
The 2025 Ryder Cup, Sky SportsThe FA Cup Final, BBC SportUEFA Women’s Euro 2025, BBC OneWimbledon, BBC Sport
Supporting Actor
Ashely Walters, AdolescenceFehinti Balogun, Down Cemetery RoadJoshua McGuire, The GoldOwen Cooper, AdolescencePaddy Considine, MobLandRafael Mathe, The Death of Bunny Munro
Supporting Actress
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus Christine Tremarco, AdolescenceChyna McQueen, Get Millie BlackEmilia Jones, TaskErin Doherty, AdolescenceRose Ayling-Ellis, Reunion
P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award (voted for by the public)
Adolescence, Jamie Snaps at the Psychologist BIG BOYS, “I didn’t make it, did I?” Blue Lights, The police are warned of an ambush to plot to silence a key witnessThe Celebrity Traitors, Alan Carr winsLast One Laughing, Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade’s speed dateWhat It Feels Like For a Girl, Byron leaves for Brighton to start Uni, where she introduces herself as Paris
Children’s Craft Team
Ben Bocquelet, Joe Sparrow, Luke Allen, james Lancett, Adrian Cathie, Andy Goodman, The Wonderfully Weird World of GumballLucy Izzard, Andrew Mitchell, Fernando Lechuga, Jean-Marc Petsas, Owen Peters, Bronwen Slater, The Very Small CreaturesSamantha Cutler, Jeroen Jaspaert, Steven Bloomer, Terry Davies, Adrian Rhodes, Shannan Taylor, The Scarecrows’ WeddingSimon Partington, Andy Farago, Simon Couzens, Sandy Nuttgens, Alex Copley, Andy Brittain, BooSnoo!
Costume Design
Emma O’Loughlin, TrespassesMaja Meschede, A Thousand BlowsMichael Wilkinson, AndorRhona Russell, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
Director: Factual
Benedict Sanderson, See No EvilKarim Shah, Gaza: Doctors Under AttackOlaide Sadiq, Grenfell: UncoveredRob Coldstream, Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Director: Fiction
Dawn Shadforth, TrespassesJanus Metz, AndorPhilip Barantini, AdolescenceSam Donovan, Severance
Director: Multi-Camera
Ben Archard, Eddie Lewis, Marieke Barker-Benfield, The Celebrity TraitorsBen Hardy, Last One LaughingDiccon Ramsay, VE Day 80: A Celebration to RememberLaurence Cawsey, Super Sunday – Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur
Editing: Factual
Jennifer Asheitu Hampson, Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 BombersMel Quigley, Andy Kemp, Gaza: Doctors Under AttackPaul Hammacott, Louis Theroux: The SettlersSamuel R. Santana, Grenfell: Uncovered
Editing: Fiction
Fiona Brands, Slow Horses (Episode 6)Úna Ní Dhonghaíle, Prison 951Simon Smith, The Last of UsYan Miles, Andor
Emerging Talent: Factual
Alexandra Lacey, writer-director, The Twister: Caught in the StormElle Mower, director, Convicting My ExOlaide Sadiq, director, Grenfell: Uncovered
Emerging Talent: Fiction
Chloe English, director, G’wedEmily McDonald, director, Am I Being Unreasonable?Eros V, director, JuiceJanice Okoh, writer, Just Act Normal
Entertainment Craft Team
Ben Archard, Siggi Rosen-Rawlings, James Tinsley, Stuart Frossell, Martin Adams, Nathan Lindley, The Celebrity TraitorsDiccon Ramsay, Rikki Finlay, Mat Weekes, Ben Norman, James Tinsley, Robert Mansfield, Squid Game: The ChallengeGraham Proud, Toby Wilkinson, Sam Turner, Alex Weeks, Jennifer Ford, Rob & Romesh Vs…Philip Barantini, Nyk Allen, Jacob Smith, Joe Blodgett, Frank Larson, Brendan Poutier, One Shot: With Ed Sheeran
Make Up & Hair Design
Lucy Sibbick, Victoria Money, Slow HorsesSjaan Gillings, Lockerbie: A Search for TruthSian Wilson, Caroline Greenough , Clare Ramsey, Cheryl Garvey, Madlen Mierzwiak, A Thousand BlowsVickie Lang, Nik Williams, Barrier Gower, Amadeus
Original Music: Factual
Anne Nikitin, Pangolin: Kulu’s JourneyJessica Dannheisser, The Last Musician of AuschwitzLouis Dodd, Matthew Sanches, The Sycamore Gap Mystery Sophy Purnell, Moon: Nature’s Secret Force
Original Music: Fiction
Ariel Marx, Hotel Reverie (Black Mirror)Federico Jusid, A Thousand BlowsNick Cave, Warren Ellis, The Death of Bunny MunroTom Rowlands, Mussolini: Son of the Century
Photography: Factual
Camera Team, Secrets of the PenguinsJordan Bryon, Our Land: Israel’s Other WarMarcel Mettelsiefen, State of War: Fighting the Narcos (Exposure)Stefano Ferrari, Tim Cragg, Surviving Black Hawk Down
Photography & Lighting: Fiction
Catherine Goldschmidt, The Last of UsMatthew Lewis, AdolescenceRyan Kernaghan, TrespassesSuzie Lavelle, Severance
Production Design
Gillian Devenney, TrespassesLuke Hull, Rebecca Alleyway, Toby Britton, AndorPhilippa Mumford, JuiceTom Burton, Grant Bailey, Barbara Herman-Skelding, A Thousand Blows
Scripted Casting
Nathan Toth, What it Feels Like for a GirlNathan Toth, Julie Harkin, ReunionShaheen Baig, AdolescenceShaheen Baig, Get Millie Black
Sound: Factual
Andy Deacon, Kevin Dugg, Will Thomas Jonathan Gibson, The Lost Music of AuschwitzSount Team, The Celebrity TraitorsSound Team, Formula 1: Drive to SurviveTristan Powell, Will Chapman, The Last Musician of Auschwitz
Sound: Fiction
ANDREW SISSONS, MARTIN JENSEN, BEN TISDALL, JOE BEAL, DUNCAN PRICE, CONOR THOMPSON Slow Horses – See-Saw Films, Apple / Apple TVDANNY HAMBROOK, DAVID ACORD, MARGIT PFEIFFER, JAMES SPENCER, JOSH GOLD, JOHN FINKLEA Andor – LucasFilm / Disney+JAMES DRAKE, JULES WOODS, ROB ENTWISTLE, KIFF MCMANUS, KYLE PICKFORD, ADAM MÉNDEZ Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / NetflixLEE WALPOLE, STUART HILLIKER, SAOIRSE CHRISTOPHERSON, ANDY KENNEDY, LEE CRICHLOW, CHRIS CAMPION Lockerbie: A Search for Truth – Carnival Films, Universal International Studios, Sky Studios / Sky Atlantic
Special, Visual & Graphic Effects
JAMES MACLACHLAN, JOSIE HENWOOD, UNION VFX, STARGATE STUDIOS MALTA, MAGIC LAB STUDIOS, SAM CHYNOWETH USS Callister: Into Infinity (Black Mirror) – Broke & Bones / NetflixLUKE MURPHY, MOHEN LEO, NEAL SCANLAN, JEAN-CLÉMENT SORET Andor – LucasFilm / Disney+RUSSELL DODGSON, FRAMESTORE, ANDY JONES, SIMON BLAND, FRANÇOIS DUMOULIN, GAVIN MCKENZIE Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age – BBC Studios Natural History Unit / Apple TVSARA BENNETT, RICHARD REED, DAVID STEPHENS, JET OMOSHEBI, CAIMIN BOURNE, SCANLINE The Witcher – Netflix / Netflix
Titles & Graphic Identity
HUGE DESIGNS Code of Silence – Mammoth Screen / ITV1ISABELLA EKLÖF, LUKE DUNKLEY, MIKE HOLLIDAY, TONY KEARNS, DEAN WARES The Death of Bunny Munro – Clerkenwell Films, Sky Studios / Sky AtlanticLIGHT CREATIVE A Thousand Blows – The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions, Water & Power Productions / Disney+NICOS LIVESEY, BART YATES, REBECCA LITTLE, ARON SIDHU, STEVEN LOWNES UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 – Sunset+Vine Scotland / BBC One
Writer: Comedy
DAISY MAY COOPER, SELIN HIZLI Am I Being Unreasonable? – Boffola Pictures / BBC OneJACK ROOKE Big Boys – Roughcut TV / Channel 4KAT SADLER Such Brave Girls – Various Artists Limited / BBC ThreeSTEVE COOGAN, ROB GIBBONS, NEIL GIBBONS How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) – Baby Cow Productions / BBC One
Writer: Drama
AILBHE KEOGAN Trespasses – Wildgaze Films / Channel 4JACK THORNE, STEPHEN GRAHAM Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / NetflixPARIS LEES What it Feels Like for a Girl – Hera Pictures / BBC ThreeWILL SMITH Slow Horses – See-Saw Films, Apple / Apple TV
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