Adolescence emerged as the big winner at the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday night, taking home four trophies, including Limited Drama and acting wins for Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper, and Christine Tremarco.
Held at London’s Royal Festival Hall and hosted by Greg Davies, the ceremony celebrated the best television programming broadcast during 2025.
Graham earned Leading Actor honors for his performance in Adolescence, while Cooper and Tremarco each picked up their first BAFTA wins in the supporting categories.
Elsewhere, Steve Coogan won Actor in a Comedy for How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge), while Katherine Parkinson took Actress in a Comedy for Here We Go.
Last One Laughing won Entertainment, with Bob Mortimer also winning Entertainment Performance for the series.
The public-voted P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award went to The Celebrity Traitors for Alan Carr’s winning moment.
Martin Lewis received the Television Special Award, while legendary broadcaster Mary Berry was honored with the BAFTA Fellowship for her decades-long contribution to television.
Full List of 2026 BAFTA Television Award Winners
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’s winning moment
Television Special Award
Martin Lewis
BAFTA Fellowship
Mary Berry
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