The 2026 BAFTA TV Awards last night brought with it a slew of wins for British television, as Netflix’s Adolescence made history by being the first show in ceremony to win four awards (also known as gongs). The series had already rung in a successful award season run with Golden Globes, Emmys, and Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, while also adding two gongs from last month’s BAFTA Craft Awards.
Created by Jack Thorne (Wonder, Enola Holmes) and Stephen Graham (Rocketman, Boiling Point), Adolescence explores the effect of internet radicalization and the influence of the “manosphere” on young teenagers. The series is marked by its unique cinematography and performances, in which each of its episodes was shot in one continuous take.
Adolescence took home the award for Best Limited Drama, as well as Best Supporting Actor and Actress for Owen Cooper (Wuthering Heights, Film Club) as Jamie Miller and Christine Tremarco (Little Boy Blue, Wolfe) as Jamie’s mother, Manda Miller, respectively. Notably, series creator Graham won the highly coveted gong for Best Leading Actor, which Deadline reports as his successful eighth attempt to win a BAFTA across TV and film and is his first-ever BAFTA acting prize.
Due to its remarkable awards circuit run after four Golden Globes and nine Emmys, Adolescence had been highly anticipated to continue its streak – Deadline reports that it would have been huge upset had the show underperformed at the BAFTA TV Awards. mxdwn also reported prior on its multiple-category nominations in March, highlighting broad voter support and a strong presence in the competitive industry. Its historic four wins in a single night make it the highest awarded series ever at the main BAFTA TV Awards, ahead of esteemed double and triple winners such as Happy Valley and Killing Eve.
Other prominent TV series with multiple wins included Prime Video’s Last One Laughing and the BBC’s Celebrity Traitors. Listed by Deadline, more big winners of the night included Apple TV’s The Studio with Best International Programme and actor Steve Coogan (Greed, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief) for Best Male Comedy Performance in How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge). For the Current Affairs award, the production team of Gaza: Doctors Under Attack – which had been controversially dropped by the BBC and picked up by Channel 4 – called out the broadcaster and for its censorship by questioning live whether or not their acceptance speech would air in the later broadcast.
Hosted by Taskmaster presenter and comedian Greg Davies (Man Down, The Cleaner) at the Royal Festival Hall in London, the 2026 BAFTA TV Awards marks the organization’s first large-scale televised event since the Film Awards incident where Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson (I Swear, Tourette’s: Teenage Tics) involuntarily yelled a racial slur at the stars of Sinners.
View the full list of awards winners below, via Deadline.
Supporting Actor
Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Supporting Actress
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence
Reality
The Celebrity Traitors
Scripted Comedy
Amandaland
Specialist Factual
Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
Factual Series
See No Evil
Children’s Non-Scripted
World.War.Me
Children’s Scripted
Crongton
Entertainment
Last One Laughing
Limited Drama
Adolescence
Single Documentary
Grenfell: Uncovered
Short Form
Hustle and Run
Live Event Coverage
VE Day 80: A Celebration To Remember
Actor In A Comedy
Steve Coogan, How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge)?
Actress In A Comedy
Katherine Parkinson, Here We Go
Soap
EastEnders
Sports Coverage
UEFA Women’s Euros 2025
Daytime
Scam Interceptors
Current Affairs
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
News Coverage
Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War
Factual Entertainment
Go Back To Where You Came From
Special Award
Martin Lewis
Memorable Moment
Celebrity Traitors – Alan Carr reveals he is a traitor
International
The Studio
BAFTA Fellowship
Mary Berry
Entertainment Performance
Bob Mortimer, Last One Laughing
Drama Series
Code Of Silence
Leading Actress
Narges Rashidi, Prisoner 951
Leading Actor
Stephen Graham