BAFTA Television Awards 2026 Nominees in Full: Here are all the shortlists as Adolescense leads the way with 11 nods

Jack Thorne’s eye-opening drama has already bagged Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, a Screen Actors Guild Award for young star Owen Cooper, and a National Television Award.

Read more: Bafta Awards 2026: Full list of winners - including Scottish film I Swear and One Battle After Another

And now it’s in the driver’s seat to add a barrowload of BAFTAs, with historical drama A Thousand Blows its closest rival with seven nominations.

Meanwhile Star Wars spinoff Andor and Belfast drama Trespasses scooped six award nods apiece.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Sunday, May 10.

Here are the nominations in full.

Drama series

• A Thousand Blows (Disney+)
• Blue Lights (BBC One)
• Code of Silence (ITV1)
• This City Is Ours (BBC One)

Limited drama

• Adolescence (Netflix)
• I Fought the Law (ITV1)
• Trespasses (Channel 4)
• What It Feels Like for a Girl (BBC Three)

International

• The Bear (Disney+)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Pluribus (Apple TV)Severance (Apple TV)
• The Studio (Apple TV)
• The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)

Leading actress

• Aimee Lou Wood, Film Club (BBC Three)
• Erin Doherty, A Thousand Blows (Disney+)
• Jodie Whittaker, Toxic Town (Netflix)
• Narges Rashidi, Prisoner 951 (BBC One)
• Sheridan Smith, I Fought the Law (ITV1)
• Siân Brooke, Blue Lights (BBC One)

Leading actor

• Colin Firth, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (Sky Atlantic)
• Ellis Howard, What It Feels Like for a Girl (BBC Three)
• James Nelson-Joyce, This City is Ours (BBC One)
• Matt Smith, The Death of Bunny Munro (Sky Atlantic)
• Stephen Graham, Adolescence (Netflix)
• Taron Egerton, Smoke (Apple TV)

Actress in a comedy

• Diane Morgan, Mandy (BBC Two)
• Jennifer Saunders, Amandaland (BBC One)
• Katherine Parkinson, Here We Go (BBC One)
• Lucy Punch, Amandaland (BBC One)
• Philippa Dunne, Amandaland (BBC One)
• Rosie Jones, Pushers (Channel 4)

Actor in a comedy

• Jim Howick, Here We Go (BBC One)
• Jon Pointing, Big Boys (Channel 4)
• Lenny Rush, Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One)
• Mawaan Rizwan, Juice (BBC Three)
• Oliver Savell, Changing Ends (ITV1)
• Steve Coogan, How Are You? Its Alan (Partridge) (BBC One)

Supporting actress

• Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)
• Christine Tremarco, Adolescence (Netflix)
• Chyna McQueen, Get Millie Black (Channel 4)
• Emilia Jones, Task (Sky Atlantic)
• Erin Doherty, Adolescence (Netflix)
• Rose Ayling-Ellis, Reunion (BBC One)

Supporting actor

• Ashley Walters, Adolescence (Netflix)
• Fehinti Balogun, Down Cemetery Road (Apple TV)
• Joshua McGuire, The Gold (BBC One)
• Owen Cooper, Adolescence (Netflix)
• Paddy Considine, MobLand (Paramount+)
• Rafael Mathé, The Death of Bunny Munro (Sky Atlantic)

Entertainment

• The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
• Last One Laughing (Prime Video)
• Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC One)
• Would I Lie to You? (BBC One)

Entertainment performance

• Amanda Holden, Alan Carr, Amanda & Alan’s Spanish Job (BBC One)
• Bob Mortimer, Last One Laughing (Prime Video)
• Claudia Winkleman, The Celebrity Traitors (BBC One)
• Lee Mack, The 1% Club (ITV1)
• Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Rob & Romesh Vs … (Sky Max)
• Romesh Ranganathan, Romesh: Can’t Knock the Hustle (Sky Max)

Scripted comedy

• Amandaland (BBC One)Big Boys (Channel 4)
• How are you? It’s Alan (Partridge) (BBC One)
• Things You Should Have Done (BBC Three)

Specialist factual

• Belsen: What They Found (BBC Two)
• Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz (BBC Two)
• Surviving Black Hawk Down (Netflix)
• Vietnam: The War That Changed America (Apple TV)

Reality

• The Celebrity Traitors (BBC One)
• The Jury: Murder Trial (Channel 4)
• Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix)
• Virgin Island (Channel 4)

Current affairs

• Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War Exposure, (ITV1)
• The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money (ITV1)
• Gaza: Doctors Under Attack (Channel 4)
• Undercover in the Police: Panorama (BBC One)

Shortform

• Donkey (BBC Three)
• Hustle and Run (Channel 4)
• rocket fuel (BBC Three)

Factual entertainment

• The Assembly (ITV1)
• Go Back to Where You Came From (Channel 4)
• Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars (Apple TV)
• Race Across the World (BBC One)

Factual series

• Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park (Sky Documentaries)
• Educating Yorkshire (Channel 4)
• See No Evil (Channel 4)
• The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed (ITV1)

Live event coverage

• Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 (BBC One)
• Last Night of the Proms: Finale (BBC One)
• VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember (BBC One)

News coverage

• BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak (BBC Two)
• Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War (Channel 4)
• Sky News: Gaza: Fight for Survival (Sky News)

Single documentary

• Grenfell: Uncovered (Netflix)
• Louis Theroux: The Settlers (BBC Two)
• One Day in Southport (Channel 4)
• Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire (BBC Two)

Soap

• Casualty (BBC One)
• Coronation Street (ITVX)
• EastEnders (BBC One)

Sports coverage

• The 2025 Ryder Cup (Sky Sports Main Event)
• The FA Cup Final (BBC One)
• Uefa Women’s Euro 2025 (BBC One)
• Wimbledon 2025 (BBC One)

Daytime

• The Chase (ITV1)
• Lorraine (ITV1)
• Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC Two)
• Scam Interceptors (BBC One)

Children’s non-scripted

• A Real Bug’s Life (Disney+)
• BooSnoo! (Sky Kids)
• Deadly 60 Saving Sharks (CBBC)
• World.War.Me (Sky News)

Children’s scripted

• Crongton (BBC iPlayer)
• Horrible Science (BBC iPlayer)
• Shaun the Sheep (CBBC)
• The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball (Cartoon Network)

Memorable moment

• Adolescence: Jamie snaps at the psychologist (Netflix)
• Big Boys: “I didn’t make it, did I?” (Channel 4)
• Blue Lights: the police are warned of an ambush plot to silence a key witness (BBC)
• The Celebrity Traitors: Alan Carr wins (BBC)
• Last One Laughing UK: Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade’s speed date (Prime Video)
• What It Feels Like for a Girl: Byron leaves for Brighton to start uni, where she introduces herself as Paris (BBC)

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