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    Here’s Who Won Big at Last Night’s TV BAFTA Awards

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    Published 11 May 2026 In News

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    Last night saw the 2026 TV BAFTAs, with the television awards with P&O Cruises celebrating the last year on screen.

    And from British favourites Toxic Town, Amandaland and Film Club, to international offerings including The White Lotus and The Studio, this year's nominees were truly star-studded.

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    Adolescence emerged as the big winner of the night, picking up four awards in the Best Leading Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Limited Drama categories. And not far behind were The Celebrity Traitors and Last One Laughing, picking up two awards each.

    From Owen Cooper and Steve Coogan to Katherine Parkinson and Narges Rashidi, here's who won big last night...

    2026 TV BAFTA Award winners

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    WINNER: Code Of Silence
    A Thousand Blows
    Blue Lights
    This City Is Ours

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    WINNER: Adolescence
    I Fought The Law
    Trespasses
    What It Feels Like For A Girl

    Leading actor

    WINNER: Stephen Graham - Adolescence
    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
    Taron Egerton - Smoke

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    Leading actress

    WINNER: Narges Rashidi - Prisoner 951
    Aimee Lou Wood - Film Club
    Erin Doherty - A Thousand Blows
    Jodie Whittaker - Toxic Town
    Sheridan Smith - I Fought The Law
    Siân Brooke - Blue Lights

    Supporting actor

    WINNER: Owen Cooper - Adolescence
    Ashley Walters - Adolescence
    Fehinti Balogun - Down Cemetery Road
    Joshua Mcguire - The Gold
    Paddy Considine - MobLand
    Rafael Mathé - The Death of Bunny Munro

    Supporting actress

    WINNER: Christine Tremarco - Adolescence
    Aimee Lou Wood - The White Lotus
    Chyna McQueen - Get Millie Black
    Emilia Jones - Task
    Erin Doherty - Adolescence
    Rose Ayling-Ellis - Reunion

    Scripted comedy

    WINNER: Amandaland
    Big Boys
    How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)
    Things You Should Have Done

    Best actor in a comedy

    WINNER: Steve Coogan - How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)
    Jim Howick - Here We Go
    Jon Pointing - Big Boys
    Lenny Rush - Am I Being Unreasonable?
    Mawaan Rizwan - Juice
    Oliver Savell - Changing Ends

    Best actress in a comedy

    WINNER: Katherine Parkinson - Here We Go
    Diane Morgan - Mandy
    Jennifer Saunders - Amandaland
    Lucy Punch - Amandaland
    Philippa Dunne - Amandaland
    Rosie Jones - Pushers

    Entertainment

    WINNER: Last One Laughing
    The Graham Norton Show
    Michael Mcintyre's Big Show
    Would I Lie To You

    Entertainment performance

    WINNER: Bob Mortimer - Last One Laughing
    Amanda Holden & Alan Carr - Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job
    Claudia Winkleman - The Celebrity Traitors
    Lee Mack - The 1% Club
    Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan - Rob & Romesh Vs...
    Romesh Ranganathan - Romesh: Can't Knock the Hustle

    Factual entertainment

    WINNER: Go Back To Where You Came From
    The Assembly
    Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars
    Race Across the World

    Reality

    WINNER: The Celebrity Traitors
    The Jury: Murder Trial
    Squid Game: The Challenge
    Virgin Island

    Soap

    WINNER: EastEnders
    Casualty
    Coronation Street

    Daytime

    WINNER: Scam Interceptors
    The Chase
    Lorraine
    Richard Osman's House of Games

    International

    WINNER: The Studio
    The Bear
    The Diplomat
    Pluribus
    Severance
    The White Lotus

    Children's: Scripted

    WINNER: Crongton
    Horrible Science
    Shaun the Sheep
    The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball

    Children's: Non-scripted

    WINNER: World.War.Me
    A Real Bugs Life
    Boosnoo!
    Deadly 60 Saving Sharks

    Factual series

    WINNER: See No Evil
    Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park
    Educating Yorkshire
    The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed

    Specialist factual

    WINNER: Simon Schama: The Road To Auschwitz
    Belsen: What They Found
    Surviving Black Hawk Down
    Vietnam: The War That Changed America

    Current affairs

    WINNER: Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
    Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War (Exposure)
    The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money
    Undercover in the Police (Panorama)

    News coverage

    WINNER: Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War
    BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak
    Sky News: Gaza: Fight For Survival

    Single documentary

    WINNER: Grenfell: Uncovered
    Louis Theroux: The Settlers
    One Day In Southport
    Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire

    Live event coverage

    WINNER: VE Day 80: A Celebration To Remember
    Holocaust Memorial Day 2025
    Last Night of the Proms: Finale

    Sports coverage

    WINNER: Uefa Women's Euro 2025
    The 2025 Ryder Cup
    The FA Cup Final
    Wimbledon 2025

    Short form

    WINNER: Hustle And Run
    Donkey
    Rocket Fuel
    Zoners

    P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award

    WINNER: The Celebrity Traitors - Alan Carr wins
    Adolescence - Jamie Snaps at the Psychologist
    Big Boys - I didn't make it, did I?
    Blue Lights - The police are warned of an ambush plot to silence a key witness
    Last One Laughing - Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade's speed date
    What It Feels Like For A Girl - Byron leaves for Brighton to start Uni, where she introduces herself as Paris

    Bafta Fellowship

    WINNER: Dame Mary Berry

    Special award

    WINNER: Martin Lewis

    The 2026 TV BAFTA Awards are available to watch now on BBC iPlayer.

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