Adolescence is set for another winning night as the Netflix series has received 11 nominations for the upcoming Bafta Television Awards, including best limited drama, leading actress and leading actor.
Stephen Graham is up for leading actor for his role in series, while Owen Cooper, Ashley Walters, Christine Tremarco and Erin Doherty have all received supporting actor nods.
Doherty is also up for best leading actress for her role A Thousand Blows, competing alongside actresses Aimee Lou Wood, Jodie Whittaker, Narges Rashidi, Sheridan Smith and Sian Brooke.
As well as Graham, Colin Firth, Matt Smith, Taron Egerton, Ellis Howard and James Nelson-Joyce also received nominations for best leading actor.
A Thousand Blows received seven nominations overall, while Andor and Trespasses received six and The Celebrity Traitors has five, including ‘most memorable moment’ for Alan Carr’s win.
Comedian Greg Davies, host of Taskmaster, will present the 2026 Bafta Television Awards, which will take place on May 10 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London.
Here are the nominations:
Actor in a Comedy
- Jim Howick – Here We Go
- Jon Pointing – Big Boys
- Lenny Rush – Am I Being Unreasonable?
- Mawaan Rizwan – Juice
- Oliver Savell – Changing Ends
- Steve Coogan – How Are You? Its Alan (Partridge)
Actress in a Comedy
- Diane Morgan – Mandy
- Jennifer Saunders – Amandaland
- Katherine Parkinson – Here We Go
- Lucy Punch – Amandaland
- Philippa Dunne – Amandaland
- Rosie Jones – Pushers
Daytime
- The Chase
- Lorraine
- Richard Osman’s House of Games
- Scam Interceptors
Drama Series
- A Thousand Blows
- Blue Lights
- Code of Silence
- This City is Ours
Entertainment
- The Graham Norton Show
- Last One Laughing
- Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show
- Would I Lie to You
Entertainment Performance
- Amanda Holden – Alan Carr Amanda & Alan’s Spanish Job
- Bob Mortimer – Last One Laughing
- 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
International
- The Bear
- The Diplomat
- Pluribus
- Severance
- The Studio
- The White Lotus
Leading Actor
- 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
- Stephen Graham – Adolescence
- Taron Egerton – Smoke
Leading Actress
- Aimee Lou Wood – Film Club
- Erin Doherty – A Thousand Blows
- Jodie Whittaker – Toxic Town
- Narges Rashidi – Prisoner 951
- Sheridan Smith – I Fought The Law
- Siân Brooke – Blue Lights
Limited Drama
- Adolescence
- I Fought The Law
- Trespasses
- What It Feels Like for a Girl
News Coverage
- BBC Newsnight – Grooming Survivors Speak Production Team
- Channel 4 News – Israel-Iran: The Twelve-Day War Production Team
- Sky News: Gaza – Fight for Survival Production Team
Reality
- The Celebrity Traitors
- The Jury: Murder Trial
- Squid Game: The Challenge
- Virgin Island
Scripted Comedy
- Amandaland
- Big Boys
- How Are You? Its Alan (Partridge)
- Things You Should Have Done
Single Documentary
- Grenfell: Uncovered
- Louis Theroux: The Settlers
- One Day in Southport
- Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire
Soap
- Casualty
- Coronation Street
- Eastenders
Sports Coverage
- The 2025 Ryder Cup Production Team
- The FA Cup Final
- UEFA Women’s Euro 2025
- Wimbledon 2025
Supporting Actor
- Ashley Walters – Adolescence
- Fehinti Balogun – Down Cemetery Road
- Joshua Mcguire – The Gold
- Owen Cooper – Adolescence
- Paddy Considine – Mobland
- Rafael Mathé – The Death of Bunny Munro
Supporting Actress
- Aimee Lou Wood – The White Lotus
- Christine Tremarco – Adolescence
- Chyna Mcqueen – Get Millie Black
- Emilia Jones – Task
- Erin Doherty – Adolescence
- Rose 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 witness
- The Celebrity Traitors – Alan Carr wins The Celebrity Traitors – Studio Lambert Scotland / Bbc One
- 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
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