1 / 8Red Carpet: The 2026 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises took place at London’s Royal Festival Hall, celebrating television broadcast in 2025. Greg Davies hosted the ceremony, with performances from Cat Burns and AURORA. The event aired on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK, alongside international broadcasts. On the red carpet, several stars wore orange outfits, including Adjoa Andoh, Ayamé Ponder and Lucy Punch, despite cold weather in London.
2 / 8Major Winners: Netflix drama Adolescence led the night with four awards. Owen Cooper won Supporting Actor, Christine Tremarco won Supporting Actress, Stephen Graham won Leading Actor, and the series won Limited Drama. Narges Rashidi received Leading Actress for Prisoner 951. Steve Coogan won Actor in a Comedy for How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge), while Katherine Parkinson won Actress in a Comedy for Here We Go during the main televised ceremony.
3 / 8Entertainment Awards: Bob Mortimer won Entertainment Performance for Last One Laughing, which also received the Entertainment award. The Celebrity Traitors won the Reality category and the P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award, the only prize decided by a public vote. Viewers selected Alan Carr’s successful deception of fellow finalists as television’s most memorable moment of 2025, continuing the programme’s popularity after the celebrity edition attracted major audience attention.
4 / 8Onstage Moments: Alan Carr and Paloma Faith reunited on the red carpet after Carr “murdered” Faith during Celebrity Traitors. Greg Davies later joked that the show turned Carr into a “manipulative serial killer.” Accepting the public-voted award, Carr dedicated it to Faith. Danny Dyer and daughter Dani Dyer also appeared together to present the Reality award, exchanging jokes about their resemblance before discussing Dyer’s growing popularity with younger viewers backstage.
5 / 8Drama Categories: Code of Silence won Drama Series, while EastEnders claimed the Soap award for a second consecutive year. Amandaland received Scripted Comedy and Scam Interceptors won Daytime. VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember took the Live Event prize, and UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 won Sports Coverage. Other factual winners included Go Back to Where You Came From, See No Evil, and Grenfell: Uncovered across documentary and factual television categories.
6 / 8Documentary Debate: Gaza: Doctors Under Attack won the Current Affairs award after Channel 4 aired the programme when the BBC withdrew it over impartiality concerns. Producer Ben de Pear questioned whether the BBC would include his remarks during the delayed broadcast. Reporter Ramita Navai criticised the broadcaster and paid tribute to Palestinian medical workers. Channel 4 also won News Coverage for Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War during the politically charged ceremony.
7 / 8Special Honours: Martin Lewis received the BAFTA Television Special Award from Richard Osman in recognition of his television work and public impact. Backstage, Lewis revealed impulse purchases including a theremin and a Van de Graaff generator. Dame Mary Berry accepted the BAFTA Fellowship, presented by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, honouring her six-decade television career. Berry later thanked her children, including son William, who died in 1989 aged 19.
8 / 8Cooper’s Rise: Owen Cooper’s Supporting Actor win completed a major awards run for Adolescence, following honours including the Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice awards. Cooper, cast at 13 with no professional acting experience, said the victory reminded him of his first audition and first day on set. Stephen Graham praised the cast and crew backstage, while Greg Davies, Judi Love and Seth Rogen delivered several comic moments during the ceremony.
