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BAFTA TV Awards winners: Adolescence Owen Cooper, 16, triumph

Owen Cooper continued his award winning streak at the British Academy Television Awards at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.

The actor, 16, who has made history by becoming the youngest winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at both the Golden Globes and the Emmy Awards, took home the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor.

Meanwhile, his onscreen mum Christine Tremarco won Best Supporting Actress in a surprise result beating co-star Erin Doherty, who previously took home the Golden Globe and Emmy Award. 

Nominations were announced in March with Stephen Graham leading the way with a total of 11 nominations for his drama, Adolescence and seven for his Disney+ series, A Thousand Blows – for which he is an executive producer.

Adolescence, which was created by actor Stephen, 52, and writer Jack Thorne, tells the story of British teenager Jamie Miller, who is found guilty of murdering a female classmate after being sucked in by the manosphere online. 

Each episode is filmed in one continuous shot and has been widely praised for addressing topics such as online radicalisation and misogyny. 

It also won in the Limited Drama category, beating the shows; Fought The Law (ITV), Trespasses (Channel 4) and What It Feels Like For A Girl (BBC Three). 

Owen Cooper continued his award winning streak at the British Academy Television Awards at London's Festival Hall on Sunday

Owen Cooper continued his award winning streak at the British Academy Television Awards at London’s Festival Hall on Sunday

Meanwhile his onscreen mum Christine Tremarco won Best Supporting Actress in a surprise result beating co-star Erin Doherty, who previously took home the Golden Globe and Emmy

Meanwhile his onscreen mum Christine Tremarco won Best Supporting Actress in a surprise result beating co-star Erin Doherty, who previously took home the Golden Globe and Emmy 

Producer Mark Herbert of Warp films said: ‘Big thanks to Stephen Graham for bringing this gang together. The script ripped our hearts and it punched us in the guts’. He also thanked Netflix boss Anne Mensah who had picked up the project after Amazon Prime Video had passed on it. 

Amandaland starring Lucy Punch won the BAFTA for scripted comedy.

Writer Holly Walsh said she loved when people said they watched the show with their children. 

She said: ‘We can all enjoy watching a posh woman from Chiswick getting hit in the face with a football.’

Claudia Winkleman accepted the Reality Award for The Celebrity Traitors. 

The host, 54, revealed she had flown down from Scotland on Saturday morning from filming the second series to collect the gong.

The Traitors host left less than half an hour after receiving the BAFTA to get back on the plane and return to Ardross Castle.

On the win, she said: ‘My favourite things when I’m told I’m taking part in the show. I couldn’t believe it in the second series that I was taking part. I love every single aspect because everybody who works on the team is obsessed by it, obsessed by the game.

‘So I love watching how the traitors behave and how the faithful behave, and I want both of both sides to win equally. So it’s confusing.

Amandaland's Lucy Punch presented Owen the award

Amandaland’s Lucy Punch presented Owen the award 

Danny Dyer and his daughter Dani presented the Reality Award, which was won by The Celebrity Traitors

Danny Dyer and his daughter Dani presented the Reality Award, which was won by The Celebrity Traitors 

Host Claudia gave a speech for the series, which attracted a staggering 15million viewers for its finale

Host Claudia gave a speech for the series, which attracted a staggering 15million viewers for its finale 

‘Social media is so important to the show, people who watch together as families is my favourite thing of all and it feels like a real communal moment.

‘We came down from Scotland this morning and I am leaving again in eight minutes.’

The Entertainment BAFTA was awarded to Last One Laughing. The show follows ten comedians competing to make each other laugh without laughing themselves.

Host Roisin Connarty said: ‘Thank you it’s such an amazing honour. This is such a beast of a show, it’s like a war room.’ 

Judi Love added: ‘This was a show that you can sit down and enjoy with all generations of your family and that’s what TV in the UK is about.’’

The Specialist Factual BAFTA was won by Simon Schama’s The Road to Auschwitz. ‘I think the BBC is the only broadcasting institution that would dare to make this kind of film,’ said the historian. 

‘It’s all the more important for us as storytellers to convey as vividly and seriously without preaching the importance of not going near the possibility of that happening again. We took on the task of trying to do that description.’ 

Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz is a personal and harrowing BBC Two documentary which aired April 2025 and examines the Holocaust, focusing on European complicity, the “empire of plunder,” and the rapid escalation of violence from 1941. 

Schama visits sites of atrocities to highlight how ordinary people participated in the genocide.

The BAFTA for factual series went to See No Evil, about the career of prolific abuser John Smyth and the 35 year cover up which led to the fall of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The BAFTA single documentary went to Grenfell: Uncovered. 

Alan Carr and Oliver Savell presented the Scripted Comedy Award which was won by Amandaland

Alan Carr and Oliver Savell presented the Scripted Comedy Award which was won by Amandaland 

The Entertainment BAFTA was awarded to Last One Laughing with the cast of series one heading to stage to accept the gong

The Entertainment BAFTA was awarded to Last One Laughing with the cast of series one heading to stage to accept the gong 

Tinie Tempah presented the Specialist Factual Award, which went to Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz

Tinie Tempah presented the Specialist Factual Award, which went to Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz

Simon Schama (pictured) The Road to Auschwitz is a personal and harrowing BBC Two documentary which aired April 2025 and examines the Holocaust

Simon Schama (pictured) The Road to Auschwitz is a personal and harrowing BBC Two documentary which aired April 2025 and examines the Holocaust

Richard Osman and Graham Norton posed during the ceremony

Richard Osman and Graham Norton posed during the ceremony 

Amanda Holden, Alan and Paloma Faith were all in attendance

Amanda Holden, Alan and Paloma Faith were all in attendance 

Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Dame Mary Berry, who was awarded The BAFTA Fellowship, posed for a snap

Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Dame Mary Berry, who was awarded The BAFTA Fellowship, posed for a snap 

While Netflix has a total of 29 nominations, it’s the BBC who have the highest number of nominations, with 73 in total – five of which are for The Celebrity Traitors. 

Before the ceremony, Fleur East and Roman Kemp presented live on the red carpet on BAFTA’s YouTube. 

The Celebrity Traitors’ star Cat Burns performed How To Be Human while for the In Memoriam, Norwegian singer-songwriter AURORA performed Through the Eyes of a Child from BAFTA-nominated Netflix series Adolescence.

The BAFTA Fellowship was presented to Dame Mary Berry DBE and Martin Lewis CBE received the BAFTA Television Special Award.

Dame Mary Berry DBE, said of the honour: ‘I couldn’t believe it was true, what a huge honour to be presented with the BAFTA Fellowship. 

‘For over 50 years, I have enjoyed every moment of teaching my passion on television and I thank all the generous professionals along the way who have given me guidance and support – and I am still learning. This amazing BAFTA Fellowship is the icing on the cake!’ 

BAFTA TV AWARDS 2026: THE WINNERS

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 (Netflix) – WINNER

Fought The Law (ITV)

Trespasses (Channel 4) 

What It Feels Like for a Girl (BBC Three) 

News Coverage 

BBC Newsnight – Grooming Survivors Speak 

Production TeamChannel 4 News – Israel-iran: The Twelve Day War 

Production TeamSky News: Gaza – Fight for Survival Production Team

Reality

The Celebrity Traitors – WINNER 

The Jury: Murder Trial

Squid Game: The Challenge

Virgin Island

Scripted Comedy

Amandaland – WINNER

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 – WINNER 

Paddy Considine – Mobland

Rafael Mathé – The Death of Bunny Munro

Supporting Actress

Aimee Lou Wood – The White Lotus

Christine Tremarco – Adolescence – WINNER 

Chyna Mcqueen – Get Millie Black

Emilia Jones – Task

Erin Doherty – Adolescence

Rose Ayling-Ellis – Reunion

Specialist Factual 

Belsen: What They Found (BBC Two)

Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz (BBC Two) – WINNER 

Surviving Black Hawk Down (Netflix)

Vietnam: The War That Changed America (Apple TV)

Factual Series 

Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park (Sky Documentaries)

Educating Yorkshire (Channel 4)

See No Evil (Channel 4) – WINNER

The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed (ITV1)

Children’s Non-Scripted

A Real Bug’s Life (Disney+)

BooSnoo! (Sky Kids)

Deadly 60: Saving Sharks (CBBC)

World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates) – WINNER

Children’s Scripted

Crongton (BBC iPlayer) – WINNER 

Horrible Science (BBC iPlayer)

Shaun the Sheep (CBBC)

The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball (Cartoon Network)

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 witnessT

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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