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Matt Smith is supported by glamorous sister at the BAFTA TV Awards

Matt Smith was once again supported on the red carpet by his devoted sister Laura Jayne at BAFTA TV Awards hosted at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.

The Doctor Who actor, 43, who is nominated for Leading Actor for his role in The Death Of Bunny Munro, looked suave in a classic black suit.

He layered a double-breasted blazer over a striking polka dot shirt, completing the look with a black tie and leather boots.

Meanwhile Laura Jayne caught the eye in a pink bejewelled gown, which hugged every inch of her jaw-dropping figure.

Her dress also boasted ostrich feather embellishments and she styled her long dark locks into loose waves.

No stranger to supporting her sibling at big events, Laura Jayne has previously joined Matt at the premiere of his movies and TV shows dating way back to 2012. 

Matt Smith was once again supported on the red carpet by his devoted sister Laura Jayne at BAFTA TV Awards hosted at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday

Matt Smith was once again supported on the red carpet by his devoted sister Laura Jayne at BAFTA TV Awards hosted at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 

The Doctor Who actor, 43, who is nominated for Leading Actor for his role in The Death Of Bunny Munro, looked suave in a classic black suit

The Doctor Who actor, 43, who is nominated for Leading Actor for his role in The Death Of Bunny Munro, looked suave in a classic black suit 

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 is up for Limited Drama and Leading Actor, including the Craft Awards. 

Stars Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper, Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty and Christine Tremarco are also all up for awards. 

Stephen will compete against Lockerbie’s Colin Firth, The Death of Bunny Munro’s Matt and Smoke’s Taron Egerton in the Leading Actor category. 

Ashley, 43, will face his co-star Owen, 16, in the Supporting Actor category, alongside Mobland’s Paddy Considine, The Death of Bunny Munro’s Rafael Mathe, The Gold’s Joshua McGuire and Down Cemetery Road’s Fehinti Balogun. 

While co-stars Erin and Christine will go up against each other and The White Lotus’s Aimee Lou Wood, Get Millie Black’s Chyna McQueen, Task’s Emilia Jones and Reunion’s Rose Ayling-Ellis for Best Supporting Actress.

Erin and Aimee will face off for a second time on the night in the Leading Actress category, this time for their roles in A Thousand Blows and Film Club, respectively.

The category is rounded out by Blue Lights’ Siân Brooke, Prisoner 951′ Narges Rashidi. Sheridan Smith for I Fought the Law as Ann Ming and Jodie Whittaker in Toxic Town.

BAFTA TV AWARDS 2026: THE WINNERS AT A GLANCE

Actor in a Comedy

Steve Coogan – How Are You? Its Alan (Partridge) 

Actress in a Comedy

Katherine Parkinson – Here We Go 

Daytime

Scam Interceptors 

Drama Series

Code of Silence – WINNER

Entertainment

Last One Laughing 

International

The Studio 

Leading Actor

Stephen Graham – Adolescence 

Leading Actress

Narges Rashidi – Prisoner 951

Limited Drama

Adolescence (Netflix) 

Reality

The Celebrity Traitors

Scripted Comedy

Amandaland 

Single Documentary

Grenfell: Uncovered

Entertainment Performance

 Bob Mortimer – Last One Laughing

Soap

EastEnders 

Sports Coverage

The FA Cup Final UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 

Supporting Actor

Owen Cooper – Adolescence 

Supporting Actress

Christine Tremarco – Adolescence

Specialist Factual 

Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz (BBC Two)

Short Form 

Hustle and Run (Channel 4) 

Factual Series 

See No Evil (Channel 4)

Children’s Non-Scripted

World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates)

Children’s Scripted

Crongton (BBC iPlayer)

Live Event 

VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember (BBC One) 

P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award (Voted for by the Public)

The Celebrity Traitors – Alan Carr wins The Celebrity Traitors – Studio Lambert Scotland / BBC One 

He layered a double-breasted blazer over a striking polka dot shirt, completing the look with a black tie and leather boots.

He layered a double-breasted blazer over a striking polka dot shirt, completing the look with a black tie and leather boots. 

Meanwhile Laura Jayne caught the eye in a pink bejewelled gown which hugged every inch of her jaw-dropping figure

Meanwhile Laura Jayne caught the eye in a pink bejewelled gown which hugged every inch of her jaw-dropping figure

No stranger to supporting her sibling at big events, Laura Jayne previously joined Matt at the premiere of his movies and TV shows dating way back to 2012 (pictured 2012)

No stranger to supporting her sibling at big events, Laura Jayne previously joined Matt at the premiere of his movies and TV shows dating way back to 2012 (pictured 2012)

Pictured at The Death of Bunny Munro premiere October 2025

Pictured at The Death of Bunny Munro premiere October 2025

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. 

The show became the highest-rated show on British TV last year, with host Claudia Winkleman up for a chance at taking home a gong in the best Entertainment Programme section.

Prime Video’s Last One Laughing will compete against the all-stars version of the Traitors, with show star Bob Mortimer up for best Entertainment Performance. 

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

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

The BAFTA Fellowship will be presented to Dame Mary Berry DBE and Martin Lewis CBE will receive 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) – WINNER 

Actress in a Comedy

Diane Morgan – Mandy

Jennifer Saunders – Amandaland

Katherine Parkinson – Here We Go – WINNER 

Lucy Punch – Amandaland

Philippa Dunne – Amandaland

Rosie Jones – Pushers

Daytime

The Chase

Lorraine

Richard Osman’s House of Games

Scam Interceptors – WINNER 

Drama Series

A Thousand Blows

Blue Lights

Code of Silence – WINNER 

This City is Ours

Entertainment

The Graham Norton Show

Last One Laughing – WINNER

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 – WINNER 

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 – WINNER 

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 – WINNER 

Taron Egerton – Smoke

Leading Actress

Aimee Lou Wood – Film Club

Erin Doherty – A Thousand Blows

Jodie Whittaker – Toxic Town

Narges Rashidi – Prisoner 951 – WINNER 

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 Team Channel 4 News – Israel-iran: The Twelve Day War – WINNER 

Production Team Sky 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 – WINNER 

Louis Theroux: The Settlers

One Day in Southport

Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire

Soap

Casualty

Coronation Street

EastEnders – WINNER 

Sports Coverage

The 2025 Ryder Cup Production Team

The FA Cup Final UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 – WINNER

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)

Short Form 

Donkey (BBC Three)

Hustle and Run (Channel 4) – WINNER 

Rocket Fuel (BBC Three)

Zoners (BBC Three)

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)

Live Event 

Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 (BBC One)

Last Night of the Proms: Finale (BBC One)

VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember (BBC One) – WINNER 

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 – WINNER 

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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