Adolescence star Owen Cooper towered over married co-stars Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters as they took to the red carpet at London’s Royal Festival Hall for the British Academy Television Awards 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 Actor Awards for his role in the smash hit Netflix drama, is once again nominated.
Nominations were announced in March with Adolescence leading the way with a 11 nods, it 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.
Owen cut a dashing figure in a quirky white shirt which was layered with a powder blue bomber jacket worn with black trousers.
Meanwhile Stephen, 57, who also hopes to continue his award winning streak with a nod for Best Actor, opted for a classic black suit.
Wife Hannah, 52, who starred in and also produced Adolescence was the epitome of elegance in a Grecian Inspired burgundy gown.
Adolescence star Owen Cooper towered over married co-stars Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters as they took to the red carpet at the British Academy Television Awards 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 Actor Awards is once again nominated.
The couple, who have been married since 2008, were also joined by daughter Grace, 21, and 19-year-old son Alfie.
Each episode of Adolescence 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, Owen, 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 Smith and Smoke’s Taron Egerton in the Leading Actor category.
Ashley, 43, will face his co-star Owen 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.
Owen cut a dashing figure in a quirky white shirt which was layered with a powder blue bomber jacket worn with black trousers
Adolescence 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.
The couple, who have been married since 2008, were also joined by daughter Grace, 21, and 19-year-old son Alfie
Stephen, 57, who also hopes to continue his award winning streak with a nod for Best Actor, opted for a classic black suit
Wife Hannah, 52, who starred in and also produced Adolescence was the epitome of elegance in a Grecian Inspired burgundy gown
Stephen and Owen pictured in Adolescence
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.
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.
