BAFTA TV Awards – live updates: Adolescence has a strong start

And the winner is… Steve Coogan for How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge)

He beat:

Jim Howick – Here We Go

Jon Pointing – Big Boys

Lenny Rush – Am I Being Unreasonable?

Mawaan Rizwan – Juice

Oliver Savell – Changing Ends

He said in his speech: ‘It’s a privilege to be able to make people laugh after all these years.

‘I’m not going to be very funny now, as I haven’t written anything – or rather my comedy writers haven’t written me anything.

‘If anyone wants to know when Alan Partridge is going to die, it’s probably about when I’m going to die. I’m truly humbled, again.’

VE Day 80: A Celebration To Remember is the winner!

It beat:

Holocaust Memorial Day 2025

Last Night Of The Proms: Finale

Grenfell: Uncovered is the winner.

It beat:

Louis Theroux: The Settlers

One Day In Southport

Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire

The documentary saw survivors, witnesses and experts tell the story of the tragic fire that engulfed a residential tower block in London — and the investigation that ensued.

The hit series beat:

I Fought The Law

Trespasses

What It Feels Like For A Girl

It marks the THIRD TV Bafta of the night for Adolescence

Last One Laughing!

It beat:

The Graham Norton Show

Michael McIntyre’s Big Show

Would I Lie To You

The Specialist Factual BAFTA has been won by Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz.

Accepting the prize, the historian declared: ‘I think the BBC is the only broadcasting institution that would dare to make this kind of film.’

He added: ‘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.’

While the BAFTA for Factual Series went to See No Evil, over the likes of Educating Yorkshire and The Undercover Police Scandal.

The series is about the career of prolific abuser John Smyth and the 35 year cover up which led to the fall of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Amandaland had scored the BAFTA for scripted comedy over Big Boys, How Are You? Its Alan (Partridge), and Things You Should Have Done.

Writer Holly Walsh said the awards ‘means so much’ and shared how she loved how many mums watched the popular sitcom with their teenagers.

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

The Celebrity Traitors has won the prize for best reality show, beating out The Jury: Murder Trial, Squid Game: The Challenge and Virgin Island.

The BBC series won rave reviews for its first celebrity version, and the gong was accepted by host Claudia Winkleman.

While a number of the stars joined her onstage, including Nick Mohammed, Celia Imrie, Paloma Faith, Cat Burns and champion Alan Carr.

Claudia dedicated the trophy to the ‘extraordinary cast who played with dignity, gusto and their entire hearts and we love them’.

Owen’s onscreen mother Christine Tremarco has scooped the best supporting actress win, beating out co-star Erin Doherty.

In her speech she emotionally thanked her husband Stephen Graham, who created, directed and starred in the show, who could be seeing tearing up in the audience.

Also paying gratitude to Hannah Walters, the cast and the crew, she praised child stars Owen and Amelia Pease as ‘the best on-screen kids ever’.

The first award of the night goes to 16-year-old Owen Cooper for his incredible performance in Adolescence – beating out his co-star Ashley Walters.

Accepting the gong, the teen said: ‘In the words of John Lennon, you won’t get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it.

‘So in my eyes I think you only need three things to succeed: one, you need an obsession; two, you need a dream; and, three, you need The Beatles.’

Greg Davies kicked off the ceremony with a montage of some of TV’s biggest moments, including EastEnders’ iconic ‘You’re not my mother’, Blue Peter’s elephant-sized toilet disaster and Andy Murray’s Wimbledon win.

The comedian also pays special mention to the stars of the hugely popular Celebrity Traitors, including Celia Imrie’s famous fart.

While he jokes Alan Clarr turned ‘into a manipulative serial killer’, to the joy of his ‘victim’ Paloma Faith.

The ceremony is taking place now and will be televised on BBC One from 7pm.

Stick with us as we bring you all the winners.