Bafta TV award winners as Adolescence dominate top prizes

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11 May 2026 • 3:52 AM MYT
The Independent
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Bafta TV award winners as Adolescence dominate top prizes

  • The 2026 TV Bafta winners were announced at a star-studded ceremony held at London’s Royal Festival Hall, with Greg Davies on presenting duties.
  • Netflix's Adolescence was a significant winner, taking home the award for Best Drama Series, Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper secured Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively, Christine Tremarco for Best Supporting Actress and Limited Drama.
  • Other notable acting accolades went to Narges Rashidi for Best Actress in Prisoner 951, Katherine Parkinson won Actress in a comedy for Here We Go, and Steve Coogan won Actor in a comedy for How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge).
  • Code of Silence won Drama series, The Studio won International series, Amandaland won Scripted comedy, Last One Laughing won Best Comedy Entertainment Programme, with Bob Mortimer recognised for Best Entertainment Performance, and ‘The Celebrity Traitors: Alan Carr wins’ was named the Memorable Moment.

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