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Multiple award chances for Adolescence and A Thousand Blows plus Amandaland, Celebrity Traitors, Blue Lights and Last One Laughing

Stephen Graham came out on top of the BAFTA TV nominations with a total of 11 for his Netflix drama Adolescence and another seven for his Disney+ series A Thousand Blows. If both dramas win in all the categories in which they are nominated the actor, who both stars and executive produces both shows, could come away with a share in 18 gongs.

Adolescence, about the online influence of toxic masculinity on youngsters, was shortlisted in the limited drama category and saw Graham nominated as leading actor plus Owen Cooper and Ashley Walters for best supporting actor and Christine Tremarco and Erin Doherty for supporting actress, with the other nominations coming in the craft awards which reward technical excellence.

A Thousand Blows, about boxing during the Victorian era, was nominated for best drama series and also got a nod for Erin Doherty in the leading actress category, plus five more in the craft sections.

It was also a good day for Amandaland, which received multiple nods including in the best actress category for Jennifer Saunders, Lucy Punch and Philippa Dunne, along with The Celebrity Traitors, nominated as the best reality show and in the entertainment performance category for Claudia Winkleman.

But the main BBC series, The Traitors, did not get a look in. And there are also no gongs on the horizon for Emmerdale – missing from the soap category – Strictly Come Dancing, snubbed in the entertainment list, and This Morning, missing from the daytime section.

New series Last One Laughing, on Prime Video, has landed Bob Mortimer with his first performance Bafta nomination, with the show also nominated in the entertainment catetory, where it faces competition from Graham Norton’s chat show and Rob Brydon’s panel series Would I Lie to You – but not from juggernauts Strictly on BBC1 or ITV’s I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.

Amanda Holden is also up for her first Bafta in a performance category, alongside Alan Carr, for their BBC renovation series The Spanish Job.

Overall, in the performance categories 21 of the 44 nominees were receiving their first BAFTA nomination, including Walters, Cooper and Tremarco for Adolescence, Punch and Dunne for Amandaland, Doherty for Adolescence and A Thousand Blows plus James Nelson-Joyce for This City is Ours, Jim Howick for Here We Go, Jodie Whittaker for Toxic Town, Rose Ayling Ellis for Reunion and Sian Brooke for Blue Lights.

BBC comedy Here We Go landed two nominations in the main awards for leading actors Jim Howick and Katherine Parkinson, who play husband and wife. Police drama Blue Lights, set in Belfast, is nominated for best drama along with a best actress chance for Brooke, who plays social worker turned cop Grace.

Romesh Ranganathan found he was competing against himself in the entertainment performance category, where he is listed for both his series Rob and Romesth Vs plus his other show for Sky Max Romesh – Can’t Knock the Hustle. And Aimee Lou Wood also found herself nominated twice, in the best supporting actress category for The White Lotus and also in the leading actress category for BBC3’s Film Club, which she also co-wrote.

While the BBC dominated the nominations at the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises with a total of 73 across both the TV and craft awards, there was also 28 for Netflix, 25 for Channel 4, 17 for Disney+, 16 for ITV, and 15 for AppleTV+. The ceremony will be hosted this year by Taskmaster’s Greg Davies, on Sunday 10 May.

BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip said last year had been an “exceptional year for television” which was reflected in the 124 nominated programmes nominated across the board. “They highlight the strength and originality of British storytelling – from powerful documentaries and standout comedy to homegrown drama and the international series that captured global attention, this year’s nominees demonstrate a medium at its creative peak,” she said. “It’s especially exciting to see so many first-time performance nominees, showcasing the vibrant new talent shaping the future of our industry.”

THE TV AWARD NOMINATIONS:

ACTOR IN A COMEDY

• Jim Howick, Here We Go – BBC Studios Comedy / BBC1
• Jon Pointing, Big Boys – Roughcut TV / Channel 4
• Lenny Rush, Am I Being Unreasonable? – Boffola Pictures / BBC1
• Mawaan Rizwan, Juice – Various Artists Limited / BBC3
• Oliver Savell, Changing Ends – Baby Cow Productions / ITV1
• Steve Coogan, How Are You? Its Alan (Partridge) – Baby Cow Productions / BBC1

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

• Diane Morgan, Mandy – BBC Studios Comedy / BBC2
• Jennifer Saunders, Amandaland – Merman Television / BBC1
• Katherine Parkinson, Here We Go – BBC Studios Comedy / BBC1
• Lucy Punch, Amandaland – Merman Television / BBC1
• Philippa Dunne, Amandaland – Merman Television / BBC1
• Rosie Jones, Pushers – Merman Television, 2LE Media / Channel 4

CHILDREN’S: NON-SCRIPTED

• A Real Bugs Life, Production Team – Plimsoll Productions, National Geographic / Disney+
• Boosnoo!, Production Team – Visionality Media, Mackinnon and Saunders / Sky Kids
• Deadly 60 Saving Sharks, Production Team – BBC Studios / CBBC
• World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates), Matt Peacock, Marshall Corwin, Nicky Cox – Fresh Start Media / Sky News

CHILDREN’S: SCRIPTED

• Crongton, Production Team – New Pictures / BBC iPlayer
• Horrible Science, Production Team – Lion Television / BBC iPlayer
• Shaun the Sheep, Seamus Malone, Danny Gallagher, Anna Leong Brophy – Aardman / CBBC
• The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, Production Team – Hanna Barbera Studios Europe / Cartoon Network

CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War (Exposure), Benjamin Zand, Matan Cohen, Maya Rostowska, Josh Reynolds, Rhiannon Mayor, Mel McCowan – Zandland / ITV1
• The Covid Contracts: Follow The Money, Davina Bristow, Jenna Weiler, Will Hecker, Russell Scott, Einav Leshetz Lovatt, Brian Woods – True Vison Productions / ITV1
• Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, Ramita Navai, Karim Shah, Ben De Pear, Mel Quigley, Menna Hijazi, Jaber Badwan – Basement Films / Channel 4
• Undercover In The Police (Panorama) Karen Wightman, Leo Telling, Joe Plomin, Rory Bibb, Adrian Polglase, Gary Beelders – BBC Panorama / BBC1

DAYTIME

• The Chase, Martin Scott, Helen Tumbridge, Caroline Sale, John L Spencer, Mick Thomas – Potato, ITV Studios / ITV1
• Lorraine, Production Team – ITV Studios Daytime / ITV1
• Richard Osman’s House of Games, Tamara Gilder, Breid McLoone, John Smith, Anna Blakemore, Tom Banks, Abby Brakewell – Remarkable Entertainment / BBC2
• Scam Interceptors, Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC1

DRAMA SERIES

• A Thousand Blows, Production Team – The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions, Water & Power Productions / Disney+
• Blue Lights, Stephen Wright, Louise Gallagher, Declan Lawn, Adam Patterson, Jack Casey, Amanda Black – Two Cities Television, Gallagher Films / BBC1
• Code Of Silence, Catherine Moulton, Diarmuid Goggins, Joe Shrubb, Chanya Button, Benji Walters, Will Truefitt – Mammoth Screen / ITV1
• This City Is Ours, Stephen Butchard, Simon Maloney, Saul Dibb, Rebecca Hodgson, Sian McWilliams, Andy Harries – Left Bank Pictures / BBC1

ENTERTAINMENT*

• The Graham Norton Show, Graham Norton, Graham Stuart, Jon Magnusson, Toby Baker, Catherine Strauss, Pete Snell – So Television / BBC1
• Last One Laughing, Production Team – Initial, Zeppotron / Prime Video
• Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, Production Team – Hungry McBear / BBC1
• Would I Lie To You, Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Jake Graham, Zoe Waterman, Barbara Wiltshire, Debra Blenkinsop – Zeppotron / BBC1

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE

• Amanda Holden, Alan Carr, Amanda & Alan’s Spanish Job – Voltage TV Productions / BBC1
• Bob Mortimer, Last One Laughing – Initial, Zeppotron / Prime Video
• Claudia Winkleman, The Celebrity Traitors – Studio Lambert Scotland / BBC1
• Lee Mack, The 1% Club – Magnum Media / ITV1
• Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Rob & Romesh Vs… – CPL Productions / Sky Max
• Romesh Ranganathan, Romesh: Can’t Knock the Hustle – Ranga Bee Productions / Sky Max

FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT

• The Assembly, Michelle Singer, Stu Richards, Holly Ritchie, Cein McGillicuddy, Linton Davies, Mary Lynch – Rockerdale Studios / ITV1
• Go Back To Where You Came From, Liam Humphreys, Dave Sutton, Emma Young, Guy Simmonds, Nicky Hammond – Minnow Films / Channel 4
• Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars, Production Team – Studio Ramsay Global / Apple TV
• Race Across The World, Production Team – Studio Lambert / BBC1

FACTUAL SERIES

• Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park, Production Team – True Vision / Sky Documentaries
• Educating Yorkshire, Production Team – Twofour / Channel 4
• See No Evil, Production Team – Passion Pictures / Channel 4
• The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed, Lucy Wilcox, Charlie Webb, Kelly Nobay, Rebecca North – Raw / ITV1

INTERNATIONAL

• The Bear, Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Tyson Bidner, Matty Matheson, Cooper Wehde – FX Productions / Disney+
• The Diplomat, Debora Cahn, Janice Williams, Alex Graves, Keri Russell, Melissa Gelernter, Pam Roberts – Well Red, Let’s not turn this into a whole big production / Netflix
• Pluribus, Production Team – Sony Pictures Television / Apple TV
• Severance, Production Team – Fifth Season / Apple TV
• The Studio, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Pete Hyuck, Frida Perez, James Weaver – Lionsgate Television / Apple TV
• The White Lotus, Mike White, Mark Kamine, David Bernad – HBO, Rip Cord, MC Pictures / Sky Atlantic

LEADING ACTOR

• Colin Firth, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth – Carnival Films, Universal International Studios, Sky Studios / Sky Atlantic
• Ellis Howard, What it Feels Like for a Girl – Hera Pictures / BBC3
• James Nelson-Joyce, This City is Ours – Left Bank Pictures / BBC1
• Matt Smith, The Death of Bunny Munro – Clerkenwell Films, Sky Studios / Sky Atlantic
• Stephen Graham, Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / Netflix
• Taron Egerton, Smoke – truth.media, Crime Story Media, Imperative Entertainment, EDEN Productions, Hans Bubby / Apple TV

LEADING ACTRESS

• Aimee Lou Wood, Film Club – Gaumont / BBC3
• Erin Doherty, A Thousand Blows – The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions, Water & Power Productions / Disney+
• Jodie Whittaker, Toxic Town – Broke & Bones / Netflix
• Narges, Rashidi, Prisoner 951 – Dancing Ledge Productions / BBC1
• Sheridan Smith, I Fought The Law – Hera Pictures / ITV1
• Sian Brooke, Blue Lights – Two Cities Television, Gallagher Films / BBC1

LIMITED DRAMA

• Adolescence, Stephen Graham, Jack Thorne, Philip Barantini, Jo Johnson, Mark Herbert, Hannah Walters – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / Netflix
• I Fought The Law, Liza Marshall, Charlotte Webber, Erik Richter Strand, Jamie Crichton, Mark Hedges – Hera Pictures / ITV1
• Trespasses, Amanda Posey, Maria Mulhall, Dawn Shadforth, Ailbhe Keogan – Wildgaze Films / Channel 4
• What It Feels Like For a Girl, Liza Marshall, Ron O’Berst, Brian Welsh, Paris Lees, Frances du Pille – Hera Pictures / BBC3

LIVE EVENT COVERAGE

• Holocaust Memorial Day 2025, Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC1
• Last Night of the Proms: Finale, Production Team – Livewire Pictures / BBC1
• VE Day 80: A Celebration To Remember, Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC1

NEWS COVERAGE

• BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak, Production Team – BBC Newsnight / BBC2
• Channel 4 News: Israle-Iran: The Twelve Day War, Production Team – Channel 4 News / Channel 4
• Sky News: Gaza: Fight For Survival, Production Team – Sky News / Sky News

REALITY

• The Celebrity Traitors, Production Team – Studio Lambert Scotland / BBC1
• The Jury: Murder Trial, Production Team – ScreenDog Productions / Channel 4
• Squid Game: The Challenge, Production Team – Studio Lambert, The Garden / Netflix
• Virgin Island, Rob Davis, Tom Garland, Joe Wildman, Matt Bailey, Sarah Carnie, Mel Walden – Double Act Productions / Channel 4

SCRIPTED COMEDY

• Amandaland, Production Team – Merman Television / BBC1
• Big Boys, Jack Rooke, Bertie Peek, Jim Archer, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith, Tim Sealey – Roughcut TV / Channel 4
• How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge), Steve Coogan, Rob Gibbons, Neil Gibbons, Joe Fraser, Rupert Majendie, Sarah Monteith – Baby Cow Productions / BBC1
• Things You Should Have Done, Lucia Keskin, Jack Clough, Steve Monger, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith – Roughcut TV / BBC3

SHORT FORM

• Donkey, Production Team – Mighty Pebble Pictures, The Story Collective / BBC3
• Hustle and Run, Jonny Madderson, Jono Stevens, Sara Conlon – JustSo / Channel 4
• Rocket Fuel, Jordon Scott Kennedy, Leah Henry, Casey Shaw – Fully Focused Productions, Slick Films / BBC iPlayer
• Zoners, Production Team – BBC Studios Comedy / BBC3

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY**

• Grenfell: Uncovered, Olaide Sadiq, Samuel R. Santana, Sandy Smith, James Rogan, Emma Scott, James Saville – Rogan Productions / Netflix
• Louis Therous: The Settlers, Louis Theroux, Arron Fellows, Joshua Baker, Matan Cohen, Sara Obeidat, Fiona Stourton – Mindhouse / BBC2
• One Day in Southport, Dan Reed, Bruce Law, James Parris – Amos Pictures / Channel 4
• Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire, Andy Worboys, George Grafton, Jaimie D’Cruz, Luke A. Flight, Miriam Walsh, Oliver Schofield – acme / BBC2

SOAP

• Casualty, Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC1
• Coronation Street, Production Team – ITV Studios / ITVX
• EastEnders, Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC1

SPECIALIST FACTUAL***

• Belsen: What They Found, Sam Mendes, Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, David Baddiel, Pippa Harris, Andy Worboys – Lightbox, Neal Street, Imperial War Museum Lightbox, Neal Street, Imperial War Museum / BBC2
• Simon Schama: The Road To Auschwitz, Hugo Macgregor, Jyoti Mehta, Richard Wilkinson, Venita Singh-Warner, Nicolas Kent, Charlotte Sacher – Oxford Films / BBC2
• Surviving Black Hawk Down, Jack Macinnes, Dominic Crossley-Holland, Jamal Osman, Tom Pearson, Sam Hobkinson, Clare Keeley – RSA / Netflix
• Vietnam: The War That Changed America, Mark Raphael, David Glover, Rob Coldstream, Caroline Marsden, Mike Davey, Sam Bergson – Apple, 72 Films / Apple TV

SPORTS COVERAGE

• The 2025 Ryder Cup, Production Team – Sky Sports, European Tour Productions / Sky Sports Main Event
• The FA Cup Final, Richard Hughes, Sarah Williams, Nicola Kirk, Stephen Lyle, Andrew Clement, Andy Underhill – BBC Sport / BBC1
• UEFA Women’s Euro 2025, Production Team – Sunset+Vine Scotland / BBC1
• Wimbledon 2025, Production Team – BBC Sport, Wimbledon Broadcast Services / BBC1

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Ashley Walters, Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / Netflix
• Fehinti Balogun, Down Cemetery Road – 60Forty Films / Apple TV
• Joshua McGuire, The Gold – Tannadice Pictures / BBC1
• Owen Cooper, Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / Netflix
• Paddy Considine, MobLand – MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios, Hardy Son & Baker, Easter Partisan Films, Toff Guy Films / Paramount+
• Rafael Mathe, The Death of Bunny Munro – Clerkenwell Films, Sky Studios / Sky Atlantic

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus – HBO, Rip Cord, MC Pictures / Sky Atlantic
• Christine Tremarco, Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / Netflix
• Chyna McQueen, Get Millie Black – Motive Pictures / Channel 4
• Emilia Jones, Task – HBO, wiip, The Low Dweller Productions Inc., Public Record / Sky Atlantic
• Erin Doherty, Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / Netflix
• Rose Ayling-Ellis, Reunion – Warp Films / BBC1

P&O CRUISES MEMORABLE MOMENT AWARD (voted for by the public)

• Adolescence, Jamie Snaps at the Psychologist – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / Netflix
• Big Boys, I didn’t make it, did I? – Roughcut TV / Channe
• Blue Lights, The police are warned of an ambush to plot to silence a key witness – Two Cities Television, Gallagher Films / BBC1
• The Celebrity Traitors, Alan Carr wins The Celebrity Traitors – Studio Lambert Scotland / BBC1
• Last One Laughing, Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade’s speed date – Initial, Zeppotron / Prime Video
• What It Feels Like For a Girl, Byron leaves for Brighton to start Uni, where she introduces herself as Paris – Hera Pictures / BBC3

“Sinners” entered the night with the record for the most Oscar nominations for a single film, with 16.

It leaves with four awards, won by Ryan Coogler for original screenplay, Michael B. Jordan for lead actor, Autumn Durald Arkapaw for cinematography and Ludwig Göransson for score. Arkapaw became the first woman to ever win in her category.

It seemed every time the film’s title came up during the broadcast there would be cheers and a swell of emotion from the audience. The live performance of the nominated song “I Lied to You” re-created the fantastical moment from the film in which generations of musicians collide, weaving together past, present and future.

Since its release in April of last year, the film has been a cultural touchstone and point of extended conversation on its way to some $370 million in worldwide box office. Among this year’s best picture nominees, only “F1” earned more, with $631 million. When Oscars host Conan O’Brien mentioned the name of the film in his opening monologue, it generated a huge ovation from the room.

Directed and written by Coogler, the film tells the story of twin brothers, Smoke and Stack, both played by Jordan. On the opening night of their juke joint in 1930s Mississippi, they are beset by a small band of vampires, intent on turning everyone inside into bloodsuckers.

In accepting his lead actor award, Jordan thanked Warner Bros. executives Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy “for believing in this dream, this vision of Ryan Coogler and betting on the culture and betting on original ideas and original artistry.” (Including its Oscars for “One Battle After Another” and “Weapons,” Warners Bros. ended the night with an 11-Oscar tally, tying the record for most wins by a single studio.)

Across what seemed an extremely long awards season — a run that was even longer for “Sinners” due to its spring release date — the film had many ups and downs. But its momentum seemed to be peaking at just the right time, as seen with the crucial wins for Jordan and the cast at the Actor Awards on March 1.

Regardless of how one feels about its final tally at the Academy Awards, the movie has already firmly established its continued relevance. As The Times’ Greg Braxton recently wrote, “‘Sinners’ is now being increasingly hailed in Hollywood as a groundbreaking symbol of Black artistic excellence, as well as a timely pushback to the divisive political climate that has reached fever-pitch proportions.”