Adolescence emerged as one of the biggest winners at the Bafta TV awards 2026, topping a winners list published after the ceremony at Royal Festival Hall in London. The drama picked up multiple prizes as the full roll call of winners was released, putting it at the center of a night that spread awards across drama, comedy, documentary, reality, current affairs and entertainment.

Owen Cooper won for Adolescence, and Christine Tremarco also took a prize for the series, underlining how strongly the title landed with voters. Sheridan Smith won for I Fought the Law, Steve Coogan was recognised for How Are You? Its Alan (Partridge), and Katherine Parkinson won for Here We Go. The international category went to The Studio, ahead of The Bear, The Diplomat, Pluribus, Severance and The White Lotus, while Last One Laughing UK won in entertainment over The Graham Norton Show, Michael McIntyre’s Big Show and Would I Lie to You?.

The list, published by, shows that the awards did not concentrate on one corner of British television. Bob Mortimer won in the performance category, Amandaland took the comedy prize, Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz won in documentary, The Celebrity Traitors won in reality, and Gaza: Doctors Under Attack won in current affairs. Those results matter because the Bafta TV awards remain one of the clearest snapshots of what the industry is rewarding now, and this year they spread the honours across scripted drama, factual programming and big-ticket entertainment.

The one thing the list does not provide is the texture of the ceremony itself. It is a winners list, not a live report, so it tells readers who won but not how the room reacted, what was said from the stage or which victories felt like surprises. Even so, the shape of the results is plain enough: Adolescence was the headline act of 2026, and the rest of the night was built around a wide field of winners rather than a single sweep.