Emotional Stephen Graham's swearing edited out of BAFTA win – plus full 2026 winners list

Good afternoon and welcome to Best Quality Designer Handbag 's live blog of the Bafta Television Awards 2026. 

We'll be keeping you updated with all the latest news from the star-studded event, which is taking place this evening at London's Royal Festival Hall.

The ceremony begins in real time at 5pm and will be broadcast two hours later at 7pm on BBC One and iPlayer. So stay tuned! 🎬 

In case you need a reminder of the nominees, they are as follows:

Drama series

• A Thousand Blows (Disney+)
• Blue Lights (BBC One)
• Code Of Silence (ITV1)
• This City Is Ours (BBC One)

Limited drama

• Adolescence (Netflix)
• I Fought The Law (ITV1)
• Trespasses (Channel 4)
• What It Feels Like For A Girl (BBC Three)

Leading actor

• Colin Firth - Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (Sky Atlantic)
• Ellis Howard - What it Feels Like for a Girl (BBC Three)
• James Nelson-Joyce - This City is Ours (BBC One)
• Matt Smith - The Death of Bunny Munro (Sky Atlantic)
• Stephen Graham - Adolescence (Netflix)
• Taron Egerton - Smoke (Apple TV)

Leading actress

• Aimee Lou Wood - Film Club (BBC Three)
• Erin Doherty - A Thousand Blows (Disney+)
• Jodie Whittaker - Toxic Town (Netflix)
• Narges Rashidi - Prisoner 951 (BBC One)
• Sheridan Smith - I Fought The Law (ITV1)
• Siân Brooke - Blue Lights (BBC One)

Supporting actor

• Ashley Walters - Adolescence (Netflix)
• Fehinti Balogun - Down Cemetery Road (Apple TV)
• Joshua Mcguire - The Gold (BBC One)
• Owen Cooper - Adolescence (Netflix)
• Paddy Considine - MobLand (Paramount+)
• Rafael Mathé - The Death of Bunny Munro (Sky Atlantic)

Supporting actress

• Aimee Lou Wood - The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)
• Christine Tremarco - Adolescence (Netflix)
• Chyna McQueen - Get Millie Black (Channel 4)
• Emilia Jones - Task (Sky Atlantic)
• Erin Doherty - Adolescence (Netflix)
• Rose Ayling-Ellis - Reunion (BBC One)

Scripted comedy

• Amandaland (BBC One)
• Big Boys (Channel 4)
• How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) (BBC One)
• Things You Should Have Done (BBC Three)

Best actor in a comedy

• Jim Howick - Here We Go (BBC One)
• Jon Pointing - Big Boys (Channel 4)
• Lenny Rush - Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One)
• Mawaan Rizwan - Juice (BBC Three)
• Oliver Savell - Changing Ends (ITV1)
• Steve Coogan - How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) (BBC One)

Best actress in a comedy

• Diane Morgan - Mandy (BBC Two)
• Jennifer Saunders - Amandaland (BBC One)
• Katherine Parkinson - Here We Go (BBC One)
• Lucy Punch - Amandaland (BBC One)
• Philippa Dunne - Amandaland (BBC One)
• Rosie Jones - Pushers (Channel 4)

Entertainment

• The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
• Last One Laughing (Prime Video)
• Michael Mcintyre's Big Show (BBC One)
• Would I Lie To You (BBC One)

Entertainment performance

• Amanda Holden & Alan Carr - Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job (BBC One)
• Bob Mortimer - Last One Laughing (Prime Video)
• Claudia Winkleman - The Celebrity Traitors (BBC One)
• Lee Mack - The 1% Club (ITV1)
• Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan - Rob & Romesh Vs... (Sky Max)
• Romesh Ranganathan - Romesh: Can't Knock the Hustle (Sky Max)

Factual entertainment

• The Assembly (ITV1)
• Go Back To Where You Came From (Channel 4)
• Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars (Apple TV)
• Race Across the World (BBC One)

Reality

• The Celebrity Traitors (BBC One)
• The Jury: Murder Trial (Channel 4)
• Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix)
• Virgin Island (Channel 4)

Soap

• Casualty (BBC One)
• Coronation Street (ITVX)
• EastEnders (BBC One)

Daytime

• The Chase (ITV1)
• Lorraine (ITV1)
• Richard Osman's House of Games (BBC Two)
• Scam Interceptors (BBC One)

International

• The Bear (Disney+)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Pluribus (Apple TV)
• Severance (Apple TV)
• The Studio (Apple TV)
• The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)

Children's: Scripted

• Crongton (BBC iPlayer)
• Horrible Science (BBC iPlayer)
• Shaun the Sheep (CBBC)
• The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball (Cartoon Network)

Children's: Non-scripted

• A Real Bugs Life (Disney+)
• Boosnoo! (Sky Kids)
• Deadly 60 Saving Sharks (BBC Studios / CBBC)
• World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates) (Sky News)

Factual series

• Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park (Sky Documentaries)
• Educating Yorkshire (Channel 4)
• See No Evil (Channel 4)
• The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed (ITV1)

Specialist factual

• Belsen: What They Found (BBC Two)
• Simon Schama: The Road To Auschwitz (BBC Two)
• Surviving Black Hawk Down (Netflix)
• Vietnam: The War That Changed America (Apple TV)

Current affairs

• Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War (Exposure) (ITV1)
• The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money ( ITV1)
• Gaza: Doctors Under Attack (Channel 4)
• Undercover in the Police (Panorama) (BBC One)

News coverage

• BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak (BBC Two)
• Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War (Channel 4)
• Sky News: Gaza: Fight For Survival (Sky News)

Single documentary

• Grenfell: Uncovered (Netflix)
• Louis Theroux: The Settlers (BBC Two)
• One Day In Southport (Channel 4)
• Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire (BBC Two)

Live event coverage

• Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 (BBC One)
• Last Night of the Proms: Finale (BBC One)
• Ve Day 80: A Celebration To Remember (BBC One)

Sports coverage

• The 2025 Ryder Cup (Sky Sports Main Event)
• The FA Cup Final (BBC One)
• Uefa Women's Euro 2025 (BBC One)
• Wimbledon 2025 (BBC One)

Short form

• Donkey (BBC Three)
• Hustle And Run (Channel 4)
• Rocket Fuel (BBC iPlayer)
• Zoners (BBC Three)

P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award (voted for by the public)

• Adolescence - Jamie Snaps at the Psychologist (Netflix)
• Big Boys - I didn't make it, did I? (Channel 4)
• Blue Lights - The police are warned of an ambush plot to silence a key witness (BBC One)
• The Celebrity Traitors - Alan Carr wins (BBC One)
• Last One Laughing - Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade's speed date (Prime Video)
• What It Feels Like For A Girl - Byron leaves for Brighton to start Uni, where she introduces herself as Paris (BBC Three)

The red carpet arrivals sure didn't disappoint, with stars like Dianne Buswell, Claudia Winkleman, Jodie Whittaker, Lucy Punch, Emilia Fox and Mary Berry all stepping out with beautiful looks.

Click here to see a list of all the best dressed stars… 

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Speaking to Best Quality Designer Handbag 's Lucy Norris exclusively on the red carpet, This Morning's Ashley James reflected on navigating diet culture and the pressures around Ozempic. 

"I think the advice is to know that you don't need to shrink yourself. It doesn't make you more lovable or more confident. Your worth isn't defined by your body," she said.

Tonight's hosting duties are in the safe hands of comedian and actor Greg Davies, who's best known for hosting Taskmaster and featuring on Channel 4's The Inbetweeners. 

The presenter is following in the footsteps of Graham Norton, Lenny Henry and Michael Parkinson and revealed that the gig was too good to pass up. Speaking to The Times, Greg said: "It's one of those things you can't say no to.

"I used to watch Stephen Fry at the (film) Baftas and marvel at his cool, intellectual charm. I won’t be bringing that."

Back in February, the film BAFTAs were hosted by Alan Cumming, who navigated an incident when Tourette's campaigner John Davidson was heard shouting a racial slur at Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo as they were presenting.

When asked about the incident, Greg said: "I don't know what happened there but I'm sure they've got it in hand so that everybody has a nice time.

"I don't anticipate there’ll be any surprises but if there are, we'll be fine, we'll roll with it."

Also on the red carpet was Vogue Williams, who debuted her baby bump as she chatted with Best Quality Designer Handbag about her My Therapist Ghosted Me podcast co-host Joanne McNally, who is currently off filming the upcoming season of The Celebrity Traitors.

"Joanne's going to nail The Traitors, she's going to love it," said Vogue. "I haven't heard from her, which is always a good sign. I got a message through to send more fake tan!"

Meanwhile, beloved ITV presenter Lorraine Kelly stopped by to reflect on life as a grandmother… 🥰

HELLO!'s Lucy Norris also caught up with Loose Women star Katie Piper, who spoke about the importance of feeling confident in yourself. 

"Comparison is the fastest way to disconnect with yourself, and it's really important that you don't look around and try to be like somebody else," she said. 

"I've always thought that the ultimate body positivity is actually feeling neutral about your appearance…the neutrality of it doesn't define you." 

She added: "I always say about myself, 'I'm not beautiful like her, I'm beautiful like me."

Scottish actor Alan Cumming is best known for presenting the US Traitors and took on hosting duties for the 2026 Film BAFTAs back in February.

The ceremony came under quite a bit of controversy, after the BBC failed to remove a racial slur that could be heard from Tourette's campaigner John Davidson from the broadcast. 

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Reflecting on the event, which he called an "international scandal", Alan told The Sunday Times: "It was bad, bad, bad, bad leadership. Bad people who weren't doing their jobs properly, who really had not prepared and let people down."

While he was warned that John, who has Tourette's syndrome, was in the audience, Alan didn't realise it would be anything other than "noise". 

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After John's tick was heard by the audience, Alan issued an apology during the broadcast but didn't know what he was apologising for. 

"I watched myself back. I was very smiley, I didn't do it with the gravitas and tone I would have used had I known. That [explicit] me off."

On whether he would return as host, Alan called it a "tough gig" and said: "Right before it started, I said to my agent, 'Remind me, I never want to do this again.'"

Among the best dressed stars on the red carpet was The Saturdays alum Frankie Bridge. 

The 37-year-old's silky maxi dress cut right down to below her belly button and pooled to the floor, concealing her shoes beneath.

Get a full rundown of her look here. 

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The show is about to begin!

Stay tuned for all the latest updates from the BBC's two-hour broadcast, which is hosted by Greg Davies from the Royal Festival Hall.

Greg Davies has kicked off the ceremony with a funny sketch reflecting on some of the most jaw-dropping moments in TV history. 

In his monologue, the host joked he is "not personally nominated", and pointed out Romesh Ranganathan is nominated in twice in a category he is eligible for.

"Will I be punching the air if he loses? We will see. But this is not about the personal grievances that gnaw away at my soul…"

Greg has also shouted out Celia Imrie, who was responsible for one of the most memorbale TV moments of the year when she broke wind on The Celebrity Traitors. 

"Celia, you can relax. I say relax, not too much obviously," joked Greg, who smiled at a giggling Celia in the audience.

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Kicking off the first award of the night is Owen Cooper, who has won Best Supporting Actor. 

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Other nominees included: 

• Ashley Walters - Adolescence (Netflix)
• Fehinti Balogun - Down Cemetery Road (Apple TV)
• Joshua Mcguire - The Gold (BBC One)
• Paddy Considine - MobLand (Paramount+)
• Rafael Mathé - The Death of Bunny Munro (Sky Atlantic)

“Wow, it’s heavy that, to be fair," said Owen as he collected his gong.

“A year ago, I was presenting an award and now I’m collecting one. This is a bit mad.”

He added: “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."

Another Adolescence star has won Best Supporting Actress – and it's Christine Tremarco! This marks Christine's first award for her performance as Owen Cooper's on-screen mother, Manda. 

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Other nominees included: 

• Aimee Lou Wood - The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)
• Chyna McQueen - Get Millie Black (Channel 4)
• Emilia Jones - Task (Sky Atlantic)
• Erin Doherty - Adolescence (Netflix)
• Rose Ayling-Ellis - Reunion (BBC One)

In her acceptance speech, a shocked Christine said: “Oh my goodness. Thank you so much Bafta.

“I feel so privileged to be standing up here holding this Bafta. I feel so honoured to be part of Adolescence.

“I hold this Bafta high. To Hannah Walters and Stephen Graham, thank you so much. Thank you for believing in me. This is to us all.”

The Celebrity Traitors wins Best Reality – with the brilliant Claudia accepting the award on behalf of the cast. 

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Other nominees included:

• The Jury: Murder Trial (Channel 4)
• Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix)
• Virgin Island (Channel 4)

"Bafta, thank you so, so much for this. This is unbelievable," said Claudia.

“Thank you to every single person who works on the show. It is such an honour to be part of this extraordinary show.

“This is absolutely for our extraordinary cast who played with dignity, gusto and their entire hearts and we love them.”

Amandaland (BBC One), the Motherland spin-off starring Lucy Punch, has taken home Best Scripted Comedy.

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Other nominees included: 

• Big Boys (Channel 4)
• How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) (BBC One)
• Things You Should Have Done (BBC Three)

"Mums on tour!" said creator Holly Walsh. "This is for everyone who is going through a process of reinvention."

And the winner for Best Specialist Factual goes to Simon Schama: The Road To Auschwitz (BBC Two).

Other nominees included:

• Belsen: What They Found (BBC Two)
• Surviving Black Hawk Down (Netflix)
• Vietnam: The War That Changed America (Apple TV)

Historian Simon said: "The BBC is the only organisation who would dare to make this film."

Last One Laughing (Prime Video) has taken home the BAFTA for Best Entertainment!

Other nominees included:

• The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
• Michael Mcintyre's Big Show (BBC One)
• Would I Lie To You (BBC One)

Collecting the prize, comedian Judi Love said: “This was a show you could sit down with all generations of your family and enjoy and that is what TV in the UK is about.”

It's another win for Adolescence (Netflix), which has won Best Limited Drama.

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Other nominees included: 

• I Fought The Law (ITV1)
• Trespasses (Channel 4)
• What It Feels Like For A Girl (BBC Three)

Producer Mark Herbert praised the script, which was written by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, and said: “It ripped out our hearts and punched us in the gut.”

He added of the crew: “We were in awe of you every day.

“Everyone in this crew was kind. On our call sheet we had the words ‘Don’t be a dick’ – that was our motto.”

It's time for a musical interlude from singer Cat Burns, who also reached the final of the Celebrity Traitors.

To find out more about Cat, click here for everything you need to know about the singer's life behind the spotlight. 

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Steve Coogan has won the Best Actor in a Comedy for How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) (BBC One). 

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Other nominees included:

• Jim Howick - Here We Go (BBC One)
• Jon Pointing - Big Boys (Channel 4)
• Lenny Rush - Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One)
• Mawaan Rizwan - Juice (BBC Three)
• Oliver Savell - Changing Ends (ITV1)

Accepting the award, Steve joked he could finally nip to the loo before saying: "Doing comedy in these troubled times is so important. It’s a privilege to make people laugh after all these years.”

He continued: “I will keep on doing it. If anyone wants to know when Alan Partridge is going to die, it’s about the same time that I am going to die.”

Katherine Parkinson has won Best Actress in a Comedy for Here We Go (BBC One).

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Other nominees included:

• Diane Morgan - Mandy (BBC Two)
• Jennifer Saunders - Amandaland (BBC One)
• Lucy Punch - Amandaland (BBC One)
• Philippa Dunne - Amandaland (BBC One)
• Rosie Jones - Pushers (Channel 4)

The actress said: "I really really really didn't expect to win."

"I'm delighted to do a show for the BBC and I'm delighted to do a show that people sit down and watch as a family."

Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War (Channel 4) has taken the win for Best News Coverage, which was presented by BBC and Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark.

Other nominees included: 

• BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak (BBC Two)
• Sky News: Gaza: Fight For Survival (Sky News)

Martin Lewis has been presented with the BAFTA special award by Richard Osman. 

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In an emotional speech, Martin said he wrote the speech on Thursday, 42 years after the death of his mother when he was 11.

He said: “For six years, barring school, I barely left the house. Now I’m picking up a Bafta. Life can be transformed, it can get better.

“If you had told that broken, scared boy that I’d proudly be a campaigning journalist, his jaw would have dropped. So I dedicate this to consumer journalism, where I found my voice.”

He also thanked his wife, Lara, whose birthday is today, and his daughter Saphire. Click here for everything you need to know about Martin's family. 

The Celebrity Traitors - Alan Carr wins (BBC One) has taken home the P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award (voted for by the public). 

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Other nominees included:

• Adolescence - Jamie Snaps at the Psychologist (Netflix)
• Big Boys - I didn't make it, did I? (Channel 4)
• Blue Lights - The police are warned of an ambush plot to silence a key witness (BBC One)
• Last One Laughing - Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade's speed date (Prime Video)
• What It Feels Like For A Girl - Byron leaves for Brighton to start Uni, where she introduces herself as Paris (BBC Three)

Collecting the prize, comedian Alan said: “Thank you so much. Was I good? Was I really? Or were the other celebrities just thick?

“It was Nick (Mohammed) who made me cry – we were round that round table and he went, ‘We’ve got this’, and I was like, ‘No, I’ve got this’.

“When I laughed in their faces and went ‘I’m a faithful’, I was packing my bags. But I had the best time ever.”

Referring to the new cast, who are currently filming the second series in Scotland, he said: “I’m so jealous of all the celebs up there doing it, I wish I could do it all again.

“Sometimes when I’m a bit sad I remember the laughter. I can even smell Celia’s fart.

“I dedicate this to Paloma (Faith), there is no-one else I would rather murder than you.”

Other winners who have taken home a BAFTA include:

• Factual series – See No Evil (Channel 4)
• Children's: Non-scripted – World.War.Me
• Children's: Scripted – Crongton (BBC iPlayer)
• Single documentary – Grenfell: Uncovered (Netflix)
• Short form – Hustle And Run (Channel 4)
• Live event coverage – Ve Day 80: A Celebration To Remember (BBC One)
  

For Best International, it was The Studio (Apple TV) who took home the gong. The award was presented by Hollywood actress Awkwafina. 

Other nominees included: 

• The Bear (Disney+)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Pluribus (Apple TV)
• Severance (Apple TV)
• The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)

Seth Rogan gave a hilarious acceptance speech, making a special shoutout to Celia Imre and Greg Davies, who sat on "a cool little chair" on the side of the stage. He also paid tribute to Catherine O'Hara, who starred in The Studio and passed away in January.

Aurora is singing 'Through the Eyes of a Child' as they play out the in memoriam segment, featuring late stars like Eric Dane, James Van Der Beek and Ozzy Osbourne. 

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Beloved chef Mary Berry is the recipient of this year's BAFTA fellowship award, which was presented by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. 

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The 91-year-old TV cook and former Great British Bake Off judge praised the BBC as her “home of many years” and joked that Mel and Sue had “led me astray from day one”.

“I’m really bowled over by this accolade. I’m a cook, I’m a teacher, so I feel very honoured to be given Bafta’s highest award," she said.

“It seems no time ago when I left Bath High School with two O-levels in needlework and cookery.

“Ms Date, my domestic science teacher – who was just knee-high to a grasshopper and had such a lovely smile – she set me on my way. I kept in touch with her till her last days in her care home in Bath.

“Television wasn’t part of my childhood. We had our first black-and-white TV when I was 10. One channel: the BBC of course, and it’s been my home for so many of my TV adventures over the years.

“It is the broadcaster that we must cherish.”

Reflecting on her 50+ year career, Mary said: “My first programme was on Collector’s World, filmed in Bristol at the Georgia House in 1971.”

“I cooked a cow’s udder pie, and you don’t forget that one."

She continued: “Things have changed. When I started, it was just me, no home economist, no backup, and I loved every single moment and put my heart and soul into it. The BBC took me under their wing.

“Bake Off came along and my whole world changed. I knew my baking inside out but I had to start thinking of what I was going to wear. It was all about the jackets, mainly because I could tuck a hot water bottle underneath because the tent was so chilly in the morning, first thing.

“I see myself as a teacher and television is the best and the biggest classroom that there is. It’s a great place to share what I love best. I’ve had such fun.”

“Essential qualities in life are kindness, patience and respect, which I have received all along the way. I’ve been doing this for over 50 years, and I’m still learning.

“So what’s next for me, at the age of 91? I have just started my own YouTube channel. We shall see.”

Congratulations, Mary! 🙌