The recognition keeps on coming for Netflix’s Adolescence after the acclaimed miniseries dominated this year’s BAFTA Television Awards nominations with an impressive eleven.

The crime drama, which explores the arrest and conviction of a teenage boy accused of a terrible crime, contests the Limited Drama category, while five of its ensemble cast are acknowledged in the acting fields.

As expected, central star and co-creator Stephen Graham is shortlisted in a strong Leading Actor field for his performance as devastated father Eddie Miller, and is also recognised for his producing and writing as he seeks to end his long wait for a maiden BAFTA success.

Additionally, multi-award-winning newcomer Owen Cooper will look to add another accolade to his growing trophy collection after landing a Supporting Actor nod for his life-changing role as teenage killer Jamie Miller.

Co-star Ashley Walters is also acknowledged in the Supporting Actor category for his turn as DI Luke Bascombe, while fellow cast members Erin Doherty and Christine Tremarco are both in contention for the Supporting Actress gong for their respective performances as Briony Ariston and Manda Miller.

Coincidentally, Doherty is also shortlisted in the Leading Actress category for her turn as London thief Mary Carr in the Disney+ historical drama A Thousand Blows, which garnered a healthy seven nominations including Best Drama Series.

BBC crime dramas Blue Lights and This City is Ours are among those looking to challenge for the Drama Series prize, while ITV’s I Fought the Law, Channel 4’s Trespasses and BBC Three’s What It Feels Like for a Girl face an uphill task in trying to overcome Adolescence in the Limited Drama field.

In the acting categories, Aimee Lou Wood earns double acting nods for her roles as agoraphobic film enthusiast Evie in BBC Three’s Film Club and as ill-fated hotel guest Chelsea in the latest series of HBO’s The White Lotus.

Meanwhile, Jodie Whittaker finally lands a first BAFTA nomination for her portrayal of crusading mother Susan McIntyre in Netflix’s Toxic Town with Sheridan Smith (I Fought the Law) among her rival nominees in the Leading Actress line-up.

In contrast, the Leading Actor category sees the aforementioned Stephen Graham is joined in a competitive field by fellow Liverpudlian stars Ellis Howard and James Nelson-Joyce who are acknowledged for their respective performances in What It Feels Like for a Girl and This City is Ours.

On the comedy front, the Motherland spin-off Amandaland garnered multiple mentions including a hat-trick of acting nods for cast members Lucy Punch, Philippa Dunne and Jennifer Saunders.

Additionally, the feminist comedy also earns a place on the Scripted Comedy shortlist where it competes against fellow BBC sitcoms How are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) and Things You Should Have Done and the final series of Channel 4’s Big Boys.

Once again, Steve Coogan lands another (Male) Comedy Performance nod for his iconic role as inept presenter Alan Partridge, and is joined by fellow category winners Mawaan Rizwan (Juice) and Lenny Rush (Am I Being Unreasonable?).

Meanwhile, there are a host of first-time acting nominees including Rose Ayling-Ellis (Reunion), Siân Brooke (Blue Lights), Emilia Jones (Task), Rafael Mathé (The Death of Bunny Munro), Joshua McGuire (The Gold), and Narges Rashidi (Prisoner 951), while Paddy Considine (MobLand), Taron Egerton (Smoke) Colin Firth (Lockerbie: A Search for Truth), Rosie Jones (Pushers), Katherine Parkinson (Here We Go), Jon Pointing (Big Boys) and Matt Smith (The Death of Bunny Munro) are among those with previous BAFTA mentions.

Elsewhere, the popular reality series The Celebrity Traitors is up for a number of key awards including Best Reality while presenter Claudia Winkleman contests the Best Entertainment Performance line-up with the likes of Alan Carr, Amanda Holden, Bob Mortimer, and double nominee Romesh Ranganathan.

The International category sees the multi-award-winning satire The Studio face off against fellow Apple TV programmes Pluribus and Severance while BBC duo Casualty and EastEnders are shortlisted in the Soap category with ITV’s Coronation Street.

The rest of the high-profile television programmes in contention for BAFTA recognition include The Bear, The Chase, The Diplomat, Educating Yorkshire, The Graham Norton Show, Grenfell: Uncovered, Last One Laughing, Lorraine, One Day in Southport, Race Across the World, Richard Osman’s House of Games, Squid Game: The Challenge, Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire and Would I Lie to You?.

As previously announced last week, the P&O Cruises Memorable Moment award will be contested by highlighted scenes from the best of television in 2025 including Jamie’s outburst at the psychologist in Adolescence, Alan Carr’s victory in The Celebrity Traitors, and Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade’s speed date from Last One Laughing.

The 2026 BAFTA Television Awards will take place at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 10 May, with comedian and actor Greg Davies on hosting duties for the first time.

The full list of nominations can be found below (winner predictions in blue):

BEST DRAMA SERIES
BLUE LIGHTS
CODE OF SILENCE
THIS CITY IS OURS
A THOUSAND BLOWS

BEST LIMITED DRAMA
ADOLESCENCE
I FOUGHT THE LAW
TRESPASSES
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Siân Brooke, BLUE LIGHTS
Erin Doherty, A THOUSAND BLOWS
Narges Rashidi, PRISONER 951
Sheridan Smith, I FOUGHT THE LAW
Jodie Whittaker, TOXIC TOWN
Aimee Lou Wood, FILM CLUB

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Taron Egerton, SMOKE
Colin Firth, LOCKERBIE: A SEARCH FOR TRUTH
Stephen Graham, ADOLESCENCE
Ellis Howard, WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL
James Nelson-Joyce, THIS CITY IS OURS
Matt Smith, THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rose Ayling-Ellis, REUNION
Erin Doherty, ADOLESCENCE
Emilia Jones, TASK
Chyna McQueen, GET MILLIE BLACK
Christine Tremarco, ADOLESCENCE
Aimee Lou Wood, THE WHITE LOTUS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Fehinti Balogun, DOWN CEMETERY ROAD
Paddy Considine, MOBLAND
Owen Cooper, ADOLESCENCE
Rafael Mathé, THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO
Joshua McGuire, THE GOLD
Ashley Walters, ADOLESCENCE

BEST SCRIPTED COMEDY
AMANDALAND
BIG BOYS
HOW ARE YOU? IT’S ALAN (PARTRIDGE)
THINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Philippa Dunne, AMANDALAND
Rosie Jones, PUSHERS
Diane Morgan, MANDY
Katherine Parkinson, HERE WE GO
Lucy Punch, AMANDALAND
Jennifer Saunders, AMANDALAND: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Steve Coogan, HOW ARE YOU? IT’S ALAN (PARTRIDGE)
Jim Howick, HERE WE GO
Jon Pointing, BIG BOYS
Mawaan Rizwan, JUICE
Lenny Rush, AM I BEING UNREASONABLE?
Oliver Savell, CHANGING ENDS

BEST SOAP
CASUALTY
CORONATION STREET
EASTENDERS

BEST INTERNATIONAL
THE BEAR
THE DIPLOMAT
PLURIBUS
SEVERANCE
THE STUDIO
THE WHITE LOTUS

BEST DAYTIME PROGRAMME
THE CHASE
LORRAINE
RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES
SCAM INTERCEPTORS

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW
LAST ONE LAUGHING
MICHAEL MCINTYRE’S BIG SHOW
WOULD I LIE TO YOU?

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan, ROB & ROMESH VS
Amanda Holden & Alan Carr, AMANDA & ALAN’S SPANISH JOB
Lee Mack, THE 1% CLUB
Bob Mortimer, LAST ONE LAUGHING
Romesh Ranganathan, ROMESH: CAN’T KNOCK THE HUSTLE
Claudia Winkleman, THE CELEBRITY TRAITORS

BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME (SCRIPTED)
CRONGTON
HORRIBLE SCIENCE
SHAUN THE SHEEP
THE WONDERFULLY WEIRD WORLD OF GUMBALL

BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME (NON-SCRIPTED)
BOOSNOO!
DEADLY 60 SAVING SHARKS
A REAL BUG’S LIFE
WORLD. WAR. ME. (SKY KIDS INVESTIGATES)

BEST FACTUAL SERIES
BIBAA & NICOLE: MURDER IN THE PARK
EDUCATING YORKSHIRE
SEE NO EVIL
THE UNDERCOVER POLICE SCANDAL: LOVE AND LIES EXPOSED

BEST SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
GRENFELL: UNCOVERED
LOUIS THEROUX: THE SETTLERS
ONE DAY IN SOUTHPORT
UNFORGOTTEN: THE BRADFORD CITY FIRE

BEST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
THE ASSEMBLY
GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM
KNIFE EDGE: CHASING MICHELIN STARS
RACE ACROSS THE WORLD

BEST REALITY
THE CELEBRITY TRAITORS
THE JURY: MURDER TRIAL
SQUID GAME: THE CHALLENGE
VIRGIN ISLAND

BEST SPECIALIST FACTUAL
BELSEN: WHAT THEY FOUND
SIMON SCHAMA: THE ROAD TO AUSCHWITZ
SURVIVING BLACK HAWK DOWN
VIETNAM: THE WAR THAT CHANGED AMERICA

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS
BREAKING BANKS: INSIDE ISRAEL’S WAR (EXPOSURE)
THE COVID CONTRACTS: FOLLOW THE MONEY
GAZA: DOCTORS UNDER ATTACK
UNDERCOVER IN THE POLICE (PANORAMA)

BEST NEWS COVERAGE
BBC NEWSNIGHT: GROOMING SURVIVORS SPEAK
CHANNEL 4 NEWS: ISRAEL-IRAN: THE TWELVE DAY WAR
SKY NEWS: GAZA: FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL

BEST SPORTS COVERAGE
THE FA CUP FINAL
THE 2025 RYDER CUP
UEFA WOMEN’S EURO 2025
WIMBLEDON 2025

BEST LIVE EVENT COVERAGE
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY 2025
LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS: FINALE
VE DAY 80: A CELEBRATION TO REMEMBER

BEST SHORT FORM PROGRAMME
DONKEY
HUSTLE AND RUN
ROCKET FUEL
ZONERS

P&O CRUISES MEMORABLE MOMENT
ADOLESCENCE (Jamie snaps at the psychologist)
BIG BOYS (“I didn’t make it, did I?”)
BLUE LIGHTS (The police are warned of an ambush plot to silence a key witness)
THE CELEBRITY TRAITORS (Alan Carr wins The Celebrity Traitors)
LAST ONE LAUGHING (Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade’s speed date)
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL (Byron leaves for Brighton to start Uni, where she introduces herself as Paris)

Additionally, the full list of BAFTA craft nominations can be found here: https://www.bafta.org/awards/tv-craft/?award-year=2026