- The 2025 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises takes place on Sunday 11 May on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 7pm BST
- This year’s ceremony will be hosted by Alan Cumming whilst the red-carpet show hosts are confirmed as comedians Suzi Ruffell and Tom Allen, with comedian and presenter Charley Marlowe on TikTok
BAFTA has today unveiled the stars set to grace the iconic red carpet this Sunday for the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises, the premiere event in the UK television calendar. Hosted by Alan Cumming, the ceremony held at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall will be broadcast at 7pm BST on Sunday 11 May on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Ahead of the main event, it has been confirmed that fans can catch all the excitement live from the red carpet with comedians Suzi Ruffell and Tom Allen, streaming on BAFTA’s YouTube. Presenter Charley Marlowe is confirmed as BAFTA’s TikTok host, and Hits Radio presenter Will Best will be the official red-carpet DJ, bringing the party to guests as they arrive.
Celebrating the best in television from 2024, this year’s awards spotlight the exceptional quality and diversity of British TV. Leading the nominations are standout programmes including Baby Reindeer, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Rivals, Slow Horses, Life and Death in Gaza (Storyville), and Say Nothing. The full list of nominees were revealed on 27 March and can be found here.
As previously announced, Kirsty Wark and ITV (for Mr Bates vs The Post Office) will be honoured on the night with the BAFTA Fellowship and the BAFTA Television Special Award, respectively.
Attendees (not limited to):
Nominees confirmed to date include (in alphabetical order): Alex Horne, Anjana Vasan, Anna Maxwell Martin, Anthony McPartlin, Ariyon Bakare, Bilal Hasna, Billie Piper, Christopher Chung, Claudia Winkleman, Clive Myrie, Damian Lewis, Danny Dyer, David Mitchell, David Tennant, Declan Donnelly, Dylan Thomas-Smith, Graham Norton, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jessica Gunning, Jonathan Pryce, Joe Lycett, Katherine Parkinson, Lennie James, Lola Petticrew, Lolly Adefope, Marisa Abela, Martin Freeman, McKinley Belcher, Michael McIntyre, Monica Dolan, Nabhaan Rizwan, Nava Mau, Oliver Savell, Phil Dunning, Richard Gadd, Richard Osman, Rob Rinder, Robyn Malcolm, Ruth Jones, Rylan Clark, Sharon D Clarke, Siobháhn McSweeney, Sophie Willan, Stacey Solomon, Sue Johnston and Toby Jones.
Presenters confirmed to date include: (in alphabetical order): Adelayo Adedayo, AJ Tracey, Alessia Russo, Ashley Walters, Baroness Floella Benjamin OM DBE DL, Ben Miller, Beth Rigby, Big Zuu, Billy Porter, Chloe Kelly, Dame Mary Berry, Daniel Mays, Ellie Simmonds, Erin Doherty, Greg Davies, Harriet Dyer, Harriet Harman, Joseph Fiennes, Katie Piper OBE, Mawaan Rizwan, Marisha Wallace, Owen Cooper, Patrick Brammall, Rose Ayling Ellis, Russell Tovey, Ruth Davidson, Sir David Suchet, Stacey Dooley, Suranne Jones, and Tramell Tillman.
Other guests attending include: Alex Jones, Andy Serkis, Andy Zaltzman, Calvin Demba, Charlene White, Charlie Hamilton James, Clara Amfo, Clare Balding, Deborah Meaden, Dermot O’Leary, Diane Carson, Dianne Buswell, Edward Enninful, Emilia Fox, Emily Atack, Emma Willis, Fiona Button, Gary Neville, Harry Clark, Hazel Doupe, Helen Skelton, James Corden, Jamie Laing, Joanna Page, Joe Swash, Josie Gibson, Judi Love, Julia Davis, Kate Phillips, Kelle Bryan, Kirsty Young, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Larry Lamb, Laura Whitmore, Lee Mack, Lorraine Ashbourne, Louis Theroux, Luke Rollason, Mat Horne, Matt Willis, Melanie Walters, Michelle Ackerly, Nadine Mills, Peter Jones, Rob Brydon, Robert Wilfort, Steven Bartlett, and Zara McDermott.
As announced this week, this year’s ceremony will feature two exclusive music performances from global megastars Jessie J and Tom Grennan, as well as award-winning concert violinist and social media sensation Esther Abrami for the In Memoriam tribute. In her first TV performance in six years, Jessie J will perform ‘The Award Goes To’ and as a UK TV exclusive, Tom Grennan will debut his highly anticipated track ‘Full Attention’.
For audiences outside of the UK, the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises and Red Carpet ceremony will be available on BritBox on demand in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the Nordics. It will also be available in Australia on Foxtel, in New Zealand on Sky Arts (NZ), in 24 countries across Africa and the Middle East on AlThaqafeya and MBC Channels, as well as 13 countries across Asia on Rewind Networks and on seven ships within the P&O Cruises fleet.
BAFTA is supported by official partners to the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises (P&O Cruises, Lancôme, Sea Containers London, and Schwarzkopf Professional).
Notes To Editors:
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Accreditation:
BAFTA Television Awards’ media, photography and publicist accreditation for the red carpet and backstage areas has now closed.
For further information on media and photography accreditation please contact:
E: Multitude Media – BAFTA Team [email protected]
BAFTA: Press Office – [email protected]
Photography:
FREE Promotional Imagery available for use within a 3-month period of the event taking place:
Pre-awards promotional images of the BAFTA ‘mask’ award, hosts & additional content
BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises – A selection of handout imagery from the red carpet, ceremony & winners’ press room areas from approx. 15:30 (BST) onwards, Sunday 11 May 2025
All the above will be available to download via BAFTA Photoshelter (without a log-in): https://bafta.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000pzh2SdkMTKk/BAFTA-Television-Awards
Password: TVAwards2025Press
For exclusive placement enquiries and personal use imagery please contact: [email protected]
About BAFTA
BAFTA’s mission as a charity is to champion the creative and cultural importance of the screen arts across film, games and television. Through its Awards ceremonies and year-round programme of talent initiatives and learning events that include masterclasses, lectures, scholarships, bursaries, and mentoring schemes in the UK and North America, BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires and nurtures new screen talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration. For more, visit www.bafta.org. BAFTA is a registered charity (no. 216726).
About P&O Cruises
P&O Cruises is Britain’s favourite cruise line, welcoming guests onboard its seven ships to experience holidays with a blend of discovery, choice, relaxation and exceptional service catered towards British tastes. With a proud history spanning more than 187 years, each ship has its own appeal from family friendly or exclusively for adults with every sailing delivering each guest a holiday like never before.
With over 180 destinations worldwide, P&O Cruises itineraries are carefully curated to inspire discovery and are varied to suit newcomers and experienced guests alike. P&O Cruises prides itself on working with top culinary talent; Food Heroes include chefs Marco Pierre White, José Pizarro and Shivi Ramoutar and as well as award-winning drinks expert Olly Smith. Kjartan Skjelde has created Norwegian speciality dishes for sailings to the Norwegian fjords.
Recent awards for P&O Cruises include:
- Wave Awards 2024 – Best Ocean Cruise Line
- British Travel Awards 2024 – Best Cruise Line for Family Holidays (winner) and Best Cruise Line for No-Fly Cruise Holidays (silver accreditation)
- Best in Cruise Awards by Cruise Critic Awards 2024 – Best Cruise Line and Best for Families
- The Travel Industry Awards 2024 by TTG – Ocean Cruise Line of the Year company is part of Carnival Corporation & PLC (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE:CUK).
#BAFTATVAwards with @pandocruises
