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In Pictures: The BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises 2026

Posted: 11 May 2026

The biggest night in UK TV, the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises, shines a spotlight on the best of television.

Showcasing and celebrating the skill and ingenuity in TV, it’s a night for the industry’s creatives, both in front and behind the camera, to receive much-deserved praise.

View some photos from the 2026 event below and take a look at our full list of winners and nominees.

Plus catch up on more from the night on our YouTube channel.

Award wins...

A young white man with thick curly black hair wearing a high collared white shirt and bluey grey bomber jacket.
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Owen Cooper with his BAFTA for Supporting Actor Award for 'Adolescence'.
Christine Tremarco. A white woman with a short blonde bob in soft waves wearing a long black puff sleeved dress holding a BAFTA.
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Christine Tremarco with her BAFTA for the Supporting Actress Award for 'Adolescence'.
A white man with short dark hair wearing a black shirt and blazer and holding a BAFTA.
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Stephen Graham backstage with his Leading Actor Award for 'Adolescence'.
An Asian woman with mid-length black hair wearing a pale pink one shoulder dress and holding a BAFTA.
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Narges Rashidi backstage with the Leading Actress Award for 'Prisoner 951'
A group of 11 people stood on a stage around a blonde woman wearing a strapless iridescent dress who is stood at a lectern talking into a microphone.
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Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Helen Serafinowicz, Laurence Rickard, Tim Mannion, Holly Walsh, Lucy Punch, Philippa Dunne, Alyssa McClelland and guests accept the Scripted Comedy Award for 'Amandaland' .
A group of people on stage stood around two women - one black with a pixie haircut and teal evening dress talking into a microphone and one white with blonde hair wearing a red evening dress and holding up a BAFTA.
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Harriet Kemsley, Roisin Conaty and Judi Love accept the Entertainment Award for 'Last One Laughing'.
A group of men and women gathered around a lectern on stage where a white woman with dark hair, a thick fringe, and wearing a black blazer speaks into a microphone.
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Katy Fox, Sarah Fay, Nick Mohammed, Celia Imrie, Mike Cotton, Claudia Winkleman, Paloma Faith, Alan Carr, Stephen Lambert, Lewis Thurlow, Cat Burns and Ben Archard accept the Reality Award for 'The Celebrity Traitors'.
A white man with thick grey hair wearing a tuxedo and black bow tie. He is stood in front of a blue branding board holding a BAFTA.
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Steve Coogan with the Actor in a Comedy Award for 'How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)'.
A white woman with bobbed white hair wearing a long pale pink dress with balloon sleeves and button details. She is stood in front of a blue branding board holding a BAFTA.
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Dame Mary Berry DBE with the Fellowship Award.
A white man with short dark hair wearing a greyish blazer with black lapel and black tie and trousers. He is stood in front of a blue branding board holding a BAFTA.
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Martin Lewis CBE with the Special Award.
A white woman with red curly hair died back in a high bun wearing a black polo neck and tasselled skirt. She is stood in front of a blue branding board holding a BAFTA high above her head.
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Katherine Parkinson with the Actress in a Comedy Award for 'Here We Go'.
A group shot of nine people in evening wear posing backstage with BAFTA awards.
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Christine Tremarco, Mark Herbert, Owen Cooper, Jo Johnson, Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty, Stephen Graham, Hannah Walters and Jack Thorne backstage with the Limited Drama Award for 'Adolescence'. The show won four awards on the night.
A white man with short grey hair and thick black rimmed glasses posing against a blue branding board and holding a BAFTA.
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Alan Carr with the P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award for 'The Celebrity Traitors'.
A group shot of nine people in a silver lift. Several of them are wearing brightly coloured evening dresses and waving BAFTA's in the air.
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Chanya Button, Catherine Moulton, Diarmiud Goggins, Rose Ayling Ellis, Bryony Arnold, Joseph Shrubb and guest backstage with the Drama Series Award for 'Code of Silence'.
A black woman with a short pixie haircut and wearing a black velvet sweetheart neckline dress stood on stage giving a speech surrounded by a group of men and women.
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Olaide Sadiq accepts the Single Documentary Award for 'Grenfell: Uncovered'.
A white woman with long dark hair wearing a red evening dress on stage talking into a microphone with a group of men and women stood behind her.
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Menna Hijazi, Ben De Pear, Melanie Quigley, a guest, Karim Shah and Ramita Navai accept the Current Affairs Award for 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack'.
A bald wite man wearing thick black rimmed glasses, navy shirt and black blazer. He is stood on stage giving a speech with five people stood behind him.
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Cast and Crew of 'See No Evil' accept the Factual Series Award.
Three women holding BAFTAs; a black woman with mid-length straight dark hair wearing a brown sparkly dress, a white woman with short black hair wearing an off-shoulder black dress, and a white woman with long blonde wavy hair wearing a strapless silver and black dress.
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Diane Parish, Jessie Wallace and Michelle Collins take home the BAFTA Soap Award for 'EastEnders'
A group of people with this arms held high celebrating in front of a red curtain.
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Esme Wren, Simon Stanleigh, guest, Matt Frei, Federico Escher, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Paul McNamara and Dani Isdale, winners of the News Coverage Award for 'Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War'.
One woman and four men, one in a kilt, posing with their BAFTAs in front of a blue branding board.
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Rowland Stone, Rav Wilding, Nick Stapleton, Odin Davies-Gillies and production team with the Daytime Award for 'Scam Interceptors'.
A white man with grey hair in a peach suit and glasses giving a speech as a group of people stand around him on stage watching.
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Alex Gregory, Frida Perez, Peter Huyck, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, Chase Sui Wonders and James Weaver accept the International Award for 'The Studio'.
A man with thick grey hair and black rimmed glasses holding a BAFTA up in the air.
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Rick Astley accepts the Entertainment Performance Award on behalf of Bob Mortimer for 'Last One Laughing'.
A white woman with blonde hair in a black dress talking into a microphone as people stand around her.
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Gabby Logan accepts the Sports Coverage Award for 'UEFA Women's Euro 2025'.
A white man with grey hair and thick rimmed glasses wearing a black tuxedo, on one side of him is a tall man with dark hair in a tuxedo and on the other is a white blonde woman in a lilac dress holding a BAFTA.
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Matt Peacock, Marshall Corwin and Nicky Cox accept the Children's: Non-Scripted Award for 'World. War. Me.'
A white man with mid-length dark hair in a tuxedo giving a speech, behind him is a woman with dark hair in a dark green off the shoulder dress.
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Sara Conlon and Jonny Madderson accept the Short Form Award for 'Hustle and Run'.
A white woman with blonde hair and choppy fringe wearing a high necked black dress giving a speech as five people stand behind her.
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Claire Popplewell accepts the Live Event Coverage Award for 'VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember'.
Five people posing in front of a blue branding board.
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Nicky Hammond, Guy Simmonds, Mais Al-Bayaa, Liam Humphreys and Emma Young with the Factual Entertainment Award for 'Go Back to Where You Came From'.
A group photo of two women and four men all in evening wear and holding BAFTAs.
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Venita Singh-Warner, Hugo MacGregor, Nicolas Kent, Simon Schama and Richard Wilkinson with the Specialist Factual Award for 'The Road to Auschwitz'.
A blonde woman with bobbed haircut wearing a long-sleeved red velvet dress, a black man with shaved head and beard wearing a brown suit and black tie, and a black woman with dark hair in a high bun wearing a black high halter neck dress. They are all holding BAFTAs in front of a blue branding board.
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Joanna Hanley, Archie Maddocks and Ethosheia Hylton with the Children's: Scripted Award for 'Crongton'.

Red Carpet moments

A white woman with short white bobbed hair wearing a pale pink balloon sleeved dress with button detail being interviewed on a red carpet by a man in a tuxedo.
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Marry Berry being interviewed on the red carpet with Roman Kemp.
Martin Lewis CBE. A man with short grey hair wearing a grey blazer with black collar holds a phone in his hand and takes a selfie with a blonde woman.
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Martin Lewis CBE takes a selfie with people in the fan area.
Adjoa Andoh and Fleur East. Two black women stood chatting on the red carpet, the one on the left has a shaved head and is wearing an orange jacket and trousers and the one on the right has long tightly curled hair and is wearing a long sleeved red dress.
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Adjoa Andoh is interviewed by Fleur East on the red carpet.
Claudia Winkleman flashes a smile dressed in a black suit.
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'The Traitors' host Claudia Winkleman on the red carpet.
SETH ROGEN HITTING THE RED CARPET DRESSED IN BEIGE JACKET AND WHITE SHIRT.
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'The Studio' star Seth Rogan on the red carpet.
A man with dark hair and glasses in a black suit leaning into a crowd for a selfie.
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Danny Dyer stopping for a picture with fans.
A white person with dark hair wearing a dark suit and sunglasses, a black person with long braids and wearing a black suit and a white person with long white blonde hair wearing a lilac beaded bodice dress.
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Jake Dunn, Laquarn Lewis and Hannah Jones, What It Feels Like For A Girl co-stars, walk the red carpet together.
Lorraine Kelly dressed in silver gown with her daughter dressed in blue strapless dress.
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BAFTA Special alum Lorraine Kelly attended with her daughter.
AWKWAFINA STOPS FOR A CHAT DRESSED IN RED SHORT SLEEVED DRESS
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Awkwafina has a chat on the red carpet
NOMINEE ROSIE JONES WAVES TO THE CROWD DRESSED IN A BLUE TULLE DRESS WITH BLACK LATEX TUX TOP
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Nominee Rosie Jones waves to the crowd.
GRAHAM NORTON STOPS TO TAKE PHOTOS WITH FANS DRESSED IN A BLACK SUIT
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Graham Norton takes a selfie with fans
A GROUP SHOT OF THE CAST OF SNL UK.
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SNL UK cast; George Fouracres, Annabel Marlow, Paddy Young, Ayoade Bamgboye, Celeste Dring,, Hammed Animashaun, Ania Magliano, Al Nash, Emma Sidi, Larry Dean and Jack Shep.

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