BAFTA TV Awards: ‘Adolescence’ Leads the Pack With 11 Nominations, ‘A Thousand Blows’ Gets 7
By Georg Szalai
Published on March 24, 2026.
Netflix's Adolescence leads the nominations for the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards, with 11 nods, followed by Disney+'s A Thousand Blows with seven, Andor and Trespasses with six apiece, and The Celebrity Traitors with five. The Emmy-winning cast of Adolescentence has also received a best lead actor nod for creator-star Stephen Graham, competing against Colin Firth (Lockerbie: A Search for Truth), Ellis Howard (What It Feels Like For a Girl), James Nelson-Joyce (This City Is Ours), and Matt Smith (The Death of Bunny Munro) at the May 10 ceremony. Best drama series nominations have also gone to A Hundred Blows, Blue Lights, Code of Silence, and This City Is Our Ours. This year's BAFTA TV Awards will take place on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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