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Adolescence Wins Big At BAFTA TV Awards

By Dalton MacNamee
11/05/2026
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Netflix hit series, Adolescence was a big winner on the night of the BAFTA TV Awards.

The show, which starred Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper, sparked another national conversation regarding topics like misogyny and toxic masculinity, and added several BAFTA TV awards to its Emmy and Golden Globes triumphs.

Such awards include best limited drama and acting accolades for Owen Cooper, Stephen Graham and Christine Tremarco.

Speaking to the audience, Stephen Graham, who scooped up the lead actor award, said: "I've been nominated eight times and this is the first time I've won". 

Offering advice to young, aspiring actors, Graham added: "For any other young kid, wherever you're from, anything is possible".

Accepting his award, Owen Cooper who played a young schoolboy, Jamie, who was accused of murdering a female classmate in the show, told the crowd: "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", he added.

Speaking to the audience, Christine Tremarco added: "I feel so honoured to be part of Adolescence. I hold this BAFTA high". 

Elsewhere on the night, other big BAFTA winners include The Celebrity Traitors, which won awards for best reality show and most memorable moment.

The ceremony also saw Steve Coogan (How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge), Narges Rashidi (Prisoner 951), and Katherine Parkinson (Here We Go) also won individual acting awards. While Crongton was named the best scripted show in the children's categories, while World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates) took the non-scripted award.

TV cook and former Great British Bake Off judge, Dame Mary Berry, said she was "bowled over" after being presented with the organisation's highest honour, the BAFTA fellowship.

Berry said it seemed like  "no time ago when I left Bath High School with two O-levels in needlework and cookery".

She used her speech to praise the BBC, calling it "the broadcaster that we must cherish", and revealed her future plans, while added: "So what's next for me, at the age of 91?" she said. "I have just started my own YouTube channel. We shall see". 

The documentary, Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, was also honoured with the current affairs prize, while financial journalist and broadcaster, Martin Lewis won a special award, in recognition for his dedication to help the UK learn about money and budgeting.

"Finally, just a question for the BBC... given you dropped our film, will you drop us from the BAFTA screening later tonight?", executive producer, Ben De Pear thanked journalists who made the film.

Meanwhile, historian, Sir Simon Schama landed the gong for best specialist factual for his work on The Road To Auschwitz, which he said would mean "a lot to the Jewish community". He also praised the BBC for being "brave enough" to air it.

Speaking of Adolescence, Stephen Graham had previously  said that winning awards was not his motivation for making the series, insisting that getting such recognition was "not why we do it". More on this here.

Written by Dalton MacNamee

Dalton Mac Namee is a content writer for Classichits.ie and a freelance GAA reporter from Louth, Ireland.

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