{"id":950564,"date":"2026-05-10T14:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/950564\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T14:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:09:22","slug":"bafta-tv-awards-2026-adolescence-and-a-thousand-blows-lead-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/950564\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafta TV Awards 2026: Adolescence and A Thousand Blows lead nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready for the most prestigious, glamorous night in the British TV calendarpublished at 14:03 BST<\/p>\n<p>14:03 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/65c2cdf8-e325-46cc-8b03-b794ec607fa7.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/><strong>Emma Saunders<\/strong><br \/>Culture reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alan Carr alongside a huge model of a Bafta award\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cbb00797-eca1-407e-b7a6-8e98f7829bfc.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1916\" height=\"1078\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And the Bafta goes to\u2026 <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It\u2019s the most prestigious, not to mention glamorous, night of<br \/>\nthe year for UK television. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stars including Alan Carr, Ashley Walters and Claudia<br \/>\nWinkleman are getting ready for the 2026 Bafta TV Awards, which are being held<br \/>\nat London\u2019s Royal Festival Hall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And they, and us, will be eager to see who will be taking<br \/>\nhome the big prizes. Netflix\u2019s mega hit Adolescence leads the nominations with<br \/>\n11, followed by A Thousand Blows, which has seven nods. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stephen Graham picks up a nomination for leading actor for<br \/>\nhis role in Adolescence, in a strong category which also includes Colin Forth,<br \/>\nElis Howard, James Nelson-Joyce, Matt Smith and Taron Egerton. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Erin Doherty also appears in Adolescence, but her leading<br \/>\nactress nomination comes for her role in A Thousand Blows. She\u2019s up against<br \/>\nAimee Lou Wood, Jodie Whittaker, Narges Rashidi, Sheridan Smith and Sian<br \/>\nBrooke. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">Now, before we get going\u2026 Spoiler alert! <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We will be covering the ceremony right here from 16:30 BST<br \/>\nuntil 19:30. But it won\u2019t be broadcast on BBC One, iPlayer and this page until<br \/>\n19:00 BST. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">So, we&#8217;ll be posting live updates of who has won what before<br \/>\nwinner are revealed on TV later. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But if you are looking for some Bafta content to get you in<br \/>\nthe mood ahead of the ceremony, our culture team will be reporting live from the red carpet as all the stars arrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get ready for the most prestigious, glamorous night in the British TV calendarpublished at 14:03 BST 14:03 BST&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-950564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116550682833780892","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}