Ant & Dec are shunned at last! The TV Baftas make some clever omissions for once
It’s the end of an era, as stars who have dominated the whole millennium lose out to new TV royalty like Claudia Winkleman. Plus: rare double nods for two of...
By Mark Lawson · The Guardian Culture
It’s the end of an era, as stars who have dominated the whole millennium lose out to new TV royalty like Claudia Winkleman. Plus: rare double nods for two of the UK’s best actors! • Adolescence dominates Bafta TV award nominations 2026 The Bafta TV awards have recently been dominated by shows that feel so last year . In 2025, the statuettes for Mr Bates vs the Post Office arrived so late – 16 months after its ITV premiere – that viewers must have suspected they were sent by Royal Mail. This year, if Adolescence takes home any of the 11 prizes for which it is nominated, 14 months will have passed since the drama about misogynistic online influence on young men dropped on Netflix. This results from two accidents of the calendar: the Bafta qualifying period running from January to December in the previous year and networks front loading schedules with their big shows. Continue reading...