Nominees include: Adolescence, The Celebrity Traitors, Owen Cooper, Stephen Graham, Aimee Lou Wood, Erin Doherty, Big Boys, Louis Theroux, Malachi Kirby, Sara Cox, The Mishal Husain Show and more.
Tuesday 24th February 2026, London – The annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards returns for its 52nd year, celebrating the best in TV, streaming and audio on Wednesday, 18th March at The Barbican in London.
Voted for by the sector’s leading media journalists, the prestigious awards are back following an outstanding ceremony in 2025, which saw top honours awarded to Mr Bates vs. The Post Office and Gavin & Stacey: The Finale and major actor awards handed to Rivals stars Danny Dyer and Bella Maclean and Baby Reindeer‘s Jessica Gunning.
Today, the BPG announce the 2026 nominees for this year’s awards, recognising work commissioned or produced in the UK that was screened in 2025.
From The Traitors‘ castle in Scotland to Northern Ireland’s Blue Lights, Yorkshire’s Adolescence and the Grenfell Tower in West London, this year’s nominees showcase excellence on screens and in audio across the whole country, and around the globe with an epic Race Across The World.
This year’s Best Actress and Best Actor nominees include Adolescence stars Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty who both claimed Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Television Awards wins this year for their supporting roles in the mini-series, as well as co-star Stephen Graham and White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood.
Off the back of her incredible Radio 2 marathon challenge in 2025, Sara Cox is nominated for Audio Presenter of the Year alongside fellow Radio 2 presenter Trevor Nelson, Heart Breakfast’s Jamie Theakston and Radio 4’s Anna Foster and Sue Mitchell.
Some of the country’s most beloved podcasts nominated for Podcast of the Year include: Dish hosted by Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett, Ill-Advised by Bill Nighy, The Mishal Husain Show, Audible’s Pride and Prejudice and The History Podcast by BBC Sounds.
On the night, The Harvey Lee Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting, supported by Warner Bros. Discovery will be announced, alongside the Emerging Creator Award supported by Prime Video, Innovation Award and two special BPG Members Awards.
BROADCASTING PRESS GUILD AWARDS 2026 NOMINEES:
TELEVISION AND STREAMING AWARDS
BEST SINGLE DRAMA OR MINI-SERIES
Adolescence (Netflix)
Brian and Maggie (C4)
Miss Austen (BBC1)
Toxic Town (Netflix)
Trespasses (C4)
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Amadeus (Sky)
Blue Lights (BBC1)
Dept. Q (Netflix)
Riot Women (BBC1)
The Hack (ITV)
BEST SINGLE DOCUMENTARY OR MINI-SERIES
Empire with David Olusoga (BBC2)
Girlbands Forever (BBC2)
Grenfell: Uncovered (Netflix)
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took on the World (BBC2)
Louis Theroux, The Settlers (BBC2)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Educating Yorkshire (2025) (C4)
Once Upon a Time in Space (BBC2)
Shifty (BBC iPlayer)
Simon Schama’s Story of Us (BBC2)
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (BBC1)
BEST COMEDY supported by TiVo
Amandaland (BBC1)
Big Boys (C4)
Dreaming Whilst Black (BBC3)
How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) (BBC1)
Such Brave Girls (BBC3)
BEST ENTERTAINMENT supported by TiVo
The Celebrity Traitors (BBC1)
LOL: Last One Laughing UK (Amazon)
Taskmaster (C4)
The Assembly (ITV)
Race Across the World (BBC1)
BEST ACTRESS supported by Netflix
Aimee Lou Wood (Toxic Town, Film Club)
Erin Doherty (Adolescence, A Thousand Blows)
Joanna Scanlan (Riot Women)
Lucy Punch (Amandaland)
Rosalie Craig (Riot Women, The Hack)
BEST ACTOR supported by Netflix
Malachi Kirby (A Thousand Blows)
Owen Cooper (Adolescence, Film Club)
Stephen Graham (Adolescence, A Thousand Blows)
Tom Cullen (Trespasses, The Gold)
Will Sharpe (Amadeus, Too Much)
BEST WRITER
Adjani Salmon and Ali Hughes (Dreaming Whilst Black)
Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson (Blue Lights)
Jack Thorne (Adolescence, Toxic Town,The Hack)
Kat Sadler (Such Brave Girls)
Sally Wainwright (Riot Women)
BPG BREAKTHROUGH TALENT AWARD supported by Prime Video
Chenée Taylor, Kaydrah Walker-Wilkie and Akins Subair (Just Act Normal)
Ella Maisy Purvis (Channel 4’s Patience)
Ellis Howard (What It Feels Like for a Girl, BBC3)
Owen Cooper (Adolescence, Film Club)
Umi Myers (Dope Girls)
AUDIO AWARDS
BEST RADIO PROGRAMME
- Anatomy of a Cancellation (BBC Radio 4)
- Live Aid 40 Years On (Greatest Hits Radio)
- Nick Ferrari (LBC)
- Forgiveness: Stories from the Front Line (BBC Radio 4)
- What Happened to Counter-Culture? (BBC Radio 4)
BEST RADIO PRESENTER
- Anna Foster (BBC Radio 4)
- Jamie Theakston (Heart)
- Sara Cox (Radio 2)
- Sue Mitchell (BBC Radio 4)
- Trevor Nelson (BBC Radio 2)
BEST PODCAST
- Dish (Cold Glass Productions)
- Ill-Advised by Bill Nighy (Eyepod Studios)
- Pride and Prejudice (Audible)
- The History Podcast (BBC Sounds) for Half-Life
- The Mishal Husain Show (Bloomberg)
The Broadcasting Press Guild is made up of over 150 journalists who specialise in covering television, streaming and audio and all vote for the nominees and winners. Sponsors of the 2026 Awards include BBC Studios, Pact, Prime Video, Netflix, TiVo and Warner Bros. Discovery.
The Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2026 will take place at The Barbican, London on Wednesday, 18th March 2026, tickets to the awards ceremony will be available soon.
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards media contact: Jacob.Beecham@carverpr.co.uk – 0207 101 2554
