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Adolescence continues winning run at BAFTA Television Craft Awards


Published by Cover Media
27 Apr 2026
TV drama Adolescence has continued on its winning streak, scooping Best Director: Fiction at the 27th BAFTA Television Craft Awards.
The show also won the prize for Best Sound: Fiction at the event, which honours those behind the scenes of television.
Adolescence had led the 2026 nominations with 11 nods for its groundbreaking portrayal of a teen murder case.
After picking up nine Emmys last September, the hit Netflix show has garnered a cornocupia of wins at home and overseas, including at the Actors Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, Golden Globes, Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and Royal Television Society Programme Awards.
Hosted by comedian Greg Davies for BBC One, Sunday's ceremony in London also distributed gongs to shows including The Celebrity Traitors, Andor, Amadeus, Big Boys, Reunion and more.
Simone Pennant MBE received a BAFTA Television Craft Special Award.
Here's a highlight list of the winners.
Director: Fiction - Adolescence
Director: Factual - Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Director: Multi-Camera - Super Sunday - Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur
Writer: Comedy - Big Boys
Writer: Drama - Slow Horses
Editing: Fiction - Prisoner 951
Editing: Factual - Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
Emerging Talent: Factual - Olaide Sadiq (Director, Grenfell: Uncovered)
Emerging Talent: Fiction - Janice Okoh (Writer, Just Act Normal)
Entertainment Craft Team - The Celebrity Traitors
Make Up & Hair Design - Amadeus
Original Music: Factual - The Last Musician of Auschwitz
Original Music: Fiction - Mussolini: Son of the Century
Children's Craft Team - The Very Small Creatures
Scripted Casting - Reunion
Special Award - Simone Pennant

Published by Cover Media
27 Apr 2026