BAFTA Television Awards nominations: Adolescence dominates AGAIN with Celebrity Traitors, Last One Laughing and A Thousand Blows hot on its heels

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Adolescence has dominated the BAFTA Television Awards shortlist - receiving a mammoth eleven nominations including Limited Drama and Leading Actor, including the Craft Awards. 

The Netflix drama, which made its debut on the streaming site back in March last year, looks to be taking over awards season AGAIN, having already been awarded nine Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globes, and a Critics Choice Award.

Now, it will have eleven chances to scoop more gongs as the BAFTAs returns in May -with stars Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper, Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty and Christine Tremarco all up for awards. 

The series, which was created by actor Stephen, 52, and writer Jack Thorne, tells the story of British teenager Jamie Miller, who is found guilty of murdering a female classmate after being sucked in by the manosphere online. 

Stephen will compete against Lockerbie's Colin Firth, The Death of Bunny Monro's Matt Smith and Smoke's Taron Egerton in the Leading Actor catrgory. 

While Ashley, 43, will face his co-star Owen, 16, in the Supporting Actor category, alongside Mobland's Paddy Considine, The Death of Bunny Munro's Rafael Mathe, The Gold's Joshua McGuire and Down Cemetery Road's Fehinti Balogun.

Adolescence has dominated the BAFTA Television Awards shortlist - receiving a mammoth eleven nominations including Limited Drama and Leading Actor for Stephen Graham (pictured)  

The BAFTAs nominations will see the series, which was created by actor Stephen, 52, and writer Jack Thorne, also see actor Owen Cooper up for Supporting Actor 

While Erin, 33, will be up against The White Lotus' Aimee Lou Wood, co-star Christine, Get Millie Black's Chyna McQueen, Task's Emilia Jones and Rose Ayling-Ellis in Reunion as Leading Actress, the first time she has been nominated in the category.

Stephen could also be up for a win in his performance of Disney+ series A Thousand Blows, created by Steven Knight, which is up for seven awards including Drama Series with Disney+ up for 16 awards in total. 

While Netflix has a total of 29 nominations, it's the BBC who have the highest number of nominations, with 73 in total - five of which are for The Celebrity Traitors. 

The show became the highest-rated show on British TV last year, with host Claudia Winkleman up for a chance at taking home a gong in the best Entertainment Programme section.

While Prime Video's Last One Laughing, which last week returned for its second series, will compete against the all-stars version of the Traitors, with show star Bob Mortimer up for best Entertainment Performance. 

The BAFTA Television Awards, which takes place at London's The Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, will take place on May 10, and hosted by comedian Greg Davies.

BAFTA CEO Jane Millchip said: '2025 has been an exceptional year for television, reflected in 124 nominated programmes that highlight the strength and originality of British storytelling. 

'From powerful documentaries and standout comedy to homegrown drama and the international series that captured global attention, this year’s nominees demonstrate a medium at its creative peak.'

A Thousand Blows, which features Stephen Graham, will also be up for an award

Earlier this year, Adolescence lead the nominations at this year's Royal Television Society Awards, dominating six categories after the short list was officially revealed. 

Actor Owen also made history when he won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series at the Actor Awards, which were known as the SAG Awards until they were rechristened this year.

The 16-year-old became the youngest individual winner in the history of the ceremony, breaking the record previously held by Kate Winslet.

Winslet was 20 when she won her first gong for her portrayal of Marianne Dashwood in Ang Lee's 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, which also starred Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant.

Now her crown has been snatched by Cooper for his chilling turn in Adolescence as a 13-year-old schoolboy who murders a female classmate.

He beat out a category that included Stephen Graham, who played his character's father on the miniseries and also co-created it with Jack Thorne.

Owen's triumph marked the continuation of a history-making awards show streak thanks to Adolescence, which he filmed when he was 14.

Last September, aged 15, he became the youngest male actor ever to win a Primetime Emmy, earning the gong for a supporting role in a limited series or anthology.

He remarked to reporters backstage that the honor 'means so much to me' and to 'my family, people back home,' according to E! News.

The BBC's Celebrity Traitors is also up for awards - including Alan Carr's win 

The BAFTA Television Awards take place on May 10