Coronation Street, Emmerdale, EastEnders and Saturday Night Live UK lead the I Talk Telly Awards 2026
Voting is now open!
The I Talk Telly Awards are BACK for their 12th year, celebrating another unmissable twelve months in television just days after I Talk Telly celebrated its 15th anniversary.
Since launching in 2015, the I Talk Telly Awards, created by founder Elliot Gonzalez, have seen almost 3 million votes registered, with recognition from some of the biggest names in television as well as mentions on broadcast television.
Voting is now open for the 2026 I Talk Telly Awards, across 23 categories celebrating programmes and talent in Comedy, Drama, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Factual, and Soaps. You can vote for free here, and voting closes at 10pm GMT on Thursday 19th November.
This year, Coronation Street and Emmerdale lead the nominations with 10 each, followed by EastEnders with eight nominations and Saturday Night Live UK, which picks up seven nominations across four categories, including Best New Comedy, Best Comedy Performance, Best Comedy Partnership and Best Breakthrough.
Hollyoaks gets six nominations, whilst The Traitors receives four nominations across the civilian and celebrity editions, including Best Reality TV Show and Best TV Presenter, including a first nomination for Ed Gamble for The Traitors: Uncloaked.
Elsewhere, Amandaland, Big Brother, The Blame, Love Island, This City is Ours and This Morning all receive three nominations each.
Last year's awards received 280,000 votes, with big winners including Gavin & Stacey, Adolescence, The Traitors and Coronation Street, and you can watch last year’s acceptance videos here.
Like previous years, all nominations have been decided by I Talk Telly’s founder, Elliot Gonzalez, and every winner will be decided by the voting public and announced online from 10am GMT on Thursday 10th December.
Here’s the full list of this year’s nominations…
COMEDY
BEST NEW COMEDY
Alice and Steve
Disney+
Alley Cats
Netflix
Ann Droid
BBC One
Break Clause
Channel 4
Can You Keep A Secret?
BBC One
The Reluctant Vampire
BBC One
Saturday Night Live UK
Sky One
Small Prophets
BBC Two
BEST RETURNING COMEDY
Amandaland
BBC One
Big Mood
Channel 4
Black Ops
BBC One
Changing Ends
ITV1
Ludwig
BBC One
Smoggie Queens
BBC Three
Things You Should Have Done
BBC Three
Trying
Apple TV
BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY
Abbott Elementary
Disney+
Colin From Accounts
BBC Two
Hacks
Sky Comedy
The Paper
Sky One
Rooster
HBO Max
Shrinking
Apple TV
Ted Lasso
Apple TV
Widow's Bay
Apple TV
BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE
Emma Sidi
Saturday Night Live UK
Sky One
George Fouracres
Saturday Night Live UK
Sky One
Lara Ricote
Break Clause
Channel 4
Lenny Rush
The Reluctant Vampire
BBC One
Lucia Keskin
Things You Should Have Done
BBC Three
Lucy Punch
Amandaland
BBC One
Oliver Savell
Changing Ends
ITV1
Philippa Dunne
Amandaland
BBC One
BEST COMEDY PARTNERSHIP
Ania Magliano & Paddy Young
Saturday Night Live UK
Sky One
Diane Morgan & Sue Johnston
Ann Droid
BBC One
Ellie White & Natasia Demetriou
Ellie & Natasia
BBC Two
Gbemisola Ikumelo & Hammed Animashaun
Black Ops
BBC One
Greg McHugh & Gregor Fisher
Only Child
BBC One
Lee Mack & Sally Bretton
Not Going Out
BBC One
DRAMA
BEST NEW DRAMA
The Blame
ITV1
The Cage
BBC One
The Other Bennet Sister
BBC One
Pierre
Channel 4
Run Away
Netflix
The Split Up
BBC One
Tip Toe
Channel 4
A Woman of Substance
Channel 4
BEST RETURNING DRAMA
Blue Lights
BBC One
Industry
BBC One
Rivals
Disney+
Slow Horses
Apple TV
This City is Ours
BBC One
Time
BBC One
Trigger Point
ITV1
Waterloo Road
BBC One
BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA
All Her Fault
Sky Atlantic
City of Shadows
Netflix
Furious
Disney+
Lupin
Netflix
The Pitt
HBO Max
Pluribus
Apple TV
Stranger Things
Netflix
Your Friends & Neighbours
Apple TV
BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
Claire Rushbrook
Rivals
Disney+
David Tennant
Time
BBC One
David Harewood
Pierre
Channel 4
Ella Bruccoleri
The Other Bennet Sister
BBC One
James Nelson-Joyce
This City is Ours
BBC One
Michelle Keegan
The Blame
ITV1
Sheridan Smith
The Cage
BBC One
Vicky McClure
Trigger Point
ITV1
ENTERTAINMENT
BEST ENTERTAINMENT SHOW
The Assembly
ITV1
Gladiators
BBC One
The Graham Norton Show
BBC One
Last One Laughing UK
Prime Video
The Masked Singer UK
ITV1
Sorry, I Didn't Know
ITV1
Taskmaster
Channel 4
Would I Lie to You?
BBC One
BEST REALITY TV SHOW
Big Brother
ITV2
The Celebrity Traitors
BBC One
Celebs Go Dating
E4
I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
ITV1
Love Is Blind UK
Netflix
Love Island
ITV2
Love Island: All Stars
ITV2
The Traitors
BBC One
BEST COMPETITION SHOW
The Apprentice
BBC One
Britain's Got Talent
ITV1
The Great British Bake Off
Channel 4
The Great British Sewing Bee
BBC One
The Piano
Channel 4
Race Across The World
BBC One
Squid Game: The Challenge
Netflix
Strictly Come Dancing
BBC One
BEST TV PRESENTER
Alan Carr
Interior Design Masters
BBC One
Claudia Winkleman
The Traitors
BBC One
Ed Gamble
The Traitors: Uncloaked
BBC One
Emma Willis
The Voice UK
ITV1
Graham Norton
The Graham Norton Show
BBC One
Joel Dommett
The Masked Singer
ITV1
Maya Jama
Love Island
ITV2
Sophie WIllan
The Great British Sewing Bee
BBC One
BEST TV PRESENTING PARTNERSHIP
AJ Odudu & Will Best
Big Brother
ITV2
Alison Hammond & Dermot O'Leary
This Morning
ITV1
Ant & Dec
I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
ITV1
Ben Shephard & Cat Deeley
This Morning
ITV1
Emma Willis & Matt Willis
Love Is Blind UK
Netflix
GK Barry & Kate Lawler
Big Brother: The Group Chat
ITV2
LIFESTYLE & FACTUAL
BEST DAYTIME SHOW
BBC Breakfast
BBC One
Good Morning Britain
ITV1
Loose Women
ITV1
Lorraine
ITV1
Morning Live
BBC One
This Morning
ITV1
BEST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Amanda & Alan's Greek Job
BBC One
Clarkson's Farm
Prime Video
The Dyers' Caravan Park
Sky One
Gogglebox
Channel 4
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
BBC Two
Raising Chelsea
Disney+
Rob & Romesh VS
Sky One
Sort Your Life Out
BBC One
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy
Netflix
Buried with Michael Sheen
BBC Two
Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth
Disney+
Damilola: The Untold Story
BBC Two
Katie Price: Nothing to Hide
Sky Documentaries
Louis Theroux Inside the Manosphere
Netflix
Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger
Disney+
Secret Garden
BBC One
BREAKTHROUGH
BEST BREAKTHROUGH
Adam Abbou
This City is Ours
BBC One
Ayoade Bamgboye
Saturday Night Live UK
Sky One
George Fouracres
Saturday Night Live UK
Sky One
Jack Shep
Saturday Night Live UK
Sky One
Lauren Patel
Small Prophets
BBC Two
Leo Reich
It Gets Worse
Channel 4
Nathan Mensah
The Blame
ITV1
Ritu Arya
The Split Up
BBC One
SOAPS
BEST SOAP
Coronation Street
ITV1
EastEnders
BBC One
Emmerdale
ITV1
Hollyoaks
E4
BEST SOAP NEWCOMER
Casey Al-Shaqsy
Emmerdale
ITV1
Chris Coghill
Emmerdale
ITV1
Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness
EastEnders
BBC One
Junade Khan
Coronation Street
ITV1
Naledi Rapotu
Hollyoaks
E4
Olivia Frances-Brown
Coronation Street
ITV1
Sam Meyer
Hollyoaks
E4
Stephen Aaron-Sipple
EastEnders
BBC One
BEST SOAP PERFORMANCE
Alex Fletcher
Hollyoaks
E4
Diane Parish
EastEnders
BBC One
Emma Atkins
Emmerdale
ITV1
Gareth Pierce
Coronation Street
ITV1
Jeff Hordley
Emmerdale
ITV1
Paul Bradley
EastEnders
BBC One
Sue Devaney
Coronation Street
ITV1
Sydney Martin
Coronation Street
ITV1
BEST SOAP PARTNERSHIP
Alison King & Vicky Myers
Coronation Street
BBC One
Balvinder Sopal & Heather Peace
EastEnders
BBC One
Beth Cordingly & William Ash
Emmerdale
ITV1
Danny Miller & Ryan Hawley
Emmerdale
ITV1
Diane Parish & Scott Maslen
EastEnders
BBC One
Jeff Hordley & Natalie J Robb
Emmerdale
ITV1
BEST SOAP VILLAIN
Anna Passey
Hollyoaks
E4
Beth Nixon
Coronation Street
ITV1
Brooke Vincent
Hollyoaks
E4
Caroline Harker
Emmerdale
ITV1
James Cartwright
Coronation Street
ITV1
Ned Porteous
Emmerdale
ITV1
Olivia Frances-Brown
Coronation Street
ITV1
Ronni Ancona
EastEnders
BBC One
