Nominations announced for The Edinburgh TV Awards 2026

Jun 30
4 min read

Hosted by Maisie Adam and Suzi Ruffell, the awards will take place Thursday 27th August.

The Edinburgh TV Festival, supported by Screen Scotland, has unveiled the shortlist for its prestigious TV Awards supported by Cast & Crew, which will take place on Thursday 27 August at the EICC.

This year’s shortlist features the best acting and producing talent from across the UK and the international television industry. With a broad range of broadcasters and streamers nominated, Channel 4 leads the shortlist with 20 nominations across the broadcaster and individual talent categories.

BBC amassed 17 nominations, ITV has 13, Netflix has nine, Sky secured eight, Apple TV+ got six, Disney+ secured two, and Channel 5 received one. HBO Max has also secured its first award nomination only three months after launching in the UK.

As previously announced, this year’s ceremony will also see Davina McCall presented with the Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of her extraordinary and groundbreaking career.

Taking the helm of this year’s voting procedure as 2026 Jury President is multi-award-winning journalist, documentary maker, writer and author, Clive Myrie, who will oversee the juries which are made up of industry names.

On taking up this role, Clive Myrie said "I am truly honoured to be taking on the role of Jury President for the Edinburgh TV Awards. Television has an extraordinary power to inform, entertain and bring people together through shared stories and experiences, and it is a privilege to celebrate the creativity, craftsmanship and dedication that continue to drive our industry forward."

"The standard of television production has never been higher, and I look forward to working alongside my fellow jurors to recognise the programmes and talent that have made a lasting impact over the past year. It is a responsibility I take with great pride, and I am delighted to be part of an event that champions excellence in broadcasting."

This year’s ceremony will be hosted by comedians Maisie Adam and Suzi Ruffell, who co-host the Big Kick Energy football podcast together.

On hosting the Edinburgh TV Awards, Maisie Adam and Suzi Ruffell jointly said "We are thrilled to be in Edinburgh to host the TV Festival awards and celebrate the brilliant TV we have seen over the last twelve months. And to be totally honest we are even more thrilled about the prospect of not having to spend the three hours running up to the awards flyering on The Royal Mile!"

Here's the full list of nominations...

Agency of the Year

DBA

Insanity

InterTalent

LEODIS TALENT

Mirador Talent Group

The Foundry

Best Branded Entertainment

Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures Channel 4

Guy Martin's House Without Bills Channel 4

Where To Next? Channel 4

Win Win with People's Postcode Lottery ITV1

Best Comedy Series

Changing Ends S3 ITV1

How Are You? (It's Alan Partridge) BBC One

How To Get To Heaven From Belfast Netflix

Man Like Mobeen S5 BBC Three

Pushers Channel 4

Saturday Night Live UK Sky & NOW

Best Documentary

Best Drama

Dept Q Netflix

Prisoner 951 BBC One

Riot Women BBC One

Slow Horses Apple TV

Waiting for the Out BBC One

What It Feels Like for a Girl BBC Three

Best Entertainment or Reality Series

I Kissed a Boy BBC Three

Rob & Romesh Vs... Sky Max

Taskmaster Channel 4

The 1% Club ITV1

The Celebrity Traitors BBC One

The Last Leg Channel 4

Best International Drama

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Sky Atlantic

All Her Fault Sky Atlantic

Pluribus Apple TV

The Last of Us Sky Atlantic

The Pitt HBO Max

Your Friends & Neighbors Apple TV

Best Popular Factual Series

Celebrity Race Across the World BBC One

Educating Yorkshire Channel 4

Girlbands Forever BBC Two

The Assembly ITV1

The Jury: Murder Trial Channel 4

The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy Apple TV

Best TV Actor - Comedy

Caoilfhionn Dunne in How to Get to Heaven From Belfast, Netflix

Emma Sidi in Saturday Night Live UK, Sky & NOW

Lenny Rush in Finding Father Christmas, Channel 4

Oliver Savell in Changing Ends Series 3, ITV1

Roisin Gallagher in How to Get to Heaven From Belfast, Netflix

Sinéad Keenan in How to Get to Heaven From Belfast, Netflix

Best TV Actor - Drama

Gary Oldman in Slow Horses, Apple TV

Malachi Kirby in A Thousand Blows, Disney+

Narges Rashidi in Prisoner 951, BBC One

Sheridan Smith in I Fought the Law, ITV1

Stephen Graham in A Thousand Blows, Disney+

Best TV Presenter - Entertainment

Claudia Winkleman for The Celebrity Traitors, BBC One

Greg Davies & Alex Horne for Taskmaster, Channel 4

Rob Brydon for Destination X, BBC One

Romesh Ranganathan for Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening, ITV1

Best TV Presenter - Factual

Davina McCall for Standup To Cancer - Cancer Clinic Live, Channel 4

Martin Lewis for The Martin Lewis Money Show Live, ITV1

Matt Shea for Dispatches: Palestine Action - The Truth Behind The Ban, Channel 4

Oobah Butler for How I Made £1 Million in 90 Days, Channel 4

Breakthrough Performance

Chenée Taylor in Just Act Normal, BBC Three

Ellis Howard in What It Feels Like for a Girl, BBC Three

Fehinti Balogun in Down Cemetery Road, Apple TV

Jessica Reynolds in A Woman of Substance, Channel 4

Osian Morgan in Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards, Channel 5

Posy Sterling in Dirty Business, Channel 4

Broadcaster of the Year

BBC

Channel 4

ITV

Netflix

Production Company of the Year

Clapperboard Studios

Hera Pictures

Quay Street Productions

Studio Lambert

Twofour

Wonderhood Studios

Production Group of the Year

Banijay UK

BBC Studios

Fremantle UK

ITV Studios

STV Studios

Small Indie of the Year

Black Camel Pictures

Candour Productions

Walk on Air Films

Climate Storytelling Award

After the Flood S2 ITV1

Dirty Business Channel 4

Famous Last Words: Dr. Jane Goodall Netflix