Adolescence continues its winning streak as record-breaking Netflix show bags TRIC Award for Best Drama

Adolescence has bagged the Best Drama gong at the 2026 TRIC Awards on Tuesday, continuing its record-breaking winning streak.

A host of celebrities braved the scorching heatwave for the annual ceremony, held at JW Marriott Grosvenor House London. 

Hosted by TRIC president Dan Walker, the event celebrates the biggest names in entertainment and featured a live performance from music legends Shalamar.

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

Each episode is filmed in one continuous shot and has been widely praised for addressing topics such as online radicalisation and misogyny. 

Owen Cooper, 16, has made history by becoming the youngest winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the Golden Globes, Emmy Awards and BAFTAs.

While the cast failed to attend the ceremony, Adolescence triumphed over Call The Midwife, Death In Paradise and Slow Horses.

BBC's Celebrity Traitors, which saw 15M viewers tune in to see treacherous Alan Carr win £87K for charity, also nabbed the Best Game Show gong.

Host Claudia Winkelman's show triumphed against The 1% Club, The Chase and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Jeremy Clarkson's Prime Video series Clarkson's Farm took home the Best Entertainment award.

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! suffered yet another blow as Clarkson's Farm won in its category, also against Michael McIntyre's Big Show and Strictly Come Dancing.

The TV star recently revealed he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer last year. 

Jeremy, who is now in remission, has said the health battle has altered his lifestyle and he now drives 'much more slowly'. 

The former Top Gear host secretly underwent HIFU (high-intensity focused ultrasound) to target the tumour before announcing his diagnosis.

Clare Balding was honoured with an award for Best Sports Presenter. 

The presenter, 55, has dedicated her life and soul to television and radio for three incredible decades.

She kick-started her career as a trainee with BBC National Radio in 1994 and made her TV debut covering Royal Ascot a year later.

In the many years that followed, Clare has fronted major sporting and royal events - from Wimbledon to the Olympics. 

She recently shared her hopes of slowing down in an interview with the Daily Mail: 'I do far less work now than I did in my forties, thirties and twenties. 

'But I hope it's better quality as I work smarter and I can combine things. If I've got to do book events, I'll tie it in with something else.

'I wish I'd learned the art of enjoying the moment sooner, that is something that I am really so much better at now. 

'And taking time and appreciating what's around me and wanting to be home more, to be honest. I mean, I love my work and I love the variety of my work, but I also am very appreciative and better at being present. 

'Maybe that's something that always comes with age, you'd be a pretty unusual teenager if you could do that, I think.'  

Sam Thompson and Pete Wick's Staying Relevant podcast beat Celebrity Traitors Uncloaked, Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe and That Peter Crouch Podcast in the Podcast category.

DJ and broadcaster Trevor Nelson MBE received the TRIC Special Award.

24 Hours In Police Custody beat Louis Theroux: The Settlers, The Martin Lewis Money Show Live and Who Do You Think You Are? in the Factual category.

Come Dine With Me triumphed in the Food category, beating James Martin's Saturday Morning, MasterChef and The Great British Bake Off.

Emmerdale won against Casualty, Coronation Street and EastEnders in the Soap Of The Year category. 

This Morning also suffered a blow as A Place In The Sun scooped the Daytime Award against Richard Osman's House of Games and Scam Interceptors.

GBNews beat Good Morning Britain and BBC Breakfast in the news category and the show’s producer issued a statement about host, Eamonn Holmes.

The presenter is currently recovering from a stroke after being hospitalised in April and their are questions being raised as to who will replace him on his breakfast show.

But the producer said: ‘Eamonn Holmes isn’t very well at the moment but we’re hoping he will recover and be back very soon.’