The Edinburgh TV Festival has announced the winners of its 2026 awards.
HBO series The Pitt was named Best International Drama, while The Celebrity Traitors won Best Entertainment or Reality Series. The Celebrity Traitors host Claudia Winkleman took home Best TV Presenter – Entertainment.
BBC transgender drama What It Feels Like for a Girl scooped Best Drama, while Rose Ayling-Ellis won Best TV Actor – Drama for her work in Code of Silence.
Saturday Night Live UK also clinched a prize for Sky. Jack Shep’s performance as Princess Diana in The Last Supper sketch won TV Moment of the Year.
Full winners below:
| Broadcaster of the Year | BBC |
| Production Group of the Year | ITV Studios |
| Small Indie of the Year | Candour Productions |
| Agency of the Year | The Foundry |
| Best Visualised Podcast | Game’s Gone – The Steve Bracknall Podcast |
| Best Branded Entertainment | The Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures |
| Best Drama | What It Feels Like for a Girl |
| Best Documentary | Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War (Exposure) |
| Best TV Actor – Drama | Rose Ayling-Ellis in Code of Silence |
| Best TV Actor – Comedy | Oliver Savell in Changing Ends |
| Production Company of the Year | Twofour |
| Climate Storytelling Award | Dirty Business |
| Best Entertainment or Reality Series | The Celebrity Traitors |
| Best International Drama | The Pitt |
| Breakthrough Performance | Ellis Howard in What It Feels Like for a Girl |
| Best Popular Factual Series | The Assembly |
| Best Comedy | Saturday Night Live UK |
| Best TV Presenter – Entertainment | Claudia Winkelman – The Celebrity Traitors |
| Best TV Presenter – Factual | Oobah Butler – How I Made £1 Million in 90 Days |
| Outstanding Achievement Award | Davina McCall |
| TV Moment of the Year | Princess Di serves face at The Last Supper |
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