TV Choice Awards 2026 Shortlist

Best Comedy Show

Amandaland – Executive Producer, Writer and Co-Creator: HOLLY WALSH. Starring: CAVAN CLERKIN. Assistant Producer: MARILYN KIRBY

Brassic – Starring: DEAN LENNOX KELLY, ALEX LOWE, MARK O’HALLORAN. Written by: ALEX GANLEY (Eps. 3, 5, 7), DANIELLE WARD (Ep. 5). Produced by: JIM POYSER. Hair and Makeup Designer: JODIE SPENCER-HOBSON

Gavin and Stacey: The Finale – Starring: JOANNA PAGE, JULIA DAVIS, RUSSELL TOVEY

Not Going Out – Co-writer: DANIEL PEAK

Best Drama Series

All Creatures Great and Small – Starring: ANNA MADELEY, PATRICIA HODGE, TONY PITTS. Writer: NESSAH MUTHY. Lead Director and Executive Producer: BRIAN PERCIVAL. Director: ANDY HAY. DOP: MARK WATERS. Executive Producer: ALEXIS HOOD. Producer: YVONNE FRANCAS

Blue Lights – Starring: SIAN BROOKE, KATHERINE DEVLIN

Death in Paradise – Starring: SIMON LENNON, MICHELLE GREENIDGE, SOFIA OXENHAM, IMOGEN KING, TIENNE SIMON, ALEX COBB, LILY NICHOL, TRIEVE BLACKWOOD-CAMBRIDGE. Directors: JENNIE PADDON (eps 1 & 2), CARYS LEWIS (eps 5 & 6). Director of Photography: BANI MENDY

Heartstopper – Starring: KIT CONNOR, KIZZY REDGELL, RHEA NORWOOD, ARALOYIN OSHUNREMI. Executive Producer: EUROS LYN

Silent Witness – Starring: EMILIA FOX, JENNY RAINSFORD, STEVE ORAM. Editor: JOE CULL (Eps. 7, 8)

Best Family Drama

Call The Midwife – Starring: REBECCA GETHINGS, MEGAN CUSACK. Costume Designer: JUSTINE LUXTON. Director: LISA CLARKE (S14. Ep 7). Writer: SASHA HAILS (S14. Ep 7)

Casualty – Starring: WILLIAM BECK

Waterloo Road – Starring: NEIL FITZMAURICE. Producer: LAURIE KIRKHAM

Wednesday – Starring: GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE, ISLAM BOUAKKAZ, AMANDA DREW. Casting by FIONA WEIR

Best New Drama

Adolescence – Starring: STEPHEN GRAHAM, OWEN COOPER, ASHLEY WALTERS, FAYE MCKEEVER, JO HARTLEY, HANNAH WALTERS, AUSTIN HAYNES, FATIMA BOJANG, ROBBIE O’NEILL. Executive Producers: STEPHEN GRAHAM, HANNAH WALTERS, MATRIARCH PRODUCTIONS. Producer: JO JOHNSON. Writer: STEPHEN GRAHAM. Director and Executive Producer: PHILIP BARANTINI. Costume Designer: JESSICA SCHOFIELD. 1st AD: SARAH LUCAS. Hair and Makeup Artists: JODIE SPENCER-HOBSON, JOE DARBY.

Code of Silence – Creator & Writer: CATHERINE MOULTON. Starring: LILY NICHOL, ANDREW BUCHAN, NATHAN ARMARKWEI-LARYEA, JOE ABSOLOM. Executive Producer: BRYONY ARNOLD. Director: CHANYA BUTTON (4, 5 & 6)

The Hardacres – Starring: INGRID CRAIGIE. Director: KIERON WALSH

I Fought The Law – Starring: VICTORIA WYANT, RUFUS JONES, RON COOK

Best Soap

Coronation Street – Writer: IAN KERSHAW, JONATHAN HARVEY, MARK BURT, SUSAN OUDOT

Emmerdale – Starring: NED PORTEOUS

Casualty – Starring: WILLIAM BECK

Best Drama Performance

WILLIAM BECK – Casualty

OWEN COOPER – Adolescence

STEPHEN GRAHAM – Adolescence

Best Comedy Performance

DANNY DYER – Mr Bigstuff