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Adolescence, The Traitors and Gavin & Stacey among 2026 TV Choice Awards winners

The Traitors UK winner Stephen Libby
The Traitors UK winner Stephen Libby

Adolescence, The Traitors and Gavin & Stacey were among the winners at the 2026 TV Choice Awards.

Headline-making Netflix show Adolescence, which sparked a national conversation around online safety, took home Best New Drama at the awards ceremony.

It comes after the show, about a teenage boy arrested for the murder of a classmate, won four Golden Globes in January and a number of Emmys last year.

Meanwhile, hit game show The Traitors took home the award for Best Reality Show after its dramatic fourth UK season came to an end in January.

Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the recent season saw two deceitful traitors, Rachel Duffy and Stephen Libby, claim the win as a team – a first for the series – after the pair had decided to form an alliance at the very start of the game.

The series beat ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and the BBC’s Race Across The World and its celebrity spin-off.

 Carlos Gu and Amy Dowden
Strictly Come Dancing stars Carlos Gu and Amy Dowden

The BBC’s Gavin And Stacey finale, which aired on Christmas Day 2024, also won big on Monday night, taking home Best Comedy, while its co-creator and star Ruth Jones won the award for Best Comedy Performance.

Jones rose to fame as the co-writer and star of Gavin And Stacey, playing Vanessa "Nessa" Jenkins in three series and three Christmas specials from 2007 to 2024.

The anticipated finale saw her character marry Neil "Smithy" Smith, played by co-writer James Corden.

Strictly Come Dancing won Best Talent Show, beating Channel 4’s The Great British Bake Off, ITV’s The Masked Singer and Britain’s Got Talent and the BBC’s The Great British Sewing Bee.

Strictly professional dancer Carlos Gu, who won the latest series alongside former Lioness Karen Carney, said: "Winning Strictly probably will be one of the biggest moments of my life because you know you won not only because you two formed great relationships, also good dancing, but also that you invited the audience to your heart and the audience are willing to vote for you.

"That you don’t find elsewhere, having people wanting to vote for you."

Emmerdale stars Amelia Flanagan, Shebz Miah, Bradley Riches, Ryan Hawley, Louise Jameson and Danny Miller
Emmerdale stars Amelia Flanagan, Shebz Miah, Bradley Riches, Ryan Hawley, Louise Jameson and Danny Miller

It was also a big night for ITV’s Emmerdale, which took home three awards including Best Soap, while actor Bradley Riches, known for playing Lewis Barton, was named Best Soap Newcomer.

Danny Miller won the award for Best Soap Performance for his portrayal of Aaron Dingle on the show.

Miller, who joined in 2008, has been a fan favourite, with powerful storylines including his portrayal of Aaron’s battle with his sexuality and recent engagement to Robert Sugden during the dramatic Emmerdale and Coronation Street crossover soap episode Corriedale.

The award ceremony also saw Call The Midwife claim two awards, one for Best Family Drama and another for Jenny Agutter, who won Best Drama Performance for her portrayal of Sister Julienne.

The actress, who has been on the show since it debuted in 2012, beat Adolescence stars Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham as well as Code Of Silence actress Rose Ayling-Ellis and Casualty’s William Beck.

Meanwhile Channel 4’s Gogglebox won Best Entertainment Show award, and ITV’s The 1% Club named Best Game Show.

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