Overview
- The ceremony is set for February 22, 2026 at London’s Royal Festival Hall and will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
- Round-one voting opened December 5, with longlists due January 9, EE Rising Star nominees January 14, and nominations January 27.
- Cumming previously hosted the 2025 BAFTA TV Awards and fronts The Traitors U.S., winning multiple Emmys and Critics’ Choice awards.
- He replaces David Tennant after a two-year run, continuing BAFTA’s rotation of prominent presenters.
- BAFTA notes nearly 14,000 voting members across 25 categories, and last year’s broadcast averaged about 3 million TV viewers with tens of millions of social video views.