Apple TV celebrates storytelling excellence and this year’s BAFTA TV nominees with annual BAFTA TV Brunch
Storytellers behind BAFTA TV Award-nominated Apple Originals “The Studio,” “Pluribus,” “Severance,” “Slow Horses,” “Down Cemetery Road,” “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars,” “Vietnam: The War That Changed America” and “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,” along with stars and creatives across British television, attend the star-studded event
Ahead of the 2026 British Academy Television Awards, today Apple TV returned to 180 House in London to host its annual BAFTA TV Brunch, celebrating outstanding achievements in British television, arts and entertainment. The annual event, which honors all BAFTA TV Award nominees, was held on the heels of Apple TV recently landing multiple wins at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards, including Writer: Drama for “Slow Horses” and Director: Factual for “Vietnam: The War That Changed America.” The BAFTA Television Awards recognize the best British programs, performances and productions each year, and the winners for the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards will be presented on Sunday, May 10 in London.
This year’s BAFTA TV Brunch welcomed Apple Original series stars, including Seth Rogen (“The Studio”), Ike Barinholtz (“The Studio”), Chase Sui Wonders (“The Studio”), Adam Scott (“Severance”), Rhea Seehorn (“Pluribus”), Karolina Wydra (“Pluribus”), Samba Schutte (“Pluribus”), Carlos-Manuel Vesga (“Pluribus”), Fehinti Balogun (“Down Cemetery Road”), Peter Capaldi (“Criminal Record”), Cush Jumbo (“Criminal Record”), Jesse Burgess (“Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars”), Christopher Chung (“Slow Horses”), Ruth Madeley (“Being Heumann”), Kate O’Flynn (“Widow’s Bay”), Nick Mohammed (“Slow Horses,” “Ted Lasso”), Ruth Bradley (“Slow Horses”) Remmie Milner (“Silo”), Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (“Star City”), Agnes O’Casey (“Star City”), Solly McLeod (“Star City”), Daniel Mays (unt. “Berlin Noir Project”) and more.
Additional attendees included storytellers and creatives across the best in British entertainment, including BAFTA Award winner Lenny Rush, along with Laura Whitmore, Iain Stirling, Emma Thynn, Roisin Conaty, Alex Haskell, Pearl Mackie, Anita Rani, Charlene White and Jane Millichip (CEO of BAFTA).
Apple landed 15 nominations in total for the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards, including International nods for “Pluribus,” “Severance” and “The Studio”; a Specialist Factual nomination for “Vietnam: The War That Changed America”; a Factual Entertainment nod for “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars”; and outstanding performance nominations for Leading Actor Taron Egerton in “Smoke” and Supporting Actor Fehinti Balogun in “Down Cemetery Road.”
Apple TV offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user’s favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 816 wins and 3,498 award nominations and counting including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” global cultural phenomenon “Severance,” Apple’s most-viewed drama “Pluribus,” Academy Award Best Picture winner “CODA” and Academy Award winner “F1,” the highest-grossing sports feature of all time.
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