TV Choice Awards 2026 Winners
The TV Choice Awards 2026 spread the love across soaps, comedy, drama and entertainment, with Emmerdale and Gavin & Stacey: The Finale standing out as big talking points.
Instead of a stiff, overstuffed breakdown, here is a clean run from Best Comedy Performance to Favourite Channel that still feels readable, like the recap friends share in a group chat after the show.
From Best Comedy Performance to Favourite Channel / Streaming Service, the 2026 winners were:
Best Comedy Performance – Ruth Jones – Gavin & Stacey: The Finale – WINNER
Best Comedy Show – Gavin & Stacey: The Finale – WINNER
Best Daytime Show – Escape To The Country / I Escaped To The Country – WINNER
Best Drama Performance – Jenny Agutter – Call The Midwife – WINNER
Best Drama Series – All Creatures Great And Small – WINNER
Best Entertainment Show – Gogglebox / Celebrity Gogglebox – WINNER
Best Family Drama – Call The Midwife – WINNER
Best Factual Show – Springtime On The Farm / Winter On The Farm – WINNER
Best Food Show – James Martin’s Saturday Morning – WINNER
Best Game Show – The 1% Club – WINNER
Best Lifestyle Show – Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake – WINNER
Best New Drama – Adolescence – WINNER
Best Reality Show – The Traitors – WINNER
Best Soap – Emmerdale – WINNER
Best Soap Newcomer – Bradley Riches – Lewis Barton (Emmerdale) – WINNER
Best Soap Performance – Danny Miller – Aaron Dingle (Emmerdale) – WINNER
Best Talent Show – Strictly Come Dancing / Strictly: It Takes Two – WINNER
Favourite Channel / Streaming Service – Channel 5 – WINNER
Seeing Emmerdale sweep all three soap categories gives the night a bit of an old-school awards vibe, the kind where one show clearly has the momentum and everyone just quietly nods, “Yeah, that tracks this year.”
About TV Choice Awards
The TV Choice Awards are reader-voted British television awards that celebrate popular TV across drama, soaps, comedy, factual and entertainment, rather than just critics’ favorites.
That means shows like Emmerdale, Gogglebox, Call The Midwife or The 1% Club win because viewers actually turn up to vote, not just because they are critically acclaimed.
Over the years, the awards have built a reputation for reflecting what people are genuinely watching at home: comfort dramas, noisy reality shows, and family staples that quietly run for years.
A typical reaction after the winners list drops goes something like, “Did anyone really doubt Strictly or The Traitors?” followed by friendly arguments over which drama or soap “deserved it more” this season.
Disclaimer
The details of the TV Choice Awards 2026 winners are based on publicly available information at the time of writing and may be updated by organisers or broadcasters. This article is for general entertainment and news purposes only and should not be treated as an official or exhaustive record of the event.
