Apple TV lands 15 2026 BAFTA Television Award nominations for acclaimed titles “Severance,” “Pluribus,” “The Studio,” “Down Cemetery Road,” “Slow Horses,” “Smoke,” “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars,” “Vietnam: The War That Changed America” and “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age”

Today, Apple TV was recognized with 15 nominations across nine programs for the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards, with top category nods including International for “Severance,” “Pluribus” and “The Studio,” alongside Factual Entertainment for “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars” and Specialist Factual for “Vietnam: The War That Changed America.” “Smoke,” “Down Cemetery Road,” “Slow Horses” and “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” were also recognized.

“Severance” scored three BAFTA Television Award nominations, including International; Director: Fiction, Sam Donovan; and Photography & Lighting Fiction, Suzie Lavelle. “Pluribus” and “The Studio” both landed International nominations, while “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars” earned a nod for Factual Entertainment. “Vietnam: The War That Changed America” scored nominations for Specialist Factual and Director: Factual, Rob Coldstream. Taron Egerton landed a Leading Actor nomination for “Smoke,” while Fehinti Balogun earned a Supporting Actor nod for “Down Cemetery Road.” “Slow Horses” scored four nominations, including Writer: Drama, Will Smith; Editing: Fiction, Fiona Brands; Make Up & Hair Design, Lucy Sibbick and Victoria Money; and Sound: Fiction for Andrew Sissons, Martin Jensen, Ben Tisdall, Joe Beal, Duncan Price and Conor Thompson. “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” also landed a nod for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects for Russell Dodgson, Framestore, Andy Jones, Simon Bland, Francois Dumoulin and Gavin McKenzie.

These nominations mark the latest recognition from the BAFTA Television Awards for Apple, following four wins in 2025, including Editing: Fiction and Sound: Fiction for “Slow Horses,” Original Music: Fiction for “Bad Sisters” and Children’s Craft Team for “The Velveteen Rabbit”; four wins in 2024, including Editing: Fiction and Sound: Fiction for “Slow Horses,” as well as Production Design and Original Music: Fiction for world-building hit “Silo.” “Bad Sisters” earned a Titles & Graphic Identity win in 2023, as well a Drama Series win and a Supporting Actress win for series star Anne-Marie Duff. The celebrated limited series “The Essex Serpent” landed a Costume Design win for first-time BAFTA winner Jane Petrie in 2023, and in 2022, “9/11: Inside the President’s War Room” won Editing: Factual, and “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything” won Sound: Factual.

The BAFTA Television Awards recognize the best British programs, performances and productions each year. The winners will be revealed in two ceremonies: the BAFTA Television Craft Awards on Sunday, April 26 and the BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday, May 10 in London.

Additionally, Apple landed three Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Award nominations for “Slow Horses,” including Drama Series, Supporting Actor — Male for Christopher Chung and Supporting Actor — Female for Saskia Reeves. “Down Cemetery Road” also earned three RTS West of England Award nominations for Production (Scripted), On Screen Talent (Performance) Emma Thompson and Sound. The winners will be revealed in two ceremonies: the RTS Programme Awards on Tuesday, March 24 and the RTS West of England Awards on Sunday, April 26.

To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 773 wins and 3,366 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,” Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA” and Academy Award winner “F1,” the highest-grossing sports feature of all time.

Apple landed 15 nominations for the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards, including:

“Severance”

International

Director: Fiction — Sam Donovan

Photography & Lighting: Fiction — Suzie Lavelle

“Pluribus”

International

“The Studio”

International

“Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars”

Factual Entertainment

“Vietnam: The War That Changed America”

Specialist Factual

Director: Factual — Rob Coldstream

“Smoke”

Leading Actor — Taron Egerton

“Down Cemetery Road”

Supporting Actor — Fehinti Balogun

“Slow Horses”

Writer: Drama — Will Smith

Editing: Fiction — Fiona Brands

Make Up & Hair Design — Lucy Sibbick, Victoria Money

Sound: Fiction — Andrew Sissons, Martin Jensen, Ben Tisdall, Joe Beal, Duncan Price, Conor Thompson

“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age”

Special, Visual & Graphic Effects — Russell Dodgson, Framestore, Andy Jones, Simon Bland, Francois Dumoulin, Gavin McKenzie

Apple landed three nominations for the Royal Television Society Programme Awards, including:

“Slow Horses”

Drama Series

Supporting Actor — Male — Christopher Chung

Supporting Actor — Female — Saskia Reeves

And three nominations for the Royal Television Society West of England Awards, including:

“Down Cemetery Road”

Production (Scripted)

On Screen Talent (Performance) — Emma Thompson

Sound

All titles are now streaming globally on Apple TV.

“Severance”

In “Severance,” Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure that surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in “work-life balance” is called into question as Mark finds himself at the center of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work … and of himself. In season two, Mark and his friends learn the dire consequences of trifling with the severance barrier, leading them further down a path of woe.

Watch “Severance” on Apple TV.

“Pluribus”

“Pluribus” is a genre-bending original in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.

Watch “Pluribus” on Apple TV.

“The Studio”

In “The Studio,” Seth Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. With their power suits masking their never-ending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe. As someone who eats, sleeps and breathes movies, it’s the job Matt’s been pursuing his whole life, and it may very well destroy him.

Watch “The Studio” on Apple TV.

“Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars”

Experience thrilling highs and crushing lows as the world’s best chefs pursue the ultimate accolade: a Michelin Star. These anonymous inspectors have never let anyone in on their mysterious ways, until now.

Watch “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars” on Apple TV.

“Vietnam: The War That Changed America”

Ethan Hawke narrates this deeply profound look at what it was like to live through one of history’s longest wars, as told through first-person accounts and rarely seen footage.

Watch “Vietnam: The War That Changed America” on Apple TV.

“Smoke”

Inspired by true events, “Smoke” follows an arson investigator who begrudgingly teams up with a police detective as their race to stop two arsonists ignites a twisted game of secrets and suspicions.

Watch “Smoke” on Apple TV.

“Down Cemetery Road”

When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a girl disappears in the aftermath, neighbor Sarah Trafford (Ruth Wilson) becomes obsessed with finding her and enlists the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm (Emma Thompson). Zoë and Sarah suddenly find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals that people long believed dead are still among the living, while the living are fast joining the dead.

Watch “Down Cemetery Road” on Apple TV.

“Slow Horses”

This darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes. Led by their brilliant but irascible leader, the notorious Jackson Lamb (Academy Award winner Sir Gary Oldman), they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

Watch “Slow Horses” on Apple TV.

“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age”

Reconstructed with the latest scientific knowledge, “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” combines current science with cinematic visuals to showcase the intelligence and complex social behaviors of the Pleistocene’s iconic species. This season will explore vast tundras, deserts, expanding grasslands, and melting permafrost as these creatures struggle for survival amid extreme climates, the beginning of “The Big Freeze,” and eventually, “The Big Melt.”

Watch “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” on Apple TV.

“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” continues the storytelling journey of Apple TV’s acclaimed, Emmy Award-nominated natural history series “Prehistoric Planet,” which transported audiences 66 million years into the past to witness the age of dinosaurs across two celebrated seasons. Blending cinematic storytelling with photorealistic visual effects, the series brings ancient worlds to life, offering a firsthand look at some of the most extraordinary creatures ever to walk the Earth.

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