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Apple TV’s “The Studio” Wins First International BAFTA

5/11/2026

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Apple TV Wins

Apple TV’s “The Studio” won the International BAFTA Award in London.
It is Apple TV’s first BAFTA International win and the first comedy to win in ten years.
Starring Seth Rogen as Matt Remick, the series also secured 13 Emmys, a Golden Globe, PGA, DGA and WGA honors.
Apple TV’s three BAFTA wins on Sunday raise its total to four in 2025 and four in 2024, streamed globally.

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Rogen Faces Backlash

Viewers flooded X (formerly Twitter) to denounce Seth Rogen’s joke about Celia Imrie after the BAFTA TV Awards ceremony.
Rogen cited a Celebrity Traitors clip in which the 73-year-old actress accidentally farted during his acceptance speech for The Studio’s win.
He later said he “really didn’t expect this to happen at all” following the backlash.

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Graham Wins

Stephen Graham won the Leading Actor BAFTA for Netflix’s Adolescence after eight nominations.
Adolescence also took the Limited Drama award and is Netflix’s second-most-watched English-language series.
Prime Video’s Last One Laughing and BBC’s Celebrity Traitors each earned multiple BAFTA trophies, showing comedy strength.
Mary Berry received the BAFTA Fellowship for her lifelong television work.
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack won the Current Affairs BAFTA after Channel 4 revived the documentary.

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Apple TV Wins

Apple TV’s “The Studio” won the International BAFTA Award in London.
It is Apple TV’s first BAFTA International win and the first comedy to win in ten years.
Starring Seth Rogen as Matt Remick, the series also secured 13 Emmys, a Golden Globe, PGA, DGA and WGA honors.
Apple TV’s three BAFTA wins on Sunday raise its total to four in 2025 and four in 2024, streamed globally.

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