BAFTA TV Awards new categories explained after major ceremony scrapped

The 2025 BAFTA TV Awards will be slightly different due to a new shake-up. There will be two new categories added to the ceremony due to cuts in another event.

The new awards will come under the titles of Children’s Scripted and Children’s Non-Scripted, which will be included in the main show for the first time. This year the British Academy Children’s Awards were cancelled and instead has been combined with the TV BAFTAs in a first for the awards.

The BAFTA Children and Young People Awards came to an end in 2023 due to a "consistent drop in entries and engagement" and have now been replaced by new categories for children's media within the main BAFTA ceremonies.

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According to BAFTA, the move was part of a larger rebrand and initiative under the "Young BAFTA" banner. Sara Putt, BAFTA chair, said: "We are evolving the way we celebrate children’s film and television to ensure our support of the children’s media sector is impactful, relevant and sustainable.

"The new Young BAFTA Advisory Group, to be led by BAFTA board-member and industry expert Andrew Miller, will align BAFTA’s long-standing support of children’s media sector with our charitable mission to bring their excellent work to wider public attention and nurture the next generation of talent.

"We are grateful for the generosity of time and expertise of BAFTA’s former children’s committee, for their tireless work to-date and their support of this next chapter."

Alan Cumming will be presenting the event this year for the first time. The star is best known for his job hosting US as well as starring in GoldenEye and The Good Wife. His most recent work includes being in .

When Alan was first announced as the presenter, Emma Baehr, executive director of awards & content at BAFTA, said: "We’re delighted that Alan Cumming will be hosting this year’s BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises.

"He will definitely bring a playful sense of mischief and fun to the ceremony, so audiences should expect the unexpected at Britain’s biggest celebration of TV on Sunday 11th May.

"The sheer quality, innovation, and breadth of talent in British television in front of and behind the camera is second to none, and we look forward to honouring and celebrating these talented people at our upcoming awards ceremonies."

The event will take place in the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 11 May, 2025. It is available to watch from home from 7pm as it airs on One and BBC .

The programme will air for two hours will plenty of famous faces up for awards. You can watch all of the pre-show red carpet action on where comedians Suzi Ruffell and Tom Allen will be hosting the stream.

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