“It’s very hard actually to think, to describe what is correctly and rightly thought to be, the indescribable, the amount of slaughter human beings can inflict on others,” Schama said.
"And yet, it is all the more important for those of us who are storytellers to convey as vividly and as seriously, without preaching, the intensity and importance, of not going near the possibility of that happening again.”
The Road to Auschwitz was not the only Holocaust-centred TV film on the list of nominees for the evening, though it was the only one to take home an award. It won out against fellow specialist factual film nominee Belsen: What They Saw, which features accounts of the 1945 liberation of Bergen-Belsen.
Meanwhile, in the live event coverage category, BBC One’s coverage of Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 lost to VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember, also by BBC One.
Lewis was acknowledged for his two decades of work campaigning for consumer rights and equipping Brits with financial advice via his ITV series The Martin Lewis Money Show Live and his website MoneySavingExpert.com.
(L-R) Seth Rogen, Chase Sui Wonders, and Ike Barinholtz attend the Bafta Television Awards at The Royal Festival Hall on May 10, 2026 (Getty Images)Getty Images
Elsewhere, Apple TV+ comedy The Studio, a Hollywood satire created by and starring Jewish actor Seth Rogen, won best international series, with Rogen paying tribute to the show’s recently deceased co-star Catherine O’Hara in his acceptance speech.
And Channel 4 News’ coverage of Israel-Iran's Twelve Day War was awarded best news coverage, while the award for current affairs went to the broadcaster’s programme Gaza: Doctors Under Attack. Also nominated for current affairs was ITV1’s Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War.
