2025 British Academy Scotland Awards

2025 British Academy Scotland Awards
Date	16 November 2025
Site	Glasgow, Scotland
Hosted by	Edith Bowman
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The 2025 British Academy Scotland Awards took place on 16 November 2025 in Glasgow, Scotland. ^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Edith Bowman. ^[2]

Nominations

The nominations were announced on 1 October. Winners will be listed first and highlighted in boldface. ^{[3] [4]}

Best Actor (Film/Television)	Best Actress (Film/Television)
James McArdle – Four Mothers David Tennant – Rivals James McAvoy – Speak No Evil Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who Peter Capaldi – Black Mirror Ruaridh Mollica – Sebastian	Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun Anna Próchniak – The Tattooist of Auschwitz Catherine McCormack – Lockerbie: A Search for Truth Izuka Hoyle – Big Boys Karen Gillan – Douglas Is Cancelled Tilda Swinton – The End
Best Director (Factual)	Best Director (Fiction)
Matt Pinder – The Hunt for Peter Tobin Anne-Clair Pilley – Lena Zavaroni: The Forgotten Child Star Jack Cocker – From Roger Moore with Love Suzanne Raes – Where Dragons Live	Nora Fingscheidt – The Outrun Johnny Allan – The Devil’s Hour Niall MacCormick – Rebus Robert McKillop – Ludwig
Best Entertainment	Best Factual Entertainment
Up Late with Nicola Benedetti – IWC Media/Sky Arts The All Star Euros Sketch Show – The Comedy Unit/BBC Scotland Burns Night – BBC Scotland	All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train – 14th Floor Productions/Channel 4 Designing the Hebrides – DSP/BBC Scotland Location, Location, Location – IWC Media/Channel 4 Scotland's Home of the Year – IWC Media/BBC Scotland
Best Factual Series	Best Feature Film
The Hunt for Peter Tobin – Firecrest Films/BBC Scotland Highland Cops – Firecrest Films/BBC Scotland Inside Barlinnie – Friel Kean Films/BBC Scotland	On Falling The Outrun Tummy Monster
Best News & Current Affairs	Best Short Film & Animation
Kids on the Psychiatric Ward – BBC Scotland/BBC One Hunting the Whisky Bandits – BBC Scotland/BBC One Salmond and Sturgeon: A Troubled Union – Firecrest Films/BBC Scotland	Parental Advice The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing My Dad and the Volcano Seeking
Best Single Documentary	Best Television Scripted
Imagine...The Academy of Armando – BBC Studios/BBC One From Roger Moore with Love – WhyNow Studios/BBC Two Lena Zavaroni: The Forgotten Child Star – Specky Productions/BBC Scotland	Lockerbie: A Search for Truth – Carnival Films/Sky Atlantic An t-Eilean/The Island – Black Camel Pictures/BBC Alba The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Synchronicity Films, Sky Studios, All3Media International/Sky Atlantic
Best Writer (Film/Television)	Audience Award
Laura Carreira – On Falling Amy Liptrot, Nora Fingscheidt – The Outrun David Harrower – Lockerbie: A Search for Truth Gregory Burke – Rebus	Sheli McCoy (Sabre) – Gladiators Ashley Jensen – Shetland Gary Lamont – Rivals Kiran Sonia Sawar – Slow Horses Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who Richard Rankin – Rebus

Outstanding Contribution awards

• Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television – Ewan McGregor
• Outstanding Contribution to the Scottish Industry – Location, Location, Location

References

1. "BAFTA Scotland Awards 2025 Nominations". www.bafta.org. 1 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
2. "BAFTA Scotland Awards 2025 Nominees: Here are all the shortlists for the film and TV awards - led by The Outrun". The Scotsman . 1 October 2025. Archived from the original on 18 November 2025.
3. "Saoirse Ronan wins BAFTA Scotland award for her performance in The Outrun". RTÉ . 17 November 2025.
4. "Winners announced: BAFTA Scotland Awards 2025". bafta.org. 16 November 2025. Archived from the original on 18 November 2025.