I Swear leads Bafta Scotland nominations with seven – see the full list

Robert Aramayo won the best actor award for I Swear at the UK Bafta awards (Image: Ian West/PA)

THE full list of nominations for the annual Bafta Scotland Awards has been revealed.

The winners will be revealed on Sunday, November 15 in Glasgow, at a ceremony hosted by presenter Edith Bowman.

A total of 41 programmes and films received nominations today, with I Swear coming out top with seven.

I Swear, starring Game of Thrones actor Robert Aramayo, is based on a true story and follows the life and work of the Scottish Tourette's Syndrome campaigner John Davidson.

The film detailed his troubled teenage and early adult years, a time when very little was known about the condition.

(Image: Netflix)

Netflix crime drama Dept. Q (above) and Scottish comedy Dinosaur – starring Ashley Storrie – each received three nominations. Dept. Q’s Leah Byrne has received an Audience Award nomination.

Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story, Everybody to Kenmure Street, and Midwinter Break all received two nominations each.

Full List of BAFTA Scotland Award Nominations 2026

Actor - Film

• Peter Mullan, I Swear
• Robert Aramayo, I Swear
• Scott Ellis Watson, I Swear

Actor - Television

• Dougray Scott, Summerwater
• Jack Lowden, Slow Horses
• Peter Capaldi, Criminal Record
• Robert Carlyle, The Hack

Actress - Film

Lesley Manville, Midwinter Break

• Lucy Halliday, California Schemin'
• Shirley Henderson, I Swear

Actress - Television

• Ashley Storrie, Dinosaur
• Chloe Pirrie, Dept. Q
• Emma Laird, Mint
• Lucy Halliday, The Testaments

Ashley Storrie (left), with her mum, the late Janey Godley (Image: free)

Director - Factual

• Anna Hall, Niamh Kennedy, The Dunblane Tapes
• Felipe Bustos Sierra, Everybody to Kenmure Street
• Kim Hopkins, Still Pushing Pineapples
• Laura Blount, Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story

Director - Fiction

• Kirk Jones, I Swear
• Lynne Ramsay, Die My Love
• Niamh McKeown, Dinosaur
• Patrick Harkins, The Gold

Entertainment

• Saturday Mash-Up! Live Jamie Wilson, Victoria Harrison, Lewis Wright BBC Studios Kids & Family/CBBC
• Sportscene: Live International Football Scotland v Denmark Production Team BBC Scotland
• The Hit List Production Team Tuesday's Child Scotland/BBC One

Factual Entertainment

• Banjo and Ro's Grand Island Hotel Wendy Rattray, Joff Wilson, Joe Sharp, Ross Jess, Jenni Speirs Hello Halo Productions/BBC Scotland
• Game of Wool: Britain's Best Knitter Wendy Rattray, Joff Wilson, Alice Almond Hello Halo Productions/Channel 4
• Hebridean Baker: Nordic Islands Production Team Caledonia TV Productions/BBC Alba

Factual Series

• Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story Laura Blount, Lucie Ridout, Grace Kirkwood, Emma Frank, Susan Scott, Nessa Dundon BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions/BBC Scotland
• Murder Case: The Vanishing Cyclist Iain Scollay, Andrew Abbott, Kirsty Macfarlane, Alastair Auld, Eilidh Hart, Sean De Francesco Firecrest Films/BBC Scotland
• The Beauty Queen and the Catfish Craig Hunter, Wendie Ottewill, Alana McVerry, Claire Kunzel, Ashley Blair, Erica Lennie STV Studios/BBC iPlayer
• The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone Production Team Rogan Scotland/BBC Scotland

Feature Film

• Everybody to Kenmure Street Felipe Bustos Sierra, Ciara Barry, Colin Monie, Kirstin McMahon, Jack Coghill, Barry Burns
• Grow Jenette Kahn, Adam Richman, Naysun Alae-Carew, Wendy Griffin, Joe Capotorto, John McPhail
• I Swear Kirk Jones, Piers Tempest, Georgia Bayliff
• The Golden Spurtle Constantine Costi, James Alcock, Rebecca Lamond, John Archer, Dimitri Zaunders, Mhairi Valentine

Short Film & Animation

• Community Theatre Production Team
• The Herring Queen Eilidh Munro, Isabella Bassett
• Who Will Be Remembered Here Lewis Hetherington, CJ Mahony, Michael Sherrington, Beth Allan

Single Documentary

• Being Stanley Baxter Production Team IWC Media/BBC One Scotland
• Dunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns Steve Condie, Mark Downie, Stephen McGinty, Liz Mermin, Angus Sutherland, Dawn Tolland IWC Media/BBC Scotland
• Lover, Liar, Predator Marta Garcia Aliaga, Flora Stewart, Graeme McAulay, Nancy Bornat, David Arthur, Julian Schwanitz DSP Films/BBC Scotland

Television Scripted

• Dept. Q Production Team Left Bank Pictures/Netflix
• Dinosaur Production Team Two Brothers Pictures/BBC Scotland
• The Bombing of Pan Am 103 Production Team World Productions, MGM/BBC One
• The Buccaneers Beth Willis, Katherine Jakeways, Joe Innes, Rachel Leiterman, William McGregor, Michael Queen The Forge Entertainment in association with Apple/Apple TV+

Writer - Film/Television (in partnership with Screen Scotland)

• Bernard MacLaverty, Nick Payne, Midwinter Break
• Kirk Jones, I Swear
• Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet
• Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani, Dept. Q

Audience Award (in partnership with Screen Scotland)

• Julie Wilson Nimmo, Balamory
• Katie Leung, Bridgerton
• Leah Byrne, Dept. Q
• Ncuti Gatwa, Doctor Who
• Peter Mullan, I Swear
• Stephen Libby, The Traitors