BAFTA Breakthrough UK 2026 Cohort: The Screen Talent and Craft Behind the List
BAFTA selected 21 UK creatives working in film, television and games. Here’s what the program offers and what the new cohort’s credits reveal about screen careers.
The BAFTA Breakthrough UK 2026 cohort includes the casting directors behind Sunny Dancer, the producer of The Ceremony and the production designer of Juice season two. BAFTA announced 21 selections on November 4 across film, television and games. It is a talent-development program supported by Netflix, not a set of BAFTA award nominations.
The list is especially useful if you tend to follow directors and performers but rarely look up the other names in the credits. Some of the clearest examples this year come from people who decide who appears in a scene, build the room around them or find a way to