| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Vicky McClure – This is England '86 as Lorraine "Lol" Jenkins *Anna Maxwell Martin – South Riding as Sarah Burton *Natalie Press – Five Daughters as Paula Clennell *Juliet Stevenson – Accused : Helen's Story as Helen Ryland |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Martin Freeman – Sherlock as John Watson *Brendan Coyle – Downton Abbey as John Bates *Johnny Harris – This is England '86 as Michael "Mick" Jenkins *Robert Sheehan – Misfits as Nathan Young | Lauren Socha – Misfits as Kelly Bailey *Gillian Anderson – Any Human Heart as Wallis, Duchess of Windsor *Lynda Baron – The Road to Coronation Street as Violet Carson *Jessie Wallace – The Road to Coronation Street as Pat Phoenix |
| Best Male Comedy Performance | Best Female Comedy Performance |
| Steve Coogan – The Trip as Steve Coogan *James Buckley – The Inbetweeners as Jay Cartwright *Tom Hollander – Rev. as Adam Smallbone *David Mitchell – Peep Show as Mark Corrigan | Jo Brand – Getting On as Kim Wilde *Dawn French – Roger and Val Have Just Got In as Val Stevenson *Miranda Hart – Miranda as Miranda *Katherine Parkinson – The IT Crowd as Jen Barber |
| Best Entertainment Performance | Best Single Drama |
| Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show * Rob Brydon – The Rob Brydon Show * Stephen Fry – QI * Harry Hill – Harry Hill's TV Burp | The Road to Coronation Street *Eric and Ernie *I Am Slave *The Special Relationship |
| Best Drama Serial | Best Drama Series |
| Any Human Heart * Mad Dogs * The Sinking of the Laconia * The Promise | Sherlock * Being Human * Downton Abbey * Misfits |
| Best Soap and Continuing Drama | Best International Programme |
| Eastenders *Casualty *Coronation Street *Waterloo Road | The Killing *Boardwalk Empire *Glee *Mad Men |
| Best Factual Series or Strand | Best Specialist Factual |
| Welcome to Lagos * Coppers * One Born Every Minute * The Young Ones | Flying Monsters * Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art * Human Planet * Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town |
| Best Single Documentary | Best Feature |
| Between Life and Death * The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan * Pink Saris * Scenes From a Teenage Killing | Hugh's Fish Fight * Come Dine with Me * Mary Queen of Shops * Pineapple Dance Studios |
| Best New Media | Best Current Affairs |
| Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention * BBC Lab UK/Brain Test Britain *Malcolm Tucker: The Missing Phone * Misfits | Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children * Kid's in Care – * Lost Girl's of South Africa * Secret Iraq |
| Best News Coverage | Best Sport |
| ITV News at Ten: "The Cumbria Murders" *BBC News at Ten: "Handover of Power" *Channel 4 News: "From Chile’s Ecstasy to Congo’s Agony" *Sky News: "Egypt Crisis" | F1 - The 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix * 6 Nations – England v Wales * 2010 FA Cup Final * Wimbledon 2010 |
| Best Entertainment Programme | Best Scripted Comedy |
| The Cube * The Graham Norton Show * Have I Got News For You * The X Factor | Rev. * Mrs. Brown's Boys * Peep Show * The Trip |
| Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme | YouTube Audience Award |
| Harry & Paul *Catherine Tate’s Little Crackers * Come Fly With Me * Facejacker | The Only Way is Essex * Big Fat Gypsy Weddings * Downton Abbey * The Killing * Miranda * Sherlock |
| BAFTA Fellowship Award | BAFTA Special Award |
| Sir Trevor McDonald | Peter Bennett-Jones''' |
