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Showing posts with label National Television Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Television Awards. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

National Television Awards - The 2012 shortlist

BACK: Dermot O'Leary will host again in January 2012

THE lengthy nominations list for the 2012 National Television Awards was released this morning.  Many TV favourites have been included on the list in one of the most glamorous ceremonies on the TV calendar.  New reality hits The Only Way is Essex and Made in Chelsea will make the ‘Reality’ award one to watch, as they have been nominated against the more familiar shows, The Apprentice and I’m A Celebrity.
     Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton will go head-to-head over the ‘Talkshow’ award, whilst Australian soaps Home and Away and Neighbours join the heavyweights from EastEnders and Coronation Street in the ‘Serial Drama’ category. 
     Fans can vote for their favourites at the official website; www.nationaltvawards.com.  The ceremony will once again be at London’s 02 Arena and hosted by X-Factor anchor, Dermot O’Leary.  The long list will be knockdown into a smaller shortlist in December, with the prestigious ceremony shown live on ITV1 in January 2012.
THE NOMINATIONS
TALENT SHOW
The X-Factor, Strictly Come Dancing, Britain’s Got Talent, Let’s Dance for Comic Relief, Dancing on Ice, Popstar to Operastar, Got to Dance, So You Think You Can Dance

COMEDY PANEL
Celebrity Juice, Pointless, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week, QI, Have I Got News For You, Odd One In, Would I Lie To You?

DRAMA
Downton Abbey, Doctor Who, Waterloo Road, Glee, Wild at Heart, Casualty, Lewis, Shameless, Holby City, Law & Order UK, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Midsummer Murders, Silent Witness, Monroe, New Tricks, Spooks, DCI Banks: Aftermath, Scott & Bailey, Inspector George Gently, Whitechapel, Doc Martin, Merlin, Waking the Dead, Luther, Hustle, Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent, Lark Rise to Candleford, Case Histories, Kidnap and Ransom, The Shadow Line, Silk, Vera, Torchwood: Miracle Day, Upstairs Downstairs, South Riding

TALK SHOW
Loose Women, The Jonathan Ross Show, The Graham Norton Show, Paul O’Grady Live, Alan Carr: Chatty Man, Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, The Wright Stuff, The Rob Brydon Show, The Alan Titchmarsh Show, That Sunday Night Show

FACTUAL PROGRAMME
MasterChef, Top Gear, This Morning, The One Show, BBC Breakfast, Who Do You Think You Are?, Antiques Roadshow, Countryfile, Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, Billy Connolly’s Route 66, Crimewatch, Daybreak, DIY SOS: The Big Build, Strangeways, The Biggest Loser, Watchdog, Britten’s Hidden Heritage, An Idiot Abroad, Ocean Giants, Lost Land of the Tiger, Inside the Human Body, Turn Back Time- The High Street, Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention, Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol, Human Planet, Long Lost Family

SITUATION COMEDY
Benidorm, Trollied, Not Going Out, Come Fly With Me, My Family, Miranda, Outnumbered, Candy Cabs, Friday Night Dinner, Whites, Reggie Perrin, In With the Flynns, Mrs. Brown’s Boys

SERIAL DRAMA
Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Neighbours, Doctors, Home & Away, Hollyoaks

REALITY PROGRAMME
Come Dine With Me, The Only Way is Essex, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, The Apprentice, Made in Chelsea, 71 Degrees North, Coach Trip, Peter Andre: The Next Chapter, Don’t Tell The Bride

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
The Cube, Harry Hill’s TV Burp, Ant & Dec’s Push The Button, Live at the Apollo, All-Star Family Fortunes, Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, Total Wipeout, The Million Pound Drop, Take Me Out, John Bishop’s Britain, Celebrity Mastermind, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Tonight’s The Night, Red or Black, Lee Mack’s All-Star Cast, University Challenge, The Magicians, Sing If You Can, New You’ve Been Framed, The National Lottery: In It To Win It, Dynamo: Magician Impossible    

ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTER
Ant & Dec, Davina McCall, Dermot O’Leary, Harry Hill, Graham Norton, Jonathan Ross, Tess Daly, Vernon Kay, Paul O’Grady, Michael McIntyre, Alan Carr, John Bishop, Keith Lemon, Cat Deeley, Myleene Klaas, Bradley Walsh, Paddy McGuiness, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Steve Jones, Lee Mack, Holly Willoughby, Chris Tarrant, Piers Morgan, John Barrowman, Phillip Schofield, Dale Winton, Alex Jones, Adrian Chiles, Rob Brydon, Lenny Henry, Richard Hammond      

NEWCOMER
Chris Fountain (Coronation Street), Jacqueline Jossa (EastEnders), Jimmy Akingbola (Holby City), William Beck (Casualty), Chelsea Halfpenny (Emmerdale), Danny Mac (Hollyoaks)

SERIAL DRAMA PERFORMANCE
Jessie Wallace (EastEnders), Danny Miller (Emmerdale), Alison King (Coronation Street), Simon Gregson (Coronation Street), Pauline Quirke (Emmerdale), Nina Wadia (EastEnders), Jane Danson (Coronation Street), Lucy Pargeter (Emmerdale), Steve McFadden (EastEnders), Jake Wood (EastEnders), Jeff Hordley (Emmerdale), Chris Gascoyne (Coronation Street), Emmett J.Scanlan (Hollyoaks), Katherine Kelly (Coronation Street), Claire Cooper (Hollyoaks), Charley Webb (Emmerdale), Lindsey Coulson (EastEnders), Kieran Richardson (Hollyoaks), Andrew Lancel (Coronation Street), Jonny Clarke (Hollyoaks), Nitin Ganatra (EastEnders), Rachel Shenton (Hollyoaks), Steve Halliwell (Emmerdale), Stephanie Davis (Hollyoaks)

FEMALE DRAMA PERFORMANCE
Karen Gillian (Doctor Who), Amanda Redman (New Tricks), Laila Rouass (Holby City), Georgia Taylor (Casualty), Suranne Jones (Scott & Bailey), Freema Agyeman (Law & Order: UK), Dawn Steele (Wild at Heart), Sarah Parish (Monroe), Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Maxine Peake (Silk), Sally Carman (Shameless), Eve Myles (Torchwood), Caroline Catz (Doc Martin), Kelly Adams (Hustle), Nicola Walker (Spooks), Emilia Fox (Silent Witness), Lesley Sharp (Scott & Bailey), Jaye Jacobs (Waterloo Road), Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey), Kelly Reilly (Above Suspicion), Brenda Blethyn (Vera), Tara Fitzgerald (Waking The Dead), Katie McGrath (Merlin), Julia Sawalha (Lark Rise to Candleford), Keeley Hawes (Upstairs Downstairs), Anna Maxwell Martin (South Riding)  

MALE DRAMA PERFORMANCE
Stephen Tompkinson (DCI Banks), Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Martin Clunes (Doc Martin), Bradley Walsh (Law & Order: UK), Laurence Fox (Lewis), James Nesbitt (Monroe), Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey), Idris Elba (Luther), Bradley James (Merlin), Martin Shaw (Inspector George Gently), Kevin Whately (Lewis), Alun Armstrong (New Tricks), John Barrowman (Torchwood), Guy Henry (Holby City), Phil Davis (Whitechapel), Colin Morgan (Merlin), Adrian Lester (Hustle), Peter Firth (Spooks), Dennis Waterman (New Tricks), Ben Turner (Casualty), Stephen Rea (The Shadow Line), Jason Isaacs (Case Histories), Alec Newman (Waterloo Road), David Morrissey (South Riding), James Bolam (New Tricks), Ciaran Hinds (Above Suspicion), Rupert Penry-Jones (Whitechapel), Trevor Eve (Kidnap and Ransom), David Threlfall (Shameless), Ed Stoppard (Upstairs, Downstairs), Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), Neil Dudgeon (Midsummer Murders)              

Friday, 28 January 2011

National Television Awards 2011 - A night of expected winners


By JASON WRIGHT (Entertainment expert)

WEDNESDAY night saw a host of stars from British television descend on London’s O2 Arena for the National Television Awards.  Now in its 16th year, it promised to be the best staged yet.

BIG WINNERS: Another successful night for EastEnders
As it turned out, the successful shows and stars of the night were just as who everyone had predicted.  EastEnders were the big winners, with three gongs.  Ricky Norwood picked the ‘Best Newcomer’ for his role as troublemaker Fatboy, Lacey Turner retained her ‘Best Serial Drama Performance’ award for Stacey Branning and the BBC1 soap itself won through in the live vote-off for ‘Best Serial Drama.’  Many felt it should have gone to rivals Coronation Street, but the Walford drama came through and the crew looked surprised.  So, not even a tram coming down on top of Weatherfield was enough for it to receive any recognition which is certainly rough justice.  Hopefully it will get what it deserves come the British Soap Awards in May.

Popular ITV1 duo Ant and Dec were also among the successes again.  The Tyneside-born pair added yet another two NTA’s to their cabinet for ‘Best Entertainment Programme’ with I’m A Celebrity and scooping up the ‘Best Entertainment Presenter’ award for the tenth time in a row.  Speaking live in Cardiff, where they are filming auditions for Britain’s Got Talent, they understandably gave credit to everyone who helped them succeed not just this year but the ten years they have achieved the Entertainment accolade at the awards.

HONOURED: Sir David Jason added to his collection
Other shows and famous faces that were winners on the night were ITV1 comedy Benidorm, earning the ‘Best Comedy Programme’ award for the second time in three years.  Sir David Jason was honoured with the ‘Best Drama Performance’ award for his final case in A Touch of Frost.  The E4 mega-hit The Inbetweeners beat hot rivals Glee to the inaugural ‘Best Digital Choice’ award, which celebrated the best programme offering from digital channels and This Morning were the victors of the ‘Best Topical Magazine Programme’ award.  After years of struggle and turmoil for the daytime offering, the popular partnership of Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby is ensuring that it is finally returning to the glory days of the nineties.  As an added beneficiary, viewers were able to see resident chef Gino D’Acampo cook naked on the following day’s edition, as he pledged to do so if the show won.

With the football sexism scandal caused by the disgraced Richard Keys and Andy Gray fresh in the air, it was being talked about a lot by those in attendance.  Even host Dermot O’Leary referred to it many times during the ceremony but it was Top Gear who had the last laugh and when they picked up the award for ‘Best Factual Programme.’  James May made a rather funny though obviously crude remark about it and it led to Jeremy Clarkson jokingly sacking him on the spot.  That’s what they call comedy around here!

The X-Factor proved to be the dominant force in the award for ‘Best Talent Show’.  Despite the controversy surrounding the previous series and that there were fears that people would rebel and vote against it, the ITV1 competition held on to win for the third time in four years.  No doubt this made Simon Cowell one very happy chap again.

The biggest shock and disappointment of the night was no awards for Doctor Who.  Although its popularity was slightly reduced after Matt Smith’s timid debut last year in the title role, it was still expected to win ‘Best Drama Programme.’  However it lost out to popular school drama Waterloo Road.  To add insult, Smith lost the Drama Performance to David Jason.  This will without a doubt call the show’s viability into serious question.

FINALLY: Bruce Forsyth get a deserved recognition
The biggest cheers though of the night went to the legendary Bruce Forsyth.  After over 50 years in showbiz, the soon-to-be 83 year old was finally given credit with the ‘Special Recognition Award.’  He sent the crowd into dismay and then hysteria by seeming to announce his retirement but then quipping one of his famous one-liners, “but I’m not bloody going to.”   It proves there is still life in the veteran yet.

Overall it was another night of impressive celebrations and accolades, proving just how much Britain really does say about the nation’s TV.  Here is to what should be an amazing 2011 of television and who knows who will come out on top in 2012?  These next 12 months will tell all.

Thursday, 23 September 2010

National Television Awards - The Shortlist


Tuesday saw the official publication of the shortlist for the National Television Awards.  This year, the public has twelve awards to vote for, with a couple of new awards.  The ‘Best Travel Documentary’ award introduced last year has been axed and has been replaced by the Best Topical Magazine Programme and Best Digital Choice, showcasing the best programme on digital television, which is owned by any of the five terrestrial networks (E4, ITV2, BBC3, Five USA etc)

To get voting now, visit the official NTA website at http://www.nationaltvawards.com/home.  This is the only ceremony which has no critics choice, no judges choice, the only ceremony where you the public decides who wins.  Will Ant & Dec continue their domination of Best Entertainment Presenter?  Can EastEnders hold off the stiff competition from Coronation Street and Emmerdale for Best Serial Drama?  Is Doctor Who going to charge away with the main drama awards?  Can US hit-shows 24 and Lost shake off the stiff competition from E4’s hit treble challenge from Glee, Skins and The Inbetweeners for the new Best Digital Choice award? 

The first round of voting closes on October 11th, so get voting for your favourite.  The show is live on ITV1 and ITV1 HD from the 02 Arena on Wednesday 26th January 2011 and is presented by X-Factor host, Dermot O’Leary.

Best of luck to all the nominees!

BEST TALENT SHOW
The X-Factor
Strictly Come Dancing
Britain’s Got Talent
Dancing on Ice
Over The Rainbow
So You Think You Can Dance?
Let’s Dance For Sports Relief
Don’t Stop Believing

BEST COMEDY PROGRAMME
Harry Hill’s TV Burp
Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow
Peep Show
The IT Crowd
Benidorm
My Family
John Bishop’s Britain
The Armstrong and Miller Show
The Impressions Show with Culshaw & Stephenson
Miranda
Live At the Apollo
Last of the Summer Wine
Rev
Outnumbered
Life of Riley

BEST NEWCOMER
Marc Silcock – Emmerdale
Steven Miller – Casualty
Emmett J Scanlan – Hollyoaks
Paula Lane – Coronation Street
Olga Fedori – Holby City
Ricky Norwood – EastEnders

BEST TOPICAL MAGAZINE PROGRAMME
Loose Women
This Morning
BBC Breakfast
The One Show
GMTV
Daybreak
The Wright Stuff
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

BEST SERIAL DRAMA
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Coronation Street
Hollyoaks
Neighbours
Home & Away

BEST FACTUAL PROGRAMME
Top Gear
Celebrity Masterchef
Antiques Roadshow
Joanna Lumley’s Nile
Piers Morgan on Marbella
Junior Apprentice
Who Do You Think You Are?
James May’s Toy Stories
Countryfile
Watchdog
The Gadget Show
The Lakes
DIY SOS
Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds
Lion Country
Jimmy’s Food Factory
Secret Britain
One Born Every Minute
Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers
Seven Ages of Britain

BEST DIGITAL CHOICE
Glee
24
Skins
Lost
The Inbetweeners
Desperate Housewives
The Xtra Factor
The Vampire Diaries
House
Bones
Britain’s Got More Talent
What Katie Did Next?
Peter Andre: The Next Chapter
American Idol
Russell Howard’s Good News
Family Guy
Got to Dance
Chris Ryan’s Strike Back
Stargate Universe
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man
I’m A Celebrity….Get me out of Here Now!
Don’t Tell the Bride
Being Human

BEST DRAMA
Doctor Who
Casualty
Holby City
Shameless
Doc Martin
Ashes to Ashes
Wild At Heart
A Touch of Frost
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Spooks
Waterloo Road
Heartbeat
Lewis
Collision
Foyle’s War
Silent Witness
Waking the Dead
Midsummer Murders
Identity
Law and Order: UK
Five Days
Luther
Wallander
Lark Rise To Candleford
Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia
New Tricks
Sherlock
Merlin
Hustle
Married Single Other
Heroes
Murderland
The Mentalist

BEST DRAMA PERFORMANCE
Matt Smith – Doctor Who
Kevin Whately - Lewis
David Jason – A Touch of Frost
Amanda Redman – New Tricks
Stephen Tomkinson – Wild at Heart
Martin Clunes – Doc Martin
Sue Johnston – Waking the Dead
Suranne Jones – Five Days
Phillip Glenister – Ashes to Ashes
Amanda Burton – Waterloo Road
John Nettles – Midsummer Murders
Karen Gillian – Doctor Who
Emila Fox – Silent Witness
Robbie Coltrane - Murderland
Joe McFadden - Heartbeat
Georgia Taylor – Casualty
Kenneth Branagh – Wallander
Dawn Steele – Wild at Heart
Bradley Walsh – Law & Order: UK
Douglas Henshall – Collision
Michael Kitchen – Foyle’s War
Richard Armitage - Spooks
Colin Morgan - Merlin
Robert Glenister – Hustle
Laurence Fox - Lewis
Keeley Hawes – Ashes to Ashes
William Ash – Waterloo Road
Rosie Marcel – Holby City
Alun Armstrong – New Tricks
Simon Baker – The Mentalist
Shaun Dooley – Married, Single Other
David Morrissey – Five Days
Rebecca Atkinson – Shameless
Peter Firth - Spooks
Ciaran Hinds – Above Suspicion – The Red Dahlia
Idris Elba – Luther
Dennis Waterman – New Tricks
Luke Roberts – Holby City
Trevor Eve – Waking the Dead
Bradley James – Merlin
James Bolam – New Tricks
Martin Freeman - Sherlock
David Threlfall - Shameless
Ben Daniels – Law & Order: UK
Adrian Lester – Hustle
Julia Sawalha – Lark Rise to Candleford
Michael French - Casualty
Kelly Reilly – Above Suspicion – The Red Dahlia
Hayden Panetierre – Heroes
Benedict Cumerbach – Sherlock

BEST SERIAL DRAMA PERFORMANCE
Danny Miller - Emmerdale
Lacey Turner - EastEnders
Katherine Kelly – Coronation Street
Steve McFadden - EastEnders
Simon Gregson – Coronation Street
Jorgie Porter - Hollyoaks
Jeff Hordley - Emmerdale
Don Gilet – EastEnders
Kieran Richardson - Hollyoaks
Alison King – Coronation Street
Stefan Dennis - Neighbours
Marc Elliott – EastEnders
Bronagh Waugh - Hollyoaks
Amanda Donohue – Emmerdale
Jane Danson – Coronation Street
Anthony Quinlan - Hollyoaks
Dominic Brunt - Emmerdale
Chris Gascoyne – Coronation Street
Diane Parish – EastEnders
Claire Cooper - Hollyoaks
Charlotte Bellamy – Emmerdale
Bill Tarney – Coronation Street
Andrew Moss - Hollyoaks
Lindsey Coulsen – EastEnders
Natalie J Robb – Emmerdale

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Big Brother
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Paul O'Grady Live
Ant and Dec's Push the Button
All Star Family Fortunes
Piers Morgan's Life Stories
Have I Got News for You
The Whole 19 Yards
71 Degrees North
New You've Been Framed!
Hole in the Wall
QI
A Question of Sport
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Total Wipeout Celebrity Special
James Corden's World Cup Live
Take Me Out
The Door
Mock the Week
Celebrity Mastermind
Animals Do the Funniest Things
101 Ways to Leave a Game Show
Outtake TV
The National Lottery: In It to Win It
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
Derren Brown: The Event
Tonight's the Night
Odd One In
All Star Mr and Mrs
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTER
Ant & Dec
Harry Hill
Paul O'Grady
Jonathan Ross
Holly Willoughby
Dermot O'Leary
Davina McCall
Bruce Forsyth
Phillip Schofield
Justin Lee Collins
Fern Britton
Piers Morgan
Claudia Winkleman
Steve Jones
Chris Tarrant
Stephen Mulhern
Vernon Kay
Jimmy Carr
Tess Daly
Cat Deeley
Graham Norton
Caroline Flack