National Television Awards 2023 - live updates and winners (2024)

After another busy 12 months in the land of TV, big names flocked to London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday night for this year’s National Television Awards.

Running for decades now the awards seek to recognise all kind of shows and genres on British TV, with top awards like Best Soap, Presenter and Entertainment Show being contested year after year and accolades like TV Expert and Authored Documentary being introduced in more recent years.

Having first followed in the footsteps of the likes of Sir Trevor McDonald and Dermot O’Leary a few years ago it was again the job of Masked Singer host Joel Dommett to be master of ceremonies at the O2 as small screen stars and guest presenters walked the red carpet.

Many eyes were Holly Willoughby and her This Morning colleagues as the ITV show lost out on the Daytime prize and was booed by some of the crowd, after a tough start to the year, following the controversy surrounding now ex host Phillip Schofield.

Elsewhere, there’ was a battle of the BBC and ITV heavyweights for Returning Drama as Happy Valley and Vera went head to head, while Ant and Dec won Best Presenter for a 22nd year in a row.

We brought you all the winners as they were announced, as well as live updates throughout the night.

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NTAs 2023 results in full

Here are the winners in full for this year's National Television Awards:

Special recognition

Sarah Lancashire

Serial Drama

EastEnders

Returning Drama

Happy Valley

Drama Performance

Sarah Lancashire

Serial Drama Performance

Danielle Harold

Rising Star

Bobby Brazier

Best Presenter

Ant and Dec

Entertainment

Gogglebox

Talent Show

Strictly

Comedy

Young Sheldon

New Drama

Wednesday

Daytime

The Repair Shop

TV Interview

Graham Norton

Reality competition

The Traitors

Factual

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs

Authored Documentary

Lewis Capaldi

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EastEnders wins the last award of the night

So there we have it - the NTAs are over for another year, with EastEnders winning the last award of the night for Serial Drama.

Always a keenly conested category, it was down to Albert Square icon Gillian Tsyloforth to accept the award on behalf of the BBC cast.

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Strictly wins again

Another sure fire winner - Strictly Come Dancing has emerged victorious yet again to win Talent Show.

Stars like 2022 finalist Fleur East and pro Johannes Radebe accepted the award, as none of the judges or presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman were in attendance.

The win was made more poignant by the appearance of Amy Dowden, months after her cancer diagnosis.

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Netflix smash Wednesday now a NTA winner

Smash hit Netflix drama Wednesday won its first ever NTA for New Drama

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This Morning loses in Daytime

Huge shock in Daytime as This Morning's winning streak ends and The Repair Shop wins, with Jay Blades running to hug Holly Willoughvy and Loose Women stars

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Boos for This Morning from NTA audience

Audible boos in the arena as This Morning was listed among the nominees for Daytrime

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Very popular win for Paul O'Grady

There was a standing ovation inside the O2 as Paul O'Grady's For the Love of Dogs took home the award for Factual.

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The win came months after Paul died at the age of 67. In April it was then revealed that the late TV icon had died from sudden arrhythmic death syndrome - or SADS - when a person dies suddenly following a cardiac arrest and no obvious cause can be found.

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Young Sheldon wins for Comedy as cast fail to show

Due to the actors and writers strike in Hollywood, the cast of the hit American show couldn't be in London to accept the Best Comedy award, as they beat the likes of Ghosts and Brassic.

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Sarah Lancashire wins Special Recognition award

Having already taken home the trophy for Drama Performance for her role in Happy Valley, Sarah was this year's Special Recognition recepient.

Her accolade was presented by Sir Ian McKellen, as clips of her roles in Coronation Street and Happy Valley played out on screens and co-stars like Bill Roache and James Norton paid tribute.

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Lewis Capaldi wins NTA

He's no stranger to a Brit Award and now Lewis Capaldi has a NTA to his name, after How I'm Feeling Now took home the trophy for Authored Documentary.

Lewis wasn't there to accept the accolade, as former winner Kate Garraway presented on the night.

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Bobby Brazier wins first ever NTA

Bobby Brazier, the son of late TV star Jade Goody, has taken home the trophy for Rising Star at this year's NTAs.

Bobby, who plays Freddie Slater in EastEnders, will soon be seen in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing and is the early favourite to win.

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Paul O'Grady wins posthumous National Television Award

A standing ovation in the arena as late TV icon Paul O'Grady wins a posthumous NTA, as For the Love of Dogs takes home the trophy for Factual.

Fans were left devastated when Paul passed away suddenly earlier this year

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Ant and Dec win Best Presenter for 22nd year in row

They've done it again - Ant and Dec have won Best Presenter for an incredible 22nd year in a row!!!

After seeing I'm A Celebrity and Satutday Night Takeaway lose out in Entertainment earlier on in the night, the Geordie duo were over the moon to be back on the winners' podium.

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Gogglebox celebrate beating Ant and Dec

The Gogglebox cast were left in a state of shock as they beat Ant and Dec to the first award of this year's NTAs - for Best Entertainment.

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Giving their acceptance speech, after beating I'm A Celebrity and Saturday Night Takeaway, fan favourite Lee, stood next to co-star and best friend Jenny, joked 'there must be a better duo' as he glanced down at Ant and Dec sitting in the front row.

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Paul O'Grady subject of poignant NTAs tribute

A multi award winner at the National Television Awards, the late, great Paul O'Grady was honoured with a special tribute at Tuesday's event.

Highlights of hit shows like For The Love of Dogs and The Paul O'Grady played out on screen, as well as clips of Paul sharng anecdotes from his illustrious career.

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1% Club wins Best Quiz

One of the won most successful new game shows on TV, Lee Mack's 1% Club has won the latest award of the night.

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Sarah Lancashire wins Drama Performance

No surprises there and a clean sweep for Happy Valley as Sarah Lancashire beats stars like Vera's Brenda Blethyn to win Drama Performance.

A visibly moved Sarah told the crowd she 'adored every scene' of Happy Valley, saying she'd never forget the show and everyone she worked with on it.

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Danielle Harold a very popular winner for Serial Drama Performance

After her character Lola's heartbreaking death in EastEnders, a tearful Danielle Harold has taken home the award for Serial Drama Performance.

She was presented with her trophy by EastEnders icon Michelle Collins, with the Cindy Beale actress delighted at reading out Danielle's name.

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Piers Morgan loses after boos from NTA crowd

Former GMB presenter Piers was in the running for a new category for this year - TV Interview - but lost out to Graham Norton, after the controversial presenter was booed by the NTAs crowd on numerous occasions when his name was mentioned.

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Best Reality Competition winner announced

It has been the TV phenomenon of the last 12 months and The Traitors has just won its first ever NTA for Best Reality Competition.

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Happy Valley wins Returning Drama

It was the big favourite to win and Happy Valley took home the trophy for Returning Drama after its thrilling third and final series, seeing off competition from Vera, Call The Midwife and Stranger Things.

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Gogglebox cast in shock at beating Ant and Dec

Gogglebox star Lee told the crowd at the O2 Arena he hadn't even written a winners speech, as he was so convinced that the show would be beaten by one of Ant and Dec's programmes in Best Entertainment.

However, despite I'm A Celebrity and Saturday Night Takeaway both being nominated it was Gogglebox that triumphed.

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Best Entertainment winner announced

Gogglebox takes home the award for Best Entertainment.

The Channel 4 show beat off competition from The Masked Singer, I'm A Celebrity and the Ant and Dec's other show, Saturday Night Takeaway, as Dannii Minogue handed out the first trophy of the night.

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Piers Morgan booed by NTAs crowd

He's up for Best TV Interview but Piers Morgan did not get a warm reception from the crowd at the O2 Arena. Encouraged by host Joel Dommrtt, the audience greeted Piers with a loud chorus of boos.

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Vera is in the house!

Brenda Blethyn and the cast of Vera are in attendance at the NTAs as the ITV drama hopes to cause an upset by beating Happy Valley to Returning Drama

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National Television Awards begin at the O2 Arena

Strap yourselves in as the show is about to start!

Stick with us for all the live updates from the National Television Awards 2023.

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Alison Hammond arrives at the NTAs

This Morning is once again up for Best Daytime at the NTAs and one of its hosts, Alison Hammond, is bidding to be the person who finally stops Ant and Dec from taking home the Presenter trophy.

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Alison cut an absoutely stunning figure as she arrived at the O2 Arena for the annual event.

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Soap royalty on the red carpet

They've just arrived back on EastEnders and Ian and Cindy Beale, aka Adam Woodyatt and Michelle Collins, made the switch from Albert Square to the O2 Arena red carpet on Tuesday night.

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EastEnders will be hoping to defeat its big rivals Coronation Street and Emmerdale to take home the Serial Drama trophy tonight.

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How to watch the National Television Awards

Just like in years gone by, the ceremony itself will be shown live on ITV at 8pm, with the ceremony expected to last around two hours. As ever, with live TV, that could well over run though; so if you're planning on watching from home, get plenty of snacks ready!

The event will once again be hosted by Masked Singer presenter Joel Dommett, with Masked Singer itself up fo an award in the Enttertainment category.

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How the NTAs voting works

As always, every category at the National Television Awards is voted for by the public.

Earlier this year, a longlost of potential nominees was published and from that, viewers had the chance to vote for their favourites to make the shortlist for each accolade.

They were announced last months and fans then had until noon on Tuesday, September 5; just hoyrs before the ceremony started to select the winners.

National Television Awards 2023 - live updates and winners (2024)

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