National Television Awards

National Television Awards
Location	Wembley Conference Centre (1995); Royal Albert Hall (1996–2008); The O2 Arena (2010–)
Country	United Kingdom
Hosted by	Eamonn Holmes (1995); Sir Trevor McDonald; (1996–2008); Dermot O'Leary (2010–2019); David Walliams (2020); TBA (2021)
First awarded	1995
Website	www.nationaltvawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	ITV
Runtime	150 minutes (inc. adverts)
Produced by	Indigo Television

The National Television Awards (often shortened to NTAs) is a British television awards ceremony, broadcast by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. The National Television Awards are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted on by the general public, and are often branded as 'television's biggest night of the year'.

The most prestigious award of the ceremony is the National Television Award for Special Recognition.

History

Former logo.

The first ceremony was held in August 1995 and was hosted by Eamonn Holmes at Wembley Conference Centre. From 1996 onwards, it was traditionally held annually in October at the Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald. McDonald retired from the role after 12 years in 2008. In 2009, the NTAs changed the timing of the event from October to January so there was no event in that year. For the 2010 ceremony, Dermot O'Leary took over as host, the ceremony was also hosted at The O2 Arena for the first time.

O'Leary decided to leave the programme on 13 February 2019. On 4 October 2019, in a video posted on social media, comedian and author David Walliams was announced as the new NTAs host for 2020. Despite this, the ceremony remained at the O2 for the 10th successive year.[1]

Voting process

There are two voting stages: a longlist of nominees featuring the most watched programmes and their stars from each channel, based on BARB ratings, is published in September, and the subsequent shortlist of the leading contenders in each category is published in January. The public vote in a nationwide poll via post, telephone and online with the process verified by PromoVeritas, the independent adjudicators. The results are widely reported in the British media with worldwide media coverage of some categories.

Ceremonies

Edition	Date	Venue	Presenter	Special Recognition Winner
1st	30 August 1995	Wembley Conference Centre	Eamonn Holmes	Julie Goodyear
2nd	9 October 1996	Royal Albert Hall	Trevor McDonald	David Jason
3rd	8 October 1997			Robson Green
4th	27 October 1998			John Thaw
5th	26 October 1999			Michael Barrymore
6th	10 October 2000			Chris Tarrant
7th	23 October 2001			Des O'Connor
8th	15 October 2002			Ant & Dec
9th	28 October 2003			Sir Trevor McDonald
10th	26 October 2004			Caroline Quentin
11th	25 October 2005			Jamie Oliver
12th	31 October 2006			Sir David Attenborough
13th	31 October 2007			Jeremy Clarkson
14th	29 October 2008			Simon Cowell
15th	20 January 2010	The O2 Arena	Dermot O'Leary	Stephen Fry
16th	26 January 2011			Bruce Forsyth
17th	25 January 2012			Jonathan Ross
18th	23 January 2013			Joanna Lumley
19th	22 January 2014			None
20th	21 January 2015			David Tennant
21st	20 January 2016			Sir Billy Connolly
22nd	25 January 2017			Graham Norton
23rd	23 January 2018			Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
24th	22 January 2019			David Dimbleby
25th	28 January 2020		David Walliams	Sir Michael Palin

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References

Blackman, Sophie (13 February 2019). "Dermot O'Leary quits National Television Awards after a decade". Dailystar.co.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

External links

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[1] Blackman, Sophie (13 February 2019). "Dermot O'Leary quits National Television Awards after a decade". Dailystar.co.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2019.