20th National Television Awards

20th National Television Awards
Date 21 January 2015
Location The O2 Arena, London
Country United Kingdom
Presented by Dermot O'Leary
Official website http://www.nationaltvawards.com/
Television/Radio coverage
Network ITV
Runtime 150 mins (inc. adverts)
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The 20th National Television Awards were held at The O2 Arena on 21 January 2015. The event was presented by Dermot O'Leary; who himself is nominated for an award. The ceremony was broadcast live on ITV.

During the show there was a tribute to Coronation Street actress Anne Kirkbride (Deirdre Barlow) who died on the evening of 19 January 2015, read by on-screen husband and close friend William Roache (Ken Barlow). The end was met with a moment's reflection, leading onto an interval by broadcaster ITV.[1][2]

Performances

Viewers

The show attracted an average of 6.30 million viewers on the night, up by around 400k viewers from the previous edition and the highest rating since the 2011 viewership of 6.50 million.[3]

Awards

Category
Presenter(s)
Winner[4] Nominated
Factual Programme
Presented by Michael Buerk
Gogglebox Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Long Lost Family
Top Gear
Entertainment Programme
Presented by Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Celebrity Big Brother
Through the Keyhole
Newcomer
Presented by Emma Willis
Maddy Hill (Nancy Carter, EastEnders)
Lee Mead (Ben 'Lofty' Chiltern, Casualty)
Michael Parr (Ross Barton, Emmerdale)
Cameron Moore (Cameron Campbell, Hollyoaks)
Drama Performance
Presented by Olivia Colman and David Tennant
Sheridan Smith (Cilla Black, Cilla) Dame Maggie Smith (Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock)
Sarah Lancashire (Cathy Cawood, Happy Valley)
Daytime Programme
Presented by Adam Hills
This Morning The Jeremy Kyle Show
Pointless
The Chase
Comedy
Presented by Sir David Jason
Mrs. Brown's Boys Outnumbered
Benidorm
The Big Bang Theory
Serial Drama Performance
Presented by Natalie Gumede
Danny Dyer (Mick Carter, EastEnders) Kellie Bright (Linda Carter, EastEnders)
Verity Rushworth (Donna Windsor, Emmerdale)
Nikki Sanderson (Maxine Minniver, Hollyoaks)
Entertainment Presenter
Presented by Graham Norton
Ant & Dec Keith Lemon
Bradley Walsh
Dermot O'Leary
Drama
Presented by Julie Walters
Downton Abbey Cilla
Sherlock
Doctor Who
Serial Drama
Presented by Lorraine Kelly
EastEnders Hollyoaks
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Talent Show
Presented by Thierry Henry
The X Factor Britain's Got Talent
Strictly Come Dancing
The Voice UK
Skills Challenge Show
Presented by Matilda Ramsay
The Great British Bake Off MasterChef
Come Dine with Me
The Apprentice
TV Judge
Presented by The Tapper Family (Gogglebox)
David Walliams (collected by Simon Cowell) Simon Cowell
Mary Berry
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini
Chat Show Host
Presented by Mel B
Alan Carr Michael McIntyre
Paul O'Grady
Jonathan Ross
Graham Norton
Multichannel
Presented by Kris Jenner
Celebrity Juice The Walking Dead
Geordie Shore
Game of Thrones
Landmark Award
Presented by Davina McCall
Comic Relief
Special Recognition
Presented by The Proclaimers
David Tennant

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