Peaky Blinders and After Life were among shows that took home trophies at the National Television Awards at Wembley Arena on Thursday night.
Britain’s television stars dazzled on the red carpet before settling in for a night of celebrating success in all aspects of television, including drama, comedy, documentary and TV presenting.
Masked Singer presenter Joel Dommett returned to host this year’s awards and Robbie Williams opened with a medley of his biggest hits.
The NTAs are unique in that they’re the only UK TV awards ceremony where all the winners are chosen exclusively by the public via a nationwide poll.
Peaky Blinders won the award for best returning drama, while After Life took out the top gong for best comedy.
The best daytime TV award was given to ITV’s breakfast show, This Morning, hosted by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.
Cillian Murphy, who plays Thomas Shelby in the long-running show Peaky Blinders, won an award for drama performance, but he could not accept it in person.
Paddy Bever, who plays Max Turner on Coronation Street, made an emotional speech after he said he was shocked to receive the award for rising star.
The best TV Presenter award was taken by Ant & Dec, but not without playful protest from Alison Hammond, who said she should have won it while the team from This Morning took to the stage.
Strictly Come Dancing took the award for best talent show while Emmerdale won best serial drama.
Gogglebox was voted as best factual entertainment, Anton Du Beke won best talent show judge, and Martin Lewis was voted best TV expert.
Sir Lenny Henry was presented with the NTAs’ coveted gold Special Recognition Award, honouring his career in UK television.
Among those congratulating Sir Lenny for his achievements as a writer, campaigner, comedian and presenter via video tributes was Hollywood superstar Whoopi Goldberg.
Who are the winners for the National Television Awards 2022?
NEW DRAMA
- Heartstopper
- This Is Going to Hurt
- Time
- Trigger Point
RISING STAR
- Charithra Chandran, Edwina Sharma, Bridgerton
- Joe Locke, Charlie Spring, Heartstopper
- Kit Connor, Nick Nelson, Heartstopper
- Paddy Bever, Max Turner, Coronation Street
SERIAL DRAMA
- Coronation Street
- EastEnders
- Emmerdale
- Neighbours
TALENT SHOW
- Britain’s Got Talent
- RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
- Strictly Come Dancing
- The Masked Singer
DRAMA PERFORMANCE
- Cillian Murphy, Thomas Shelby, Peaky Blinders
- Jonathan Bailey, Anthony Bridgerton, Bridgerton
- Nicola Walker, Hannah Stern, The Split
- Vicky McClure, Lana Washington, Trigger Point
AUTHORED DOCUMENTARY
- Julia Bradbury: Breast Cancer and Me
- Kate Garraway: Caring for Derek
- Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next
- Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and Autism
- Tom Parker: Inside My Head
RETURNING DRAMA
- Bridgerton
- Call the Midwife
- Peaky Blinders
- The Split
TV PRESENTER
- Alison Hammond
- Ant and Dec
- Graham Norton
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
- Clarkson’s Farm
- Gogglebox
- Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs
- Great British Bake Off
THE BRUCE FORSYTH ENTERTAINMENT AWARD
- Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
- I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
- Taskmaster
- The Graham Norton Show
EXPERT
- Jay Blades
- Kaleb Cooper
- Martin Lewis
- Sir David Attenborough
DAYTIME
- Loose Women
- The Chase
- The Repair Shop
- This Morning
COMEDY
- After Life
- Derry Girls
- Not Going Out
- Sex Education
SERIAL DRAMA PERFORMANCE
- Gillian Wright, Jean Slater, EastEnders
- Mark Charnock, Marlon Dingle, Emmerdale
- Paige Sandhu, Meena Jutla, Emmerdale
- Rose Ayling-Ellis, Frankie Lewis, EastEnders
