The most glamorous night in the TV calendar is officially back, as the National Television Awards have confirmed their return this September in a star-studded bash at The 02 London. Broadcast live on ITV and ITVX, the show will once again be helmed by The Masked Singer host Joel Dommett as the best and brightest stars from the across the TV industry do battle to take home one of the coveted awards.

Now, ahead of the all important ceremony, the NTAs have released their long-list of nominees and have called upon the public to help whittle down the potential award-winners ahead of the final round of public voting which is due to take place later this year.

Among the stars leading the nominations this year are Fool Me Once’s Michelle Keegan and One Day actor Leo Woodall who will both be going head to head as they duke it out to try and win the Best Drama performance award.

Fool Me Once star Michelle Keegan is nominated in the Best Drama performance category this year ( 
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One Day star Leo Woodall will also be hoping to secure victory ( 

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36 year old Michelle dominated screens earlier this year when she played Maya Stern in the nail biting thriller which was based on a novel by US author Harlan Coben. Within hours of releasing the series swiftly rose to the top of the viewing charts and as of the time of writing, has been viewed almost 100 million times around the world.

However, Michelle will also face some stiff competition from rival actor Leo, who captured the hearts of viewers everywhere while playing Dexter Mayhew in Netflix limited series One Day, inspired by David Nicholls hit novel of the same name.

Of course, it isn’t just drama that promises to be a tough category, as this year the candidates for Best Authored Documentary are also holding no punches, with footballing legend David Beckham and Wagatha Christie herself, Coleen Rooney, among the contenders hoping to secure victory.

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David Beckham has been nominated for his intimate and insightful documentary Beckham

David is nominated for his four part Netflix series Beckham, which offered a unique but intimate insight into his life away from the spotlight with wife Victoria. Following everything from romance to family life, the show even lifted the lid on David’s own experiences of living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Meanwhile, Coleen is in the running for her Disney+ show, The Real Wagatha Story, which charts her experience during the now infamous ‘Wagatha Christie’ case against Rebekah Vardy. Interestingly, Coleen will also go head to head with her husband Wayne in the same category this year, as he too is nominated for his own Prime Video documentary Rooney.

This year, viewers could also witness a clash between Time Lords in the Drama performance category as Doctor Who’s David Tennant takes on fellow Doctor Ncuti Gatwa in the hard fought category.

Could Claudia Winkleman finally break Ant & Dec’s winning streak? ( 
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For the past 22 years, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have dominated the best presenter category ( 

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However, they will face some fierce competition from Mr Bates vs The Post Office stars Toby Jones and Monica Dolan, along with Baby Reindeer leads Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning.

One category many fans will no doubt have their eye on is Best Presenter, which for the past 22 years had been dominated by TV legends Ant and Dec. Could Claudia Winkleman finally wrestle victory from them after captivating viewers on Strictly Come Dancing, The Traitors and The Piano this year?

Fifteen categories in total will make up the awards, with a further two: Special Recognition and Impact, due to be revealed on the night.

The nominees in full are as follows:

Category 1 – New Drama

A Gentleman in Moscow
After The Flood
Baby Reindeer
Breathtaking
Coma
Criminal Record
Fallout
Fifteen-Love
Fool Me Once
Hijack
Interview with the Vampire
Mary & George
Masters of the Air
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Murder Is Easy
One Day
Passenger
Red Eye
Renegade Nell
Shardlake
Shōgun
The Couple Next Door
The Long Shadow
The Marlow Murder Club
The Reckoning
The Sixth Commandment
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Woman in the Wall
Wilderness
Wolf

Category 2 – Quiz Game Show

A League of Their Own
Alan Carr’s Picture Slam
Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win
Beat the Chasers
Blankety Blank
Celebrity Catchphrase
Celebrity Mastermind
In With A Shout
Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
Only Connect
Pointless Celebrities
PopMaster TV
Richard Osman’s House of Games
Rob Beckett’s Smart TV
The 1% Club
The Chase Celebrity Special
The Hit List
The Weakest Link
University Challenge
Wheel of Fortune
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Would I Lie to You?
8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Category 3 – Authored Documentary

Beckham
Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story
Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family
Hatton
Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story
Milli Vanilli
Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story
Return to Lockerbie with Lorraine Kelly
Rhod Gilbert: A Pain in the Neck for SU2C
Robbie Williams
Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything
Rooney
Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change
Rosie Jones: Am I a R*tard?
Sarah Beeny vs Cancer
Tommy Jessop Goes to Hollywood

Category 4 – Returning Drama

All Creatures Great and Small
Annika
Before We Die
Beyond Paradise
Blue Lights
Bridgerton
Call the Midwife
COBRA: Rebellion
Death in Paradise
Doctor Who
Foundation
Loki
Only Murders in the Building
Shetland
Silent Witness
.Slow Horses
Star Trek: Discovery
The Bear
The Crown
The Lazarus Project
The Morning Show
The Tourist
.The Tower
Top Boy
Trigger Point
Vera
Vigil

Category 5 – TV Presenter

Adam Hills
AJ Odudu
Alan Carr
Alesha Dixon
Alex Jones
Alexander Armstrong
Alison Hammond
Amanda Holden
Amol Rajan
Andi Oliver
Ant & Dec
Ben Shephard
Bradley Walsh
Cat Deeley
Claudia Winkleman
Clive Myrie
Davina McCall
Dermot O’Leary
Emma Willis
Fiona Bruce
Graham Norton
Greg Davies
Hannah Waddingham
Holly Willoughby
Jason Manford
Jermaine Jenas
Jimmy Carr
Joe Lycett
Joel Dommett
Jonathan Ross
Kate Garraway
Lee Mack
Lorraine Kelly
Marvin Humes
Maya Jama
Michael McIntyre
Noel Fielding
Richard Osman
Rob Beckett
Rochelle Humes
Roman Kemp
Romesh Ranganathan
Rylan
Stacey Solomon
Stephen Mangan
Stephen Mulhern
Susanna Reid
Tess Daly
Tom Allen
Victoria Coren Mitchell
Will Best

Category 6 – Factual Entertainment

Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job
Ambulance
Antiques Roadshow
Anton & Giovanni’s Adventures in Spain
At Home with the Furys
Bangers and Cash
Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins
Clarkson’s Farm
Countryfile
DIY SOS
Dragons’ Den
Earth
Fake or Fortune?
Forensics: The Real CSI
For the Love of Dogs with Alison Hammond
Gogglebox
Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure
Kate Garraway’s Life Stories
Long Lost Family
Mammals
Married To The Game
Match of the Day
Michael Palin in Nigeria
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Our Lives
Planet Earth III
Pompeii: The New Dig
Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough
Sort Your Life Out
Spy in the Ocean
The Detectives
The Grand Tour: Eurocrash
The Jury: Murder Trial
The Martin Lewis Money Show Live
The Met
The One Show
The Reluctant Traveller With Eugene Levy
The Repair Shop
The Yorkshire Vet
Welcome to Wrexham
Who Do You Think You Are?
Wilderness with Simon Reeve
24 Hours in Police Custody
99

Category 7 – Drama Performance

Adeel Akhtar, DS Sami Kierce, Fool Me Once
Aidan Turner, Glenn Lapthorn, Fifteen-Love
Ambika Mod, Emma Morley, One Day
Anna Próchniak, Gita, The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Anne Reid, Ann Moore-Martin, The Sixth Commandment
Arthur Hughes, Matthew Shardlake, Shardlake
Ashley Jensen, DI Ruth Calder, Shetland
Ashley Walters, Dushane Hill, Top Boy
Austin Butler, Major Gale ‘Buck’ Cleven, Masters of the Air
Brenda Blethyn, DCI Vera Stanhope, Vera
Callum Turner, Major John ‘Bucky’ Egan, Masters of the Air
Cliff Parisi, Fred Buckle, Call the Midwife
Cosmo Jarvis, John Blackthorne, Shōgun
Cush Jumbo, DS June Lenker, Criminal Record
Danielle Macdonald, Helen Chambers, The Tourist
Daryl McCormack, Detective Colman Akande, The Woman In The Wall
David Tennant, The Fourteenth Doctor, Doctor Who
David Jonsson, Luke Fitzwilliam, Murder Is Easy
Dominic West, Charles, Prince of Wales, The Crown
Eleanor Tomlinson, Evie, The Couple Next Door
Ella Lily Hyland, Justine Pearce, Fifteen-Love
Ella Purnell, Lucy MacLean, Fallout
Emilia Fox, Nikki Alexander, Silent Witness
Ewan McGregor, Count Alexander Rostov, A Gentleman in Moscow
Gary Oldman, Jackson Lamb, Slow Horses
Gemma Whelan, Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins, The Tower
Georgie Glen, Miss Millicent Higgins, Call the Midwife
Idris Elba, Sam Nelson, Hijack
Imelda Staunton, Queen Elizabeth II, The Crown
Jacob Anderson, Louis de Pointe du Lac, Interview with the Vampire
Jamie Dornan, Elliot Stanley, The Tourist
Jared Harris, Hari Seldon, Foundation
Jason Watkins, Simon, Coma
Jenna Coleman, Liv Taylor, Wilderness
Jennifer Aniston, Alex Levy, The Morning Show
Jeremy Allen White, Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto, The Bear
Jessica Gunning, Martha, Baby Reindeer
Jing Lusi, DC Hana Li, Red Eye
Joanne Froggatt, Dr Abbey Henderson, Breathtaking
Jonah Hauer-King, Lali, The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Julianne Moore, Mary Villiers, Mary & George
Kane Robinson, Gerald ‘Sully’ Sullivan, Top Boy
Katherine Kelly, Emily Jackson, The Long Shadow I Angela Van den Bogerd, Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Kris Marshall, Humphrey Goodman, Beyond Paradise
Leo Woodall, Dexter Mayhew, One Day
Lesley Sharp, DI Hannah Laing, Before We Die
Louisa Harland, Nell Jackson, Renegade Nell
Luke Newton, Colin Bridgerton, Bridgerton
Martin Short, Oliver Putnam, Only Murders in the Building
Michelle Keegan, Maya Stern, Fool Me Once
Monica Dolan, Jo Hamilton, Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Ncuti Gatwa, The Fifteenth Doctor, Doctor Who
Nicholas Galitzine, George Villiers, Mary & George
Nicholas Ralph, James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small
Nicola Coughlan, Penelope Featherington, Bridgerton
Nicola Walker, DI Annika Strandhed, Annika
Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Will, Wilderness
Paapa Essiedu, George, The Lazarus Project
Peter Capaldi, DCI Daniel Hegarty, Criminal Record
Ralf Little, DI Neville Parker, Death in Paradise
Reese Witherspoon, Bradley Jackson, The Morning Show
Richard Armitage, Dr Matthew Nolan, Red Eye I Joe Burkett, Fool Me Once
Richard Gadd, Donny Dunn, Baby Reindeer

Robert Carlyle, Robert Sutherland, COBRA: Rebellion
Ruth Wilson, Lorna Brady, The Woman In The Wall
Sam Heughan, Danny, The Couple Next Door
Sam Reid, Lestat de Lioncourt, Interview with the Vampire
Samantha Bond, Judith Potts, The Marlow Murder Club
Selena Gomez, Mabel Mora, Only Murders in the Building
Siân Brooke, Grace Ellis, Blue Lights
Sonequa Martin-Green, Captain Michael Burnham, Star Trek: Discovery
Sophie Rundle, PC Joanna Marshall, After The Flood
Steve Coogan, Jimmy Savile, The Reckoning
Steve Martin, Charles-Haden Savage, Only Murders in the Building
Suranne Jones, Amy Silva, Vigil
Timothy Spall, Peter Farquhar, The Sixth Commandment
Toby Jones, Alan Bates, Mr Bates vs The Post Office I DCS Dennis Hoban, The Long Shadow
Tom Hiddleston, Loki, Loki
Ukweli Roach, DI Jack Caffery, Wolf
Vicky McClure, Lana Washington, Trigger Point
Wunmi Mosaku, DI Riya Ajunwa, Passenger

Category 8 – The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award

An Audience With Kylie
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Big Night of Musicals by the National Lottery
Dynamo is Dead
Gladiators
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
Have I Got News for You
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
Late Night Lycett
Later… with Jools Holland
LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland
Made In Chelsea
Married at First Sight UK
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show
My Mum, Your Dad
Rob & Romesh Vs
Romesh and Tom Take Takeshi’s Castle
Taskmaster
The Graham Norton Show
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Last Leg
The Masked Singer
The Real Full Monty: Jingle Balls

Category 9 – Serial Drama

Casualty
Coronation Street
Doctors
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks
Home and Away
Neighbours

Category 10 – Expert

Anton Du Beke, Strictly Come Dancing
Ashley Banjo, Dancing on Ice
Billy Billingham, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins
Bruno Tonioli, Britain’s Got Talent
Charlene Douglas, Married at First Sight UK
Chris Packham, Earth
Craig Revel Horwood, Strictly Come Dancing
David Attenborough, Planet Earth III/ Mammals/ Secret World of Sound
Deborah Meaden, Dragons’ Den
Dominic Skinner, Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star
Esme Young, The Great British Sewing Bee
Gary Lineker, Match of the Day
Gregg Wallace, MasterChef
Jay Blades, The Repair Shop
John Torode, MasterChef
Kaleb Cooper, Clarkson’s Farm
Keith Brymer Jones, The Great Pottery Throw Down
Lang Lang, The Piano
Lord Sugar, The Apprentice
Marcus Wareing, MasterChef: The Professionals
Martin Lewis, The Martin Lewis Money Show Live
Mel Schilling, Married at First Sight UK
Michelle Ogundehin, Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr
Mika, The Piano
Monica Galetti, MasterChef: The Professionals
Motsi Mabuse, Strictly Come Dancing
Nisha Katona, Great British Menu
Oti Mabuse, Dancing on Ice
Patrick Grant, The Great British Sewing Bee
Paul C Brunson, Married at First Sight UK
Paul Hollywood, The Great British Bake Off
Peter Jones, Dragons’ Den
Prue Leith, The Great British Bake Off
Richard Miller, The Great Pottery Throw Down
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
Sara Davies, Dragons’ Den/ Ultimate Wedding Planner
Shirley Ballas, Strictly Come Dancing
Simon Cowell, Britain’s Got Talent
Steven Bartlett, Dragons’ Den
Tom Jones, The Voice UK
Tom Kerridge, Great British Menu
Torvill & Dean, Dancing on Ice
Touker Suleyman, Dragons’ Den
Val Garland, Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star
will.i.am, The Voice UK

Category 11 – Serial Drama Performance

Angela Wynter, Yolande Trueman, EastEnders
Barney Walsh, Cam Mickelthwaite, Casualty
Channique Sterling-Brown, Dee-Dee Bailey, Coronation Street
Charlie Clapham, Freddie Roscoe, Hollyoaks
Colin Salmon, George Knight, EastEnders
David Neilson, Roy Cropper, Coronation Street
Diane Parish, Denise Fox, EastEnders
Eden Taylor-Draper, Belle King, Emmerdale
Elinor Lawless, Stevie Nash, Casualty
Georgia Taylor, Toyah Habeeb, Coronation Street
Jaden Ladega, Denzel Danes, EastEnders
Jamie Lomas, Warren Fox, Hollyoaks
Jane Hazlegrove, Bernie Winter, Coronation Street
Jeff Hordley, Cain Dingle, Emmerdale
Jennifer Metcalfe, Mercedes McQueen, Hollyoaks
Kieron Richardson, Ste Hay, Hollyoaks
Kirsty-Leigh Porter, Leela Lomax, Hollyoaks
Lucy Pargeter, Chas Dingle, Emmerdale
Mark Charnock, Marlon Dingle, Emmerdale
Michelle Collins, Cindy Beale, EastEnders
Natalie J Robb, Moira Dingle, Emmerdale
Neet Mohan, Rashid, Masum, Casualty
Peter Ash, Paul Foreman, Coronation Street
Richard Blackwood, Felix Westwood, Hollyoaks
Rudolph Walker, Patrick Trueman, EastEnders
Tina O’Brien, Sarah Platt, Coronation Street
Zoë Henry, Rhona Goskirk, Emmerdale

Category 12 – Reality Competition

Alone
Celebrity Big Brother
Hunted
Love Island
Love Island All Stars
Race Across the World
Squid Game: The Challenge
Survivor
The Apprentice
The Challenge: All Stars
The Fortune Hotel
The Traitors
The Underdog: Josh Must Win
Ultimate Wedding Planner
007: Road To A Million

Category 13 – Daytime

Animal Park
Antiques Road Trip
Bargain Hunt
Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun
BBC Breakfast
Deal or No Deal
Escape to the Country
Father Brown
Good Morning Britain
James Martin’s Saturday Morning
Jeopardy!
Katie Piper’s Breakfast Show
Loose Women
Lorraine
Make It at Market
Morning Live
Pointless
Rip Off Britain
Saturday Kitchen
Sunday Brunch
The Bidding Room
The Chase
The Finish Line
The Repair Shop
The Travelling Auctioneers
The Vintage French Farmhouse
This Morning
Tipping Point

Category 14 – Comedy

Avoidance
Big Boys
Big Mood
Brassic
Changing Ends
Dead Hot
Dinosaur
Extraordinary
Frasier
Ghosts
Good Omens
G’wed
Henpocalypse!
Here We Go
Inside No. 9
Mammoth
Mandy
Meet the Richardsons
Mrs Brown’s Boys
Not Going Out
Staged
Still Up
The Change
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
The Gentlemen
The Lovers
The Power of Parker
The Young Offenders
Two Doors Down

Category 15 – Talent Show

Bake Off: The Professionals
Britain’s Got Talent
Cooking With The Stars
Dancing on Ice
Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star
Great British Menu
Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr
Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream
MasterChef
MasterChef: The Professionals
Portrait Artist of the Year
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
Strictly Come Dancing
The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Sewing Bee
The Great Pottery Throw Down
The Piano
The Voice UK