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National Television Awards 2023 shortlist revealed, including Happy Valley and The Traitors

The shortlist also includes posthumous nominations for Dame Deborah James and Paul O’Grady.

Sarah Lancashire as Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley, wearing police uniform and looking into the distance

Credit: BBC/Lookout Point/Matt Squire

Published: Tuesday, 15 August 2023 at 12:01 am

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The shortlist for this year's National Television Awards has been announced, with shows including Happy Valley and The Traitors coming out as strong contenders.

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For the second year in a row the list features more streaming content than ever before, with Netflix shows such as Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Wednesday and Stranger Things all getting nominations, alongside Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso.

In the drama performance category, Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce will do battle once more as Sarah Lancashire and James Norton are both up for their work in Happy Valley, alongside Vera’s Brenda Blethyn, Call the Midwife’s Judy Parfitt and Queen Charlotte’s India Amarteifio.

In the entertainment category. Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway will go up against one of the duo’s other hits, I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, as well as Gogglebox and The Masked Singer.

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There are also two posthumous nominations, with Paul O’Grady’s For the Love of Dogs and Dame Deborah James’s Bowelbabe in Her Own Words both nominated.

Meanwhile, on the soap front, Coronation Street’s Charlotte Jordan and Maureen Lipman have been nominated in the same category as Emmerdale’s Dominic Brunt and EastEnders’ Danielle Harold.

This year’s awards will once again be hosted by Joel Dommett and will take place at The O2 London, with the ceremony being broadcast live on ITV from 8pm on Tuesday 5th September.

Voting is open now – you can find out how to vote for the NTAs 2023 here.

If you want to know who else is up for this year’s awards you can find a full list below:

Corey Mylchreest as Young King George, India Amarteifio as Young Queen Charlotte holding glasses in the air

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. (L to R) Corey Mylchreest as Young King George, India Amarteifio as Young Queen Charlotte. Netflix

New Drama

Beyond Paradise
Blue Lights
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Wednesday

Reality Competition

Love Island
Race Across the World
SAS: Who Dares Wins
The Traitors

Authored Documentary

Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Own Words
Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now
Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction
Rob Burrow: Living with MND

Returning Drama

Call the Midwife
Happy Valley
Stranger Things
Vera

TV Presenter

Alison Hammond
Ant & Dec
Bradley Walsh
Claudia Winkleman
Martin Lewis

Factual

Clarkson’s Farm
Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Sort Your Life Out
The Martin Lewis Money Show Live

James Norton as Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley season 3, standing in a glass box with his hands cuffed

James Norton as Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley season 3. BBC

Drama Performance

Brenda Blethyn (DCI Vera Stanhope, Vera)
India Amarteifio (Young Queen Charlotte, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story)
James Norton (Tommy Lee Royce, Happy Valley)
Judy Parfitt (Sister Monica Joan, Call the Midwife)
Sarah Lancashire (Catherine Cawood, Happy Valley)

The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award

Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Gogglebox
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The Masked Singer

Serial Drama

Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks

TV Interview

Louis Theroux Interviews…
Piers Morgan Uncensored
The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show
The Graham Norton Show

Serial Drama Performance

Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley, Coronation Street)
Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce-Brown, EastEnders)
Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale)
Maureen Lipman (Evelyn Plummer, Coronation Street)

Quiz Game Show

Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
Richard Osman’s House of Games
The 1% Club
The Chase Celebrity Special

Lorraine Stanley as Karen Taylor, Bobby Brazier as Freddie Slater and Lacey Turner as Stacey Slater in EastEnders, standing in a pub, with Freddie looking shocked

EastEnders: Karen Taylor, Freddie Slater and Stacey Slater. BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron

Rising Star

Benjamin Chivers (Isaac, The Devil’s Hour)
Bobby Brazier (Freddie Slater, EastEnders)
Channique Sterling-Brown (Dee-Dee Bailey, Coronation Street)
Lewis Cope (Nicky Milligan, Emmerdale)

Daytime

Loose Women
The Chase
The Repair Shop
This Morning

Comedy

Brassic
Ghosts
Ted Lasso
Young Sheldon

Talent Show

Britain’s Got Talent
Strictly Come Dancing
The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Sewing Bee

The National TV Awards will air on ITV1 on Tuesday 5th September. Find something to watch with our TV Guide or visit our Entertainment hub for all the latest news.

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Morgan CormackDrama Writer

Morgan Cormack is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering everything drama-related on TV and streaming. She previously worked at Stylist as an Entertainment Writer. Alongside her past work in content marketing and as a freelancer, she possesses a BA in English Literature.

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