Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Ant and Dec win TV award again
ANT McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have won the best TV presenter prize at the National Television Awards for a 20th consecutive time.
The presenting duo faced competition from Piers Morgan, who had set his sights on ending their domination at the event.
Taking to the stage, McPartlin said: “We were talking in the car on the way here and the first year we won an NTA, Tony Blair was the prime minister and Newcastle United qualified for the Champions League. It just goes to show how long ago it was.
“But do you know what? This one means the most. Twenty years. This is really, really special.”
Morgan was nominated following a turbulent first half of 2021 which saw him depart Good Morning Britain over incendiary comments about the Duchess of Sussex.
The ceremony, which took place at London’s O2 Arena last night, saw It’s A Sin, After Life, I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! and The Great British Bake Off scoop awards.
The first award of the night, the Bruce Forsyth entertainment award, went to I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Co-host McPartlin said: “Thank you. It was a real change to do it in Wales last year but it was absolutely brilliant. We loved it, we loved doing it there.”
The new drama prize went to It’s A Sin, with creator Russell T Davies dedicating the win to “those we lost, those who lived, those who learned and those we loved” during the Aids crisis.
After Life won the comedy award. The award for challenge show went to The Great British Bake Off, fending off competition from Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins and Love Island.
Kate Garraway won the award for authored documentary for Finding Derek, which offered candid insight into her family life while her husband, former political adviser Derek Draper, spent a year in hospital being treated for coronavirus.