Among those set to congratulate Henry during tonight\u2019s ceremony will be Whoopi Goldberg, who says: \u201cIf you want to know what a superhero looks like, take a look at Sir Lenny Henry.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NTAs<\/a> will be from 8pm at The OVO Arena Wembley tonight (Thursday 13th October), and will be broadcast live on ITV and ITV Hub.<\/p>\n An actor, comedian, singer, presenter and writer, Henry first appeared on the talent show New Faces in 1975 aged 16, before going on to appear in shows such as Tiswas and Three of a Kind.<\/p>\n His own sketch comedy show started airing in 1984 and more recently he has been seen starring in Amazon<\/a>\u2018s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/a>, and in a small role in Netflix<\/a>\u2018s The Sandman<\/a>. Throughout his career he has campaigned for greater diversity and equality in the entertainment industry, as well as playing a key role in the formation of Comic Relief.<\/p> He will be presented with the award this year\u2019s ceremony, where shows such as Heartstopper<\/a>, This is Going to Hurt<\/a>, Call the Midwife<\/a> and Peaky Blinders<\/a> are all in contention.<\/p>\n The show will be presented by Joel Dommett and was originally set to take place in September, but was postponed<\/a> following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n The National TV Awards will air on ITV on Thursday 13th October. <\/strong>Find something to watch with our\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0<\/strong>Entertainment<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a> and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more\u00a0from<\/span>\u00a0the biggest stars in TV, listen to the<\/span>\u00a0Radio Times\u00a0View<\/span>\u00a0From<\/span>\u00a0My<\/span>\u00a0Sofa<\/span>\u00a0podcast<\/a>.<\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By James Hibbs Published: Thursday, 13 October 2022 at 12:00 am The National Television Awards have announced ahead of tonight\u2019s ceremony that this year\u2019s Special Recognition Award will go to Sir Lenny Henry, honouring his nearly 50 years on television. The coveted gold award, which is the only award not voted for by the public, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":23685,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/sir-lenny-henry-wins-ntas-2022-special-recognition-award.jpg",1920,1280,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/sir-lenny-henry-wins-ntas-2022-special-recognition-award-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/sir-lenny-henry-wins-ntas-2022-special-recognition-award-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/sir-lenny-henry-wins-ntas-2022-special-recognition-award-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/sir-lenny-henry-wins-ntas-2022-special-recognition-award-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/sir-lenny-henry-wins-ntas-2022-special-recognition-award-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/sir-lenny-henry-wins-ntas-2022-special-recognition-award.jpg",1920,1280,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Thursday, 13 October 2022 at 12:00 am The National Television Awards have announced ahead of tonight\u2019s ceremony that this year\u2019s Special Recognition Award will go to Sir Lenny Henry, honouring his nearly 50 years on television. The coveted gold award, which is the only award not voted for by the public,…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/23684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1240975525-f096afd.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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