AC-12’s tough trio face competition from David Tennant and It’s A Sin’s Olly Alexander. <\/p>
The shortlist of nominees for the National Television Awards 2021<\/a> have been announced, with BBC One drama Line of Duty<\/a> among the top recognised shows.<\/p>\n The series has bagged a nomination in Returning Drama, where it will be competing against Call The Midwife<\/a>, Netflix\u2019s The Crown<\/a> and ITV\u2019s Unforgotten<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the show has dominated Drama Performance with Adrian Dunbar, Martin Compston and Vicky McClure all earning nods.<\/p>\n In the world of entertainment, recent hits like Michael McIntyre\u2019s The Wheel<\/a> and Beat The Chasers<\/a> make their NTA debut, while familiar names like Saturday Night Takeaway and I\u2019m A Celebrity<\/a> return to the ceremony.<\/p>\n Indeed, it\u2019s another strong showing for Ant and Dec, with Britain\u2019s Got Talent also nominated, while the presenting duo also get a shared nod in the TV Presenter category (a prize they have taken home each of the past 19 years).<\/p>\n Read on for the full short list of nominees at the National Television Awards 2021.<\/p>\n Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Bridgerton Britain\u2019s Got Talent Kate Garraway: Finding Derek Call the Midwife Alison Hammond Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death Adrian Dunbar (Ted Hastings, Line of Duty) Ant & Dec\u2019s Saturday Night Takeaway Coronation Street Billy Price (Sid Sumner, Hollyoaks) Beat the Chasers Emile John (Ethan Anderson, Emmerdale) Loose Women After Life The National Television Awards return to ITV on Thursday 9th September. While you\u2019re waiting, check out more of our Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n AC-12’s tough trio face competition from David Tennant and It’s A Sin’s Olly Alexander. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3162,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/national-television-awards-2021-reveals-shortlist-of-nominees-including-line-of-duty-and-des.jpg",1240,826,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/national-television-awards-2021-reveals-shortlist-of-nominees-including-line-of-duty-and-des-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/national-television-awards-2021-reveals-shortlist-of-nominees-including-line-of-duty-and-des-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/national-television-awards-2021-reveals-shortlist-of-nominees-including-line-of-duty-and-des-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/national-television-awards-2021-reveals-shortlist-of-nominees-including-line-of-duty-and-des-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/national-television-awards-2021-reveals-shortlist-of-nominees-including-line-of-duty-and-des.jpg",1240,826,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/national-television-awards-2021-reveals-shortlist-of-nominees-including-line-of-duty-and-des.jpg",1240,826,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":"AC-12's tough trio face competition from David Tennant and It's A Sin's Olly Alexander.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3161"}],"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\/3162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Challenge Show <\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nLove Island
\nThe Great British Bake Off
\nThe Great British Sewing Bee<\/p>\nNew Drama<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nDes
\nIt\u2019s A Sin
\nNormal People<\/p>\nTalent Show <\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race UK
\nStrictly Come Dancing
\nThe Masked Singer<\/p> Authored Documentary<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nKatie Price: Harvey and Me
\nMarcus Rashford: Feeding Britain\u2019s Children
\nRob Burrow: My Year With MND
\nRoman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency<\/p>\nReturning Drama<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nLine of Duty
\nThe Crown
\nUnforgotten<\/p>\n TV Presenter<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nAnt and Dec
\nBradley Walsh
\nHolly Willoughby
\nPiers Morgan<\/p>\nFactual<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nGogglebox
\nGordon, Gino and Fred: American Road Trip
\nPaul O\u2019Grady: For the Love of Dogs<\/p>\nDrama Performance<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nDavid Tennant (Dennis Nilsen, Des)
\nMartin Compston (Steve Arnott, Line of Duty)
\nOlly Alexander (Ritchie Tozer, It\u2019s A Sin)
\nVicky McClure (Kate Fleming, Line of Duty)<\/p>\nThe Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nI\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out Of Here!
\nTaskmaster
\nThe Graham Norton Show<\/p>\nSerial Drama <\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nEastEnders
\nEmmerdale
\nHollyoaks<\/p>\nSerial Drama Performance <\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nDanny Dyer (Mick Carter, EastEnders)
\nMollie Gallagher (Nina Lucas, Coronation Street)
\nSally Carman (Abi Franklin, Coronation Street)<\/p>\nQuiz Game Show<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nCelebrity Catchphrase
\nIn For A Penny
\nMichael McIntyre\u2019s The Wheel<\/p>\nNewcomer <\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nJude Riordan (Sam Blakeman, Coronation Street)
\nOlivia D\u2019Lima (Paramedic Fenisha Khatri, Casualty)
\nRhiannon Clements (Summer Ranger, Hollyoaks)
\nRose Ayling-Ellis (Frankie Lewis, EastEnders)<\/p>\nDaytime <\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nThe Chase
\nThe Repair Shop
\nThis Morning<\/p>\nComedy <\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nFriday Night Dinner
\nSex Education
\nThe Vicar of Dibley<\/p>\n
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