16th National Television Awards
The 16th National Television Awards ceremony was held at The O2 Arena in London on 26 January 2011 and was hosted by Dermot O'Leary. The awards are voted by the public and the winners are revealed live on ITV. Ant & Dec won the award for Most Popular Entertainment Presenter for the tenth year in a row, while Bruce Forsyth won the Special Recognition Award. Luis Urzúa, one of the miners who was saved from the 2010 Copiapó mining accident presented the award for Most Popular Drama. The award went to Waterloo Road, which meant Doctor Who failed to win the award for the first time since 2005. The 2010 X Factor winner Matt Cardle performed his number one single "When We Collide". Louie Spence of Pineapple Dance Studios performed a dance routine before presenting the award for Outstanding Serial Drama Performance.
Opening
A scene specially written by Steven Moffat and featuring host Dermot O'Leary and Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor was shown before the title sequence. O'Leary wakes up and realises he has missed the awards show and then The Doctor appears with the TARDIS to offer help. They travel through time and space and meet various people from the TV industry including Ant and Dec and EastEnders character Dot Branning. Eventually, the Doctor claims that the next destination is "a vast and terrible arena full of insane shrieking banshees thirsting for blood and conquest" which Dermot identifies as the National Television Awards.Awards
Longlist
This is the list of full nominees for the 2011 National Television Awards. Voting was open to the public from September 2010 until January 2011.| Category | Nominees |
| Best Serial Drama Performance | Bill Tarmey Simon Gregson Chris Gascoyne Katherine Kelly Jane Danson Alison King Lindsey Coulson Marc Elliott Don Gilet Steve McFadden Diane Parish Lacey Turner Danny Miller Dominic Brunt Jeff Hordley Amanda Donohoe Charlotte Bellamy Natalie J Robb Jorgie Porter Claire Cooper Bronagh Waugh Andrew Moss Anthony Quinlan Kieron Richardson Stefan Dennis |
| Best Drama Performance | David Jason Kelly Reilly Ciarán Hinds Philip Glenister Keeley Hawes Georgia Taylor Michael French Douglas Henshall Martin Clunes Matt Smith Karen Gillan Suranne Jones David Morrissey Michael Kitchen Joe McFadden Hayden Panettiere Luke Roberts Rosie Marcel Adrian Lester Robert Glenister Julia Sawalha Bradley Walsh Ben Daniels Kevin Whately Laurence Fox Idris Elba Shaun Dooley Colin Morgan Bradley James John Nettles Robbie Coltraine Alun Armstrong James Bolam Amanda Redman Dennis Waterman David Threlfall Rebecca Atkinson Martin Freeman Emilia Fox Richard Armitage Peter Firth Simon Baker Trevor Eve Sue Johnston Kenneth Branagh Amanda Burton William Ash Stephen Tompkinson Dawn Steele |
| Best Topical Magazine Programme | BBC Breakfast Daybreak GMTV Loose Women The Alan Titchmarsh Show The One Show The Wright Stuff This Morning |
| Best Drama | A Touch of Frost Above Suspicion - Ashes To Ashes Casualty Collision Doc Martin Doctor Who Five Days Foyle's War Heartbeat Heroes Holby City Hustle Identity Lark Rise to Candleford ' Lewis Luther Married Single Other Merlin Midsomer Murders Murderland New Tricks Shameless Sherlock Silent Witness Spooks The Mentalist Waking The Dead Wallander Waterloo Road Wild At Heart |
| Best Serial Drama | Coronation Street EastEnders Emmerdale Hollyoaks Home and Away Neighbours |
| Best Entertainment Programme | 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow 71 Degrees North A Question of Sport All Star Family Fortunes All Star Mr And Mrs Animals Do The Funniest Things Ant & Dec's Push the Button Big Brother Celebrity Mastermind ' Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Have I Got News for You Hole in the Wall I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! James Corden's World Cup Live ' Mock the Week Never Mind the Buzzcocks New You've Been Framed! Odd One In Outtake TV Paul O'Grady Live Piers Morgan's Life Stories QI Take Me Out The Big Fat Quiz of the Year The Door The National Lottery: In It to Win It The Whole 19 Yards Tonight's the Night Total Wipeout Celebrity Special Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
| Best Digital Choice | 24 American Idol Being Human Bones Britain's Got More Talent hris Ryan's Strike Back Desperate Housewives Don't Tell the Bride Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man Family Guy Glee Got To Dance House I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! NOW! Lost ' Russell Howard's Good News Skins Stargate Universe The Inbetweeners The Vampire Diaries The Xtra Factor What Katie Did Next |
| Best Entertainment Presenter | Ant & Dec Bruce Forsyth Caroline Flack Cat Deeley Chris Tarrant Claudia Winkleman Davina McCall Dermot O'Leary Fern Britton Graham Norton Harry Hill Holly Willoughby Jimmy Carr Jonathan Ross Justin Lee Collins Paul O'Grady Phillip Schofield Piers Morgan Stephen Mulhern Steve Jones Tess Daly Vernon Kay |
| Best Talent Show | Britain's Got Talent Dancing On Ice Don't Stop Believing Let's Dance For Sport Relief Over the Rainbow So You Think You Can Dance? Strictly Come Dancing The X Factor |
| Best Comedy Programme | Benidorm Harry Hill's TV Burp John Bishop's Britain Last Of The Summer Wine Life Of Riley Live At The Apollo Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow Miranda My Family Outnumbered Peep Show Rev. The Armstrong and Miller Show The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson The IT Crowd |
| Best Factual Programme | Piers Morgan On Marbella Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds Secret Britain Seven Ages of Britain The Gadget Show The Lakes Top Gear Watchdog Who Do You Think You Are?'' |
| Best Newcomer | Steven Miller Paula Lane Ricky Norwood Marc Silcock Olga Fedori Emmett J. Scanlan |