The 17th National Television Awards was held on 25 January 2012. The main awards show was presented by
Dermot O'Leary
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, whilst the after party was covered by
Caroline Flack
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Bruce Forsyth
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Anthony McPartlin
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Declan Donnelly
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Let There Be Love"
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Little Mix
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Don't Let Go (Love)
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Military Wives
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Make You Feel My Love
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Awards
Longlist
The following is a list of acts that did not make it past the 'Longlist' voting stage, which occurred between September and December 2011. Beside them is the percentage of votes they received.
* Talent Show:
# "Popstar to Operastar": 9.8%
# "Let's Dance for Comic Relief": 5.5%
# "Got To Dance": 3.2%
# "So You Think You Can Dance": 1.6%
* Comedy Panel Show:
# "8 Out of 10 Cats": 7.9%
# "Odd One In": 6.8%
# "Pointless": 4.5%
# "Would I Lie To You?": 1.0%
* Talk Show:
# "Paul O'Grady Live": 10.2%
# "Piers Morgan's Life Stories": 7.9%
# "The Alan Titchmarsh Show": 3.4%
# "The Wright Stuff": 3.0%
# "The Rob Brydon Show": 1.9%
# "That Sunday Night Show": 1.3%
* Situation Comedy:
# "Mrs Brown's Boys": 15.2%
# "Come Fly With Me": 9.8%
# "My Family": 7.2%
# "Candy Cabs": 4.8%
# "Not Going Out": 3.2%
# "Reggie Perrin": 2.8%
# "Trollied": 1.9%
# "Whites": 1.3%
# "Friday Night Dinner": 0.7%
# "In With The Flynns": 0.4%
* Serial Drama:
# "Neighbours": 7.6%
# "Home and Away": 3.4%
# "Doctors": 2.6%
* Reality Programme:
# "Celebrity Big Brother": 13.5%
# "Coach Trip": 9.5%
# "Peter Andre: The Next Chapter": 6.8%
# "Don't Tell The Bride": 3.4%
# "Made In Chelsea": 3.2%
# "71 Degrees North": 1.6%
* Newcomer:
# "Danny Mac - Hollyoaks": 10.6%
# "Jimmy Akingbola - Holby City": 7.8%
# "William Beck - Casualty": 5.6%
* Drama: (no percentage revealed)
# "Above Suspicion"
# "Case Histories"
# "Casualty"
# "DCI Banks"
# "Doc Martin"
# "Holby City"
# "Hustle"
# "Inspector George Gently"
# "Kidnap and Ransom"
# "Lark Rise to Candleford"
# "Law & Order: UK"
# "Lewis"
# "Luther"
# "Midsomer Murders"
# "Monroe"
# "New Tricks"
# "Scott & Bailey"
# "Shameless"
# "Silent Witness"
# "Silk"
# "South Riding"
# "Spooks"
# "The Shadow Line"
# "Torchwood"
# "Upstairs Downstairs"
# "Vera"
# "Waking The Dead"
# "Whitechapel"
# "Wild At Heart"
* Drama Performance: Male: (no percentage revealed)
# "Ciarán Hinds - Above Suspicion"
# "Jason Isaacs - Case Histories"
# "Ben Turner - Casualty"
# "Stephen Tompkinson - DCI Banks"
# "Brendan Coyle - Downton Abbey"
# "Dan Stevens - Downton Abbey"
# "Guy Henry - Holby City"
# "Adrian Lester - Hustle"
# "Martin Shaw - Inspector George Gently"
# "Trevor Eve - Kidnap and Ransom"
# "Jamie Bamber - Law & Order: UK"
# "Bradley Walsh - Law & Order: UK"
# "Laurence Fox - Lewis"
# "Kevin Whately - Lewis"
# "Idris Elba - Luther"
# "Colin Morgan - Merlin"
# "Bradley James - Merlin"
# "Neil Dudgeon - Midsomer Murders"
# "James Nesbitt - Monroe"
# "Alun Armstrong - New Tricks"
# "James Bolam - New Tricks"
# "Dennis Waterman - New Tricks"
# "David Morrissey - South Riding"
# "Peter Firth - Spooks"
# "Stephen Rea - The Shadow Line"
# "Ed Stoppard - Upstairs Downstairs"
# "Alec Newman - Waterloo Road"
# "Rupert Penry-Jones - Whitechapel"
# "Phil Davis - Whitechapel"
* Drama Performance: Female: (no percentage revealed)
# "Kelly Reilly - Above Suspicion"
# "Georgia Taylor - Casualty"
# "Caroline Catz - Doc Martin"
# "Joanne Froggatt - Downton Abbey"
# "Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey"
# "Laila Rouass - Holby City"
# "Kelly Adams - Hustle"
# "Julia Sawalha - Lark Rise to Candleford"
# "Freema Agyeman - Law & Order: UK"
# "Katie McGrath - Merlin"
# "Sarah Parish - Monroe"
# "Amanda Redman - New Tricks"
# "
Lesley Sharp
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- Scott & Bailey"
# "Sally Carman - Shameless"
# "
Emilia Fox
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- Silent Witness"
# "Maxine Peake - Silk"
# "Anna Maxwell Martin - South Riding"
# "Nicola Walker - Spooks"
# "Keeley Hawes - Upstairs Downstairs"
# "
Brenda Blethyn
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- Vera"
# "Tara Fitzgerald - Waking The Dead"
# "Dawn Steele - Wild At Heart"
* Factual Programme: (no percentage revealed)
# "Antiques Roadshow"
# "BBC Breakfast"
# "Billy Connolly's Route 66"
# "Britain's Hidden Heritage"
# "Countryfile"
# "Crimewatch"
# "Daybreak"
# "DIY SOS: The Big Build"
# "Human Planet"
# "Inside The Human Body"
# "Long Lost Family"
# "Lost Land of the Tiger"
# "Masterchef"
# "Ocean Giants"
# "Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol"
# "Strangeways"
# "The Biggest Loser"
# "The One Show"
# "Turn Back Time - The High Street"
# "Watchdog"
# "Who Do You Think You Are?"
* Serial Drama Performance: (no percentage revealed)
; Coronation Street:
# "Andrew Lancel"
# "Chris Gascoyne"
# "Jane Danson"
# "Simon Gregson"
; EastEnders:
# "Jake Wood"
# "Lindsey Coulson"
# "Nina Wadia"
# "Nitin Ganatra"
# "Steve McFadden"
; Emmerdale:
# "Charley Webb"
# "
Jeff Hordley
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# "Lucy Pargeter"
# "Pauline Quirke"
# "Steve Halliwell"
; Hollyoaks:
# "Claire Cooper"
# "Emmett J Scanlan"
# "Jonny Clarke"
# "Kieron Richardson"
# "Rachel Shenton"
# "Stephanie Davis"
* Entertainment Programme: (no percentage revealed)
# "All Star Family Fortunes"
# "Ant & Dec's Push The Button"
# "Celebrity Mastermind"
# "John Bishop's Britain"
# "Lee Mack's All Star Cast"
# "Live At The Apollo"
# "New You've Been Framed!"
# "Red or Black?"
# "Sing If You Can"
# "The Chase"
# "The Cube"
# "The Magicians"
# "The Million Pound Drop"
# "The National Lottery: In It To Win It"
# "Tonight's The Night"
# "Total Wipeout"
# "University Challenge"
# "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
* Entertainment Presenter: (no percentage revealed)
# "Adrian Chiles"
# "Alan Carr"
# "Alex Jones"
# "Bradley Walsh"
# "Bruce Forsyth"
# "Cat Deeley"
# "Chris Tarrant"
# "Dale Winton"
# "Davina McCall"
# "Fearne Cotton"
# "Graham Norton"
# "Harry Hill"
# "Holly Willoughby"
# "James May"
# "Jeremy Clarkson"
# "John Barrowman"
# "John Bishop"
# "Jonathan Ross"
# "Lee Mack"
# "Lenny Henry"
# "Myleene Klass
# "Paddy McGuinness"
# "Paul O'Grady"
# "Philip Schofield"
# "Piers Morgan"
# "Richard Hammond"
# "Rob Brydon"
# "Steve Jones"
# "Tess Daly"
# "Vernon Kay"
References
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