The National Television Awards (often shortened to NTAs) is a British television awards ceremony, broadcast by the ITV network and begun in 1995. The National Television Awards are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted on by the general public and are often branded as "television's biggest night of the year". In addition, an equivalent awards ceremony for film, called the National Movie Awards, was held in 2007 and 2008, before being revived in 2010 but has not been held since 2011.
History The first National Television Awards (NTAs) ceremony was held in August 1995 and was hosted by Eamonn Holmes at Wembley Conference Centre. From 1996 onwards, it was traditionally held annually in October at the Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald. McDonald retired from the role after 12 years in 2008. In July 2009, after ITV decided not to broadcast it that year due to financial issues, the NTAs changed the timing of the event from October to January as part of a new deal with the broadcaster. For the 2010 ceremony, Dermot O'Leary took over as host, and the ceremony was hosted at the O2 for the first time.
O'Leary decided to leave the programme on 13 February 2019. On 4 October 2019, in a video posted on social media, David Walliams was announced as the new NTAs host for 2020. Despite this, the ceremony remained at the O2 for the 10th successive year. The 26th ceremony was originally going to take place on 26 January but then due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed to 20 April, then postponed again to 9 September.
In May 2021, it was announced that Joel Dommett would present the 26th ceremony, replacing Walliams. On 6 April 2022, it was confirmed that Dommett would return as host with the ceremony being held in September at a new venue, this being OVO Arena Wembley. The 2022 ceremony was subsequently delayed to 13 October as a mark of respect following the death of Elizabeth II. In 2023, it returned to the O2 with Dommett returning as host.
The 2024 ceremony took place on 11 September 2024.
The 2025 ceremony took place on 10 September 2025.
The 2026 ceremony took place on 8 September 2026.
The 2027 ceremony will take place on 8 September 2027.
Ceremonies Edition Date Venue Presenter Special Recognition winner 1st 29 August 1995 Wembley Conference Centre Eamonn Holmes Julie Goodyear 2nd 9 October 1996 Royal Albert Hall Sir Trevor McDonald David Jason 3rd 8 October 1997 Robson Green 4th 27 October 1998 John Thaw 5th 26 October 1999 Michael Barrymore 6th 10 October 2000 Chris Tarrant 7th 23 October 2001 Des O'Connor 8th 15 October 2002 Ant & Dec 9th 28 October 2003 Sir Trevor McDonald 10th 26 October 2004 Caroline Quentin 11th 25 October 2005 Jamie Oliver 12th 31 October 2006 Sir David Attenborough 13th 31 October 2007 Jeremy Clarkson 14th 29 October 2008 Simon Cowell 15th 20 January 2010 The O2 Arena Dermot O'Leary Stephen Fry 16th 26 January 2011 Bruce Forsyth 17th 25 January 2012 Jonathan Ross 18th 23 January 2013 Joanna Lumley 19th 22 January 2014 20th 21 January 2015 David Tennant 21st 20 January 2016 Sir Billy Connolly 22nd 25 January 2017 Graham Norton 23rd 23 January 2018 Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs 24th 22 January 2019 David Dimbleby 25th 28 January 2020 David Walliams Sir Michael Palin 26th 9 September 2021Joel Dommett Line of Duty 27th 13 October 2022 OVO Arena Wembley Sir Lenny Henry 28th 5 September 2023The O2 Arena Sarah Lancashire 29th 11 September 2024 Davina McCall 30th 10 September 2025 Wallace & Gromit 31st 8 September 2026 Alan Carr 32nd 8 September 2027 TBA
See also National Movie Awards
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