Lineker nominated for National Television Awards

Gary Lineker is up against Ant & Dec, Alison Hammond, Claudia Winkleman and Stacey Solomon for best TV presenter

Gary Lineker has received his first National Television Award nomination since 2017 in the wake of his exit from Match of the Day.

Lineker left the football show after 26 years at the end of the Premier League season in May. It was also his last appearance for the BBC after the latest in a string of controversies about his social media use led him to announce he would be leaving the corporation.

Lineker has been voted onto the shortlist for best TV presenter - and could pull off a major upset if he breaks Ant and Dec's 23-year winning streak in that category at the ceremony in September.

Elsewhere, Netflix's Adolescence is up for three awards - with on-screen father and son Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper going up against each other for the best drama performance award.

The show, which became a runaway hit and national talking point earlier this year, will also be the hot favourite to win best new drama.

Gavin and Stacey's finale, which attracted more than 20 million viewers at Christmas, is likewise the frontrunner in the comedy category.

Michael McIntyre and Stacey Solomon are nominated for three prizes each - with Solomon's Sort Your Life Out and Stacey & Joe occupying two spots on the shortlist for best factual entertainment show.

The public will bote for the winners, which will be revealed on 10 September.

The shortlists in full:

Reality competition

• I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

• Love Island

• Race Across the World

• The Traitors

New drama

• Adolescence

• Code of Silence

• Ludwig

• MobLand

• Rivals

Quiz show

• Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

• Richard Osman's House of Games

• The 1% Club

• The Chase

Authored documentary

• Boyzone: No Matter What

• Flintoff

• Molly-Mae: Behind It All

• Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me

• There's Only One Rob Burrow

Returning drama

• Call the Midwife

• Gangs of London

• Heartstopper

• Slow Horses

• Vera

TV presenter

• Alison Hammond

• Ant & Dec

• Claudia Winkleman

• Gary Lineker

• Stacey Solomon

Factual entertainment

• Clarkson's Farm

• Gogglebox

• Sort Your Life Out

• Stacey & Joe

• The Martin Lewis Money Show Live

Drama performance

• Brenda Blethyn - DCI Vera Stanhope, Vera

• Owen Cooper - Jamie Miller, Adolescence

• Rose Ayling-Ellis - Alison Brooks, Code of Silence

• Stephen Graham - Eddie Miller, Adolescence

• Tom Hardy - Harry Da Souza, MobLand

The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award

• Michael McIntyre's Big Show

• The Graham Norton Show

• The Masked Singer

• Would I Lie to You?

Serial drama

• Casualty

• Coronation Street

• EastEnders

• Emmerdale

• Hollyoaks

Serial drama performance

• Eden Taylor-Draper - Belle Dingle, Emmerdale

• Jack P Shepherd - David Platt, Coronation Street

• Jacqueline Jossa - Lauren Branning, EastEnders

• Steve McFadden - Phil Mitchell, EastEnders

• Sue Devaney - Debbie Webster, Coronation Street

Comedy

• Brassic

• Gavin & Stacey

• Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special

• Mrs Brown's Boys

Daytime

• James Martin's Saturday Morning

• Loose Women

• Scam Interceptors

• This Morning

Talent show

• Britain's Got Talent

• Strictly Come Dancing

• The Great British Bake Off

• The Great Pottery Throw Down

• The Voice UK