National Television Awards: Ant and Dec to miss ceremony after catching Covid
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Ant and Dec have both caught Covid, so will miss the National Television Awards (NTAs) in London on Thursday.
They joked on Instagram: "Sadly it's true... we even get ill together!"
The duo have won the best TV presenter prize for the past 20 years, and could now scoop their 21st consecutive award - unless Alison Hammond, Graham Norton or Bradley Walsh can beat them.
The ceremony will be live on ITV from Wembley Arena after being postponed following the death of the Queen.
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The BBC's EastEnders, ITV's Emmerdale and Netflix's Bridgerton and Heartstopper all have three nominations each.
The event will be hosted by The Masked Singer presenter Joel Dommett, with performances from singers Lewis Capaldi and Sam Ryder, who has replaced Robbie Williams as the opening attraction.
Here are some more things to look out for:
The public to decide on Holly and Phillip
ITV's chief executive last month backed Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield after the hosts were accused of jumping the queue for the Queen's lying-in-state.
The NTAs are voted for by the public, though, so it has been up to the people to decide whether the pair will keep their crowns as daytime queen and king, after This Morning won the daytime award in 2021 - or whether they'll be dethroned by Loose Women, The Chase or The Repair Shop.
Notably, neither Holly nor Phil are up for best TV presenter this year, as they have been in previous years. But the nominations were announced in August, long before "queue-gate".
Ant and Dec's 21st (house) party?
Ant and Dec underlined their status as the nation's favourite TV hosts last year, after their 20th (yes, 20th) consecutive win in the presenting category.
The last time they didn't win the award was in 2000, to Michael Barrymore. Most of the nominees in this year's rising star category, including Heartstopper's Joe Locke and Kit Connor, were not even born then.
While the duo will be absent through illness on Thursday, the question is whether voters are sick of seeing them win the same award every year.
The Geordie double act are also nominated in the entertainment show category for Saturday Night Takeaway and I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, as well as best talent show for Britain's Got Talent - so there's a good chance we may see an acceptance speech made over video call in their PJs at some stage.
Tom Parker up for a posthumous award
The best authored documentary category includes heartfelt films chronicling the lives of Kate Garraway and her husband Derek, who has been critically ill with Covid; Julia Bradbury with breast cancer; Paddy and Christine McGuinness alongside their three autistic children; as well as Katie Price and her disabled son Harvey.
The final nominee focuses on The Wanted's late singer Tom Parker. Inside My Head, about the music star's brain tumour, was aired in October 2021 - just five months before he died at the age of 33.
Elsewhere, a new category for best expert will see Clarkson's Farm's breakout star Kaleb Cooper, 24, take on 96-year-old broadcasting legend Sir David Attenborough, Money Show Live host Martin Lewis and The Repair Shop's Jay Blades.
A special recognition award will be given to actor and comedy legend Sir Lenny Henry. Previous recent winners have included the Line of Duty team, Sir Michael Palin and David Dimbleby.
National Television Awards 2022 nominations in full:
Authored documentary
Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next
Julia Bradbury: Breast Cancer and Me
Kate Garraway: Caring for Derek
Tom Parker: Inside My Head
Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and Autism
New drama
Time
Heartstopper
Trigger Point
This Is Going To Hurt
Returning drama
Bridgerton
Call the Midwife
Peaky Blinders
The Split
Drama performance
Cillian Murphy - Peaky Blinders
Jonathan Bailey - Bridgerton
Nicola Walker - The Split
Vicky McClure - Trigger Point
Serial drama
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Neighbours
Serial drama performance
Gillian Wright - EastEnders
Mark Charnock - Emmerdale
Paige Sandhu - Emmerdale
Rose Ayling-Ellis - EastEnders
Rising star
Charithra Chandran - Bridgerton
Joe Locke - Heartstopper
Kit Connor - Heartstopper
Paddy Bever - Coronation Street
TV presenter
Graham Norton
Bradley Walsh
Ant & Dec
Alison Hammond
The Bruce Forsyth entertainment award
The Graham Norton Show
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Taskmaster
Talent show
The Masked Singer
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Strictly Come Dancing
Britain's Got Talent
Talent show judge
Anton Du Beke - Strictly Come Dancing
David Walliams - Britain's Got Talent
Mo Gilligan - The Masked Singer
RuPaul - RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Quiz game show
Beat the Chasers
In for a Penny
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
The 1% Club
Factual entertainment
The Great British Bake Off
Clarkson's Farm
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Gogglebox
Expert
Jay Blades - The Repair Shop
Kaleb Cooper - Clarkson's Farm
Martin Lewis - The Martin Lewis Money Show Live
Sir David Attenborough - various programmes
Comedy
After Life
Derry Girls
Not Going Out
Sex Education
Daytime
Loose Women
The Chase
The Repair Shop
This Morning
The 2022 National Television Awards will be broadcast on ITV from 20:00 BST.
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