National Television Awards 2014 nominees revealed

The National Television Awards 2014 longlist nominations have been announced and voting is now open for your fav.

Hosted by Dermot O’Leary, the NTAs celebrate the best and most popular TV and are exclusively voted for by viewers.

A new category at the 2014 awards is ‘TV Detective of the Year’, which will see Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch going head to head with Broadchurch duo David Tennant and Olivia Colman.

Ant and Dec are returning to battle for their 13th consecutive ‘Entertainment Presenter’ win, but will face competition this year from Holly Willoughby, NTAs host O’Leary, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Alan Carr and Graham Norton.

Downton Abbey dominates the ‘Drama Performance’ category with Hugh Bonneville, Dame Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery and Jim Carter all hoping to make the shortlist.

David Walliams’s Big School, Ricky Gervais’s Derek and ITV’s Vicious are among the new shows in the ‘Comedy’ category, who will all be hoping to beat last year’s winner Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Meanwhile, the ‘Documentary’ list includes four TV heavyweights; Sir David Attenborough’s Africa, Michael Palin’s Brazil, Sir Trevor McDonald’s Inside Death Row and Paul O’Grady’s Working Britain.

Viewers can vote free online at www.nationaltvawards.com or by calling the NTA vote form request line 0844 646 2060.

Voting closes at a minute to midnight on October 11, 2013. The shortlist is announced in January when the final round of voting begins.

The 2014 awards take place at London’s O2 on January 22.

The 2014 NTA Categories are:
Entertainment Programme
Talent Show
Drama
Factual Entertainment
Documentary
Comedy
Serial Drama
Serial Drama Performance
Entertainment Presenter
Daytime
Newcomer
Drama Performance
TV Detective