The National Television Awards were held on Wednesday, with Strictly Come Dancing winning Best Talent Show. The win comes after a series of allegations about the show’s treatment of contestants in recent months. Co-host Claudia Winkleman also won Best Reality Competition for her show, The Traitors. Other big winners of the night included ITV drama, Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which won three awards, and Ant and Dec, who extended their streak of Best Presenter wins to 23 years.
Strictly Come Dancing has been in the news recently due to complaints about the behavior and teaching methods of two professional dancers. However, viewers still voted the show Best Talent Show at the National Television Awards. Hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman were thrilled with the result, with the latter saying “this means everything.” There were no references made to the recent scandal during the acceptance speech.
Mr Bates vs the Post Office was another big winner of the night, with the show taking home three awards. One of the subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted of fraud and false accounting joined the show’s stars on stage during the ceremony to accept the awards. They also received a special impact award, with one of the victims using the acceptance speech to criticize the support offered by the new government.
Ant and Dec continued their winning streak, winning Best TV Presenter for the 23rd year in a row. The pair also won the Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award for their show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Another big winner of the night was Kate Garraway, whose highly personal documentary about her late husband Derek Draper won Best Authored Documentary.
Overall, it was a night of celebration for the best in British television
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