While Richard Madden got a nod in the Drama Performance category when nominations were revealed yesterday, co-star Keeley Hawes is nowhere to be seen.
The gongs, voted for by the public, have the Scot actor up against Michelle Keegan for Our Girl, Peaky Blinders’ Cillian Murphy, Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer and Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker.
And Keeley, who was pivotal in the BBC1 series as tragic Home Secretary Julia Montague, isn’t the only drama snub.
Another big miss is ITV series Liar, and its leads Ioan Gruffudd and Joanne Froggatt.
National Television Awards 2019 nominees
HERE is the full list of nominees. I had host DERMOT O’LEARY choose who he wants to see winning each category, while I’ve predicted who I think will triumph. Let’s see who comes out on top on January 22 . . .
BEST TV PRESENTER
- Ant and Dec (My pick)
- Graham Norton
- Holly Willoughby (Dermot’s pick)
- Phillip Schofield
- Bradley Walsh
NEW DRAMA
- Bodyguard (My & Dermot’s pick)
- Killing Eve
- A Discovery Of Witches
- Girlfriends
- The Cry
DRAMA PERFORMANCE
- Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (Dermot’s pick)
- Michelle Keegan, Our Girl
- Jodie Whittaker, Doctor Who
- Cillian Murphy, Peaky Blinders
- Richard Madden, Bodyguard (My pick)
SERIAL DRAMA PERFORMANCE
- Bonnie Langford, EastEnders
- Jack P Shepherd, Coronation St (My pick)
- Emma Atkins, Emmerdale
- Lucy Pargeter, Emmerdale
- Danny Dyer, EastEnders. (Dermot’s pick)
THE BRUCE FORSYTH ENTERTAINMENT AWARD
- Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
- I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here! (My pick)
- The Graham Norton Show (Dermot’s pick)
- Love Island
- All Round To Mrs Brown’s
SERIAL DRAMA
- Coronation Street (My pick)
- EastEnders (Dermot’s pick)
- Emmerdale
- Hollyoaks
DAYTIME SHOW
- Good Morning Britain (My pick)
- Loose Women
- Sunday Brunch (Dermot’s pick)
- The Jeremy Kyle Show
- This Morning
TV JUDGE
- Simon Cowel, X Factor & Britain’s Got Talent (My pick)
- Robbie Williams, X Factor
- Louis Tomlinson, X Factor (Dermot’s pick)
- David Walliams, BGT
- Robert Rinder, Judge Rinder
NEWCOMER
- Aedan Duckworth, Hollyoaks
- Alexandra Mardell, Corrie (Dermot’s pick)
- James Moore, Emmerdale (My pick)
- Neet Mohan, Casualty
- Ricky Champ, EastEnders
QUIZ SHOW
- 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Dermot’s pick)
- A League of Their Own
- Catchphrase
- Pointless
- The Chase (My pick)
COMEDY
- Benidorm
- Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father
- Mrs Brown’s Boys
- Peter Kay’s Car Share (My & Dermot’s pick)
- The Big Bang Theory
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
- Ambulance (Dermot’s pick)
- DIY SOS: The Big Build
- Gogglebox
- Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs (My pick)
- The Great British Bake Off
DRAMA
- Our Girl
- Peaky Blinders (Dermot’s pick)
- Call The Midwife
- Casualty
- Doctor Who (My pick)
TALENT SHOW
- The Voice UK
- The X Factor (Dermot’s pick)
- Britain’s Got Talent
- Dancing On Ice Strictly Come Dancing (My pick)
Dermot tips Holly for a gong
OF all the omissions in the nominations, the biggest comes in the TV Presenter category, and it is the man who is hosting the entire awards ceremony – Dermot O’Leary.
I revealed yesterday that viewers have put forward eternal winners Ant and Dec as well as Bradley Walsh, Graham Norton, Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, instead.
Chatting at the launch event at the V&A Museum in Dundee yesterday about the shortist, Dermot, said: “What can I say? If you’re not on it, you’re not on it.
“I’ve not been on it for a couple of years now. That’s the thing.
“When you are on the shortlist you do forget you’re on the shortlist and then the award comes up and you’re like, ‘Oh God, s**t this is my award’ . . . and then they give it to Ant and Dec.”
The Geordie duo have won the award for 17 years in a row.
But Holly, who replaced Ant on ITV’s I’m A Celeb last year, could end that.
Dermot said: “She did so well on I’m A Celebrity and she deserves it.”
Place your bets now . . .
Must Watch
WHAT? Silent Witness, BBC1, 9pm.
WHY? The forensic crime drama starring Emilia Fox as pathologist Dr Nikki Alexander returns with a two-part tale about a transgender man who is attacked.
Amazing Feets of Cold duo
Ahead of the ITV comedy drama’s return on Monday, Fay Ripley said Simon Cowell once offered her a record deal after he saw her play a singer in mini- series I Saw You in 2002.
Fay, who plays fun-loving mum Jenny Gifford in Cold Feet, told the Radio Times: “I didn’t want to be like Robson And Jerome and I’m not that good a singer so I said ‘No’.”
John Thomson, who plays Jenny’s husband Pete, auditioned to voice Shrek in the 2001 movie.
He said: “They got Mike Myers. They were never going to say, ‘Featuring Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and introducing John Thomson.’”
Their loss, John.
Biz Bit
THE cast of Netflix comedy drama Sex Education, which is available from Friday and stars Gillian Anderson, have said they had a dedicated “intimacy director” to choreograph all their saucy scenes.
SOAP BOX
MARLON is on a mission in EMMERDALE, while Sam makes a gruesome find and Debbie receives a rather unsettling gift.
In EASTENDERS, Tiffany feels uneasy with Evie’s flirtatious behaviour, while Karen gives Bernadette a makeover . . . but things do not go to plan and the bathroom gets destroyed in the process.
Elsewhere, Max feels stressed about his plans for Abi’s birthday party so Rainie, feeling shut out, offers to help. Linda tries to reassure Mick, convinced his time in prison is still taking its toll.
Meanwhile, in NEIGHBOURS, Amy sends Gary’s criminal boss packing when he shows up, but tells Gary that she cannot forgive him for breaking her trust. Xanthe heads off to Toowoomba.
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