The National TV Awards were on last night, and much of the night was tinged with sadness over the very recent and sudden death of Ann Kirkbride. Bill Roche (Ken Barlow) gave a speech that had the cast of Corrie in tears - and the crowd reacted with a minute-long standing ovation at the O2 in London (which was not seen by the TV audience because of ITV's decision to cut immediately to an ad break). Viewers on Twitter were quick to condemn the move, with one saying: "Oooh bad timing for adverts ITV NTA2015, very distasteful."
Ant and Dec won Best TV Presenter for the FOURTEENTH YEAR IN A ROW. Give someone else a chance, lads! Here is the full list of winners:
Factual - Gogglebox
Newcomer - Maddy Hill
Skills Challenge Show - The Great British Bake Off
TV Judge - David Walliams
Chat Show Host - Alan Carr
Daytime - This Morning
Drama - Downton Abbey
Entertainment Programme - I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Multichannel - Celebrity Juice
Talent Show - The X Factor
Serial Drama - EastEnders
Serial Drama Performance - Danny Dyer
Comedy - Mrs Brown’s Boys
Drama Performance - Sheridan Smith
Entertainment Presenter - Ant & Dec
Special Recognition Award - David Tennant
Ed Sheeran will appear as Top Gear's Star In A Reasonably Priced Car when the new series returns this weekend. Ed - who doesn't have a licence - was behind the wheel of an automatic to avoid gear changes was taught to drive by The Stig. Bet he wasn't as good at teaching as the Irish School of Motoring though...
Damon Albarn has co-written a stage musical based on Lewis Carroll's classic story Alice in Wonderland. Titled Wonder.land, the story follows 12-year-old Aly, who creates an online alter-ego as Alice and loses herself in a virtual world. If this is half as good as it sounds, this will be excellent. EXCELLENT I TELLS YA!
