Gary Lineker has received his first National Television Award nomination since 2017 in the wake of his exit from Match of the Day.
Lineker left the football show after 26 years at the end of the Premier League season in May. It was also his last appearance for the BBC after the latest in a string of controversies about his social media use led him to announce he would be leaving the corporation.
Lineker has been voted onto the shortlist for best TV presenter – and could pull off a major upset if he breaks Ant and Dec’s 23-year winning streak in that category at the ceremony in September.
Elsewhere, Netflix’s Adolescence is up for three awards – with on-screen father and son Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper going up against each other for the best drama performance award.
The show, which became a runaway hit and national talking point earlier this year, will also be the hot favourite to win best new drama.
Gavin and Stacey’s finale, which attracted more than 20 million viewers at Christmas, is likewise the frontrunner in the comedy category.
Michael McIntyre and Stacey Solomon are nominated for three prizes each – with Solomon’s Sort Your Life Out and Stacey & Joe occupying two spots on the shortlist for best factual entertainment show.
The public will bote for the winners, which will be revealed on 10 September.
The shortlists in full:
Reality competition
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
New drama
Quiz show
Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
Richard Osman’s House of Games
Authored documentary
Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me
There’s Only One Rob Burrow
Returning drama
TV presenter
Factual entertainment
The Martin Lewis Money Show Live
Drama performance
Brenda Blethyn – DCI Vera Stanhope, Vera
Owen Cooper – Jamie Miller, Adolescence
Rose Ayling-Ellis – Alison Brooks, Code of Silence
Stephen Graham – Eddie Miller, Adolescence
Tom Hardy – Harry Da Souza, MobLand
The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show
Serial drama
Serial drama performance
Eden Taylor-Draper – Belle Dingle, Emmerdale
Jack P Shepherd – David Platt, Coronation Street
Jacqueline Jossa – Lauren Branning, EastEnders
Steve McFadden – Phil Mitchell, EastEnders
Sue Devaney – Debbie Webster, Coronation Street
Comedy
Michael McIntyre’s 25th Year Stand-Up Special
Daytime
James Martin’s Saturday Morning
Talent show
The Great British Bake Off
The Great Pottery Throw Down
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