National Television Awards 2026 winners: Emmerdale, Jeff Hordley and Vicky McClure among NTA winners

The National Television Awards returned to London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday 8 September, bringing together some of the biggest names and programmes on British television. Hosted by Joel Dommett, the 2026 ceremony saw awards handed out across soaps, drama, entertainment, reality television, comedy and daytime.

Emmerdale enjoyed one of the biggest nights of the ceremony after winning Serial Drama ahead of Casualty, Coronation Street, EastEnders and Hollyoaks. The ITV soap also celebrated an individual victory for Jeff Hordley, who won Serial Drama Performance for playing Cain Dingle.

Hordley faced competition from EastEnders stars Aaron Thiara and Paul Bradley, alongside Coronation Street’s Gareth Pierce and Sue Devaney. It was Hordley’s first National Television Award win, having played Cain since 2000, apart from a break between 2006 and 2009.

Vicky McClure was another major winner, taking Drama Performance for her portrayal of Lana Washington in Trigger Point. She was nominated alongside Ella Bruccoleri for The Other Bennet Sister, Judy Parfitt for Call the Midwife, Ruth Jones for Run Away and Sheridan Smith for I Fought The Law.

There were plenty of other familiar favourites celebrating during the night. Sir David Attenborough won TV Presenter, This Morning took the Daytime award and Strictly Come Dancing was named the winner of Talent Show.

Call the Midwife won Returning Drama, while I Fought The Law was named New Drama. The Celebrity Traitors took Reality Competition, Clarkson’s Farm won Reality Docuseries and Mrs Brown’s Boys secured the Comedy award.

Gogglebox won Factual Entertainment, The 1% Club took Quiz Show and Our Girls: The Southport Families won Authored Documentary. Michael McIntyre’s Big Show received the Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award, while Alan Carr was named the recipient of the Special Recognition Award.

The full National Television Awards 2026 winners are:

Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award: Michael McIntyre’s Big Show

New Drama: I Fought The Law

Factual Entertainment: Gogglebox

Reality Docuseries: Clarkson’s Farm

Serial Drama Performance: Jeff Hordley as Cain Dingle, Emmerdale

Special Recognition Award: Alan Carr

Daytime: This Morning

TV Presenter: Sir David Attenborough

Reality Competition: The Celebrity Traitors

Quiz Show: The 1% Club

Comedy: Mrs Brown’s Boys

Authored Documentary: Our Girls: The Southport Families

Drama Performance: Vicky McClure as Lana Washington, Trigger Point

Talent Show: Strictly Come Dancing

Serial Drama: Emmerdale

Returning Drama: Call the Midwife

Emmerdale’s double success made it an especially memorable night for the soap, with both the programme itself and one of its longest-serving stars receiving major awards. Across the ceremony, the results celebrated a broad mix of long-running television favourites, recent dramas and some of the biggest personalities on British TV.

The National Television Awards 2026 are available to stream on ITVX following the ceremony on ITV1.

Viewers can catch up with the full event and see all of the night’s winning moments.