NTAs 2023 live: who have already earned awards at the National Television Awards this year?

The final award of the night went to EastEnders, the London set soap opera that first aired in 1985.

The stage was packed as the Watford Square regulars accepted the award. Tonight marks the 12th time that EastEnders has won in the category of Serial Drama.

And that's it - for this year at least. After a mammoth awards show that has only slightly overrun, it's time to choose another TV show to tune into.

An out of this world send-off for this year's NTAs came when astronaut TIme Peake took to the stage to reveal the winner of Serial Drama.

The same handful of shows battle it out for this honour every year - the 2023 nominees are:

Andrew Ridgeley revealed the name inside his envelope was Strictly Come Dancing.

The mega-popular dance competition won the NTA for Talent Show for the eighth consecutive year, quite a feat!

The cast and crew were drowned out mid-speech by the music as we edge towards the final award of the night... Serial Drama

One half of Wham! Andrew Ridgeley reminded us of the nominees in the category of Talent Show, the penultimate award of the evening.

The nominees are:

Michelle Keegan revealed that the 2023 winner of the NTA for New Drama is Wednesday.

As was the case for Young Sheldon, many of the cast and crew of the Netflix smash hit Addams Family spin-off starring Jenna Ortega were unable to attend the NTAs due to the Hollywood actors' and writers' strikes.

However, Moosa Mostafa, who plays Eugene Ottinger on the show, was available to accept the award, though he confessed that he had to be back at school in two days for the new term.

Our Girl star Michelle Keegan announced the nominees for New Drama - the nominees are:

In a major NTA upset, The Repair Shop has taken the award for Daytime programme.

This Morning had been the winner of this award for the last 12 years running, but following a major scandal involving Phillip Schofield, the titan of morning programming has been knocked off the top spot.

Presenter Jay Blades accepted the award, and took a photo of the audience ahead of his speech to help him remember the moment.

This year, Blades was joined by King Charles for a special episode of the show.

Roman Kemp and Jermaine Jenas announced the nominees for Daytime (This Morning has won for the last 12 years running but there could be an upset this year).

The nominees are:

Young Sheldon just won the NTA for the Comedy category, but none of the cast and crew turned up to accept the award.

This is because of the Hollywood actors' and writers' strikes currently taking place over demands for fairer pay, a better deal on residuals, and more protection against artificial intelligence.

More than 100,000 people are taking part in the strikes which have caused major productions including Emily in Paris and Stranger Things.

US sitcom and Big Bang Theory prequel Young Sheldon starring Iain Armitage and Jim Parsons won the NTA for Comedy.

Due to the ongoing Hollywood actors' and writers' strikes, the cast and crew of the series were not present to accept the award and did not send a recorded message.

Host Joel Dommett accepted the award on their behalf and promised to make sure it made its way to the crew.

Siobhán McSweeney, who plays Sister George Michael in hit Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls, announced this year's Comedy nominees.

Sarah Lancashire has been honoured with the National Television Award's Special Recognition Award 2023.

The Happy Valley star already took home the NTA for Drama Performance tonight.

The 58 year old's credits include Coronation Street, Julia, The Accident, Julia, and Amazon Prime musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie.

She has worked along celebrated stars including Dawn French, Ian McKellen, Richard Gere, and William Roache.

More curious about what the NTAs Special Recognition Award is than who is this year's recipient.?

Benjamin Jackson wrote about the award and its previous recipients earlier this evening.

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Netflix special Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now won the NTA for Authored Documentary.

The Somebody You Loved singer is currently in America and couldn't be at the awards show, but sent his thanks via a prerecorded message.

How I'm Feeling Now charts Capaldi's battle with tourettes and anxiety during his rise to stardom.

Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway, who won the Authored Documentary NTA herself for the last two years, announced this year's nominees:

Maya Jama and Leomie Anderson revealed that 20 year old EastEnders star Bobby Brazier was this year's NTA Rising Star.

The young acto plays Little Mo's son Freddie Slater in the soap, first joining the show last year.

Maya Jama and Leomie Anderson present the nominees for the Rising Star NTA: