Just a few months after leaving Match of the Day as a result of a social media row, Gary Lineker has been shortlisted for the National Television Award for best TV presenter.
Just a few months after leaving Match of the Day, Gary Lineker has made it to the shortlist for the coveted National Television Award for best TV presenter. The former football player will square off against Ant &, Dec, who have won the award for an impressive 23 years.
Following a controversy when he shared a post about Zionism that featured a rat, a symbol that has historically been associated with antisemitism, Lineker bid farewell to the BBC’s flagship football program in May.
It was later confirmed that he would be stepping down early from his presenting role at the BBC, and would not be leading the coverage of the 2026 World Cup or the upcoming season’s FA Cup.
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Earlier this month, news broke that he has signed up to host a new ITV game show titled The Box, which will be filmed in the UK later this year and is set to air in 2026.
Lineker and Ant & Dec are set to battle it out for the television presenter prize against Alison Hammond, famed for her appearances on This Morning and The Great British Bake Off; Claudia Winkleman, the host of The Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing; and Stacey Solomon, the presenter of Sort Your Life Out.
Comedy actor Joel Dommett will preside over the NTAs at The O2 in London on September 10, where Adolescence stars Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham, who play an on-screen father-and-son duo, will compete for the drama performance prize.
They will square off against Brenda Blethyn for her role as the titular detective in Vera while Tom Hardy is up against Rose Ayling-Ellis for her role as a lipreader assisting the police in the crime drama MobLand.
Adolescence, the powerhouse Netflix drama about a teenage lad who is arrested for murdering a classmate, is also vying for the new drama award.
The gangster saga MobLand, Code of Silence, and the enigmatic comedy drama Ludwig are also nominated.
The eagerly awaited telly return of Gavin & Stacey at Christmas is shortlisted for the comedy award, competing against stalwart Mrs Brown’s Boys, crime caper Brassic and Michael McIntyre’s 25th Year Stand-Up Special.
For his variety show Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, which squares off against The Graham Norton Show, The Masked Singer, and the panel game Would I Lie to You, comedian McIntyre also received a nod in the Bruce Forsyth entertainment award category.
He also received nods for Richard Osman’s House of Games, The 1% Club, and The Chase, as well as a nod for his program The Wheel.
Flintoff, in which former cricket star Freddie Flintoff opened up about his life-changing Top Gear car crash, is shortlisted for the authored documentary prize.
It squares off against reality star Molly-Mae Hague’s revealing Molly-Mae: Behind It All and Boyzone: No Matter What, which chronicles the rise and tragedy of the 90s boyband, and There’s Only One Rob Burrow, a tribute to the late rugby league player-turned-MND campaigner, Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me, which follows Strictly professional Amy Dowden’s cancer battle.
TV star Solomon has bagged two nominations in the factual entertainment category, with her lifestyle programme Sort Your Life Out and behind-the-scenes series with hubby Joe Swash – Stacey & Joe – both in the running.
They’re up against Jeremy Clarkson’s farming antics in Clarkson’s Farm, as well as Gogglebox and The Martin Lewis Money Show Live.
Meanwhile, The Great Pottery Throw Down has nabbed its first nomination for the talent show award, securing a spot alongside Strictly Come Dancing, The Voice UK, Britain’s Got Talent and The Great British Bake Off.
The final round of voting is now open, and the broadcast of the National Television Awards will start at 8 p.m. on September 10 on ITV1 and ITVX.
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