My Cart - Wednesday night saw the glamorous all-star attendees of the National Television awards sitting with baited breath for the announcement of the award winners. Performances came from the likes of Michael Bolton who was accompanied by this year’s X Factor Winner Sam Bailey and the Educating Yorkshire Choir and award presenters included Keifer Sutherland and Naomi Campbell.
The awards ceremony celebrates all there is to love about British TV. Each award was introduced by individual award presenters and then short clips show the nominees in action. Once each prize was announced the winners each graciously took to the stage, or in the case of Benedict Cumberbatch, appeared on a video feed, to accept their prizes.
The prizes for this year’s awards were truly deserved. Some were far more predictable than others: Doctor Who won the best TV drama, but with this year’s viewing figures (8.3 million on Christmas day) and the Day of the Doctor 50th Anniversary special, it was no wonder. It seemed the Mrs Brown’s Boys crew were both shocked and delighted to find they’d won best comedy beating nominees Derek, Miranda and The Big Bang Theory. To their delight, Ant and Dec bagged three prizes; one for best entertainment programme for “I’m a Celebrity” and one for best entertainment presenter and a surprise Landmark award for 25 years of TV presenting.
The British Television Awards prove that we have an incredibly strong and popular TV industry in this country. Every nominee for every category was British apart from The Big Bang Theory which has proved extremely popular with younger generations across Britain. The success of British TV is also shown by its viewership abroad: Doctor who is widely watched in America, Canada and Australia and Sherlock has recently become a hit in China.
There’s nothing better than curling up on your sofa after a long hard day at work watching a good bit of British drama or a seeing the familiar faces of the Corrie cast on your screen. People seem to be turning to their TVs more for easy entertainment: this year 6.3 million viewers tuned into the National Television awards compared to last year’s low of 5.9 million.
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Watching the best of British shows doesn’t have to be expensive and certainly isn’t when you chose the right supplier. This time next year you could be tuned into the National Television awards 2015 with a smart new television.
