National Television Awards 2012 Nominations – Friends And Family To Battle It Out

Even against the cloistered world of the UK television industry, many of the closest competitions for prizes at the next National Television Awards will be fought uncomfortably close to home.

Former stablemates Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton are just two of the stars lining up to take top honours at the ceremony in January.

The chat show rivals have both been nominated for the Best Talk Show category, a year after Ross controversially left the BBC and Norton’s show was moved to his old timeslot.

Other opponents include husband and wife presenters Vernon Kay and Tess Daly, going head to head for the Best Entertainment Presenter award.

Meanwhile, Dermot O'Leary will face his X Factor nemesis Steve Jones. Jones beat O'Leary to the US X Factor presenting job earlier this year, however, O’Leary may have the home advantage here, because he's also got hosting duties on Awards night in January.

Simon Cowell will see his two babies, X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, compete for the Best Talent Show gong.

And there's an upstairs-downstairs battle over at Downton Abbey, with co-stars Brendan Coyle (as John Bates) and Dan Stevens (Matthew Crawley) vying for the award for Best Male Drama performance.

The winners are chosen by public vote, so these Awards mean a lot to the nominees whose careers thrive on public approval.

With so many big names cooped together in one small UK television industry, we can expect any simmering rivalries and tensions to come to a suitably dramatic head.

See the full list of nominees below:

Talent Show

'Britain’s Got Talent'

'Dancing on Ice'

'Got to Dance'

'Let’s Dance for Comic Relief'

'Popstar to Operastar'

'So You Think You Can Dance'

'Strictly Come Dancing'

'The X Factor'

Comedy Panel Show

'8 Out of 10 Cats'

'Celebrity Juice'

'Have I Got News For You'

'Mock The Week'

'Odd One In'

'Pointless'

'QI'

'Would I Lie To You?'

Drama

'Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent'

'Case Histories'

'Casualty'

'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'

'DCI Banks: Aftermath'

'Doc Martin'

'Doctor Who'

'Downton Abbey'

'Glee'

'Holby City'

'Hustle'

'Inspector George Gently'

'Kidnap and Ransom'

'Lark Rise to Candleford'

'Law & Order: UK'

'Lewis'

'Luther'

'Merlin'

'Midsomer Murders'

'Monroe'

'New Tricks'

'Scott & Bailey'

'Shameless'

'Silent Witness'

'Silk'

'South Riding'

'Spooks'

'The Shadow Line'

'Torchwood: The Miracle Day'

'Upstairs Downstairs'

'Vera'

'Waking the Dead'

'Waterloo Road'

'Whitechapel'

'Wild at Heart'

Drama Performance Male

Ciarán Hinds (DCS James Langton, 'Above Suspicion')

Jason Isaacs (Jackson Brodie , 'Case Histories')

Ben Turner (Staff Nurse Jay Faldren, 'Casualty')

Stephen Tompkinson (DCI Banks, 'DCI Banks') and (Danny Trevanion, Wild at Heart)

Martin Clunes (Doc Martin, 'Doc Martin')

Matt Smith (The Doctor, 'Doctor Who')

Brendan Coyle (John Bates, 'Downton Abbey')

Dan Stevens (Matthew Crawley, 'Downton Abbey')

Guy Henry (Henrik Hanssen, 'Holby City')

Adrian Lester (Mickey ‘Bricks’ Stone, 'Hustle')

Martin Shaw (Inspector George Gently, 'Inspector George Gently')

Trevor Eve (DS Peter Boyd, 'Kidnap and Ransom' 'Waking the Dead')

Bradley Walsh (Ronnie Brooks, 'Law & Order: UK')

Laurence Fox (DS James Hathaway, 'Lewis')

Kevin Whately (Inspector Robbie Lewis, 'Lewis')

Idris Elba (DCI John Luther, 'Luther')

Colin Morgan (Merlin, 'Merlin')

Bradley James (Prince Arthur, 'Merlin')

Neil Dudgeon (DCI John Barnaby, 'Midsomer Murders')

James Nesbitt (Monroe, 'Monroe')

Alun Armstrong (Brian Lane, 'New Tricks')

James Bolam (Jack Halford, 'New Tricks')

Dennis Waterman (Gerry Standing, 'New Tricks')

David Threlfall (Frank Gallagher, 'Shameless')

David Morrissey (Robert Carne, 'South Riding')

Peter Firth (Harry Pearce, 'Spooks')

John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness, 'Torchwood')

Stephen Rea (James Gatehouse, 'The Shadow Line')

Ed Stoppard (Sir Hallam Holland, 'Upstairs Downstairs')

Alec Newman (Michael Byrne, 'Waterloo Road')

Rupert Penry-Jones (Clive Reader, 'Whitechapel') and (DI Joe Chandler, 'Silk')

Phil Davis (DS Ray Miles, 'Whitechapel')

Talk Show

'Alan Carr: Chatty Man'

'Loose Women'

'Paul O’Grady Live'

'Piers Morgan’s Life Stories'

'That Sunday Night Show'

'The Alan Titchmarsh Show'

'The Graham Norton Show'

'The Jonathan Ross Show'

'The Rob Brydon Show'

'The Wright Stuff'

Drama Performance Female

Kelly Reilly (DI Anna Travis, 'Above Suspicion'

Georgia Taylor (Dr. Ruth Winters, 'Casualty')

Caroline Catz (Louisa Glasson, 'Doc Martin')

Karen Gillan (Amy Pond, 'Doctor Who')

Joanne Froggatt (Anna Smith, 'Downton Abbey')

Michelle Dockery (Lady Marie Crawley, 'Downton Abbey')

Laila Rouass (Sahira Shah, 'Holby City')

Kelly Adams (Emma Kennedy, 'Hustle')

Julia Sawalha (Dorcas Lane, 'Lark Rise to Candleford')

Freema Agyeman (Alesha Phillips, 'Law & Order: UK')

Katie McGrath (Morgana, 'Merlin')

Sarah Parish (Jenny Bremner, 'Monroe'

Amanda Redman (Sandra Pullman, 'New Tricks')

Suranne Jones (DC Rachel Bailey, 'Scott & Bailey')

Lesley Sharp (DC Janet Scott, 'Scott & Bailey')

Sally Carman (Kelly Maguire, 'Shameless')

Emilia Fox (Dr. Nikki Alexander, 'Silent Witness')

Maxine Peake (Martha Costello, 'Silk')

Anna Maxwell Martin, (Sarah Burton, 'South Riding')

Nicola Walker (Ruth Evershed, 'Spooks')

Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper, 'Torchwood')

Keeley Hawes (Lady Agnes Holland, 'Upstairs Downstairs'

Brenda Blethyn (DCI Vera Stanhope, 'Vera')

Tara Fitzgerald (Dr. Eve Lockhart, 'Waking the Dead'/ 'The Body Farm')

Jaye Jacobs (Sian Diamond, 'Waterloo Road')

Dawn Steele (Alice Trevanion, 'Wild at Heart')

Factual Programme

'An Idiot Abroad'

'Antiques Roadshow'

'BBC Breakfast'

'Big Fat Gypsy Weddings'

Billy Connolly’s Route 66'

'Britain’s Hidden Heritage'

'Countryfile'

'Crimewatch'

'Daybreak'

'DIY SOS: The Big Build'

'Human Planet'

'Inside the Human Body'

'Long Lost Family'

'Lost Land of the Tiger'

'Masterchef'

'Ocean Giants'

'Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol'

'Strangeways'

'The Biggest Loser'

'The One Show'

'This Morning'

'Top Gear'

'Turn Back Time - The High Street'

'Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention'

'Watchdog'

'Who Do You Think You Are?'

Situation Comedy

'Benidorm'

'Candy Cabs'

'Come Fly With Me'

'Friday Night Dinner'

'In with the Flynns'

'Miranda'

'Mrs Brown’s Boys'

'My Family'

'Not Going Out'

'Outnumbered'

'Reggie Perrin'

'Trollied'

'Whites'

Serial Drama

'Coronation Street'

'Doctors'

'EastEnders'

'Emmerdale'

'Hollyoaks'

'Home and Away'

'Neighbours'

Serial Drama Performance

Alison King (Carla Connor, 'Coronation Street')

Andrew Lancel (Frank Foster, 'Coronation Street')

Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow, 'Coronation Street')

Jane Danson (Leanne Barlow, 'Coronation Street')

Katherine Kelly (Becky McDonald, 'Coronation Street')

Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald, 'Coronation Street')

Jake Wood (Max Branning, 'EastEnders')

Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon, 'EastEnders')

Lindsey Coulson (Carol Jackson, 'EastEnders')

Nina Wadia (Zainab Masood, 'EastEnders')

Nitin Ganatra (Masood Ahmed, 'EastEnders')

Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell, 'EastEnders')

Charley Webb (Debbie Dingle, 'Emmerdale')

Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, 'Emmerdale')

Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, 'Emmerdale')

Lucy Pargeter (Chas Dingle, 'Emmerdale')

Pauline Quirke (Hazel Rhodes, 'Emmerdale')

Steve Halliwell (Zak Dingle, 'Emmerdale')

Claire Cooper (Jacqui McQueen, 'Hollyoaks')

Emmett J Scanlan (Brendan Brady, 'Hollyoaks')

Jonny Clarke (Bart McQueen, 'Hollyoaks')

Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay, 'Hollyoaks')

Rachel Shenton (Mitzeee, 'Hollyoaks')

Stephanie Davis (Sinead O’Connor, 'Hollyoaks')

Reality Programme

'71 Degrees North'

'Celebrity Big Brother'

'Coach Trip'

'Come Dine With Me'

'Don’t Tell The Bride'

'I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!'

'Made In Chelsea'

'Peter Andre: The Next Chapter'

'The Apprentice'

'The Only Way is Essex'

Newcomer

William Beck (Dr. Dylan Keogh, 'Casualty')

Chris Fountain (Tommy Duckworth, 'Coronation Street')

Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning, 'EastEnders')

Chelsea Halfpenny (Amy Wyatt, 'Emmerdale')

Jimmy Akingbola (Antoine Malick, 'Holby City')

Danny Mac (Dodger Savage, 'Hollyoaks')

Entertainment Programme

'All Star Family Fortunes'

'Ant & Dec’s Push The Button'

'Celebrity Mastermind'

'Dynamo: Magician Impossible'

'Harry Hill’s TV Burp'

'John Bishop’s Britain'

'Lee Mack’s All Star Cast'

'Live at the Apollo'

'Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow'

'New You’ve Been Framed!'

'Red or Black?'

'Sing If You Can'

'Take Me Out'

'The Cube'

'The Magicians'

'The Million Pound Drop'

'The National Lottery: In It To Win It'

'Tonight’s the Night'

'Total Wipeout'

'University Challenge'

'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?'

Entertainment Presenter

Adrian Chiles

Alan Carr

Alex Jones

Ant & Dec

Bradley Walsh

Bruce Forsyth

Cat Deeley

Chris Tarrant

Dale Winton

Davina McCall

Dermot O’Leary

Graham Norton

Harry Hill

Holly Willoughby

John Barrowman

John Bishop

Jonathan Ross

Keith Lemon

Lee Mack

Lenny Henry

Michel McIntyre

Myleene Klass

Paddy McGuinness

Paul O’Grady

Phillip Schofield

Piers Morgan

Richard Hammond

Rob Brydon

Steve Jones

Tess Daly

Vernon Kay