National Television Awards pick first all-female shortlist for drama acting award

National Television Awards voters have selected an all-female shortlist in the best drama performance category for the first time.

The five nominees include previous winner Sheridan Smith, who played campaigner Ann Ming in ITV true crime drama I Fought The Law, and Gavin & Stacey's Ruth Jones for her role in Netflix thriller Run Away.

Vicky McClure gets the nod as Trigger Point's Lana Washington, while Ella Bruccoleri is shortlisted for alternative period drama The Other Bennet Sister, and Judy Parfitt is nominated for playing Sister Monica Joan in Call The Midwife.

The nominees were chosen in a public vote from an initial longlist that also included stars like David Tennant, Gary Oldman, Idris Elba, James Norton and Tom Hiddleston.

A second stage of voting is now open to pick the winners in the NTAs' 15 categories.

Elsewhere on this year's shortlists, Stacey Solomon has scored a hat-trick of nominations including best TV presenter.

That particular award was won last year by then-outgoing Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, breaking Ant and Dec's remarkable 23-year winning run.

Solomon will go up against the Geordie duo for this year's gong as well as Sir David Attenborough in his 100th birthday year, Traitors and chat show host Claudia Winkleman and Alison Hammond.

In the inaugural celebrity-led reality docuseries award, Solomon and her partner Joe Swash face competition from boxer Tyson Fury, Jeremy Clarkson and Emmerdale actor-turned-farmer Kelvin Fletcher, as well as funny fishermen Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse.

Mrs Brown's Boys – which this week officially cancelled its festive specials due to creator and star Brendan O'Carroll's broken jaw - has a nomination for best comedy.

Other nominated shows include Canadian breakout romance Heated Rivalry (for best new drama) - eligible as it was co-produced by Sky - and Winkleman and Tess Daly's final series of Strictly Come Dancing (for best talent show).

The NTAs, which recognise the best in British TV over the past twelve months, first launched in 1995 and the winners will be voted for by the public between now and midday on 8 September - the day of the ceremony.

Hosted again by comedian Joel Dommett, the event will take place at London's O2 arena and will be broadcast live on ITV1 and ITVX from 20:00 BST.

Reality competition

• I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
• I'm A Celebrity… South Africa
• Race Across the World
• The Celebrity Traitors
• The Traitors

New drama

• A Woman of Substance
• Believe Me
• Heated Rivalry
• I Fought The Law
• The Other Bennet Sister

Quiz show

• Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
• Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
• Richard Osman's House of Games
• The 1% Club
• The Chase

Authored documentary

• Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth
• Jesy Nelson: Life After Little Mix
• Our Girls: The Southport Families
• Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home
• Sir Chris Hoy: Cancer, Courage and Me

Returning drama

• Blue Lights
• Bridgerton
• Call the Midwife
• Stranger Things
• Trigger Point

TV presenter

• Alison Hammond
• Ant & Dec
• Claudia Winkleman
• David Attenborough
• Stacey Solomon

Reality docuseries

• At Home With The Furys
• Clarkson's Farm
• Fletchers' Family Farm
• Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
• Stacey & Joe

Comedy

• Amandaland
• Changing Ends
• Last One Laughing
• Mrs Brown's Boys
• Not Going Out

Drama performance

• Ella Bruccoleri - Mary Bennet, The Other Bennet Sister
• Judy Parfitt - Sister Monica Joan, Call the Midwife
• Ruth Jones - Elena Ravenscroft, Run Away
• Sheridan Smith - Ann Ming, I Fought The Law
• Vicky McClure - Lana Washington, Trigger Point

The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award

• Gladiators
• Michael McIntyre's Big Show
• The Graham Norton Show
• The Masked Singer
• Would I Lie to You?

Serial drama

• Casualty
• Coronation Street
• EastEnders
• Emmerdale
• Hollyoaks

Serial drama performance

• Aaron Thiara - Ravi Gulati, EastEnders
• Gareth Pierce - Todd Grimshaw, Coronation Street
• Jeff Hordley - Cain Dingle, Emmerdale
• Paul Bradley - Nigel Bates, EastEnders
• Sue Devaney - Debbie Webster, Coronation Street

Factual entertainment

• 24 Hours in Police Custody
• Gogglebox
• Secret Garden
• Sort Your Life Out
• The Martin Lewis Money Show Live

Daytime

• Good Morning Britain
• James Martin's Saturday Morning
• Loose Women
• Scam Interceptors
• This Morning

Talent show

• Britain's Got Talent
• Strictly Come Dancing
• The Great British Bake Off
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
• The Great Pottery Throw Down