National Television awards proclaim 'Ant and Decade' after 10th straight win

Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly secure best entertainment presenter prize for 10th year running

Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were crowned 'Ant and Decade' at the National Television awards tonight after they won the best entertainment presenter prize for the 10th year in a row.

The ITV1 pair, who present two of the channel's biggest shows Britain's Got Talent and I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! beat Paul O'Grady, Davina McCall and the awards host Dermot O'Leary to the gong. I'm A Celebrity ... also picked up the entertainment prize, beating the last ever series of Big Brother.

If Ant and Dec's win was predictable then the drama prize proved less so, with Waterloo Road the drama set in a comprehensive school in Rochdale beating fellow BBC1 shows Doctor Who and Sherlock.

It was the first time since Doctor Who returned to BBC1 in 2004 that the show has missed out on the best drama prize.

Matt Smith, who replaced David Tennant in the title role last year, also missed out on the drama performance prize. It was won by David Jason for his role in Touch of Frost, the long running detective drama which came to an end last year.

Simon Cowell's X Factor was named best talent show for the second year in a row, beating BBC1's Saturday night rival Strictly Come Dancing.

But there was a gong for the show's veteran presenter Bruce Forsyth, who won the special recognition prize.

Elsewhere at the awards, which are voted for by viewers, hit sitcom The Inbetweeners won the digital programme prize, beating another E4 show, Glee, while the comedy prize went to ITV1 sitcom Benidorm.

Top Gear won the factual programme prize while This Morning won the topical magazine award.

It has been a good night for Walford, with EastEnders triumphing in the serial drama prize, Lacey Turner winning the serial drama performance award, and Ricky Norwood picking up the newcomer priz! e. Turne r quit the soap at the end of last year after playing Stacey Branning for six years.


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