1st National Television Awards

The 1st National Television Awards ceremony was held at the Wembley Conference Centre on 29 August 1995 and was hosted by Eamonn Holmes.

1st National Television Awards
Date	29 August 1995 (1995-08-29)^[1]
Location	Wembley Conference Centre, London^[2]
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Various
Hosted by	Eamonn Holmes
Website	http://www.nationaltvawards.com/
Television/radio coverage
Network	ITV
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Awards

Category	Winner^[3]	Also nominated^[1]
Most Popular Actor	Robson Green (Soldier Soldier)	Ross Kemp (EastEnders) Robbie Coltrane (Cracker) David Jason (A Touch of Frost) Nick Berry (Heartbeat)
Most Popular Actress	Anna Friel (Brookside)	Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect) Julie Goodyear (Coronation Street) Letitia Dean (EastEnders) Melissa George (Home and Away)
Most Popular Drama Programme	Soldier Soldier (ITV)	Casualty (BBC1) Band of Gold (ITV) Heartbeat (ITV)
Most Popular Serial Drama	Coronation Street (ITV)	EastEnders (BBC1) Emmerdale (ITV) Brookside (Channel 4) Home and Away (ITV/Seven Network) Neighbours (BBC1/Network Ten)
Most Popular Talk Show	Des O'Connor Tonight (ITV)	The Oprah Winfrey Show (BBC2/Syndicated) The Clive James Show (ITV) Vanessa (BBC1)
Most Popular Entertainment Presenter	Michael Barrymore	Noel Edmonds Shane Richie Chris Evans
Most Popular Factual Entertainment Show	Animal Hospital (BBC1)	The Big Breakfast (Channel 4) Antiques Roadshow (BBC1) This Morning (ITV)
Most Popular Quiz Programme	Strike It Lucky (ITV)	Big Break (BBC1) Play Your Cards Right (ITV) Have I Got News For You (BBC2)
Most Popular Comedy Programme	Men Behaving Badly (BBC1)	Mr. Bean (ITV) Absolutely Fabulous (BBC1) Birds of a Feather (BBC1)
Most Popular Comedy Performer	Brian Conley	Rowan Atkinson Joanna Lumley Richard Wilson
Most Popular Newcomer	Angela Griffin (Coronation Street)	Jacqueline Pirie (Emmerdale) Ian Kelsey (Emmerdale) Patsy Palmer (EastEnders)
The Top Young People's Programme	Top of the Pops (BBC1)	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (BBC1/ABC) All New Baywatch (ITV/Syndicated) Byker Grove (BBC1) The Crystal Maze (Channel 4)
Most Popular Family Programme	Barrymore (ITV)	Gladiators (ITV) The Brian Conley Show (ITV) Noel's House Party (BBC1)
Special Recognition Award	Julie Goodyear

References

1. "The winner takes it all...". Inside Soap. No. 38. 5–28 September 1995. p. 8.
2. Lister, David (29 August 1995). "Barrymore picks his prime time to come out". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
3. . National Television Awards. Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2010.