Alan Carr Tears Up as Celeb Traitors, Attenborough Win NTAs — SkimNews
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- Alan Carr received the Special Recognition award — the only NTAs category not voted on by the public — and held back tears following a Traitors-themed musical performance in his honour that featured Paloma Faith emerging from a coffin.
- The Celebrity Traitors beat the original Traitors to win Reality Competition, with co-star Charlotte Church praising the finale's 15 million viewers as 'a beautiful vignette of male tenderness and emotional expression.'
- Sir David Attenborough, in his 100th birthday year, was named Best Presenter, ending Ant and Dec's streak after Gary Lineker broke their 23-year run last year; collaborator Mark Brownlow accepted on his behalf with a message urging humanity to protect the natural world.
- Clarkson's Farm won the inaugural Celebrity-Led Reality Docuseries category for the second consecutive year, beating entries from Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash, Tyson Fury, Kelvin Fletcher, and Mortimer & Whitehouse.
- Vicky McClure won Best Drama Performance for Trigger Point from the category's first all-female shortlist, declaring in the winners' room: 'Over the years it has not been our space, and here we are dominating that category.'
- Our Girls: The Southport Families won Authored Documentary, with Elsie Stancombe's mother telling the audience: 'We know you didn't vote for us, you voted for our three girls' — referring to Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, Bebe King, 6, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7.
- Mrs Brown's Boys won Comedy — the very outcome Carr had joked about on the red carpet, quipping: 'Comedy is so subjective… Mrs Brown's Boys wins every year, why am I even here?'
Why it matters: The 31st NTAs captured a generational reshuffle: Attenborough, 100, ended Ant and Dec's 23-year Best Presenter streak, while Trigger Point's all-female shortlist delivered McClure's declaration that women are 'dominating' drama performance — and a public-vote win for the Southport families documentary over celebrity-authored entries signalled audiences prioritised the bereaved families' story over star-led projects.
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