TV Choice Awards 2021: Everything you need to know 📺

Celebrating your unmissable TV moments of the year!

Published 1st Sep 2021
Last updated 1st Sep 2021

The TV Choice Awards are back with a second virtual ceremony this awards season! The votes are in and we now wait for the winners to be announced on Monday 6th September from 7pm.

The popular awards, which will be hosted by comedian Rob Beckett, celebrate their 25th anniversary this year, honouring the nation’s favourite TV shows and stars, voted purely by an audience of 600,000+ TV fans.

This year’s winners will be announced online on Monday 6th September from 7pm, giving TV fans the chance to watch the reactions of the winning programmes and stars in categories ranging from drama to comedy, entertainment to factual and of course, our much-loved soaps.

Check out last year's TV Choice Awards:

Over the last year, TV has remained a vital source of entertainment, with many discovering new genres and ways of watching TV than ever before.

TV Choice Awards 2021 – Full Shortlist Nominations:

BEST DRAMA SERIES

The Crown, Netflix

Death In Paradise, BBC1

Line Of Duty, BBC1

Unforgotten, ITV

BEST FAMILY DRAMA

Call The Midwife, BBC1

Casualty, BBC1

The Mandalorian, Disney+

WandaVision, Disney+

BEST NEW DRAMA

All Creatures Great And Small, C5

Bridgerton, Netflix

It’s A Sin, C4

The Queen’s Gambit, Netflix

BEST ENTERTAINMENT SHOW, IN ASSOCIATION WITH GREATEST HITS RADIO

Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV

Gogglebox/Celebrity Gogglebox, C4

The Graham Norton Show, BBC1

Taskmaster, C4

BEST REALITY SHOW

The Circle/The Celebrity Circle For Stand Up To Cancer, C4

First Dates/First Dates Hotel/Teen First Dates, C4/E4

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, ITV

Sam & Billie: The Mummy Diaries, ITVBe

BEST COMEDY

Family Guy, ITV2

Ghosts, BBC1

Not Going Out, BBC1

The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown, BBC1

BEST TALENT SHOW

Dancing On Ice, ITV

The Great British Bake Off/The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer/Junior Bake Off, C4

The Masked Singer, ITV

Strictly Come Dancing, BBC1

BEST LIFESTYLE SHOW

DIY SOS: The Big Build, BBC1

Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly, C5

Long Lost Family, ITV

The Martin Lewis Money Show Live, ITV

BEST DAYTIME SHOW

The Chase, ITV

Loose Women, ITV

Pointless/Pointless Celebrities, BBC1

This Morning, ITV

BEST ACTOR

Olly Alexander, It’s A Sin, C4

Martin Compston, Line Of Duty, BBC1

Adrian Dunbar, Line Of Duty, BBC1

Regé-Jean Page, Bridgerton, Netflix

BEST ACTRESS

Olivia Colman, The Crown, Netflix

Phoebe Dynevor, Bridgerton, Netflix

Vicky McClure, Line Of Duty, BBC1

Nicola Walker, Unforgotten, ITV

BEST FACTUAL SHOW

24 Hours In A&E, C4

24 Hours In Police Custody, C4

Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad, ITV

Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs, ITV

BEST FOOD SHOW

Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, National Geographic

James Martin’s Saturday Morning, ITV

Saturday Kitchen, BBC1

Sunday Brunch, C4

BEST SOAP ACTOR

Danny Dyer, Mick Carter, EastEnders, BBC1

Chris Gascoyne, Peter Barlow, Coronation Street, ITV

Bradley Johnson, Vinny Dingle, Emmerdale,, ITV

David Neilson, Roy Cropper, Coronation Street, ITV

BEST SOAP ACTRESS

Sally Carman, Abi Franklin, Coronation Street, ITV

Kellie Bright, Linda Carter, EastEnders, BBC1

Shelley King, Yasmeen Metcalfe, Coronation Street, ITV

Isobel Steele, Liv Flaherty, Emmerdale ITV

BEST SOAP

Coronation Street, ITV

EastEnders, BBC1

Emmerdale, ITV

Hollyoaks, C4

Viewers can log on to www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk to see the full list of broadcasters and nominees including old favourites, exciting new discoveries and guilty pleasures.

Jon Peake, editor of TV Choice magazine commented: “With more telly choice than ever before, from Bridgerton to Bargain Hunt by way of Beat The Chasers, we've moved the nominations online so that you can show your support for the series you really love.”

The winners will be announced on Monday 6th September at 7pm.

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