11th National Television Awards

Date	25 October 2005 (2005-10-25)
Location	Royal Albert Hall, London
Hosted by	Trevor McDonald
Television/radio coverage
Network	ITV
Runtime	120 minutes

The 11th National Television Awards was at the Royal Albert Hall on 25 October 2005. The show was hosted by Trevor McDonald.

Awards

This is the last time (until 2018) that the National Television Awards was on a Tuesday.

Category	Winner	Also nominated
Most Popular Actor	Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who)	Bradley Walsh (Coronation Street) Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) Nigel Harman (EastEnders) Shane Richie (EastEnders)
Most Popular Actress Presented by Gary Dourdan	Billie Piper (Doctor Who)	Caroline Quentin (Life Begins) Jessie Wallace (EastEnders) June Brown (EastEnders) Sally Lindsay (Coronation Street)
Most Popular Drama Presented by David Cameron and David Davis	Doctor Who (BBC One)	Bad Girls (ITV) Desperate Housewives (Channel 4/ABC) The Bill (ITV)
Most Popular Serial Drama	EastEnders (BBC One)	Coronation Street (ITV) Emmerdale (ITV) Hollyoaks (Channel 4)
Most Popular Entertainment Programme Presented by Penny Lancaster	The X Factor (ITV)	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV) Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBC One)
Most Popular Reality Programme	Big Brother (Channel 4)	Hell's Kitchen (ITV) I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (ITV) The Apprentice (BBC Two)
Most Popular Entertainment Presenter Presented by Peter Kay	Ant & Dec (Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway)	Davina McCall (Big Brother) Jonathan Ross (Friday Night with Jonathan Ross) Paul O'Grady (The Paul O'Grady Show)
Most Popular Daytime Programme Presented by Tess Daley & Vernon Kay	The Paul O'Grady Show (ITV)	GMTV (ITV) Neighbours (BBC One/Network Ten) This Morning (ITV)
Most Popular Expert on TV	Sharon Osbourne (The X Factor)	Gordon Ramsay (Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares) Jamie Oliver (Jamie's School Dinners) Jeremy Clarkson (Top Gear) Simon Cowell (The X Factor)
Most Popular Quiz Programme Presented by Alan Sugar	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (ITV)	A Question of Sport (BBC One) Have I Got News for You (BBC One) Test the Nation (BBC One)
Most Popular Comedy Programme	Little Britain (BBC Three)	Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (Channel 4) The Simpsons (Channel 4/Fox) Will & Grace (Channel 4/NBC)
Most Popular Factual Programme Presented by Billy Murray and Jaime Murray	Jamie's School Dinners (Channel 4)	Crimewatch UK (BBC One) Wife Swap (Channel 4) Supernanny (Channel 4) Top Gear (BBC Two)
Most Popular Newcomer Presented by Steve Jones	Antony Cotton (Coronation Street)	Amanda Mealing (Holby City) Elyes Gabel (Casualty) Lacey Turner (EastEnders)
TV Landmark Award Presented by Julie Goodyear	Tony Warren
Special Recognition Award	Jamie Oliver