National Television Award for Most Popular Drama Series | |
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Awarded for | Best Drama Series |
Country | United Kingdom |
First award | 1995 |
Currently held by | Bridgerton (2041) |
Website | nationaltvawards |
The National Television Award for Most Popular Drama Series is an annual category presented by the National Television Awards (NTA). Established in 1995, the award is determined by public vote. [1]
Year | Show |
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1995 [2] | Soldier Soldier (ITV) |
Casualty (BBC One) | |
Band of Gold (ITV) | |
Heartbeat (ITV) | |
1996 [2] | The Bill (ITV) |
Band of Gold (ITV) | |
Heartbeat (ITV) | |
London's Burning (ITV) | |
1997 [3] | Reckless (ITV) |
ER (Channel 4/NBC) | |
London's Burning (ITV) | |
A Touch of Frost (ITV) | |
1998 [4] | Jonathan Creek (BBC One) |
Ballykissangel (BBC One) | |
Kavanagh QC (ITV) | |
Where the Heart Is (ITV) | |
1999 [5] | Goodnight Mister Tom |
The Bill (ITV) | |
A Touch of Frost (ITV) | |
Where the Heart Is (ITV) |
Year | Show |
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2000 [6] | Bad Girls (ITV) |
The Bill (ITV) | |
A Touch of Frost (ITV) | |
Where the Heart Is (ITV) | |
2001 [7] | Bad Girls (ITV) |
The Bill (ITV) | |
A Touch of Frost (ITV) | |
Always and Everyone (ITV) | |
2002 [8] | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (BBC One) |
Bad Girls (ITV) | |
Casualty (BBC One) | |
A Touch of Frost (ITV) | |
2003 [9] | A Touch of Frost (ITV) |
Bad Girls (ITV) | |
Cutting It (BBC One) | |
The Bill (ITV) | |
2004 [10] | The Bill (ITV) |
Bad Girls (ITV) | |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Five\CBS) | |
Footballers' Wives (ITV) | |
2005 [11] | Doctor Who (BBC One) |
Bad Girls (ITV) | |
Desperate Housewives (Channel 4\ABC) | |
The Bill (ITV) | |
2006 [12] | Doctor Who (BBC One) |
Bad Girls (ITV) | |
Desperate Housewives (Channel 4\ABC) | |
Lost (Channel 4/ABC) | |
2007 [13] | Doctor Who (BBC One) |
The Bill (ITV1) | |
Shameless (Channel 4) | |
Life on Mars (BBC One) | |
2008 [14] | Doctor Who (BBC One) |
The Bill (ITV1) | |
Shameless (Channel 4) | |
Desperate Housewives (Channel 4/ABC) |
Year | Show |
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2010 [15] | Doctor Who (BBC One) |
The Bill (ITV1) | |
Casualty (BBC One) | |
Shameless (Channel 4) | |
2011 | Waterloo Road (BBC One) |
Doctor Who (BBC One) | |
Merlin (BBC One) | |
Sherlock (BBC One) | |
2012 | Downton Abbey (ITV) |
Doctor Who (BBC One) | |
Merlin (BBC One) | |
Waterloo Road (BBC One) | |
2013 | Downton Abbey (ITV) |
Doctor Who (BBC One) | |
Merlin (BBC One) | |
Sherlock (BBC One) | |
2014 [16] | Doctor Who (BBC One) |
Downton Abbey (ITV) | |
Call the Midwife (BBC One) | |
Broadchurch (ITV) | |
2015 | Downton Abbey (ITV) |
Cilla (ITV) | |
Doctor Who (BBC One) | |
Sherlock (BBC One) | |
2016 | Downton Abbey (ITV) |
Broadchurch (ITV) | |
Casualty (BBC One) | |
Doctor Who (BBC One) | |
2017 [17] | Casualty (BBC One) |
Cold Feet (ITV) | |
Game of Thrones (Sky Atlantic/HBO) | |
Happy Valley (BBC One) | |
The Night Manager (BBC One) | |
2018 [18] | Doctor Foster (BBC One) |
Casualty (BBC One) | |
Call the Midwife (BBC One) | |
Game of Thrones (Sky Atlantic/HBO) | |
Liar (ITV) | |
2019 [19] | Peaky Blinders (BBC Two) |
Call the Midwife (BBC One) | |
Casualty (BBC One) | |
Doctor Who (BBC One) | |
Our Girl (BBC One) | |
Note: Beginning 2021, the National Television Awards changed the "Drama" category to "Returning Drama".
Year | Show |
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2020 | Peaky Blinders (BBC Two) |
Call the Midwife (BBC One) | |
Casualty (BBC One) | |
Killing Eve (BBC One/BBC America) | |
Line of Duty (BBC One) | |
2021 [20] [21] | Line of Duty (BBC One) |
Call the Midwife (BBC One) | |
The Crown (Netflix) | |
Unforgotten (ITV) | |
2022 [20] [22] | Peaky Blinders (BBC One) |
Call the Midwife (BBC One) | |
Bridgerton (Netflix) | |
The Split (BBC One) | |
2023 [23] [20] | Happy Valley (BBC One) |
Call the Midwife (BBC One) | |
Stranger Things (Netflix) | |
Vera (ITV) | |
2024 [24] | Bridgerton (Netflix) |
Call the Midwife (BBC One) | |
The Crown (Netflix) | |
Trigger Point (ITV1) | |
Vera (ITV1) |
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