Irish actors Nicola Coughlan, Jamie Dornan, Louisa Harland and Daryl McCormack are among the Drama Performance nominees longlisted for this year's National Television Awards in the UK.
Derry Girls co-stars Coughlan and Harland have been nominated for Bridgerton and Renegade Nell respectively, while Dornan is up for The Tourist and McCormack is recognised for The Woman in the Wall.
Fellow longlist nominees include Baby Reindeer's Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning, The Bear's Jeremy Allen White, David Tennant, for his brief return to Doctor Who for the show's 60th anniversary episodes, and Ncuti Gatwa, who took over the role as the 15th Time Lord.
Renegade Nell and The Woman in the Wall are also longlisted in the New Drama category, alongside shows such as Baby Reindeer, One Day and Fool Me Once, while The Tourist is nominated in the Returning Drama category alongside the acclaimed Belfast police series Blue Lights.
In the Comedy category, Coughlan's Channel 4 series Big Mood, the Irish sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys and the Cork-based hit The Young Offenders are longlisted.
The longlist sees Good Morning Britain star Kate Garraway nominated in three categories.
She is up for Best TV Presenter, alongside former This Morning star Holly Willoughby and new This Morning hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley, as well as Love Island presenter Maya Jama and Strictly Come Dancing co-hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.
They are joined in the category by NTA powerhouses Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, who took home the award for the 22nd year in a row during last year’s ceremony.
Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win is also up for Best Quiz Game Show, while I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway are nominated for The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award.
The Irish comedy series LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland, hosted by Graham Norton, is also among the longlisted nominees for The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award.
Garraway is also nominated for Best Authored Documentary, which follows the final year of her husband’s life.
The TV star announced in January that former political lobbyist Derek Draper had died at the age of 56 after a lengthy battle with the long-term effects of Covid.
Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story followed on from two other programmes about Draper’s battle with Covid and her struggles navigating the care system.
The Authored Documentary category will also see married couple Coleen and Wayne Rooney face off for the prize.
Coleen is nominated for her Disney+ series about the "Wagatha Christie" trial with fellow footballer’s wife Rebekah Vardy, while Wayne received a nod for his Prime Video film about the life of the former Manchester United and England captain.
Similarly, David Beckham’s self-titled series, which featured the viral "be honest" moment with his wife Victoria Beckham, is also competing.
Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds also appears in the Authored Documentary longlist for her ITV film titled Finding My Secret Family which saw the athlete track down her birth mother and won the Bafta TV award for Best Single Documentary this month.
Garraway is also up for Best Factual Entertainment category for her ITV show Life Stories, while Jeremy Clarkson features twice for Clarkson’s Farm and The Grand Tour.
Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s Welcome To Wrexham series, which chronicles their journey with the football club, also feature in the category.
The NTA shortlist will be revealed in August when the final round of voting begins.
British comedian Joel Dommett will return to host the TV awards on 11 September at London’s O2 arena, broadcast live on ITV.
Additional reporting: Press Association
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