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23rd January 2014
10:00am GMT

Brendan O'Carroll celebrating his win at the National Television Awards.
Other successful shows included Mrs Brown’s Boys (Best Comedy), Paul O’Grady: For the love of dogs (Best Factual Entertainment), This Morning (Best Daytime) and Educating Yorkshire (Best Documentary Series).
Strictly Come Dancing claimed victory over the X Factor to be crowned Best Talent Show while Doctor Who saw off strong competition from The Fall and Homeland to take home the award for Best Drama.
Julie Hesmondhalgh won the award for Best Serial Drama Performance.
As for the individual winners of the evening, Benedict Cumberbatch's portrayal of Sherlock Holmes earned him Best Detective while Matt Smith received the award for Best Drama Performance for his role as Doctor Who.
Julie Hesmondhalgh took home the award for Best Serial Drama Performance for her role as Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street which was crowned Best Serial Drama. While EastEnders lost out on that title, Khali Best (Dexter Hartman) won Best Newcomer.