National Television Awards fans left baffled after accidental spoiler

by · Mail Online

National Television Awards viewers were left baffled on Wednesday after a category winner was accidentally revealed.

As the nominees for Reality Competition were being read out, a photo of Corrie stare Peter Ash as Paul Foreman erroneously popped up on-screen.

Paul would go on to win Serial Drama Performance for his portrayal of Paul in Coronation Street, who died of motor neurone disease in scenes aired this week.

However, long before his powerful speech, his image appeared on the live broadcast, along with his name and soap, albeit without any mention he would win. 

Confused viewers took to X, formerly Twitter, to write: 'Did anyone else see a random picture of Billy and Paul pop up #NTA';

National Television Awards viewers were left baffled on Wednesday after a category winner was accidentally revealed
As the nominees for Reality Competition were being read out, a photo of Peter Ash as Paul Foreman erroneously popped up on-screen
Paul would go on to win Serial Drama Performance for his portrayal of Paul who died of motor neurone disease

'Nah the random picture of Paul #NTA'; 

'Why did Billy and Paul just randomly come up on my telly when watching the NTA #NTAs';

'Wtf was the random Billy and Paul from Corrie still just then #NTA.' 

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Peter was up against David Neilson, who has played Roy Cropper on Coronation Street for almost three decades, Angela Wynter and Diane Parish from EastEnders, and Eden Taylor-Draper (Emmerdale).

His character Paul lost his battle against Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of motor neurone disease, on Monday.

The NHS describes motor neurone disease (MND) as: 'An uncommon condition that affects the brain and nerves. It causes weakness that gets worse over time.'

In the months leading up to Paul's death, he slowly lost his mobility and even his ability to consume food and has seen him become housebound. 

His final storyline involved his husband Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank, whom Peter heartily thanked in his speech) who is left panicking when he loses his phone on a night out. 

Due to this, Billy does not make it to the hospital before Paul dies, but his mother makes the decision to pretend Paul is still alive so Billy can talk to him one last time.

Confused viewers took to X, formerly Twitter, to ask why the photo was shown
Peter's character Paul lost his battle against Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of motor neurone disease, on Monday

NATIONAL TELEVISION AWARDS 2024: THE WINNERS

AUTHORED DOCUMENTARY 

Beckham

Rhod Gilbert: A Pain in the Neck

Robbie Williams

Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change

Kate Garraway: Derek's Story - WINNER

BRUCE FORSYTH ENTERTAINMENT AWARD 

Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

The Graham Norton Show

I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here - WINNER

The Masked Singer

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

COMEDY 

Brassic

The Gentlemen

Ghosts

Mrs Brown's Boys - WINNER

Not Going Out

DAYTIME 

The Chase - WINNER

Deal or No Deal

Loose Women

This Morning

The Repair Shop

DRAMA PERFORMANCE 

Brenda Blethyn (Vera)

Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer)

Michelle Keegan (Fool Me Once)

Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs the Post Office) - WINNER

Vicky McClure (Trigger Point) 

EXPERT

Anton Du Beke (Strictly Come Dancing)

David Attenborough (Mammals) - WINNER

Kaleb Cooper (Clarkson's Farm)

Martin Lewis (The Martin Lewis Money Show)

Torvill And Dean (Dancing on Ice)

FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT 

Clarkson's Farm

Gogglebox

Martin Lewis Money Show Live

Sort Your Life Out - WINNER

The Yorkshire Vet

NEW DRAMA 

Baby Reindeer

Fool Me Once

Mr Bates vs The Post Office - WINNER

One Day

Red Eye

QUIZ GAME SHOW 

The 1% Club - WINNER

Ant and Dec's Limitless Win

Beat the Chasers

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

Richard Osman's House of Games

REALITY COMPETITION 

The Apprentice

Celebrity Big Brother

Love Island

Race Across the World

The Traitors - WINNER

RETURNING DRAMA 

Bridgerton - WINNER

Call the Midwife

The Crown

Trigger Point

Vera

SERIAL DRAMA

Casualty

Coronation Street

EastEnders

Emmerdale - WINNER

Hollyoaks

SERIAL DRAMA PERFORMANCE 

Angela Wynter (EastEnders)

David Neilson (Coronation Street)

Diane Parish (EastEnders)

Eden Taylor-Draper (Emmerdale)

Peter Ash (Coronation Street) - WINNER

TALENT SHOW 

Britain's Got Talent

The Great British Bake Off

MasterChef

Strictly Come Dancing - WINNER

The Voice UK

TV PRESENTER 

Alison Hammond (This Morning)

Ant And Dec (I'm a Celebrity) - WINNER

Bradley Walsh (The Chase)

Claudia Winkleman (The Traitors)

Stacey Solomon (Sort Your Life Out)

IMPACT AWARD

Mr Bates vs The Post Office 

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Davina McCall