National Television Awards fans left baffled after accidental spoiler
by Chikamso Chukwuenyem For Mailonline · Mail OnlineNational 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';
'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.
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