KATE Garraway was joined by her children Darcey, 17, and Billy, 11, at the National Television Awards this evening.
The Good Morning Britain anchor is up for a gong for her latest documentary on her late husband Derek Draper, who died aged 56 at the start of the year.
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Kate, 57, is hoping to secure a hat-trick in the best authored documentary category as she has been nominated for the prize again, this time for Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story.
The programme followed the final year of her husband Derek’s life, before he died in January aged 56, after a lengthy battle with the long-term effects of Covid.
It follows on from two other programmes about his battle with Covid and her struggles navigating the care system, which both picked up NTA gongs in the category in 2021 and 2022.
Her children supported her as she arrived at the bash before finding out if they had won.
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The star admitted she was feeling emotional yesterday as it would have been her 20th wedding anniversary to Derek.
She also encouraged fans to vote for the film ahead of tomorrow’s National Television Awards.
Kate opened up on the heart-wrenching documentary being nominated for an NTA this year.
NTAs was no big surprise, says our telly expert
COMMENT BY ROD MCPHEE
THE only surprise at tonight’s National Television Awards was that there were virtually no surprises.
Ant and Dec took home Presenter Award for the millionth time, Strictly bagged the Talent Show gong and I’m A Celebrity triumphed in the Entertainment category.
Kate Garraway scooping the authored documentary award for Derek’s Story was entirely deserved, but not a total shock either as she’d already done the same two years ago with Caring for Derek.
There were a few curveballs. Emmerdale beating Goliath soaps EastEnders and Corrie was unexpected, particularly as the rivals have both boasted big storylines recently.
And though there was no doubting how hugely moving Mr BatesVs The Post Office was for viewers this year, it was still stunning to see them bag three awards.
Does the general lack of surprises diminish the thrill of the NTAs? Not at all. It remains one of the few awards shows which actually gauges what the majority of Brits are actually watching.
We live in a bewildering world where scandals often rock shows, in an age where streaming means the shared experience is diminished and ratings are hard to decipher.
But year in, year out NTA voters leave us in no doubt which shows they adore, which ones they’ve fallen out of love with, and which celebrities they’re prepared to back.
Look at how quickly relatively new shows like The Traitors, Bridgerton and The 1% Club have been embraced by NTA voters.
They aren’t interested in PR stunts and promotion, in highbrow actors and writers lauded by their fellow luvvies and they certainly can’t stand having what they ought to be watching dictated to them
They tell us all loud and clear, every year, who they consider to be the best – and woe betide any telly exec who ignores them.
She said on the morning programme: “I really hope people vote for it as well – it’s a different category from you Martin, so no competition there.”
She added: “I got such a lot of backlash for doing it [the documentary] from people going ‘stop going on about this.’
“But actually I realised I am letting people down for not mentioning it.”
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