Lee Mack is supported by his three rarely-seen teen children as he accepts Quiz Show prize at the NTAs with hilarious speech

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Lee Mack was supported by his three rarely-seen children as he accepted the Quiz Show gong for the fourth consecutive year at the National Television Awards on Tuesday night.  

The comedian, 58, and his show The 1% Club beat Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win,

Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel, Richard Osman’s House of Games and The Chase. 

Lee made reference to his three children; Arlo, 21, Louie, 19, and daughter Millie, 14, in his hilarious speech, with the camera then awkwardly panning to the trio. 

He said: 'My kids don't usually come to these things, but my kids, Arlo, Millie and Louie are here. 

'See - Dad is not a useless cretin, you're wrong!

'I have so many people to thank, the brains behind the operation Andy, because I'm just the eye-candy. I'd like to thank everyone at magnum media we're like a family, can't remember everyone's name. That kind of family.

Lee Mack was supported by his three rarely-seen children as he accepted the Quiz Show gong for the fourth consecutive year at the National Television Awards on Tuesday 

Lee made reference to his three children; Arlo, 21, Louie, 19 (pictured far left), and daughter Millie, 14, (pictured far right) in his hilarious speech

Lee pictured with wife Tara and their three children Arlo, Millie and Louie (left to right)

'I want to thank my beautiful wife Tara, none of this would be possible without you and I want to thank my two ex-wives without whom this wouldn't be necessary. 

'I don't really have ex-wives, I just like that gag.' 

The 1% Club begins with 100 contestants, each starting with a stake of £1,000. 

It starts with a question that 90% of the public got right and narrows all the way down to the final 1% question.

Meanwhile This Morning’s winning streak continued as Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard took home the award for Best Daytime show alongside Friday hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary.

Ahead of its revamp this year, Strictly Come Dancing also took home the gong for Best Talent Show, while the Celebrity Traitors won the Reality Competition category.

As Alan Carr accepted his second award of the night, after receiving this year’s Special Recognition earlier in the programme, he joked: 'I bet you're sick of me.' 

The BBC hit, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, dominated the nominees, with its regular civilian series also nominated. 

The 1% Club begins with 100 contestants, each starting with a stake of £1,000. It starts with a question that 90% of the public got right and narrows all the way down to the final 1% question

Fellow contestant Charlotte Church jumped on the microphone to praise Alan and Faithfuls Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga for a moment of 'male tenderness and emotion.  

Elsewhere collecting the Reality Docuseries gong was Jeremy Clarkson's Prime Video series Clarkson's Farm. 

The presenter made the shock revelation he was in remission from prostate cancer earlier this year. 

Keeping his speech short and sweet, he later broke his silence on the illness during the winner's press conference. 

The 66-year-old said: ‘I wasn't emotional; it was annoying. I had a heart thing, and I had a bit of cancer but I wasn't away really, it was two weeks.

‘It was, it was just annoying because I missed a lot of the harvest time.’

The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award was awarded to Michael McIntyre's Big Show - after it was presented by Paris Fury and her daughter Valencia, eight. 

The cast of Mrs Brown’s Boys were ecstatic on hearing they had won Best Comedy Show, in what will be a boost to Brendan O’Carroll after he was forced to cancel this year’s festive specials after breaking his jaw.

Gogglebox, now in its 28th series, was awarded the Factual Entertainment gong, beating Stacey Solomon's Sort Your Life Out. 

This year's NTAs has proven to be historic even before the first winners were announced, as it features the first ever all-female shortlist for Drama Performance.

And it was Vicky McClure who came out on top, thanks to her role as volatile explosives officer Lana in Trigger Point.

I Fought the Law, led by Sheridan Smith, won this year’s New Drama gong after an impressive performance. 

This year’s Authored Documentary gong was awarded to the BBC’s special Our Girls: The Southport Families.

Completing the wins for the night was Call The Midwife, who picked up best Returning Drama, Emmerdale who won Best Serial Drama and Jeff Hordley who won in the Serial Drama Performance category.  

National Television Awards 2026: The Winners

Reality Competition

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

I’m A Celebrity… South Africa

Race Across the World 

The Celebrity Traitors - WINNER

 The Traitors

Quiz Show

Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win

Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel

Richard Osman’s House of Games

The 1% Club - WINNER

The Chase

Returning Drama

Blue Lights

Bridgerton

Call the Midwife - WINNER

Stranger Things 

Trigger Point

Reality Docuseries

At Home With The Furys

Clarkson’s Farm - WINNER

Fletchers’ Family Farm

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Stacey & Joe

Drama Performance

Ella Bruccoleri as Mary Bennet, The Other Bennet Sister

Judy Parfitt as Sister Monica Joan, Call the Midwife

Ruth Jones as Elena Ravenscroft, Run Away 

Sheridan Smith as Ann Ming, I Fought The Law

Vicky McClure as Lana Washington, Trigger Point - WINNER

Serial Drama

Casualty

Coronation Street

EastEnders

Emmerdale - WINNER

Hollyoaks

Factual Entertainment

24 Hours in Police Custody

Gogglebox - WINNER

Secret Garden

Sort Your Life Out

The Martin Lewis Money Show Live

New Drama 

A Woman of Substance

Believe Me

Heated Rivalry

I Fought The Law - WINNER

The Other Bennet Sister

Authored Documentary

Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth

Jesy Nelson: Life After Little Mix

Our Girls: The Southport Families - WINNER

Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home

Sir Chris Hoy: Cancer, Courage and Me

TV Presenter

Alison Hammond

Ant & Dec

Claudia Winkleman

David Attenborough - WINNER

Stacey Solomon

Comedy

Amandaland

Changing Ends

Last One Laughing

Mrs Brown’s Boys - WINNER

Not Going Out

The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award

Gladiators

Michael McIntyre’s Big Show - WINNER

The Graham Norton Show

The Masked Singer

Would I Lie to You?

Serial Drama Performance

Aaron Thiara as Ravi Gulati, EastEnders

Gareth Pierce as Todd Grimshaw, Coronation Street

Jeff Hordley as Cain Dingle, Emmerdale - WINNER

Paul Bradley as Nigel Bates, EastEnders

Sue Devaney as Debbie Webster, Coronation Street

Daytime

Good Morning Britain

James Martin’s Saturday Morning

Loose Women

Scam Interceptors 

This Morning - WINNER

Talent Show

Britain’s Got Talent

Strictly Come Dancing - WINNER

The Great British Bake Off

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

The Great Pottery Throw Down

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