Gary Lineker and Adolescence stars among nominees at National Television Awards

Former Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker and stars of the hit Netflix drama Adolescence are among the famous faces who could take home prizes at this year’s National Television Awards.

Lineker, 64, was shortlisted for best TV presenter just months after his early exit from the BBC show in May, following a row after he shared a post about Zionism which featured a depiction of a rat – historically an antisemitic insult.

On Wednesday night, in a ceremony hosted by comedian Joel Dommett, the former footballer will face off against The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman, This Morning’s Alison Hammond, TV presenter Stacey Solomon and presenting duo Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, who have won the prize 23 years in a row.

Elsewhere, newcomer Owen Cooper, who made his TV debut playing 13-year-old Jamie Miller in the four-part series Adolescence, is nominated in the drama performance category alongside his on-screen father, Stephen Graham.

The mini-series, which sees Cooper’s character stand accused of murder, provoked a strong response from viewers and prompted a national conversation around misogyny and online safety, with co-creator Jack Thorne joining the Prime Minister for a discussion on the matter at the end of March.

The TV show is also nominated for new drama alongside Disney+ comedy Rivals, BBC murder mystery series Ludwig, ITV crime drama Code Of Silence and Paramount+ series MobLand, which stars Tom Hardy as Harry Da Souza, a fixer for the Harrigan crime family led by Pierce Brosnan’s Conrad.

Hardy joins Graham and Cooper in the drama performance category, where Brenda Blethyn has received a nod for her role in the long-running series Vera, which ended in January.

Also nominated is Rose Ayling-Ellis, who stars in Code Of Silence as a deaf waitress whose vital lip-reading abilities get her pulled into an active police investigation.

Already announced is the winner of this year’s special recognition gong, awarded to stop-motion duo Wallace And Gromit, who will receive the prize themselves from their home in West Wallaby Street in a brand new specially-created acceptance film.

The team behind Wallace And Gromit picked up two gongs at the Bafta awards ceremony in February for Vengeance Most Fowl, which sees the return of evil penguin Feathers McGraw from the Academy Award-winning short The Wrong Trousers.

Elsewhere, the eagerly anticipated TV return of Gavin And Stacey At Christmas is shortlisted for the comedy prize, competing against stalwart Mrs Brown’s Boys, crime comedy Brassic and Michael McIntyre’s 25th Year Stand-Up Special.

Comedian McIntyre is also recognised with a nod in the Bruce Forsyth entertainment award category, for his variety show Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, facing off against The Graham Norton Show, The Masked Singer and panel gameshow Would I Lie To You?.

He is also in the running for the quiz show prize, with a nod for his programme The Wheel, alongside nominations for Richard Osman’s House of Games, The 1% Club and The Chase.

Solomon, who is nominated in the TV presenter category, also has nods in the factual entertainment category for her BBC series Stacey And Joe, which follows her life with husband Joe Swash and their five children, and Sort Your Life Out, where she helps families transform their homes.

These shows face competition from Jeremy Clarkson’s agricultural shenanigans in Clarkson’s Farm, as well as Gogglebox and The Martin Lewis Money Show Live.

Flintoff, in which former cricket star Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff opened up about his life-changing Top Gear car crash, is shortlisted for the authored documentary prize.

It is in the running alongside There’s Only One Rob Burrow, which paid tribute to the late rugby league player-turned-MND campaigner; Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me, about Strictly professional Amy Dowden’s battle with cancer; and reality star Molly-Mae Hague’s tell-all Molly-Mae: Behind It All as well as Boyzone: No Matter What, which chronicled the rise and tragedy of the 90s boyband.

Meanwhile, The Great Pottery Throw Down has earned its first nomination for the talent show prize, securing a nod alongside Strictly Come Dancing, The Voice UK, Britain’s Got Talent and The Great British Bake Off.

Battling it out for the serial drama performance award is Celebrity Big Brother winner and Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd, Emmerdale’s Eden Taylor-Draper, Coronation Street star Sue Devaney and EastEnders stars Jacqueline Jossa and Steve McFadden.

The 30th NTAs will be broadcast live on ITV1 and ITVX from 8pm from The O2 in London.