It was a good night for the stars of EastEnders, Doctor Foster, Strictly Come Dancing, Downton Abbey and The Great British Bake Off at the National Television Awards.
Downton Abbey capped off its final series with a win for Best Drama for the fourth time – this time over Broadchurch, Casualty and Doctor Who.
Doctor Foster swept up with two major awards – one for Best New Drama and a Drama Performance prize for Suranne Jones.
Also walking away from the gala with two trophies was EastEnders, with Danny Dyer giving the Best Serial Drama Performance and the series itself being named Best Serial Drama.
To absolutely nobody's surprise, Ant & Dec continued their 15-year winning streak as Most Popular Entertainment Presenter.
This year, the I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! presenters topped Graham Norton, Mel & Sue and Rylan Clark-Neal for the prestigious gong.
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I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! was named Best Entertainment Programme earlier in the night.
"[They warned] me not to swear," reigning Queen of the Jungle Vicky Pattison joked in her acceptance speech. "Thank you to everyone who voted, this is amazing!"
The Great British Bake Off reigned supreme for the second year in a row as Most Popular Skills Challenge Show – with a gracious Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood accepting on behalf of the BBC series.
Other major winners included The Big Bang Theory for Top International Series, Gogglebox for Best Factual Programme and Strictly Come Dancing for favourite Talent Show.
Dermot O'Leary hosted the ceremony for ITV from the O2 in London.
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