3rd National Television Awards

3rd National Television Awards
Date	8 October 1997 (1997-10-08)
Location	Royal Albert Hall, London
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Various
Hosted by	Trevor McDonald
Website	http://www.nationaltvawards.com/
Television/radio coverage
Network	ITV

The 3rd National Television Awards ceremony was held at the Royal Albert Hall on 8 October 1997 and was hosted by Trevor McDonald.

Awards

Category	Winner	Also nominated
Most Popular Actor	David Jason (A Touch of Frost)	George Clooney (ER) Robson Green (Reckless) Ross Kemp (EastEnders) Paul Nicholls (EastEnders)
Most Popular Actress	Martine McCutcheon (EastEnders)	Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) Pam Ferris (Where The Heart Is) Claire King (Emmerdale) Lisa Riley (Emmerdale)
Most Popular Drama Series	Reckless (ITV)	A Touch of Frost (ITV) ER (Channel 4/NBC) London's Burning (ITV)
Most Popular Serial Drama	EastEnders (BBC1)	Neighbours (BBC1/Network Ten) Emmerdale (ITV) Family Affairs (Channel 5) Brookside (Channel 4) Coronation Street (ITV) Home and Away (ITV/Seven Network)
Most Popular Talk Show	Des O'Connor Tonight (ITV)	The Clive James Show (ITV) The Mrs Merton Show (BBC2) Ricki Lake (Channel 4/Syndicated)
Most Popular Entertainment Programme	An Evening With Lily Savage (ITV)	Noel's House Party (BBC1) Shooting Stars (BBC2) Stars in Their Eyes (ITV)
Most Popular Entertainment Presenter	Michael Barrymore	Shane Richie Dale Winton Lily Savage
Most Popular Factual Entertainment Programme	Animal Hospital (BBC1)	Antiques Roadshow (BBC1) Police Camera Action! (ITV) Ready Steady Cook (BBC2)
Most Popular Quiz Programme	They Think It's All Over (BBC1)	Have I Got News for You (BBC2) Strike It Rich (ITV) Countdown (Channel 4)
Most Popular Comedy Programme	Only Fools and Horses (BBC1)	Birds of a Feather (BBC1) Friends (Channel 4/NBC) Men Behaving Badly (BBC1)
Most Popular Comedy Performer	David Jason (Only Fools and Horses)	Rowan Atkinson (The Thin Blue Line) Harry Enfield (Harry Enfield and Chums) Nicholas Lyndhurst (Only Fools and Horses) Pauline Quirke (Birds of a Feather)
Most Popular Newcomer	Matthew Marsden (Coronation Street)	Rebecca Callard (The Grand) Tina Hobley (Coronation Street) Jonathan Kerrigan (Casualty) Ben Unwin (Home and Away)
Most Popular Children's Programme	Blue Peter (BBC1)	Hollyoaks (Channel 4) The Simpsons (BBC2/Fox) Top of the Pops (BBC1)
Most Popular Advert	W H Smith (Airport)	Nike (Good v Evil) Rolo (Elephant) Safeway (Harry and Molly)
Most Popular Daytime Programme	Can't Cook, Won't Cook (BBC1)	Supermarket Sweep (ITV) This Morning (ITV) Vanessa (ITV)
Special Recognition Award	Robson Green