Tuesday night is the big one for the British TV industry, when the National Television Awards take place at London's O2 Arena.
For the past 25 years, the NTAs have been honouring a whole host of shows and their stars and on January 28, many of them will gather at the O2 to find out who's triumphed this time round.
for this year, as well as Ant & Dec, include big dramas like Killing Eve and Peaky Blinders and Ru Paul's Drag Race UK, which is on the shortlist for the first time.
The nominations were announced at the start of the month, but one that was missed off the list was the Special Recognition Award. Past winners of the prestigious accolade include Graham Norton, Billy Connolly, Paul O'Grady and Ant & Dec.
And now the 2020 Special Recognition recipient has been revealed as TV legend Sir Michael Palin. His special award will mark the 50th anniversary of Monty Python and 30 years of travel documentaries. 1989 saw the launch of Sir Michael’s ground breaking travel series Around the World in 80 Days which changed the face of popular factual TV.
The award will also celebrate Sir Michael’s career to date which has embraced writing, acting, presenting and of course The Clangers.
He will be presented with the trophy during live coverage of the National Television Awards which will get going on ITV at 7.30pm.
