Claim: David Tennant received the 2015 National Television Award for Special Recognition.

The National Television Awards -LRB- often shortened to NTAs -RRB- is a British television awards ceremony , broadcast by the ITV network and initiated in 1995 . The National Television Awards are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted on by the general public .   The first ceremony was held in August 1995 and was hosted by Eamonn Holmes . From 1996 onwards it was traditionally held annually in October and hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald . McDonald retired from the role after 13 years in 2008 . In 2009 the NTAs changed the timing of the event from October to January so there was no event in that year . For the 2010 ceremony Dermot O'Leary took over as host , the ceremony was also hosted at the London O2 for the first time . Scarlett Moffatt became a backstage presenter for the 2017 ceremony .