Bradley Walsh heckles Ant and Dec as they win Best Presenter at National Television Awards

Presenter was seen swearing at duo as they won award for 23rd consecutive year

Bradley Wash was seen playfully heckling the presenting duo Ant and Dec after he lost to them in the Best Presenter category at the National Television Awards on Wednesday night (11 September).

The embittered Gladiators host, who was also nominated in the category, was seen attempting to drag the pair off stage as they went to collect their award for the 23rd consecutive year.

The camera then panned to Walsh heckling the pair, as he appeared to shout, “Taking the p***!” at the pair.

Recovering from the tussle, Dec said while collecting the award: “Thank you – it’s really hard to put into words just how this feels and what it means to us that you take the time to vote for us.”

“Honestly, it’s a joy, we know we’re not gonna win it one year but it’s not tonight, thank God.

“But thank you to everybody who works with us on our shows, we love you, we wouldn’t be here without you guys.”

Dec remarked: “It used to be we’d be going out partying and now we’re going back to dirty nappies and the school run tomorrow.

‘The Chase’ host seemed embittered to have lost to the 23-time champions (ITV)

“My girl Isla is six now, she left for school this morning and said ‘Good luck, I hope you win the trophy’.

“In fact, she said, ‘Take my lip balm, I think it’ll be good luck’. Isla, it worked! We won!”

The pair enjoyed another win earlier in the night, with I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! taking home The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award. They’ve maintained their reign over the Best Presenter award since 2001.

Bradley Walsh heckles presenting double act Ant and Dec (ITV)

Walsh was nominated in the category for his work on the primetime gameshow The Chase, while Alison Hammond was nominated for This Morning, Claudia Winkleman for The Traitors and Stacey Solomon for her house cleanup series Sort Your Life Out.

Elsewhere at the awards, Strictly Come Dancing controversially received the Talent Show award after being hit with its biggest scandal in its 20-year history while former This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby returned to the spotlight to huge applause.

Winners in other categories included The Traitors, Sort Your Life Out, Bridgerton and Mr Bates vs the Post Office.

Ant and Dec after winning the Best Presenter award for the 23rd time (Getty Images for the NTA's)

Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway won Best Authored Documentary for Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story, her documentary about her husband Derek Draper, who died in early 2024 aged 56, after years of battling health problems brought on by Covid-19.

Richard Gadd’s popular yet controversial Netflix mini-series Baby Reindeer was nominated for both Best New Drama and in the Best Dramatic Performance category for Jessica Gunning’s role – but it lost out on both. The show is nominated for 11 awards at the Emmys on Monday (16 September).