TV Choice Awards 2015 winners list: Ant and Dec and Broadchurch triumph as Sheridan Smith pays tribute to Cilla Black
Smith won Best Actress for her performance as the late singer and entertainer in Cilla
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Your support makes all the difference.Ever-popular TV hosts Ant and Dec were back on form at the TV Choice Awards on Monday night, taking home three gongs despite not being there to accept them.
The duo, known for sweeping the board at television awards ceremonies, triumphed in the Best Entertainment Show, Best Reality Show and Best Talent Show category with Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and Britain's Got Talent respectively.
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ITV crime drama Broadchurch won Best Drama at the event at Park Lane's London Hilton hotel, with lead star David Tennant winning Best Actor for the second year.
Sheridan Smith picked up Best Actress for her acclaimed performance as Cilla Black in Cilla, and paid tribute to the late singer and entertainer who died last month aged 72.
"Obviously, it's tinged with sadness," she said on stage. "It's an absolute honour and privilege to play such an amazing lady. Thank you Cilla."
BBC's period dramas proved a hit with audiences with Poldark, starring Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson, chosen as Best New Drama and Call The Midwife winning Best Family Drama.
Viewers and readers of the magazine voted for the winners, below.
Best Soap
EastEnders
Best New Drama
Poldark
Best Drama Series
Broadchurch
Best Actor
David Tennant, Broadchurch
Best Actress
Sheridan Smith, Cilla
Best Comedy
Benidorm
Best Reality Show
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Best Talent Show
Britain's Got Talent
Best Entertainment Show
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Best Factual Entertainment Show
Gogglebox
Best Daytime Show
The Jeremy Kyle Show
Best Food Show
Saturday Kitchen
Best International Show
The Big Bang Theory
Best Soap Actor
Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale)
Best Soap Actress
Alison King (Carla Connor, Coronation Street)
Best Soap Newcomer
Davood Ghadami (Kush Kazemi, EastEnders)
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