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The National Television Awards 2015 longlist nominations have been announced and voting is now (October 14) open.

Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, the NTAs celebrate the best and most popular TV and are exclusively voted for by viewers. The 2015 awards take place at London's O2 on January 21.

The Nta shortlist will be announced in January when the final round of voting begins. Viewers can vote for free online at nationaltvawards.com or by calling the Nta vote form request line 0844 646 2060.

Full list of 2015 nominations:

Chat Show Host

Adam Hills

Alan Carr

Graham Norton

Jonathan Ross

Michael McIntyre

Paul O'Grady

Piers Morgan

Sarah Millican

Comedy

Benidorm

Big School

Birds of a Feather

Blandings

Boomers

Citizen Khan

Derek

Mrs Brown's Boys

Not Going Out

Outnumbered

The Big Bang Theory

The Wrong Mans

W1A

Daytime

Animal Saints and Sinners

Antiques Road Trip

Bargain Hunt

BBC Breakfast

Coach Trip

Escape to the Country

Father Brown

Fifteen to One

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Benefits Street continued its high ratings for its final episode on Monday night, overnight data reveals.

The Channel 4 series concluded with 4.02 million (16.5%) at 9pm, with an added 573,000 (3.6%) on +1. Later, Chris Stark's Celeb Hunter intrigued 662k (4.2%) at 10pm.

ITV's Dci Banks remained on top, dipping slightly from last week to 5.69m (23.4%) at 9pm (283k/1.7% on +1). A Great Welsh Adventure appealed to 3.49m (14.4%) at 8pm (123k/0.5%).

On BBC One, Panorama interested 2.99m (12.4%) at 8.30pm, followed by Jeremy Paxman's Britain's Great War with 3.22m (13.2%) at 9pm.

BBC Two's Winter Olympics highlights scored 2.60m (11.6%) at 7pm. University Challenge quizzed 3.26m (13.5%) at 8pm.

On Channel 5, Jim Davidson's special At Least I'm Not Boring amused 1.14m (4.7%) at 9pm (154k/0.9%). Police Interceptors gathered 1.01m (4.2%) at 8pm.

Benefits Street kept above 4 million viewers for Channel 4 on Monday, according to overnight data.

The controversial series dipped by around 400,000 viewers to 4.09m (16.9%) at 9pm (717k/4.5% on +1).

Earlier, The Jump dropped 200k from Sunday's opener to 2.07m (8.6%) at 8pm (234k/1.0%). Documentary Three Wives, One Husband was seen by 1.80m (11.0%) at 10pm (300k/3.5%).

BBC One's new Jeremy Paxman series Britain's Great War topped the ratings outside of soaps with 4.23m (17.4%) at 9pm.

On BBC Two, Paxman's University Challenge quizzed 2.79m (11.7%) at 8pm, followed by Food and Drink with 2.14m (8.9%) at 8.30pm.

ITV's Great Welsh Adventure gathered 3.49m (14.6%) at 8pm (146k/0.6%), while The Bletchley Circle concluded with 3.65m (15.0%) at 9pm (240k/1.5%).

On Channel 5, Police Interceptors brought in 907k (3.8%) at 8pm. Celebrity Big Brother entertained 2.60m (10.7%) at 9pm (248k/1.5%), followed by Helix with 626k (3.8%) at 10pm (128k/1.4%).